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Rare Book Hub: 29 Auctions Archived, another 28 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 4 September 2020, 29 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transactions+ Database; 1 in Columbian pesos, 1 in Danish krona, 6 in euros, 2 in British pounds, 1 in Swedish krona and 18 in US dollars.  Turnover was $8,293,009 as 5,248 lots offered and 4,639 sold at the white hot rate of 88%.  Bless the bidders!

 

2 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage Auctions. Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectible Catalog Auction on August 30th: $4,574,759 
Forum Auctions. Only Banksy on September 4th: $2,023,673 

4 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

Stockholms Auktionsverk. Gamla Kassan on August 23rd: 220.67% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Private Press & Illustrated Books on September 3rd: 142.44% 
Forum Auctions. Only Banksy on September 4th: 126.83% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 8/14 on August 24th: 104.89% 


18 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell: 

Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 8/25 on September 1st: 100.00% 
Forum Auctions. Only Banksy on September 4th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/25 on September 1st: 99.81% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 8/23 on August 31st: 99.41% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 8/23 on August 30th: 98.24% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 8/14 on August 24th: 98.00% 
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Gamla Kassan on August 23rd: 97.92% 
Heritage Auctions. Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectible Catalog Auction on August 30th: 97.14% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Private Press & Illustrated Books on September 3rd: 96.82% 
Cowans Auctions. Unreserved Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints and Books - bidstart 8/20 on August 31st: 96.49% 
Heritage Auctions. The Adem Karisik Collection of Canada World Paper Money Online Auction on August 31st: 94.87% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 29th: 94.00% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Coin-Op and Advertising - Posters and Prints on August 29th: 92.12% 
Addison and Sarova. Summer Rare Books and Ephemera on August 29th: 90.79% 
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. A Partial Gentleman's Library: Important Books from Around the World on September 2nd: 90.00% 
Bogota Auction. Prints and Multiples on June 24th: 88.17% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on September 1st: 84.42% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 8/21 on August 28th: 84.00% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan #57 SGC Pristine 10--The Only Gold Label Example! on August 30th Actual price: USD $420,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions 1933 E137 Zeenut P.C.L. Joe DeMaggio (DiMaggio) Batting with Coupon PSA EX 5. on August 30th Actual price: USD $240,000.
  3. Forum Auctions Girl with Balloon on September 4th Actual price: USD $235,976.
  4. Heritage Auctions 1934 Babe Ruth Signed Final New York Yankees Player's Contract with Video Match Documentation! on August 30th Actual price: USD $234,000.
  5. Forum Auctions Rude Copper on September 4th Actual price: USD $223,462.
  6. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal Ty Cobb Signed Portrait Red Background Good 2 Auto 7. on August 30th Actual price: USD $192,000.
  7. Heritage Auctions 1986 Fleer Basketball Cards Complete Set (132) - Every Card Graded PSA Gem Mint 10! on August 30th Actual price: USD $186,000.
  8. Heritage Auctions 2003-04 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection LeBron James #127 Signed Rookie Card (#005/250) BGS Pristine 10 & Autograph 10. on August 30th Actual price: USD $180,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions 1933 Lou Gehrig Signed New York Yankees Player's Contract. on August 30th Actual price: USD $138,000.
  10. Forum Auctions Choose your weapon (Cool Grey) on September 4th Actual price: USD $132,290.
  11. Heritage Auctions 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle Signed #311 PSA VG-EX 4, Auto 9. on August 30th Actual price: USD $132,000.
  12. Heritage Auctions 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan #57 PSA Gem Mint 10. on August 30th Actual price: USD $111,000.
  13. Forum Auctions Donuts (Strawberry) on September 4th Actual price: USD $107,262.
  14. Heritage Auctions 1986-87 Fleer Basketball Wax Box with 36 Original Unopened Packs as Issued by Fleer. on August 30th Actual price: USD $105,000.
  15. Forum Auctions Very Little Helps on September 4th Actual price: USD $100,111.
  16. Forum Auctions Barcode on September 4th Actual price: USD $98,323.
  17. Forum Auctions Jack and Jill (Police Kids) on September 4th Actual price: USD $98,323.
  18. Forum Auctions Soup Can (Original) on September 4th Actual price: USD $91,173.
  19. Forum Auctions Morons (Sepia) on September 4th Actual price: USD $89,385.
  20. Forum Auctions Happy Choppers on September 4th Actual price: USD $89,385.
  21. Forum Auctions Grannies on September 4th Actual price: USD $89,385.
  22. Heritage Auctions 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA EX-MT 6. on August 30th Actual price: USD $87,000.
  23. Heritage Auctions 1957 Topps Mickey Mantle #95 PSA Mint 9 - Only One Superior. on August 30th Actual price: USD $84,000.
  24. Heritage Auctions 1954 Topps Ernie Banks Rookie #94 PSA Mint 9. on August 30th Actual price: USD $81,000.
  25. Heritage Auctions 1900 Christy Mathewson Signed New York Giants Rookie Player's Contract. on August 30th Actual price: USD $72,000.



29 total sales reported this week:

Bogota Auction. Prints and Multiples on June 24th: 88.17%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Fine Art - Prints on July 21st: 54.05%
Bonhams. Seeing Out of the Box - Conceptural Photographs Online - bidstart 8/26 on September 4th: 37.07%
Bonhams. Nothing But Soul (Photographs) - bidstart 8/26 on September 4th: 21.88%
Forum Auctions. Only Banksy on September 4th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Private Press & Illustrated Books on September 3rd: 96.82%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. A Partial Gentleman's Library: Important Books from Around the World on September 2nd: 90.00%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Treasures Auction on September 2nd: 76.54%
Eldreds. Summer Online Only on September 2nd: 57.14%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/25 on September 1st: 99.81%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 8/25 on September 1st: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on September 1st: 84.42%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Great Americana Pow Wow - Session 5 on August 31st: 73.32%
Cowans Auctions. Unreserved Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints and Books - bidstart 8/20 on August 31st: 96.49%
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Gamla Kassan on August 23rd: 97.92%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 8/23 on August 31st: 99.41%
Heritage Auctions. Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectible Catalog Auction on August 30th: 97.14%
Heritage Auctions. The Adem Karisik Collection of Canada World Paper Money Online Auction on August 31st: 94.87%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 8/23 on August 30th: 98.24%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Coin-Op and Advertising - Posters and Prints on August 29th: 92.12%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Great Americana Pow Wow - Session 4 on August 30th: 54.22%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Great Americana Pow Wow - Session 3 on August 29th: 75.59%
Addison and Sarova. Summer Rare Books and Ephemera on August 29th: 90.79%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 29th: 94.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 8/21 on August 28th: 84.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Cartography - Online Bidstart 8/21 on August 28th: 42.22%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 8/14 on August 25th: 71.43%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 8/14 on August 24th: 98.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 8/14 on August 23rd: 78.57%

 


For the week ahead 28 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Sep. 7th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 54 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 8/28. 70 lots

Tue. Sep. 8th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 9/1. 472 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 9/1. 148 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. AUCTION OF BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF MEXICO, THE FIRST EMPIRE AND THE FIRST REPUBLI. 252 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 8/28. 27 lots

Wed. Sep. 9th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The David Wilson Library of Natural History (Pt II), Military Books. 761 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. Civil War Postal History, featuring the 'Ambassador' Collection. 326 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Hollywood - online bidstart 8/21. 1221 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Photographs Monthly Online Auction. 139 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Tukachinsky Archive. 132 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 90920. 140 lots

Thu. Sep. 10th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. ComicsComics & Comic Art Signature Auction. 1079 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. PBA Platinum: Rare Books & Manuscripts. 103 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The partnerone Collection Sports Card Catalog Auction. 1110 lots
One Of A Kind Collectibles. Coral Gables. Rare Autographs, Books and Sports. 282 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Irresistible - Unreserved - bidstart 9/1. 33 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 91020. 34 lots

Fri. Sep. 11th
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Fall Estates Auction. 88 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 9/4. 90 lots

Sat. Sep. 12th
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Online Magic Auction - bidstart 8/13. 182 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Remarkable Rarities - bidstart 8/21. 84 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . SINGLE OWNER AUCTION - THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM N. BANKS, JR. - NEWNAN, GEORGIA. 56 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots

Sun. Sep. 13th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 9/6.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 9/6.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 8/30. 252 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts. 40 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.