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<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Joseph F. Kernan, <i>College Football,</i> oil on canvas, <i>The Saturday Evening Post</i> cover, 1932. $25,000 to $35,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Joseph C. Leyendecker, <i>Golfer Lighting a Cigarette,</i> oil on canvas, c.1920. $7,000 to $10,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Howard Chandler Christy, <i>In the Field,</i> charcoal & watercolor, published in <i>Scribner’s,</i> 1902. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> N.C. Wyeth, <i>Standish Reading,</i> pen & ink, for <i>The Courtship of Miles Standish,</i> 1920. $5,000 to $7,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Johnanna Stewart Mapes, <i>A Fairy Book,</i> conté crayon, for <i>St. Nicholas Magazine,</i> 1907. $2,500 to $3,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Arnold Lobel, pen & ink, for <i>The Frog & Toad Coloring Book,</i> 1981. $3,000 to $4,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Antonio Lopez, <i>Today’s Fashions,</i> study for <i>The New York Times,</i> 1981. $2,500 to $3,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Charles Schulz, <i>“I’ll have to go back to the house…I forgot my rubbers…”</i> pen & ink, original 4-panel <i>Peanuts comic,</i> 1960. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Constantin Alajalov, <i>Family Tree,</i> watercolor and gouache, cover for <i>The New Yorker,</i> 1938. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
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<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Two-Day Winter Auction<br>Jan. 30 & 31, 2021</b><b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Rare 1778 Engraved map of Colonial Philadelphia after George Heap (1714-1752) and Nicholas Scull (1687-1761). $10,000 to $12,000.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Author signed and inscribed <i>THE FOUNTAINHEAD,</i> stated First Edition, by Ayn Rand, published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, New York, 1943. $2,000 to $2,400.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) hand-colored aquatint engraving, "Yellow-billed Magpie, Stellers Jay, Ultramarine Jay and Clark's Crow," Plate Number CCCLXII. $1,800 to $2,200.<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Two-Day Winter Auction<br>Jan. 30 & 31, 2021</b><b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) autograph letter, signed, as President, to Nathan Reid detailing Jackson’s intervention on behalf of Reid's grandson. $1,800 to $2,200.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Edward Steichen (Luxembourg/American, 1879-1973) portfolio of photographs, "The Early Years 1900-1927, 12 Hand-Gravure Prints" #41/1000, printed in 1981. $1,400 to $1,600.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, TLS, one-page typed letter on The White House, Washington, D.C., stationary to John Marshall Butler. $1,400 to $1,600.<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Two-Day Winter Auction<br>Jan. 30 & 31, 2021</b><b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Two Pre-Civil War slave related letters, including one written by Mariah, a female domestic slave of James Vincent Musgrove (1814-1890) to her daughter. $1,000 to $1,200.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Two author signed and inscribed Ayn Rand related books, including one Rand signed <i>WE THE LIVING,</i> London 1940 edition. $1,000 to $1,200.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> PLAN DE LA VILLE DE MEMPHIS (ETATS-UNIS) 40,000 HABITANTS pen and ink with watercolor hand drawn drainage system map, circa 1870. $700 to $900.<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Two-Day Winter Auction<br>Jan. 30 & 31, 2021</b><b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Scarce Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Pownall, Colonial Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1757-1760) and South Carolina (1760). $600 to $700.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> VIEW OF NORFOLK FROM COSPORT, VIRGINIA, John Hill, engraver, after John Shaw (U.K., 1776-1832). $600 to $700.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> THE BURNING OF THE MERCHANT'S EXCHANGE, NEW YORK CITY -THE GREAT FIRE OF DECEMBER, 1835. Scarce color lithograph, a 1909 reissue of the original 1836 print. $500 to $700.
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Rare Book Hub: 29 Auctions Archived, another 18 Upcoming this Week
BEST WISHES FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!!
For the week ended Friday, 25 December 2020, 29 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 1 denominated in Danish kroner, 11 in euros, and 17 in US dollars.
Turnover was $5,681,508 as 85% of all lots offered sold. Seven-thousand four hundred seventy-four were offered and 6,321 changed hands. The fall season slipped away lamb-like but the lion is nearby.
1 auction saw total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Heritage Auctions. HKINF World Paper Money on December 19th: $2,032,372
8 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Part 2 on December 16th: 133.46%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 12/4 on December 16th: 131.61%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Discovery Backyard Auction on December 17th: 131.46%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on December 22nd: 124.32%
Heritage Auctions. HKINF World Paper Money on December 19th: 123.57%
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Part 1 on December 15th: 113.50%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 12/15 on December 22nd: 107.56%
Swann Galleries. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books on December 17th: 101.33%
18 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 12/15 on December 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/6 on December 20th: 99.51%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 12/13 on December 20th: 98.28%
Heritage Auctions. HKINF World Paper Money on December 19th: 97.46%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 12/13 on December 21st: 97.45%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on December 22nd: 97.06%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 12/15 on December 22nd: 96.71%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 19th: 96.50%
Swann Galleries. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books on December 17th: 92.59%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 12/4 on December 16th: 92.19%
Morphy Auctions. Edged Weapons, Armor, & Militaria on December 15th: 90.41%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 12/4 on December 14th: 89.53%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Discovery Backyard Auction on December 17th: 85.25%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Holiday 2020: Philatelic (Express, Covers, Postcards) on December 19th: 84.25%
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Part 2 on December 16th: 84.23%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 12/4 on December 15th: 82.22%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Eclectic Auction - Timed Online Only - bidstart 12/10 on December 20th: 80.77%
Michaans Auctions. Winter Fine Sale and Gallery Auction on December 19th: 80.00%
29 total sales reported this week:
Morphy Auctions. Edged Weapons, Armor, & Militaria on December 15th: 90.41%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only - Timed Eclectic Variety Auction on December 22nd: 75.76%
Soler Y Llach. Rare and Valuable Books on December 22nd: 23.70%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on December 22nd: 97.06%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 12/15 on December 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 12/15 on December 22nd: 96.71%
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Part 2 on December 16th: 84.23%
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Part 1 on December 15th: 79.28%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 12/13 on December 21st: 97.45%
Sothebys. Four Decades: In Celebration of AIPAD on December 21st: 47.73%
Dorotheum . Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints on December 21st: 70.59%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Eclectic Auction - Timed Online Only - bidstart 12/10 on December 20th: 80.77%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Holiday 2020: Dealer Part 2 on December 21st: 61.33%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Holiday 2020: Art, Native Americana, Sports, Dealer Part 1 on December 20th: 70.21%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Holiday 2020: Philatelic (Express, Covers, Postcards) on December 19th: 84.25%
Michaans Auctions. Winter Fine Sale and Gallery Auction on December 19th: 80.00%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Discovery Backyard Auction on December 17th: 85.25%
Finarte. Photographs on December 17th: 52.56%
Artcurial. Comic Strips Online- bidstart 12/8 on December 14th: 67.84%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 12/11 on December 18th: 76.85%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 12/4 on December 16th: 92.19%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 12/4 on December 15th: 82.22%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 12/4 on December 14th: 89.53%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/4 on December 13th: 77.78%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 12/13 on December 20th: 98.28%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/6 on December 20th: 99.51%
Heritage Auctions. HKINF World Paper Money on December 19th: 97.46%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 19th: 96.50%
Swann Galleries. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books on December 17th: 92.59%
For the week ahead 18 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Dec. 28th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 12/18. 91 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Online Only Variety Auction. 28 lots
Tue. Dec. 29th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 12/22. 452 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 12/22. 267 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety. 15 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 12/18. 53 lots
Wed. Dec. 30th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Conway Collection of Error Notes, Part I Currency Online Auction. 138 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 12/18. 130 lots
Fri. Jan. 1st
Stephenson's Auctioneers & Appraisers. Southampton. Rock Concert Posters Session 2. From The Estate of Perry Pfeffer, founder of Postercade.. 420 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. New Years Day Sale. 46 lots
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Windsor. New Year's Day Auction. 28 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Cartography - Bidstart 12/25. 65 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 12/25. 70 lots
Sat. Jan. 2nd
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Sun. Jan. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 12/28.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/21. 214 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 12/27.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/25. 23 lots
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