• Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
  • 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

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Rare Book Hub: 55 Auctions Archived, another 33 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 28 May, 2021, 55 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in Danish krone, 14 in euros, 5 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, I in Norwegian kroner, and 31 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $20,332,001 as 80% of all lots sold.  There were 21,499 lots posted and 17,239 changed hands.  The average lot sold for $1,179.

 

6 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

BonhamsModern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples on May 26th: $2,786,216
Bubb KuyperBooks and Graphics on May 21st: $1,821,877
ChristiesMarion Lambert Collection on May 25th: $1,741,194
SothebysJapanese Woodblock Prints Including the Sokolov Collection - bidstart 5/21 on May 28th: $1,695,029
Forum AuctionsFine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper on May 27th: $1,554,000
Swann GalleriesPhotographs and Photobooks on May 27th: $1,065,195

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

Leland Little AuctionsSpring Modern Art and Design on May 27th: 492.39%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 5/7 on May 19th: 250.75%
ALDEhttps://alde.fr/ventes/bibliotheque-cynegetique-jean-pierre-lemanissier on May 28th: 225.21%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 5/7 on May 18th: 204.09%
Heritage AuctionsTom Huston American and Political Special Online Auction on May 22nd: 197.22%
SothebysJapanese Woodblock Prints Including the Sokolov Collection - bidstart 5/21 on May 28th: 194.59%
Dirk Soulis AuctionsEstate of Georgia and Jack Olsen: Session 2 on May 22nd: 168.95%
Il PonteBooks and Manuscripts on May 27th: 166.47%
ALDEJean-Pierre Lemanissier hunting library on May 27th: 160.38%
ChristiesMarion Lambert Collection on May 25th: 148.71%
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic BooksellersImportant Numismatic Books Sale on May 22nd: 130.00%
FreemansBooks and Manuscripts on May 20th: 127.76%
BonhamsModern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples on May 26th: 118.72%
Heritage AuctionsSpace Exploration on May 22nd: 117.23%
Alexander Historical AuctionsHistorical Militaria and Autographs - Day 2 on May 23rd: 113.23%
Heritage AuctionsUS Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 5/18 on May 25th: 111.75%
Forum AuctionsFine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper on May 27th: 111.64%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 5/18 on May 25th: 109.15%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 5/7 on May 17th: 105.30%
Bubb KuyperBooks and Graphics on May 21st: 103.15%
ChristiesMarion Lambert Collection - Online: bidstart 5/11 on May 27th: 103.06%
SothebysScience | Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 5/11 on May 25th: 101.84%
University ArchivesRARE AUTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRIPTS, ARTWORK, COMIC ART on May 26th: 101.59%
Alexander Historical AuctionsHistorical Militaria and Autographs - Day 1 on May 22nd: 100.16%


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

John McInnis AuctioneersNORTH HAMPTON, NH -ON LINE ESTATE FURNISHINGS AUCTION on May 26th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 5/18 on May 25th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsVideo Games and Trading Card Games Weekly Online Auction - bidstart 5/18 on May 25th: 100.00%
Dirk Soulis AuctionsEstate of Georgia and Jack Olsen: Session 2 on May 22nd: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 5/7 on May 18th: 100.00%
Leland Little AuctionsSpring Modern Art and Design on May 27th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsSports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 5/9 on May 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsUS Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 5/18 on May 25th: 99.82%
Heritage AuctionsComics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 5/16 on May 24th: 99.64%
Heritage AuctionsTom Huston American and Political Special Online Auction on May 22nd: 99.62%
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 5/16 on May 23rd: 99.09%
Heritage AuctionsSpace Exploration on May 22nd: 98.60%
FreemansBooks and Manuscripts on May 20th: 97.71%
ALDEhttps://alde.fr/ventes/bibliotheque-cynegetique-jean-pierre-lemanissier on May 28th: 97.71%
University ArchivesRARE AUTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRIPTS, ARTWORK, COMIC ART on May 26th: 96.82%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on May 22nd: 96.00%
Ripley AuctionsAnnual Indy 500 & Automobilia & Fidger Toy Collection on May 27th: 95.90%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 5/7 on May 19th: 94.78%
Il PonteBooks and Manuscripts on May 27th: 94.70%
William H. Bunch Auctions and AppraisalsOnline Only: Timed Eclectic Variety on May 25th: 94.44%
Winter AssociatesPrints; Paintings; Antiques & Fine Furniture; Americana; Jewelry; Sterling; Asian; Garden; Oriental on May 24th: 94.29%
ChristiesMarion Lambert Collection on May 25th: 93.02%
Heritage AuctionsThe Tobacco Family Collecion: Part II Currency Special Auction on May 23rd: 89.20%
ALDEJean-Pierre Lemanissier hunting library on May 27th: 89.17%
Sydney Rare Book AuctionsIdriess, Australiana, Exploration, Ephemera, Games and more on May 28th: 88.97%
ChristiesMarion Lambert Collection - Online: bidstart 5/11 on May 27th: 86.96%
SothebysJapanese Woodblock Prints Including the Sokolov Collection - bidstart 5/21 on May 28th: 86.10%
SkinnerHistorical Manuscripts and Rare Books - online bidstart 5/5 on May 25th: 85.81%
EldredsMemorial Day Weekend Auction on May 27th: 85.29%
ArtcurialGaston Saffroy Library, + Various Owners on May 25th: 85.27%
Antikvariat Bryggen ASBooks on May 14th: 85.14%
Alexander Historical AuctionsHistorical Militaria and Autographs - Day 1 on May 22nd: 85.00%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 5/7 on May 17th: 85.00%
SothebysScience | Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 5/11 on May 25th: 84.48%
Il PonteInterior Decoration|...| Books on May 11th: 84.34%
BonhamsModern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples on May 26th: 84.27%
Alexander Historical AuctionsHistorical Militaria and Autographs - Day 2 on May 23rd: 83.81%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 5/7 on May 16th: 82.69%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 5/14 on May 21st: 81.25%
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic BooksellersImportant Numismatic Books Sale on May 22nd: 81.22%
Bruun RasmussenPrints on May 25th: 80.99%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys Copernicus | De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, Nuremberg, 1543, later boards, Rostock duplicate on May 25th Actual price: USD $392,765.
  2. Bonhams Reverie, from 11 Pop Artists Portfolio, Vol. II on May 26th Actual price: USD $212,812.
  3. Bonhams Still Life on May 26th Actual price: USD $187,812.
  4. Christies Untitled 1-13 (Dust), 1994-1999 on May 25th Actual price: USD $183,525.
  5. Bonhams Rebel Without a Cause (James Dean), from Ads on May 26th Actual price: USD $162,812.
  6. Christies Autoportrait (variante I’m in training...), 1927 on May 25th Actual price: USD $149,879.
  7. Christies I.214 from 'Eel' series, Rome, 1977-1978 on May 25th Actual price: USD $129,997.
  8. Bonhams Bald Eagle, from Endangered Species on May 26th Actual price: USD $125,312.
  9. Bonhams Sweet Dreams Baby!, from 11 Pop Artists Portfolio, Vol. III on May 26th Actual price: USD $125,312.
  10. Bonhams Grin Reaper on May 26th Actual price: USD $125,312.
  11. Sothebys Plum Estate, Kameido (Kameido umeyashiki), Edo period, 19th century on May 28th Actual price: USD $125,253.
  12. University Archives Isaac Newton Scientific Autograph Manuscript Relating to the Principia, One of Very Few Known! on May 26th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  13. Sothebys Kambara: Night Snow (Kambara, yoru no yuki), Edo period, 19th century on May 28th Actual price: USD $116,306.
  14. Christies M. 472, Mac Dowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1979-1980 on May 25th Actual price: USD $114,703.
  15. Christies Flashed Pool, 1998 on May 25th Actual price: USD $107,056.
  16. Bonhams Mobil, from Ads on May 26th Actual price: USD $94,062.
  17. Sothebys Two woodblock prints from the series Perspective Prints (Ukie), Edo period, 19th century on May 28th Actual price: USD $89,466.
  18. Christies Substrat 12 III, 2003 on May 25th Actual price: USD $88,704.
  19. Sothebys Kepler | Astronomia nova, [Heidelberg], 1609, disbound on May 25th Actual price: USD $85,694.
  20. Bonhams Paramount, from Ads on May 26th Actual price: USD $81,562.
  21. Sothebys 'Magritte Rammé and World Record Cow Elephant Tusk', Montauk Point, 1976 on May 20th Actual price: USD $80,338.
  22. Bubb Kuyper (Seated beggar and a prince standing near a blossoming tree). Safavid painting in gold and colours, Isfahan school, first half 17th cent., on May 21st Actual price: USD $74,258.
  23. Forum Auctions Privateers in the Caribbean & Bristol merchants.- An outstanding archive of printed and manuscript material of the 18th and early 19th centuries relating to Privateers, Bristol merchants and shipping, and shipping insurance, c.1750-1830 [the majority 18t on May 27th Actual price: USD $72,729.
  24. Forum Auctions World.- Purchas (Samuel) Purchas his Pilgrimes. In Five Books..., , 5 vol. including vol.5: Purchas His Pilgrimage, first edition, Narcissus Luttrell's copy, 1625-26. on May 27th Actual price: USD $70,955.
  25. Christies N 390.1, New York, 1979-1980 on May 25th Actual price: USD $68,822.



55 total sales reported this week:

University Archives. RARE AUTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRIPTS, ARTWORK, COMIC ART on May 26th: 96.82%
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. Idriess, Australiana, Exploration, Ephemera, Games and more on May 28th: 88.97%
Sothebys. Japanese Woodblock Prints Including the Sokolov Collection - bidstart 5/21 on May 28th: 86.10%
Eldreds. Collectibles on May 28th: 43.75%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Estate of Georgia and Jack Olsen: Session 2 on May 22nd: 100.00%
Swann Galleries. Photographs and Photobooks on May 27th: 72.06%
Ripley Auctions. Annual Indy 500 & Automobilia & Fidger Toy Collection on May 27th: 95.90%
PBA Galleries. Literature - Beat & the Counterculture - Illustrated Books on May 27th: 77.42%
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Fine Autographs and Memorabilia on May 27th: 16.46%
Leland Little Auctions. Spring Modern Art and Design on May 27th: 100.00%
Freemans. Books and Manuscripts on May 20th: 97.71%
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration|...| Books on May 11th: 84.34%
Il Ponte. Books and Manuscripts on May 27th: 94.70%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper on May 27th: 79.37%
Eldreds. Memorial Day Weekend Auction on May 27th: 85.29%
Christies. Marion Lambert Collection - Online: bidstart 5/11 on May 27th: 86.96%
ALDE. https://alde.fr/ventes/bibliotheque-cynegetique-jean-pierre-lemanissier on May 28th: 97.71%
ALDE. Jean-Pierre Lemanissier hunting library on May 27th: 89.17%
Antikvariat Bryggen AS. Books on May 14th: 85.14%
Alexander Historical Auctions. Historical Militaria and Autographs - Day 2 on May 23rd: 83.81%
Alexander Historical Auctions. Historical Militaria and Autographs - Day 1 on May 22nd: 85.00%
Morton Subastas. Online Only - Morton Weekly - bidstart 5/13 on May 26th: 47.13%
John McInnis Auctioneers. NORTH HAMPTON, NH -ON LINE ESTATE FURNISHINGS AUCTION on May 26th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Prints and Editions on May 26th: 65.14%
Bonhams. Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples on May 26th: 84.27%
Christies. Marion Lambert Collection on May 25th: 93.02%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books and Art on May 8th: 53.79%
Bubb Kuyper. Books and Graphics on May 21st: 75.43%
Sothebys. Photographs on May 20th: 61.29%
Artcurial. Gaston Saffroy Library, + Various Owners on May 25th: 85.27%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only: Timed Eclectic Variety on May 25th: 94.44%
Sothebys. Science | Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 5/11 on May 25th: 84.48%
Skinner. Historical Manuscripts and Rare Books - online bidstart 5/5 on May 25th: 85.81%
Morton Subastas. Ancient and Contemporary Books on May 25th: 42.57%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 25th: 80.99%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 5/18 on May 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 5/18 on May 25th: 99.82%
Heritage Auctions. Video Games and Trading Card Games Weekly Online Auction - bidstart 5/18 on May 25th: 100.00%
Winter Associates. Prints; Paintings; Antiques & Fine Furniture; Americana; Jewelry; Sterling; Asian; Garden; Oriental on May 24th: 94.29%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 5/16 on May 24th: 99.64%
North American Auction Company. Best in the West Spring Collectors Sale on May 15th: 75.28%
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers. Important Numismatic Books Sale on May 22nd: 81.22%
Clars Auction Gallery. Online Only Auction on May 23rd: 65.96%
Clars Auction Gallery. Online Only Auction on May 22nd: 60.83%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 5/14 on May 21st: 81.25%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 5/7 on May 19th: 94.78%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 5/7 on May 18th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 5/7 on May 17th: 85.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 5/7 on May 16th: 82.69%
Heritage Auctions. The Tobacco Family Collecion: Part II Currency Special Auction on May 23rd: 89.20%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 5/9 on May 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 5/16 on May 23rd: 99.09%
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration on May 22nd: 98.60%
Heritage Auctions. Tom Huston American and Political Special Online Auction on May 22nd: 99.62%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on May 22nd: 96.00%


For the week ahead 33 sales are scheduled:

Mon. May. 31st
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Rare Books. 366 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Memorial Day Auction. 9 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. A Lifetime Passion: Autographs from a Private Collection: Timed Auction - bidstart 5/22. 445 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 5/21. 87 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 111 lots

Tue. Jun. 1st
Artcurial. Paris. Limited Edition. 163 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 5/25. 653 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 5/25. 173 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 5/21. 41 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Video Games and Trading Card Games Weekly Online Auction - bidstart 5/25. 11 lots

Wed. Jun. 2nd
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Estate Treasures Auction. 113 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Books, Maps, Documents, and Ephemera including Voyages, Australiana, Travel, Maps, Natural History a. 270 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. A Contemporary Vision: Works from the Melva Bucksbaum Collection. 74 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Book Auction. 283 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 5/21. 99 lots

Thu. Jun. 3rd
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Online Only Auction. 79 lots
ALDE. Paris. Music. 162 lots
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Constantia. Rare Books - Online bidstart 5/27. 579 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . OLD & MODERN BOOKS - ALBUMS - PRINTS & DRAWINGS - MANUSCRIPTS & AUTOGRAPHS. 325 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books. 330 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books - bidstart 5/21. 25 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Property from the Collection of Tom Levine. 98 lots

Fri. Jun. 4th
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 1890-1950 : BEAUTIFUL BINDINGS - ORIGINAL DRAWINGS - UNIQUE COPIES. 185 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. BEAUTIFUL HOURS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE: MINIATURES AND MANUSCRIPTS. 18 lots
Bruneau & Co. . Cranston. Comic, Doll, and Toy DiscoverIT Auction.
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. 20th Century, Modern and Contemporary Fine Art. 91 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 5/28. 103 lots

Sat. Jun. 5th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots

Sun. Jun. 6th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 5/31.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 5/30.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 5/23. 314 lots
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. Exceptional June Estate Auction. 22 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 5/28. 46 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000