• 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 19 Auctions Archived, another 28 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday 31 December 2021, 19 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+, 9 denominated in euros, and 10 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $2,713,914 as 80% of all lots sold.  There were 6,511 lots posted and 5,185 changed hands.  The average lot sold for $523.

 

May 2022 be all that you wish!

 


5 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:

Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/10 on December 22nd: 164.79%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 10/1 on December 24th: 154.78%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/10 on December 21st: 121.70%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/10 on December 19th: 118.41%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 112.85%


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

Heritage AuctionsWednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/22 on December 29th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsUS Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 99.63%
Heritage AuctionsComics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 12/19 on December 27th: 99.62%
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters Weekly - bidstart 12/19 on December 26th: 98.66%
Heritage AuctionsSports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/12 on December 26th: 98.37%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 26th: 97.50%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/10 on December 22nd: 91.43%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/10 on December 19th: 84.78%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.Jewish and Iraeli History, Culture and Art on December 21st: 84.26%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/10 on December 20th: 82.28%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 10/1 on December 24th: 81.52%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  2. Heritage Auctions Albedo #2 (Thoughts and Images, 1984) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $24,000.
  3. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen La Cosmographie universelle de Tout le Monde recueillie de chasque bon authevr et approvve, tant des Historiens, comme de ceux qui ont descrit les lieux particuliers. 2 Bde. on December 18th Actual price: USD $22,276.
  4. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Cosmographia. Beschreibung aller Lender, in welcher begriffen Aller völcker Herrschafften Stetten und namhafftiger flecken herkommen... on December 18th Actual price: USD $18,099.
  5. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC PR 0.5 Cream to off-white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $17,400.
  6. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Atlas historique, ou nouvelle introduction a l'histoire, a la chronologie & a la geographie ancienne & moderne. 7 Bde. on December 18th Actual price: USD $16,707.
  7. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Off-white to white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $15,072.
  8. Heritage Auctions Journey Into Mystery #83 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $14,400.
  9. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen (Costumes of the Various Countries). Komplette Serie des Trachten- und Uniformwerkes in 7 Bänden. on December 18th Actual price: USD $13,227.
  10. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Der Dudelsackpfeifer. on December 18th Actual price: USD $12,530.
  11. Heritage Auctions Police Comics #1 (Quality, 1941) CGC GD+ 2.5 Cream to off-white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $11,400.
  12. Heritage Auctions Giant-Size X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1975) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $11,400.
  13. Heritage Auctions The Marvel Family #1 (Fawcett Publications, 1945) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white to white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $10,800.
  14. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Piper Verlag. Dem Verlag R. Piper & Co. zum 19. Mai 1924. on December 18th Actual price: USD $10,442.
  15. Heritage Auctions José "Pepe" Gonzalez - Vampirella Illustration Original Art (2003). on December 29th Actual price: USD $10,200.
  16. Heritage Auctions Special Marvel Edition #15 Master of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1973) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $10,200.
  17. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #19 (Marvel, 1963) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $10,200.
  18. Heritage Auctions X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC GD 2.0 Off-white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $9,960.
  19. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Die Kreuzigung - kleine Platte. on December 18th Actual price: USD $9,746.
  20. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen De praestigiis daemonum, et incantationibus, ac ueneficijs, libri V. on December 18th Actual price: USD $9,050.
  21. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #12 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $8,700.
  22. Heritage Auctions Giant-Size X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1975) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $8,400.
  23. Heritage Auctions The Avengers #4 (Marvel, 1964) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $8,400.
  24. Heritage Auctions Edge of Spider-Verse #2 Variant Edition (Marvel, 2014) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $8,100.
  25. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Eh. Brief mit Unterschrift "Frederic". In französischer Sprache. on December 18th Actual price: USD $8,075.



19 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/22 on December 29th: 100.00%
Withington Auctions, Inc.. Outstanding Country Estate Auction on December 29th: 76.92%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 99.63%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on December 18th: 53.87%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Photographs on December 21st: 16.07%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jewish and Iraeli History, Culture and Art on December 21st: 84.26%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 26th: 97.50%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 12/19 on December 26th: 98.66%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 12/19 on December 27th: 99.62%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 10/1 on December 24th: 81.52%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books - bidstart 12/17 on December 23rd: 69.23%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/10 on December 22nd: 91.43%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/10 on December 21st: 75.76%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/10 on December 20th: 82.28%
Catawiki B. V.. Books - bidstart 12/10 on December 19th: 33.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/10 on December 19th: 84.78%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/12 on December 26th: 98.37%


For the week ahead 28 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 3rd
One Source Auctions. Canandaigua. 10TH ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S QUALITY ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES AUCTION. 149 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/26. 72 lots

Tue. Jan. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/28. 648 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/28. 165 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 12/28. 86 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 83 lots
Pot of Gold Estate Liquidations DBA AZFirearms.com. Avondale. High End Antique, Coin-op, Gun, Coin, Jewelry, Art. 25 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Online Only - Timed Eclectic Variety. 17 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/24. 35 lots

Wed. Jan. 5th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando. 1185 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/29. 257 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Unlimited - Part 1. 110 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Unlimited - Part 2. 358 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Online Sale - Books. 986 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/24. 150 lots

Thu. Jan. 6th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Books in All Fields with Americana & Maps - Timed Online Auction - bidstart 12/24. 471 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN World Paper Money Signature® Auction - Orlando. 468 lots
University Archives. Wilton. Rare Autographs, Photographs & Books. 535 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. The New Years Estate Auction. 28 lots

Fri. Jan. 7th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 1/1. 90 lots

Sat. Jan. 8th
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. Petroliana - Advertising - Country Store - with Amanda Auction Gallery. 94 lots
Tennants Auctioneers. Leyburn. Antiques and Interiors, to include Affordable Modern and Contemporary Art. 56 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 1/1. 200 lots

Sun. Jan. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 1/2.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 1/2.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/26. 394 lots
Schilb Antiquarian. Columbia. RARE BOOKS With NO RESERVE NO BUYERS PREMIUM!.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts -- bidstart 1/1. 33 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • 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