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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 41 Auctions Archived, another 43 Upcoming this Week

For  the week ended Friday, 11 March 2022, 41 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 1 denominated in Columbian pesos, 2 in Danish krone, 10 in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 24 in US dollars.

 

Turnover this past week was  $14,534,375 as 81% of all lots sold.  There were 10,182 lots posted and 8,274 changed hands.  The average lot sold for $1,757.

 

In these trying times we wish you the best.

 

4 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games on March 4th: $3,789,153
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 9th: $2,214,072
Swann Galleries. Prints and Drawings on March 10th: $2,120,305
Sothebys. Contemporary Curated on March 11th: $1,667,862

 


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

Gorringes. The Spring Fine Sale on March 8th: 155.09%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Cover to Cover: Artist Books and Ephemera on March 10th: 133.56%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 2/18 on March 2nd: 127.46%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on March 10th: 126.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Traveler Collection Part II Currency Showcase Auction on March 6th: 124.74%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. British & European Paintings, English Watercolours, Old Master Prints & Drawings on March 9th: 120.61%
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 9th: 118.25%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/1 on March 8th: 112.35%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Online Sale - Surrealism/Art Brut/Modern Art on March 10th: 110.84%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/1 on March 8th: 110.25%


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

Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/1 on March 8th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/20 on March 6th: 100.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Cover to Cover: Artist Books and Ephemera on March 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Traveler Collection Part II Currency Showcase Auction on March 6th: 100.00%
John McInnis Auctioneers. VIRTUAL ON LINE AUCTION ON-SITE KENNEBUNK MAINE on March 6th: 100.00%
Copley Fine Art Auctions. The Winter Sale 2022 on March 5th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Selections From the Bobby G. Murphy Collection Showcase Auction on March 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/1 on March 8th: 99.84%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 99.71%
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games on March 4th: 99.55%
Gorringes. The Spring Fine Sale on March 8th: 98.57%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 2/27 on March 7th: 98.20%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - on March 5th: 97.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 3/1 on March 8th: 95.65%
Bruun Rasmussen. NASA Photographs on March 9th: 94.74%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 2/27 on March 6th: 94.61%
Heritage Auctions. The Art of Robert Peak Illustration Art Showcase Auction on March 10th: 92.59%
Sothebys. Contemporary Curated on March 11th: 92.31%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Online Sale - Books on March 8th: 91.76%
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 9th: 89.61%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 2/18 on March 2nd: 87.33%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on March 8th: 86.49%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on March 10th: 85.83%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 2/18 on February 27th: 83.64%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. British & European Paintings, English Watercolours, Old Master Prints & Drawings on March 9th: 82.46%
Heritage Auctions. In Focus: Women Photographers on February 9th: 81.30%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 2/25 on March 4th: 80.58%
Bogota Auction. Engravings and multiples. Decorative arts and design. on March 3rd: 80.26%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 2/18 on February 28th: 80.00%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys Sakamoto Portrait on March 11th Actual price: USD $630,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions Pokémon Charizard #4 First Edition Base Set Trading Card (Wizards of the Coast, 1999) PSA GEM MT 10. on March 4th Actual price: USD $336,000.
  3. Heritage Auctions Pokémon First Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999). on March 4th Actual price: USD $288,000.
  4. Sothebys Superman, from Myths (Feldman & Shellmann II.260) on March 11th Actual price: USD $277,200.
  5. Sothebys I. Face It! (Blue) II. Face It! (Green) on March 11th Actual price: USD $176,400.
  6. Sothebys Two Crowds: Trouble (Excluded); Watching (Included) on March 11th Actual price: USD $170,100.
  7. Heritage Auctions Magic: The Gathering Unlimited Edition Starter Deck Sealed Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1993). on March 4th Actual price: USD $168,000.
  8. Sothebys Bikini (Desert) on March 11th Actual price: USD $157,500.
  9. Christies The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 24 April 2011 on March 9th Actual price: USD $119,700.
  10. Christies Methamphetamine on March 9th Actual price: USD $100,800.
  11. Heritage Auctions Magic: The Gathering Alpha Edition Sealed Starter Deck (Wizards of the Coast, 1993). on March 4th Actual price: USD $90,000.
  12. Christies Untitled No. 14, from The Yosemite Suite on March 9th Actual price: USD $88,200.
  13. Sothebys Fertility Suite: One Plate (Littmann p. 32) on March 11th Actual price: USD $69,300.
  14. Christies Mao: one print on March 9th Actual price: USD $69,300.
  15. Christies Crying Girl on March 9th Actual price: USD $69,300.
  16. Heritage Auctions Magic: The Gathering Antiquities Edition Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1994). on March 4th Actual price: USD $66,000.
  17. Heritage Auctions Magic: The Gathering Beta Edition Black Lotus (Wizards of the Coast, 1993) BGS MINT 9. on March 4th Actual price: USD $66,000.
  18. Heritage Auctions Magic: The Gathering Antiquities Edition Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1994). on March 4th Actual price: USD $63,000.
  19. Sothebys Fertility Suite: One Plate (Littmann p. 33) on March 11th Actual price: USD $60,480.
  20. Christies Sun, from Weather Series on March 9th Actual price: USD $60,480.
  21. Christies Flowers I-III, from Bedford Series on March 9th Actual price: USD $60,480.
  22. Christies Wild Raspberries on March 9th Actual price: USD $56,700.
  23. Sothebys Fertility Suite: One Plate (Littmann p. 31) on March 11th Actual price: USD $52,920.
  24. Heritage Auctions Magic: The Gathering Black Lots Alpha Edition Trading Card (Wizards of the Coast, 1993) CGC VG/Ex+ 4.5. on March 4th Actual price: USD $52,800.
  25. Gorringes A Collection of deeds and documents relating chiefly to Kent, 1264-1654, from the collection of Thomas Godfrey Godfrey-Faussett (1829-1877) on March 8th Actual price: USD $51,622.



41 total sales reported this week:

Sothebys. Contemporary Curated on March 11th: 92.31%
Santa Fe Art Auction. Prints, Multiples and Works on Paper: session 1 on March 11th: 79.37%
Bogota Auction. Engravings and multiples. Decorative arts and design. on March 3rd: 80.26%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Online Sale - Surrealism/Art Brut/Modern Art on March 10th: 62.24%
Swann Galleries. Prints and Drawings on March 10th: 70.25%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Cover to Cover: Artist Books and Ephemera on March 10th: 100.00%
PBA Galleries. Decorative and Graphic Arts with Illustrated & Antiquarian Books, Fine Press & Fine Bindings on March 10th: 63.32%
Morton Subastas. Auction of Graphic Work and Photography on March 10th: 22.78%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on March 10th: 85.83%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Antiquarian Books - bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 27.37%
Heritage Auctions. Selections From the Bobby G. Murphy Collection Showcase Auction on March 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Art of Robert Peak Illustration Art Showcase Auction on March 10th: 92.59%
Sothebys. Living Contemporary - bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 73.17%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 2/18 on March 9th: 64.33%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. British & European Paintings, English Watercolours, Old Master Prints & Drawings on March 9th: 82.46%
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 9th: 89.61%
Bruun Rasmussen. NASA Photographs on March 9th: 94.74%
Heritage Auctions. In Focus: Women Photographers on February 9th: 81.30%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 99.71%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on March 8th: 86.49%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Online Sale - Books on March 8th: 91.76%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 3/1 on March 8th: 95.65%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/1 on March 8th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/1 on March 8th: 99.84%
Gorringes. The Spring Fine Sale on March 8th: 98.57%
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Timed Online Rare Book & Collectors Sale - bidstart 2/25 on March 8th: 65.56%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on March 8th: 77.08%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 2/27 on March 7th: 98.20%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 2/27 on March 6th: 94.61%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 2/25 on March 4th: 80.58%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 2/18 on March 2nd: 87.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 2/18 on March 1st: 78.05%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 2/18 on February 28th: 80.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Art and Photography - bidstart 2/18 on February 26th: 36.84%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 2/18 on February 27th: 83.64%
John McInnis Auctioneers. VIRTUAL ON LINE AUCTION ON-SITE KENNEBUNK MAINE on March 6th: 100.00%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - on March 5th: 97.00%
Copley Fine Art Auctions. The Winter Sale 2022 on March 5th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Traveler Collection Part II Currency Showcase Auction on March 6th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/20 on March 6th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games on March 4th: 99.55%


For the week ahead 43 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 14th
Ader. PARIS. Photography Books. 287 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Mid-Century Modern, Eldred Wheeler & Fine Furniture; Paintings; Prints; Asian; Jewelry; Art Pottery. 23 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 3/4. 98 lots

Tue. Mar. 15th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/8. 526 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/8. 154 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 3/8. 113 lots
Guernseys. New York, NY. African American Historical and Cultural Artifacts. 1 lots
Sothebys. London. Made in Britain. 114 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Laugh now but one day we'll be in charge: Banksy and 21st Century Editions - bidstart 3/1. 72 lots
Ader. PARIS. Photographs - Collection Sale. 268 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Country Americana online - bidstart 3/5. 32 lots
Hake's Auctions. York. Hake's Auction. 460 lots
New England Auctions. South Deerfield. Fine Antiques and Decorative Arts. 51 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Online Only: Timed Eclectic Variety. 32 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 3/4. 36 lots
Old World Auctions. Richmond. Antique Maps, Charts, Atlases, Engravings, Historical Documents & Books. 164 lots

Wed. Mar. 16th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 3/9. 340 lots
ALDE. Paris. Old books from the 15th to the 19th century, Sciences & Medicine. 167 lots
Aspire Art Auctions. Cape Town,. Modern and Contemporary Art. 13 lots
Sothebys. London. Prints and Multiples - bidstart 3/10. 39 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Prints, Multiples and Modern Art. 382 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Online Sale - Posters and Propaganda. 353 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Two Day Book Sale. 495 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 10/13/4. 153 lots

Thu. Mar. 17th
RR Auction. Amherst. Apple, Jobs and Computer Hardware - bidstart 3/10. 67 lots
Finarte. Milan. Photographs. 207 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Gambling, Playing Cards, Coin-Op, & Advertising. 413 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Prints and Editions. 181 lots
Sothebys. New York. Modern: Discoveries - bidstart 3/4. 42 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Books and Manuscripts - Philately - Postcards. 321 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. March Antiques and Accessories. 53 lots

Fri. Mar. 18th
Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Brugge. Spring Auction. 965 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Monthly Picture Sale. 37 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 3/11. 112 lots

Sat. Mar. 19th
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction. 40 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper -. 200 lots
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. Western Collector Auction. 190 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Inaugural J. Doyle Dewitt Collection of Americana & Political Signature® Auction. 117 lots

Sun. Mar. 20th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 3/13.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 3/13.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/6. 277 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 3/11. 67 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Books - bidstart 3/11. 29 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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.