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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 42 Auctions Archived, another 37 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 1 July 2022, 42 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database; 1 denominated in Swiss francs, 1 in Danish krone, 12 in euros, 4 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 23 in US dollars.

 

Turnover this past week was $19,007,444 as 85% of all lots sold.   There were 9,872 offers posted and 8,351 changed hands.  The average lot sold for $2,276.

 

For the week ahead 37 auctions are up for consideration.

 

7 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Arader Galleries. June Auction - bidstart 5/25 on June 25th: $2,897,171
Heritage Auctions. The Founding Fathers' Fight for Liberty and the Birth of a New Nation - Part I Manuscripts on June 25th: $2,712,933
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on June 29th: $2,579,457
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on June 25th: $1,612,368
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on June 28th: $1,592,288
Christies. Marc Chagall, Colour of Life: Prints and Artist's Books Formerly from the Artist's Estate - bidstart on June 30th: $1,258,448
Koller Auctions. Prints and Multiples on June 30th: $1,093,673

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

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Semi-Annual Premier Americana on June 25th: 150.30%
PIASA. Lilette and Sam Szafran Collection - Selected Books on June 28th: 149.23%
Christies. Marc Chagall, Colour of Life: Prints and Artist's Books Formerly from the Artist's Estate - bidstart on June 30th: 144.14%
Robert Siegel Galleries. 2022 Rarities of the World on June 28th: 143.50%
Bonhams. Medical and Scientific Library of W. Bruce Fye - bidstart 6/20 on June 29th: 129.53%
Koller Auctions. Prints and Multiples on June 30th: 117.62%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on June 29th: 113.62%
Neal Auction Company. Major Summer Estates Auction on June 25th: 108.87%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 6/21 on June 28th: 101.37%
Il Ponte. Books on June 28th: 101.00%


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

Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 6/21 on June 28th: 100.00%
Neal Auction Company. Major Summer Estates Auction on June 25th: 100.00%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Semi-Annual Premier Americana on June 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 6/19 on June 27th: 99.90%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 6/21 on June 28th: 99.73%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 6/22 on June 29th: 99.49%
Heritage Auctions. The Underground Comix Showcase Auction on June 30th: 99.42%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 6/12 on June 26th: 98.49%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 6/22 on June 29th: 98.31%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - on June 25th: 98.00%
Christies. Marc Chagall, Colour of Life: Prints and Artist's Books Formerly from the Artist's Estate - bidstart on June 30th: 97.33%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on June 25th: 96.71%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 6/19 on June 26th: 95.32%
One Source Auctions. Quality Antiques and Collectibles Online Auction on June 27th: 93.75%
Heritage Auctions. The Founding Fathers' Fight for Liberty and the Birth of a New Nation - Part I Manuscripts on June 25th: 93.55%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1800) - bidstart 6/10 on June 22nd: 89.63%
Robert Siegel Galleries. 2022 Rarities of the World on June 28th: 89.41%
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on June 28th: 88.32%
Il Ponte. Books on June 28th: 88.16%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on June 28th: 88.00%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on June 29th: 87.88%
Koller Auctions. Prints and Multiples on June 30th: 86.36%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/10 on June 19th: 85.00%
PIASA. Lilette and Sam Szafran Collection - Selected Books on June 28th: 83.87%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1800) - bidstart 6/17 on June 24th: 83.08%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Complete Collection of Signers of the Declaration of Independence. on June 25th Actual price: USD $1,395,000.
  2. Bonhams Queen Elizabeth II, from Reigning Queens on June 29th Actual price: USD $336,766.
  3. Arader Galleries Quezal or Pharomacrus mocinno. on June 25th Actual price: USD $264,000.
  4. Christies Le magicien de Paris I on June 30th Actual price: USD $229,365.
  5. Arader Galleries Watercolor for plate 106: "Blue Plantain Lily", Hemerocallis Coerulea. on June 25th Actual price: USD $192,000.
  6. Arader Galleries Hooping Crane, Plate 226. on June 25th Actual price: USD $192,000.
  7. Arader Galleries Watercolor for plate 3: "Plantain Lily" Hemerocallis Japonica, or Japanese Hosta on June 25th Actual price: USD $180,000.
  8. Arader Galleries Common American Swan, Plate 411. on June 25th Actual price: USD $168,000.
  9. Arader Galleries View of Boston from the Ship House, west end of the Navy Yard. on June 25th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  10. Arader Galleries (Warren, Rhode Island 1748-1841). on June 25th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  11. Bonhams One Plate, from Growing on June 29th Actual price: USD $145,628.
  12. Bonhams Mick Jagger, from Mick Jagger Portfolio on June 29th Actual price: USD $145,628.
  13. Arader Galleries Carolina Parrot, Plate 26. on June 25th Actual price: USD $144,000.
  14. Bonhams Letter Signed ("R.E. Lee") to U.S. Grant from the battlefield at Cold Spring during the 3 day standoff negotiating attempts to tend to the wounded men who still lay in the field, on June 28th Actual price: USD $138,975.
  15. Arader Galleries Wood Ibis, Plate 216. on June 25th Actual price: USD $132,000.
  16. Bonhams Banksquiat (Grey) on June 29th Actual price: USD $122,692.
  17. Arader Galleries The Baltimore Oriole. on June 25th Actual price: USD $114,000.
  18. Arader Galleries Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Plate 66. on June 25th Actual price: USD $102,000.
  19. Heritage Auctions Complete Collection of Signers of the American Constitution. on June 25th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  20. Bonhams The Elements 4 on June 29th Actual price: USD $95,168.
  21. Bonhams Free South Africa (Untitled 1-3: The complete Suite) 3 on June 29th Actual price: USD $92,110.
  22. Christies Homère: L'Odyssée on June 30th Actual price: USD $91,746.
  23. Christies L’Auge II on June 30th Actual price: USD $84,100.
  24. Arader Galleries Voyages dans L'Amerique Sept Nord, ou description des pays arroses par le Mississipi, Ohio, Missouri et autres rivieres affluentes...Atlas. on June 25th Actual price: USD $84,000.
  25. Arader Galleries The Present State of New-England. Being a Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians. on June 25th Actual price: USD $84,000.


42 total sales reported this week:

Old World Auctions. Maps and Atlases - bidstart 6/8 on June 22nd: 74.76%
Heritage Auctions. The Underground Comix Showcase Auction on June 30th: 99.42%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 6/22 on June 29th: 98.31%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 6/22 on June 29th: 99.49%
PBA Galleries. Elite Americana - APBA Platinum Auction on June 30th: 71.88%
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. The Moe Howard and Norman Maurer Estate Auction on June 30th: 75.92%
Koller Auctions. Prints and Multiples on June 30th: 86.36%
Christies. Marc Chagall, Colour of Life: Prints and Artist's Books Formerly from the Artist's Estate - bidstart on June 30th: 97.33%
Trafford Books. Books, Prints, Ephemera on June 29th: 70.59%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/23 on June 29th: 20.95%
Bonhams. Medical and Scientific Library of W. Bruce Fye - bidstart 6/20 on June 29th: 72.86%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on June 29th: 87.88%
Ader. Books - online - bidstart 6/20 on June 28th: 57.45%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on June 28th: 77.48%
Robert Siegel Galleries. 2022 Rarities of the World on June 28th: 89.41%
PIASA. Lilette and Sam Szafran Collection - Selected Books on June 28th: 83.87%
Il Ponte. Books on June 28th: 88.16%
Gorringes. Summer Fine Sale on June 28th: 50.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on June 28th: 88.00%
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on June 28th: 88.32%
Artcurial. Dora Maar, unpublished, photographic collections on June 28th: 60.50%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 6/21 on June 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 6/21 on June 28th: 99.73%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 6/19 on June 27th: 99.90%
Winter Associates. Fine Paintings, Prints and Drawings, etc... on June 27th: 69.23%
One Source Auctions. Quality Antiques and Collectibles Online Auction on June 27th: 93.75%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity Auction on June 25th: 62.90%
Neal Auction Company. Major Summer Estates Auction on June 25th: 100.00%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Semi-Annual Premier Americana on June 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 6/12 on June 26th: 98.49%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 6/19 on June 26th: 95.32%
Heritage Auctions. The Founding Fathers' Fight for Liberty and the Birth of a New Nation - Part I Manuscripts on June 25th: 93.55%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on June 25th: 96.71%
Soler Y Llach. Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Collectibles on June 22nd: 49.86%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - on June 25th: 98.00%
Arader Galleries. June Auction - bidstart 5/25 on June 25th: 58.06%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1800) - bidstart 6/17 on June 24th: 83.08%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1800) - bidstart 6/10 on June 22nd: 89.63%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 6/10 on June 21st: 70.97%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 6/10 on June 20th: 77.53%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Books Auction - bidstart 6/10 on June 19th: 48.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/10 on June 19th: 85.00%


For the week ahead 37 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jul. 4th
Pandolfini. Florence . Timed Auction: Books, Manuscripts and Autographs, Drawings and Prints - bidstart 6/25. 148 lots
Pandolfini. Florence . Timed Auction: Works on Paper: Drawings, Paintings and Prints - bidstart 6/25. 32 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 6/24. 78 lots

Tue. Jul. 5th
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 294 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500 - 1900. 115 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety Auction Online - bidstart 6/24. 29 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 6/28. 333 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 6/28. 170 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 6/24. 25 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 62 lots

Wed. Jul. 6th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Western Manuscripts and Miniatures. 132 lots
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. The Library of Pierre Berge - 6th Sale. 378 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. HKINF World Paper Money. 580 lots
Morphy Auctions. Denver. Timed Internet Only General Auction - bidstart 6/15. 36 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 6/29. 381 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 6/29. 119 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. ibid Prints and Multiples. 103 lots

Thu. Jul. 7th
Christies. London - King Street. The Exceptional Sale. 1 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana & Maps - Timed Online Auction - bidstart 6/27. 435 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Prints and Editions. 271 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Summer Living. 42 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Superman Patriotic Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction. 256 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. The Robert Whitman Library. 415 lots
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques. 3198 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. ibid Photographs. 230 lots

Fri. Jul. 8th
Tajan. Paris. Comics - bidstart 6/19. 152 lots
Withington Auctions, Inc.. Goffstown. After the 4th Summer Auction. 39 lots

Sat. Jul. 9th
Case Antiques, Inc.. Knoxville. Summer 2022 Auction. 69 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper -. 200 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Music Memorabilia. 197 lots
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. Western and Native American Auction. 155 lots

Sun. Jul. 10th
Schilb Antiquarian. Columbia. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium. 106 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 7/3.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Poster Weekly - bidstart 7/3.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - bidstart 6/26. 333 lots
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. July Splendor - Day 3. 95 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/1. 49 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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.