Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 45 Auctions Archived, another 40 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 27 January 2023, 45 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 1 denominated in Danish krone, 7 in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 33 in US dollars.

 

Turnover this past week was $16,101,137.14 as 83.12% of all lots changed hands.  There were 9,228 offered and 7,670 transacted.  The average lot sold for $2,099.24.

 

The market is beginning to focus on the California book fairs as dealers, collectors and collecting institutions are poised to see fresh stock.

 

3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

ChristiesPrinted and Manuscript Americana and Science - bidstart 1/13 on January 27th: $3,777,228
SothebysFine Manuscripts and Printed Americana on January 24th: $3,177,880
ChristiesOld Master and 19th Century Prints on January 24th: $2,860,200

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

Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 1/6 on January 18th: 945.68%
Binoche et GiquelloHistorical Memories on January 21st: 304.38%
Dominic Winter Book AuctionsEarly Printed Books, English Literature & Fine Bindings, Maps & Documents on January 25th: 165.35%
Forum AuctionsFine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper on January 26th: 119.58%
Rago Arts and AuctionsThe Chicago Edition on January 25th: 114.65%
Du MouchellesThe January Auctions - Day 2 on January 20th: 112.06%
BonhamsSkinner: Prints and Photographs - bidstart 1/16 on January 26th: 107.14%
ChristiesPrinted and Manuscript Americana and Science - bidstart 1/13 on January 27th: 103.87%
Revere AuctionsAround the World in 365 Lots | Post-War and Contemporary Art on January 25th: 103.28%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/17 on January 24th: 101.26%


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

Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 1/6 on January 18th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/17 on January 24th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsPulp Magazine Showcase Auction on January 26th: 100.00%
Du MouchellesThe January Auctions - Day 2 on January 20th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 1/8 on January 22nd: 99.70%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/17 on January 24th: 99.62%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/18 on January 25th: 99.40%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/18 on January 25th: 98.97%
Heritage AuctionsSunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/15 on January 23rd: 98.31%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 1/14 on January 21st: 96.50%
Holabird Kagin AmericanaPike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More on January 22nd: 94.87%
Rago Arts and AuctionsThe Chicago Edition on January 25th: 93.75%
Dominic Winter Book AuctionsEarly Printed Books, English Literature & Fine Bindings, Maps & Documents on January 25th: 93.63%
One Source AuctionsAntique Shop Online Liquidation Auction on January 20th: 92.38%
Binoche et GiquelloHistorical Memories on January 21st: 92.37%
Revere AuctionsAround the World in 365 Lots | Post-War and Contemporary Art on January 25th: 91.38%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/15 on January 22nd: 90.52%
Forum AuctionsFine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper on January 26th: 88.22%
Bruun RasmussenModern Art and Design - Prints on January 24th: 87.34%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 1/6 on January 17th: 86.11%
Eldreds"Cabin Fever" Auction - Day 2 on January 27th: 85.00%
ChristiesPrinted and Manuscript Americana and Science - bidstart 1/13 on January 27th: 84.51%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 1/6 on January 16th: 84.21%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.Special Chabad Auction on the Occasion of "Yom HaBahir", Yud (the 10th of) Shevat – Day of Passing o on January 24th: 84.09%
Holabird Kagin AmericanaPike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More on January 20th: 82.64%
One Of A Kind CollectiblesRare Autograph and Photograph Auction on January 26th: 82.43%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/6 on January 14th: 80.00%
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys Ydea Topografica de los altos del Missisipi y del Missouri. Que demuestra los progresos de la compañia Española de descubiertas del rio Missouri, y las usurpaciones de las companies inglesas sobre las posesiones Españolas. … on January 24th Actual price: USD $1,744,000.
  2. Christies Christ crucified between two Thieves: ‘The Three Crosses’ on January 24th Actual price: USD $730,800.
  3. Sothebys A True Relation of such occurrences and accidents of noateas hath hapned in Virginia since the first planting of that Collony, which is now resident in the South part thereof, till the last returne from thence. Written by a Gentleman of the said Collony, on January 24th Actual price: USD $529,200.
  4. Sothebys The President's Answer. To the Hebrew Congregation, in Newport, Rhode Island, in The Herald of Freedom, Vol. IV, Numb. LI. on January 24th Actual price: USD $529,200.
  5. Christies Accusing Rosalind Franklin of “sabotage” whilst acknowledging her “very useful contributions” on January 27th Actual price: USD $327,600.
  6. Christies "This whole DNA business is busting open" on January 27th Actual price: USD $277,200.
  7. Christies The Gettysburg Address on January 27th Actual price: USD $252,000.
  8. Sothebys The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, written in favour of the new Constitution, as agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. on January 24th Actual price: USD $226,800.
  9. Christies An ornate document for an important loan from France on January 27th Actual price: USD $214,200.
  10. Christies Los Caprichos on January 24th Actual price: USD $201,600.
  11. Forum Auctions De Orbe Novo, edited by Richard Hakluyt, with the exceedingly rare Hakluyt-Martyr map, on January 26th Actual price: USD $201,314.
  12. Christies Portrait of Suleyman the Magnificent on January 24th Actual price: USD $189,000.
  13. Christies De revolutionibus orbium coelestium on January 27th Actual price: USD $176,400.
  14. Bonhams Nude on Sand, Oceano on January 26th Actual price: USD $151,575.
  15. Christies The Federalist Papers on January 27th Actual price: USD $151,200.
  16. Christies Melencolia I on January 24th Actual price: USD $151,200.
  17. Christies Philosophiae naturalis theoria on January 27th Actual price: USD $113,400.
  18. Sothebys Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War. on January 24th Actual price: USD $113,400.
  19. Christies "The X-ray data which Jim and I used was almost entirely Rosalind Franklin’s measurements of the dimensions of the two forms, A and B" on January 27th Actual price: USD $100,800.
  20. Christies Melencolia I on January 24th Actual price: USD $100,800.
  21. Dominic Winter Book Auctions A sammelband of 7 works on January 25th Actual price: USD $95,144.
  22. Christies Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche on January 27th Actual price: USD $94,500.
  23. Christies Los Desastres de la Guerra on January 24th Actual price: USD $94,500.
  24. Forum Auctions Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on January 26th Actual price: USD $92,914.
  25. Christies Christ returning from the Temple with His Parents on January 24th Actual price: USD $88,200.




45 total sales reported this week:

Christies. Printed and Manuscript Americana and Science - bidstart 1/13 on January 27th: 84.51%
Los Angeles Estate Auction. ESTATE SALE STAMPS AUCTION, NO RESERVE PRICE on January 27th: 56.25%
PBA Galleries. Fine Art & Photography - Asian Art & Culture on January 26th: 62.38%
One Of A Kind Collectibles. Rare Autograph and Photograph Auction on January 26th: 82.43%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper on January 26th: 88.22%
Bonhams. Skinner: Prints and Photographs - bidstart 1/16 on January 26th: 74.42%
Eldreds. "Cabin Fever" Auction - Day 2 on January 27th: 85.00%
Eldreds. "Cabin Fever" Auction on January 26th: 75.47%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Antiquarian Books - bidstart1/19 on January 26th: 33.09%
Tennants Auctioneers. The David Stather Library on January 25th: 63.60%
Rago Arts and Auctions. The Chicago Edition on January 25th: 93.75%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp Magazine Showcase Auction on January 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/18 on January 25th: 99.40%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/18 on January 25th: 98.97%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Early Printed Books, English Literature & Fine Bindings, Maps & Documents on January 25th: 93.63%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Treasures Auction on January 26th: 64.86%
Alexander Historical Auctions. Winter Historical Militaria & Autographs Live Auction 2023 - DAY 2 on January 26th: 78.82%
Alexander Historical Auctions. Winter Historical Militaria & Autographs Live Auction 2023 on January 25th: 73.78%
Revere Auctions. Around the World in 365 Lots | Post-War and Contemporary Art on January 25th: 91.38%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Books and Bindings on January 24th: 67.63%
Sothebys. Fine Manuscripts and Printed Americana on January 24th: 42.86%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Special Chabad Auction on the Occasion of "Yom HaBahir", Yud (the 10th of) Shevat – Day of Passing o on January 24th: 84.09%
Christies. Old Master and 19th Century Prints on January 24th: 76.51%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 24th: 87.34%
Sothebys. Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export Art, Prints, Photographs, Books, and Historic on January 23rd: 72.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/17 on January 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/17 on January 24th: 99.62%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 1/8 on January 22nd: 99.70%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/15 on January 23rd: 98.31%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 1/6 on January 18th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 1/6 on January 17th: 86.11%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 1/6 on January 16th: 84.21%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/6 on January 15th: 78.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/6 on January 14th: 80.00%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity Auction on January 21st: 31.17%
Binoche et Giquello. Historical Memories on January 21st: 92.37%
One Source Auctions. Antique Shop Online Liquidation Auction on January 20th: 92.38%
Michaans Auctions. January Gallery Auction on January 20th: 59.46%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Pike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More on January 22nd: 94.87%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Pike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More on January 21st: 73.26%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Pike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More on January 20th: 82.64%
Du Mouchelles. The January Auctions - Day 2 on January 20th: 100.00%
Christies. Important Americana on January 20th: 20.00%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 1/14 on January 21st: 96.50%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/15 on January 22nd: 90.52%


For the week ahead 40 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 30th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 1/20. 53 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Ancient and 19th Century Books - Occult Sciences, Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries - bidsta. 246 lots

Tue. Jan. 31st
Dorotheum . Vienna. Posters and Adverting Art. 217 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Antique Books and Artist's Books. 309 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/24. 464 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/24. 147 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Ancient and Modern Books. 306 lots
New England Auctions. South Deerfield. Literature, Miniatures, Graphics & Illustrated books. bidstart 1/14. 210 lots
Central Mass Auctions. Boston,. Estates Auction: Art, Cars, Historical & More. 80 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 1/20. 36 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 81 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Only Banksy. 12 lots
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Firenze. Modern and Contemporary Art - bidstart 1/23. 81 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. CLASSIC SALE - ANCIENT, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, HANDLES, MULTIPLES, WINES, BOOKS, DESIGN,. 158 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety Auction. 28 lots

Wed. Feb. 1st
Morphy Auctions. Denver. Toys, Sports Cards and General Collectibles. 228 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/25. 104 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/25. 310 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Postcards; Cigarette and Trade Cards; Photographs, Autographs, and Ephemera. 147 lots
University Archives. Wilton. Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, and Books. 414 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 1/20. 32 lots
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. Panorama - Thomaston Light. 19 lots

Thu. Feb. 2nd
Freemans. Philadelphia. Books and Manuscripts. 142 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Jim Davis: The Art of Garfield Showcase Auction. 101 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. It's Time to Duel! YU-GI-OH! Trading Card Games Showcase Auction. 107 lots
Bonhams. London. Vintage Posters Online bidstart 1/26. 159 lots
Bonhams. Marlborough. Skinner: Fine Books & Rare Manuscripts - bidstart 1/23. 278 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Gary Munson Collection. 304 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Winter Estate Auction. 30 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Premier Collections Live Auctions Days. 16 lots
Ader. PARIS. PHOTOGRAPHS ONLINE : FOR THE BENEFIT OF ACT & HELP. 41 lots

Fri. Feb. 3rd
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Lucie Scheler's Collection of Ancient and Modern Books, Modern Paintings. 66 lots

Sat. Feb. 4th
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. 19th-21st c. Fine Prints. 343 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 1/28. 200 lots
EV Stamps. Richmond. Sports Cards and Memorabilia. 224 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/27. 11 lots

Sun. Feb. 5th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/29.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/29.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 1/22. 348 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/27. 17 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.