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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 33 Auctions Archived, another 36 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended 16 August, 33 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 2 in Canadian dollars, 1 in Danish krone, 4 in euros, 5 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, 1 in Norwegian krona and 18 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $4,632,745.52.  The average lot sold for $708.15 as 87.58% of all lots sold.

 

 

No auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:


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

Bonhams. Asian Works of Art on August 14th: 242.86%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Bookbinding Tools, Maps & Document on August 14th: 143.01%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on August 15th: 138.98%
Tooveys. Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera on August 14th: 112.48%


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

Heritage Auctions. The Art of Archie Comics Part V Showcase Auction on August 15th: 100.00%
Bonhams. Asian Works of Art on August 14th: 100.00%
Northrow Gallery Auctions Ltd.. Fine Art Auction Featuring Canadian and Inuit Art on August 13th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on August 13th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on August 13th: 99.74%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on August 14th: 99.71%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on August 13th: 99.33%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on August 14th: 99.01%
Heritage Auctions. Music Memorabilia & Concert Posters Showcase Auction on August 11th: 98.78%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on August 11th: 97.17%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on August 11th: 96.37%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on August 15th: 95.92%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 10th: 95.65%
New England Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera List on August 13th: 93.89%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Wrights: Editions and Works on Paper on August 14th: 92.19%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on August 4th: 89.69%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Prints and Drawings at Online Auction on August 10th: 88.78%
Heritage Auctions. Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction on August 14th: 86.36%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Bookbinding Tools, Maps & Document on August 14th: 86.26%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on August 5th: 85.71%
Tooveys. Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera on August 14th: 82.80%
Eldreds. The Marine Sale on August 9th: 81.48%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 13th: 80.39%
 
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. RR Auction Johannes Kepler Rare Autograph Document Signed on August 14th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  2. RR Auction Benjamin Rush War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed on George Washington and British Movements: "Our town is alive with news. The minute guns were fired this morning. It threw the city into confusion." on August 14th Actual price: USD $37,023.
  3. RR Auction George Washington Autograph Letter Signed to Architect of the Capitol William Thornton on August 14th Actual price: USD $36,603.
  4. RR Auction Al Pacino Document Signed for The Godfather Part II - Contract for the Role of Michael Corleone on August 14th Actual price: USD $31,344.
  5. RR Auction Ernest Hemingway (4) Letters on Drinking, Money, and Writing: "The reason I didn't write you about the book is because it is hard enough to write it without writing about it" on August 14th Actual price: USD $31,251.
  6. Bonhams At the Beach, from Surrealist Series on August 14th Actual price: USD $30,720.
  7. Swann Galleries THE MASCOT MOTH / MASKELYNE & DEVANT'S MYSTERIES. Circa 1905. on August 8th Actual price: USD $27,500.
  8. Swann Galleries DAVID DEVANT / MASKELYNE & DEVANT. Circa 1905. on August 8th Actual price: USD $27,500.
  9. Swann Galleries MASKELYNE & COOKE'S MYSTERIES / DAVID DEVANT AND HIS MYSTIC KETTLE. Circa 1900. on August 8th Actual price: USD $27,500.
  10. Rago Arts and Auctions D-Train on August 14th Actual price: USD $25,200.
  11. Rago Arts and Auctions The New York Collection for Stockholm on August 14th Actual price: USD $25,200.
  12. RR Auction Charles Schulz Signed Original Hand-Drawn Peanuts Daily Comic Strip, Featuring Snoopy as a 'World Famous Author' on August 14th Actual price: USD $20,133.
  13. RR Auction Napoleon Letter Signed to Minister of the Interior on August 14th Actual price: USD $19,460.
  14. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC GD+ 2.5 Off-white to white pages. on August 13th Actual price: USD $19,200.
  15. RR Auction Janis Joplin Rare Signed Photograph - Same Image Used for Issue No. 6 of Rolling Stone Magazine on August 14th Actual price: USD $18,093.
  16. RR Auction Beatles Signatures (c. 1963) - Superlative Examples on August 14th Actual price: USD $18,089.
  17. Heritage Auctions Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica #1-347 Complete Series and Others File Copies Bound Volumes Group of 45 (Archie, 1950-97). on August 13th Actual price: USD $16,800.
  18. Rago Arts and Auctions Dark Gray Curve (State I) on August 14th Actual price: USD $15,480.
  19. Rago Arts and Auctions Untitled (Ocean Park) on August 14th Actual price: USD $15,120.
  20. Rago Arts and Auctions Yellow Still Life (from the Six Still Lives series) on August 14th Actual price: USD $13,860.
  21. RR Auction Benjamin Franklin Signed Land Grant as President of Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council (1787) on August 14th Actual price: USD $13,589.
  22. RR Auction Beatles Signed Program for a 1966 American Tour Promoter on August 14th Actual price: USD $13,315.
  23. RR Auction Louis Vuitton Autograph Letter Signed to a Founding Father's Descendent, Sending "Secondhand Trunks" on August 14th Actual price: USD $12,501.
  24. Swann Galleries HUSCH, HUSCH ZU BUSCH / WINSTON'S WASSER - LOWEN UND TAUCHENDE NYMPHEN. 1924. on August 8th Actual price: USD $12,500.
  25. Bonhams Three Plates, from Herbier (3 works) on August 14th Actual price: USD $12,160.



33 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. The Art of Archie Comics Part V Showcase Auction on August 15th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on August 15th: 95.92%
Tooveys. Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera on August 14th: 82.80%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts on August 14th: 77.41%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Wrights: Editions and Works on Paper on August 14th: 92.19%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Bookbinding Tools, Maps & Document on August 14th: 86.26%
Canada Book Auctions Limited. Summer Selection of Fine and Rare Books on August 14th: 74.84%
Bonhams. Asian Works of Art on August 14th: 100.00%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples: Summer Splash - online 8/4 on August 14th: 64.24%
Northrow Gallery Auctions Ltd.. Fine Art Auction Featuring Canadian and Inuit Art on August 13th: 100.00%
New England Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera List on August 13th: 93.89%
Lyon and Turnbull. Prints and Multiples on August 13th: 67.83%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 13th: 80.39%
Heritage Auctions. Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction on August 14th: 86.36%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on August 14th: 99.01%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on August 14th: 99.71%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on August 13th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on August 13th: 99.33%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on August 13th: 99.74%
Sworders. Paint. Print. Sculpt. - online 8/2 on August 11th: 52.73%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Prints and Drawings at Online Auction on August 10th: 88.78%
Morton Subastas. Saturday Sale on August 10th: 47.83%
Swann Galleries. Vintage Posters on August 8th: 69.09%
Eldreds. The Marine Sale on August 9th: 81.48%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on August 5th: 85.71%
Catawiki B. V.. French Literature and Illustrated on August 4th: 68.09%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on August 4th: 89.69%
Catawiki B. V.. Art and Photography Books on August 4th: 31.58%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 10th: 95.65%
Antikvariat Bryggen AS. Common Surium Auction on August 11th: 79.19%
Heritage Auctions. Music Memorabilia & Concert Posters Showcase Auction on August 11th: 98.78%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on August 11th: 97.17%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on August 11th: 96.37%


For the week ahead 36 sales are scheduled:

Tue. Aug. 20th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction. 363 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction. 122 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety Auction. 31 lots
New England Book Auctions. South Deerfield. 15th-18th Century Printing, Americana and Fine Books, Part 1. 198 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 33 lots

Wed. Aug. 21st
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Rare and Collectible Book Auction. 109 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction. 332 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction. 101 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Australiana, Natural History, Militaria, Prints, Ephemera, Literature, &c. Featuring important north Queensland items from the Estate of the historian Edgar Beale.. 170 lots

Thu. Aug. 22nd
Chiswick Auctions. London. Books and Works on Paper. 285 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases. 320 lots
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Fine Art - Fine Press - Fine Bindings. 351 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History. 446 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Roger Hill Collection EC Comics Showcase Auction. 315 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Steve Jobs and the Apple Computer Revolution. 111 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Modern and Contemporary Art. 54 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Non-Sports Trading Cards Showcase Auction. 170 lots
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. American Treasures of the Past - Session 1. 300 lots

Fri. Aug. 23rd
Tennants Auctioneers. Leyburn. Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 144 lots
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. Summer Grandeur 2024 - Feature Auction- Day 1. 146 lots
Litchfield County Auctions. Litchfield. On-Site Tag Sale.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction. 636 lots
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. American Treasures of the Past - Session 2. 478 lots

Sat. Aug. 24th
Sarasota Estate Auction. Sarasota. Monumental Two Day Important Art and Antiques Auction. 130 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 162 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Celebrating the 1990s - The Animation Art of Nickelodeon, MTV, and The Cartoon Network Showcase Auction. 488 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Selections from the J. Doyle DeWitt Collection Americana & Political Showcase Auction. 342 lots
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. American Treasures of the Past - Session 3. 52 lots
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. Summer Grandeur 2024 - Feature Auction- Day 2. 24 lots

Sun. Aug. 25th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction.
Schilb Antiquarian. Columbia. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium. 101 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction.
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. American Treasures of the Past - Session 4. 393 lots
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. Summer Grandeur 2024 - Feature Auction- Day 3. 76 lots
Sarasota Estate Auction. Sarasota. Monumental Two Day Important Art and Antiques Auction - Day 2.

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  • <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> J. R. R. Tolkien. <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> Trilogy. London, 1954-1955.FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, ALL IN THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST STATE DUST JACKETS. <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Francesco Fontana. Novae coelestium terrestriumque rerum observationes... Naples: Gaffari, 1646. FIRST EDITION. Contains the first observations of spots on the surface of Mars. <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776. FIRST EDITION of “the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought” (PMM). <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Benjamin Franklin. Mémoires de la Vie Privée de Benjamin Franklin, écrits par lui-méme… Paris: Chez Buisson, 1791. FIRST EDITION OF FRANKLIN'S MEMOIRS IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Samuel Johnson, Jr. <i>A School Dictionary…</i> New Haven, [Connecticut]: Edward O'Brien, [1798]. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR, AN EXCEPTIONAL RARITY. <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Joseph Smith, Jr. The Book of Mormon. Palmyra: Printed by E. B. Grandin, for the Author, 1830. FIRST EDITION. <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Miguel de Cervántes Saavedra. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. THE BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED IBARRA EDITION. <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> James Joyce. <i>Ulysses.</i> London: John Lane The Bodley Head, [1936]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED BY JOYCE. Designated a “Presentation Copy” in ink beneath Joyce’s signature. <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> [Photoplay]. Delos W. Lovelace. <i>King Kong.</i> New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1932]. FIRST EDITION of "a most sought after title" (Davis). <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Ray Bradbury. <i>Fahrenheit 451.</i> New York: Simon & Schuster, [1993]. 40th Anniversary Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO HUGH HEFNER. <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Neil Gaiman. Original manuscript for the "Neverwhere" BBC television miniseries. [London: Crucial Films, LTD., 1995-1996]. TYPESCRIPT "NEVERWHERE" WITH NEIL GAIMAN'S NOTES AND AMENDATIONS THROUGHOUT. <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> [DICTIONARY]. Noah Webster. <i>An American Dictionary of the English Language...</i> New York, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY, UNCUT IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BOARDS <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Stephen King. <i>Full Dark, No Stars.</i> Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010. WITH AN ORIGINAL TWO-PAGE COLOR ILLUSTRATION BY GLENN CHADBOURNE <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> George Orwell. <i>Nineteen Eighty-Four.</i> London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. <b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> H. G. Wells. <i>The Time Machine: An Invention.</i> London: William Heinemann, 1895 [but 1897]. With a SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD laid in.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. London, 1954-1955.FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, ALL IN THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST STATE DUST JACKETS.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Francesco Fontana. Novae coelestium terrestriumque rerum observationes... Naples: Gaffari, 1646. FIRST EDITION. Contains the first observations of spots on the surface of Mars.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776. FIRST EDITION of “the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought” (PMM).
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Benjamin Franklin. Mémoires de la Vie Privée de Benjamin Franklin, écrits par lui-méme… Paris: Chez Buisson, 1791. FIRST EDITION OF FRANKLIN'S MEMOIRS IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Samuel Johnson, Jr. A School Dictionary… New Haven, [Connecticut]: Edward O'Brien, [1798]. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR, AN EXCEPTIONAL RARITY.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Joseph Smith, Jr. The Book of Mormon. Palmyra: Printed by E. B. Grandin, for the Author, 1830. FIRST EDITION.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Miguel de Cervántes Saavedra. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. THE BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED IBARRA EDITION.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: James Joyce. Ulysses. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, [1936]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED BY JOYCE. Designated a “Presentation Copy” in ink beneath Joyce’s signature.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: [Photoplay]. Delos W. Lovelace. King Kong. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1932]. FIRST EDITION of "a most sought after title" (Davis).
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon & Schuster, [1993]. 40th Anniversary Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO HUGH HEFNER.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Neil Gaiman. Original manuscript for the "Neverwhere" BBC television miniseries. [London: Crucial Films, LTD., 1995-1996]. TYPESCRIPT "NEVERWHERE" WITH NEIL GAIMAN'S NOTES AND AMENDATIONS THROUGHOUT.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: [DICTIONARY]. Noah Webster. An American Dictionary of the English Language... New York, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY, UNCUT IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BOARDS
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Stephen King. Full Dark, No Stars. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010. WITH AN ORIGINAL TWO-PAGE COLOR ILLUSTRATION BY GLENN CHADBOURNE
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: H. G. Wells. The Time Machine: An Invention. London: William Heinemann, 1895 [but 1897]. With a SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD laid in.
  • <B>Old World Auctions (Oct. 10):</B> Lot 1. Rare First Edition of Oronce Fine Double-Cordiform World Map (1531) Est. $50,000 - $60,000 <B>Old World Auctions (Oct. 10):</B> Lot 2. French Edition of "Rudimentum Novitiorum" with Woodcut Maps of the World and Palestine (1543) Est. $27,500 - $35,000 <B>Old World Auctions (Oct. 10):</B> Lot 3. Complete Edition of Munster’s Cosmographia with over 100 Maps & Views (1560) Est. $32,500 - $40,000 <B>Old World Auctions (Oct. 10):</B> Lot 4. Purchas' Important Collection of Voyages with 88 Maps, Including John Smith Map of Virginia (1625-26) Est. $55,000 - $70,000 <B>Old World Auctions (Oct. 10):</B> Lot 5. Complete First Latin Edition of De Bry's "Grands Voyages," Parts I-IX (1590-1602) Est. $120,000 - $150,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 1. Rare First Edition of Oronce Fine Double-Cordiform World Map (1531) Est. $50,000 - $60,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 2. French Edition of "Rudimentum Novitiorum" with Woodcut Maps of the World and Palestine (1543) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 3. Complete Edition of Munster’s Cosmographia with over 100 Maps & Views (1560) Est. $32,500 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 4. Purchas' Important Collection of Voyages with 88 Maps, Including John Smith Map of Virginia (1625-26) Est. $55,000 - $70,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 5. Complete First Latin Edition of De Bry's "Grands Voyages," Parts I-IX (1590-1602) Est. $120,000 - $150,000