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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 40 Auctions Archived, another 63 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 2 December 2022, 40 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 2 denominated in Canadian dollars, 1 in Swiss francs, 2 in Danish krone, 11 in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 20 in US dollars.

 

Turnover this past week was $15,653,818.04 as 72.52% of all lots changed hands.  There were 14,780 offered and 10,718 changed hands.  The average lot sold for $1,460.52.

 

Traditionally, significant material changes hands in December.  May luck be in your favor!

 

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Sothebys. The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Earl of Fairhaven, Part II on November 29th: $4,216,241
Heritage Auctions. Historical Platinum Session on December 1st: $1,666,125
Bubb Kuyper. Books and Graphics on November 25th: $1,310,160
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books on November 28th: $1,135,596

 


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

Aguttes. 56 • VARIA • LETTRES & MANUSCRITS AUTOGRAPHES • PHILATÉLIE - ŒUVRES GRAPHIQUES on December 1st: 170.85%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Annual Thanksgiving Americana on November 25th: 144.98%
Sothebys. The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Earl of Fairhaven, Part II on November 29th: 132.74%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books From Valdemar's Castle on November 30th: 128.80%
Waverly Auctions. Quinns Rare Books, Prints and Autographs on November 29th: 112.85%
Christian Hesse Auktionen. Autumn Auction on November 26th: 104.38%
Artcurial. Limited Editions on November 29th: 101.70%


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

Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Fox Comics Showcase Auction on December 1st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 11/23 on November 30th: 100.00%
Aguttes. 56 • VARIA • LETTRES & MANUSCRITS AUTOGRAPHES • PHILATÉLIE - ŒUVRES GRAPHIQUES on December 1st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 11/20 on November 28th: 99.69%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 11/19 on November 26th: 98.00%
New England Auctions. TRAVEL & EXPLORATION, HUNTING & FISHING BOOKS & EPHEMERA CATALOG - Part 2 on November 29th: 97.97%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 11/23 on November 30th: 97.76%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Annual Thanksgiving Americana on November 25th: 96.67%
Waverly Auctions. Quinns Rare Books, Prints and Autographs on November 29th: 96.42%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books From Valdemar's Castle on November 30th: 96.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 11/13 on November 27th: 94.01%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 11/20 on November 27th: 88.33%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on November 29th: 88.06%
Heritage Auctions. Texana on November 30th: 86.05%
Sloane Street Auctions. The Winter Fine Art, Old Masters, Antiques, and Antiquarian Books Sale Including the Contents of the on November 30th: 85.71%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper on December 1st: 83.63%
Sothebys. The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Earl of Fairhaven, Part II on November 29th: 81.82%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Fine and Outsider Art on December 1st: 81.74%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Marilyn Monroe. Photograph Inscribed and Signed to Joe DiMaggio. on December 1st Actual price: USD $300,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions Stephen F. Austin Autograph Manuscript Document Twice Signed in the Text. on December 1st Actual price: USD $225,000.
  3. Heritage Auctions Thomas Jefferson Letter Signed as Secretary of State. on December 1st Actual price: USD $225,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions Thomas Jefferson Act of Congress Signed as Secretary of State. on December 1st Actual price: USD $175,000.
  5. Heritage Auctions Theodore Roosevelt Typed Manuscript Page of the 1912 Speech Carried During His Attempted Assassination. on December 1st Actual price: USD $106,250.
  6. Heritage Auctions Harry S Truman and Douglas MacArthur Signed Japanese Instrument of Surrender. on December 1st Actual price: USD $87,500.
  7. Heritage Auctions Harry S Truman Typed Letter Signed to U.S. Attorney Sam M. Wear Written One Week After He Relieved General Douglas MacArthur of His Command. on December 1st Actual price: USD $75,000.
  8. Heritage Auctions [Enola Gay]. AAF Cloth Chart owned and used by George Caron, tail gunner aboard the B-29 Enola Gay, on its historic bombing mission of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, on December 1st Actual price: USD $68,750.
  9. Artcurial Eau-forte XX - 1972 on November 29th Actual price: USD $61,400.
  10. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Newe unbekanthe landte und ein newe weldte, 1508. on November 28th Actual price: USD $56,960.
  11. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Biblia beyder Allt und Newen Testaments Teutsch, 1529. on November 28th Actual price: USD $55,665.
  12. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Gart der Gesundheit, Augsburg 1485 on November 28th Actual price: USD $49,193.
  13. Artcurial Untitled - 1985 on November 29th Actual price: USD $49,120.
  14. Heritage Auctions James Bowie Autograph Pay Order Signed. on November 30th Actual price: USD $47,500.
  15. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten, 1493. on November 28th Actual price: USD $45,309.
  16. Bruun Rasmussen Franckenstein, Longolius and Ludovici (main eds.): Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexikon aller Wissenschaften und Künste. Complete in 68 vols. incl. 4 vols. of Supplements. Folio. on November 30th Actual price: USD $41,819.
  17. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Alle Propheten nach Hebraischer sprach verteutscht, 1527. on November 28th Actual price: USD $41,425.
  18. Heritage Auctions [John Binns]. Declaration of Independence. In Congress. July 4th. 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America... on December 1st Actual price: USD $40,000.
  19. Heritage Auctions General Douglas MacArthur Autograph Speech Signed, Being the First Handwritten Instance of His Famous Statement, "I shall return." on December 1st Actual price: USD $37,500.
  20. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Radierungen aus Brahmsphantasie, Amor und Psyche, Intermezzi, Dramen - 9 Bll, um 1880-1890. on November 28th Actual price: USD $36,247.
  21. Heritage Auctions Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President. on December 1st Actual price: USD $35,000.
  22. Artcurial Pumpkin B - 1999 on November 29th Actual price: USD $34,111.
  23. Artcurial Eau-forte XIV - 1961 on November 29th Actual price: USD $34,111.
  24. Artcurial Eau-forte XXXI - 1974 on November 29th Actual price: USD $34,111.
  25. Artcurial Eau-forte XXXVI - 1979 on November 29th Actual price: USD $34,111.

 

40 total sales reported this week:

Tajan. Prints on December 1st: 46.48%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Fine and Outsider Art on December 1st: 81.74%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature with Beats, Bukowski and the Counterculture on December 1st: 73.82%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Discovery Auction on December 1st: 63.64%
Koller Auctions. Prints and Multiples on December 1st: 78.82%
Heritage Auctions. Historical Platinum Session on December 1st: 69.57%
Heritage Auctions. Fox Comics Showcase Auction on December 1st: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper on December 1st: 83.63%
De Baecque and Associes. Ancient and Modern Books on December 1st: 74.26%
Bonhams. Space Photography Online - bidstart 11/22 on December 1st: 56.83%
Artcurial. Comic Strips Online - bidstart 11/25 on December 1st: 47.25%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Antiquarian Books - bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 20.97%
Aguttes. 56 • VARIA • LETTRES & MANUSCRITS AUTOGRAPHES • PHILATÉLIE - ŒUVRES GRAPHIQUES on December 1st: 100.00%
Sloane Street Auctions. The Winter Fine Art, Old Masters, Antiques, and Antiquarian Books Sale Including the Contents of the on November 30th: 85.71%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books From Valdemar's Castle on November 30th: 96.00%
Heritage Auctions. Texana on November 30th: 86.05%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 11/23 on November 30th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 11/23 on November 30th: 97.76%
Waverly Auctions. Quinns Rare Books, Prints and Autographs on November 29th: 96.42%
Sothebys. The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Earl of Fairhaven, Part II on November 29th: 81.82%
New England Auctions. TRAVEL & EXPLORATION, HUNTING & FISHING BOOKS & EPHEMERA CATALOG - Part 2 on November 29th: 97.97%
Morton Subastas. Ancient and Contemporary Books Auction on November 29th: 38.25%
Canada Book Auctions Limited. Art Reference, Decorative Arts and Photography Books on November 30th: 70.59%
Canada Book Auctions Limited. Important Birds Books from a Private Collection on November 29th: 50.81%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on November 29th: 88.06%
Artcurial. Limited Editions on November 29th: 76.92%
ALDE. Original Bindings & Modern Illustrated Books on November 29th: 56.39%
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. NRC Auctions on November 29th: 73.33%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 100.00%
Bubb Kuyper. Books and Graphics on November 25th: 66.37%
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Fine Autographs and Memorabilia on November 17th: 39.39%
Finarte. Photographs: Under IK on November 16th: 33.01%
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books on November 28th: 57.14%
Christian Hesse Auktionen. Autumn Auction on November 26th: 73.86%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Annual Thanksgiving Americana on November 25th: 96.67%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 11/19 on November 26th: 98.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 11/13 on November 27th: 94.01%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 11/20 on November 27th: 88.33%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 11/20 on November 28th: 99.69%


For the week ahead 63 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Dec. 5th
Christies. Rome. Un Folle Amour: The Agrati Collection - bidstart 11/23. 52 lots
Finarte. Rome. Prints and Multiples. 400 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety - Online Only. 22 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session I. Children's Books, Picture Books, Literature, Manuscripts, Old Books 16th-19th Cent., Ams. 542 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 11/25.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 11/25.

Tue. Dec. 6th
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. Books, Maps and Prints Auction. 548 lots
Finarte. Rome. Books, Autographs, and Prints. 594 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 11/29. 412 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 11/29. 151 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Eugène Atget Photographs Sold by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. 42 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Photographs. 135 lots
ALDE. Paris. Photography Books. 209 lots
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Kilkenny. Christmas Rare Books and Collectors' Sale. 1105 lots
Litchfield County Auctions. Litchfield. Books and Ephemera. 120 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Paper Money. 433 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Special Chabad Auction in Honor of Chag HaGeulah Yud-Tes Kislev. 91 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. SPORLYMPIC IX : ATHLETICS, AUTOMOBILE, BOXING, CYCLING, SOCCER, OLYMPIC GAMES, WRESTLING AND WEIGHTL. 361 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session II Cartography part 2, Comics, Photobooks & Photography, Asia and Asian Arts, Graphic Arts,. 458 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 46 lots
New England Auctions. South Deerfield. Fine Books and Ephemera List. 205 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 7/22.

Wed. Dec. 7th
Christies. New York. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 11/23. 244 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Estate Treasures Auction. 74 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 11/30. 332 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 11/30. 128 lots
Bonhams. London. Prints and Multiples. 275 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Photography of the 19th-21st Centuries. 582 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 11/18. 975 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Alternative Movie Posters Showcase Auction. 329 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Prints and Multiples - online only - bidstart 11/22. 85 lots
Bonhams. New York. Classic Hollywood Film and Television. 237 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session III Fine Arts (Typography, Reference Works, Ex Libris, Periodicals, Fashion), Erotica, Sport. 477 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 11/25.

Thu. Dec. 8th
Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers. Billinghurst, West Sussex. Printed Books, Manuscripts and Maps. 59 lots
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. PBA Comics: The Spidey Sale, Including The Steve Ditko Collection, Part I. 250 lots
Arenberg Auctions. BRUSSEL. Drawings, Prints, Rare Books, Manuscripts, Atlases. 1427 lots
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Stockholm. Books, Maps, Globes and Manuscripts. 224 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 291 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books. 275 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Key Comics. 142 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Photography - Online Only - bidstart 11/22. 120 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Asian Art - Day 3. 127 lots
Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Berlin-Schoneberg. Modern and Contemporary Art. 569 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Mid-Century, Modern, Contemporary Art and Design Online. 82 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. HISTORY, FASHION AND ENTERTAINMENT - AUTOGRAPHS, BOOKS, DOCUMENTS, MANUSCRIPTS, POSTERS - LIVE SALE. 342 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session 4 Adolph Friedländer Poster Auction Part II. 449 lots

Fri. Dec. 9th
Sothebys. London. Old Master Prints - bidstart 12/2. 83 lots
Sothebys. New York. Age of Wonder - bidstart 11/25. 44 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Art of All Things Disney Animation Art Signature Auction. 2024 lots
Alexander Historical Auctions. Chesapeake City. Fall Historical Militaria & Zeppelin Live Auction 2022. 156 lots
Bonhams. New York. Deck the Walls: Prints and Multiples - bidstart 11/29. 183 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. The Holiday Sale. 24 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session V Artists' books, Editions and Ephemera (late 20th cent.). 448 lots

Sat. Dec. 10th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/3. 200 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Winter Magic Auction. 269 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Winter Gallery Auction. 112 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction. 534 lots

Sun. Dec. 11th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/4.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/4.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 11/27. 285 lots
Stephenson's Auctioneers & Appraisers. Southampton. Rock Concert and Movie Posters.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/2. 70 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Blake | <i>Songs of Innocence and of Experience.</i> Sold: 4,320,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.</i> Sold: 1,920,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Machiavelli | <i>Il Principe,</i> a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Leonardo da Vinci | <i>Trattato della pittura,</i> ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Henri Matisse | <i>Jazz,</i> Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • <center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 59<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>May 20th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€ <center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 59<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>May 20th 2025</b></center> Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 € <b>Gonnelli:</b> Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€ <center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 59<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>May 20th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€ <center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 59<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>May 20th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
  • <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>May 14<br>Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration</center></b> <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). <i>Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece,</i> 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> <i>Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle,</i> by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Shackleton (Ernest). <i>The Heart of the Antarctic,</i> 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000 <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>May 14<br>Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration</center></b> <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Drayton (Michael). <i>Poly Olbion...,</i> London: 1622. £2,000-3,000 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). <i>Ouresiphoites Helveticus,</i> 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800 <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>May 14<br>Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration</center></b> <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Maffei (Giovanni), <i>Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio...,</i> 1589. £1,200-1,500 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000 <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>May 14<br>Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration</center></b> <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Taylor (John). <i>All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet...,</i> 1630. £1,000-1,500 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
  • <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, <i>Z Mého Detství Drevoryty,</i> Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, <i>Negro Anthology,</i> with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, <i>Woman in the Nineteenth Century,</i> 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, <i>A Raisin in the Sun,</i> inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, <i>Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister,</i> 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 38: Anna Sewell, <i>Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse,</i> 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, <i>Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia,</i> signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, <i>To the Lighthouse,</i> first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, <i>Juste Present,</i> deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 93: Flor Garduño, <i>The Sonnets of Shakespeare,</i> 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
  • <center><b>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction May 26th</b></center> <b>Ketterer Rare Books, May 26:</b> Th. McKenney & J. Hall, <i>History of the Indian tribes of North America,</i> 1836-1844. Est: €50,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, May 26:</b> <i>Biblia latina vulgata,</i> manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, May 26:</b> M. Beckmann, <i>Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen,</i> 1924. Est: €10,000 <center><b>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction May 26th</b></center> <b>Ketterer Rare Books, May 26:</b> A. Ortelius, <i>Theatrum orbis terrarum,</i> 1574. Est: €50,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, May 26:</b> M. S. Merian, <i>Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis,</i> 1717-18. Est: €6,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, May 26:</b> <i>PAN,</i> 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000 <center><b>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction May 26th</b></center> <b>Ketterer Rare Books, May 26:</b> Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, May 26:</b> Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, May 26:</b> E. Hemingway, <i>The old man and the sea,</i> 1952. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000 <center><b>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction May 26th</b></center> <b>Ketterer Rare Books, May 26:</b> Flavius Vegetius Renatus, <i>De re militari libri quatuor,</i> 1553. Est: €3,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, May 26:</b> K. Marx, <i>Das Kapital,</i> 1867. Est: €30,000 <b>Ketterer Rare Books, May 26:</b> Brassaï, <i>Transmutations,</i> 1967. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000