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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 32 Auctions Archived, another 48 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 13 January 2023, 32 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 1 denominated in Danish krone, 8 in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 19 in US dollars.

 

Turnover this past week was $5,885,054.28 as 77.43% of all lots changed hands.  There were 9,771 offered and 7,566 transacted.  The average lot sold for $777.83.

 

 

1 auction saw total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples at LAMA on January 11th: $1,406,673
 

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

Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/23 on January 1st: 228.14%
Lyon and Turnbull. The Ski Sale on January 12th: 167.77%
Eldreds. Asian Art: Property of a Private Collector on January 12th: 142.72%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 4th: 142.02%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on January 12th: 116.94%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on January 12th: 112.72%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Items from the Collection of Dr. Howard A. Tin, Springfield, Il., and Americana from Various Collect on January 7th: 102.11%


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

Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 100.00%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on January 8th: 100.00%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Items from the Collection of Dr. Howard A. Tin, Springfield, Il., and Americana from Various Collect on January 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/1 on January 9th: 99.91%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 99.74%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera List on January 10th: 98.56%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 11th: 97.78%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 8th: 97.71%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 10th: 96.88%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 96.50%
One Source Auctions. 11th Annual New Year's Online Auction on January 9th: 94.69%
Neal Auction Company. Unreserved@Neal Auction Day 1 on January 11th: 94.06%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/1 on January 8th: 92.04%
Eldreds. Asian Art: Property of a Private Collector on January 12th: 91.53%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on January 12th: 91.10%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/23 on January 1st: 90.20%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 11th: 90.15%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on January 12th: 90.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples at LAMA on January 11th: 89.82%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 4th: 89.47%
Lyon and Turnbull. The Ski Sale on January 12th: 85.11%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 2nd: 82.00%
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Rago Arts and Auctions John Wayne (from the Cowboys and Indians series) on January 11th Actual price: USD $201,600.
  2. Rago Arts and Auctions Mocha Standard on January 11th Actual price: USD $151,200.
  3. RR Auction Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Frank Gusenberg's Colt Detective Special Revolver on January 11th Actual price: USD $135,473.
  4. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. on December 15th Actual price: USD $53,048.
  5. Rago Arts and Auctions Pop Shop IV on January 11th Actual price: USD $37,800.
  6. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages. on January 9th Actual price: USD $34,800.
  7. RR Auction John Dillinger 'Inmate Statement' Document Signed on January 11th Actual price: USD $34,370.
  8. Rago Arts and Auctions Two Flags (Whitney Anniversary) on January 11th Actual price: USD $32,760.
  9. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages. on January 9th Actual price: USD $32,400.
  10. RR Auction Prince Signed Purple Rain Album on January 11th Actual price: USD $30,559.
  11. RR Auction Benjamin Franklin Autograph Letter Signed on January 11th Actual price: USD $28,695.
  12. Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #181 (Marvel, 1974) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. on January 9th Actual price: USD $26,400.
  13. Rago Arts and Auctions Flying Copper on January 11th Actual price: USD $26,200.
  14. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (Marvel, 1974) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages. on January 9th Actual price: USD $25,200.
  15. RR Auction Beatles Signed Photograph Folder (1963) on January 11th Actual price: USD $25,046.
  16. RR Auction John Dillinger Autograph Letter Signed on January 11th Actual price: USD $25,000.
  17. Rago Arts and Auctions Suds Suite (three works) on January 11th Actual price: USD $23,940.
  18. RR Auction Grigori Rasputin Autograph Letter Signed on January 11th Actual price: USD $23,746.
  19. Rago Arts and Auctions My Pool and Terrace (from the Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary Portfolio) on January 11th Actual price: USD $22,680.
  20. RR Auction George Cantor Autograph Letter Signed on January 11th Actual price: USD $22,500.
  21. Rago Arts and Auctions Sidewalk (from the Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary portfolio) on January 11th Actual price: USD $20,160.
  22. Rago Arts and Auctions HMV on January 11th Actual price: USD $19,650.
  23. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white to white pages. on January 9th Actual price: USD $19,200.
  24. RR Auction Harry Houdini Handwritten Letter on January 11th Actual price: USD $18,778.
  25. RR Auction Harry Houdini Autograph Letter Signed on January 11th Actual price: USD $18,750.


32 total sales reported this week:

Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on January 12th: 90.00%
PBA Galleries. Antiquarian: Fine Bindings, Graphic Art & More on January 12th: 69.25%
Lyon and Turnbull. The Ski Sale on January 12th: 85.11%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on January 12th: 91.10%
Eldreds. Asian Art: Property of a Private Collector on January 12th: 91.53%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts, Featuring Gangsters - bidstart 12/16 on January 11th: 64.71%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples at LAMA on January 11th: 89.82%
Neal Auction Company. Unreserved@Neal Auction Day 1 on January 11th: 94.06%
Lyon and Turnbull. Contemporary and Post-War Art // Prints and Multiples on January 11th: 71.84%
Heritage Auctions. Depth of Field: Photographs on January 11th: 50.75%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 11th: 97.78%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 11th: 90.15%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 4th: 89.47%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/23 on January 3rd: 78.79%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 2nd: 82.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/23 on January 1st: 90.20%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 3 on December 17th: 59.75%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 2 on December 16th: 57.08%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 1 on December 15th: 59.50%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera List on January 10th: 98.56%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 10th: 96.88%
One Source Auctions. 11th Annual New Year's Online Auction on January 9th: 94.69%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/1 on January 9th: 99.91%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 99.74%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on January 8th: 100.00%
Arenberg Auctions. Collectables - bidstart 12/22 on January 8th: 76.17%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity Auction on January 7th: 62.67%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Items from the Collection of Dr. Howard A. Tin, Springfield, Il., and Americana from Various Collect on January 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 8th: 97.71%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/1 on January 8th: 92.04%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 96.50%

 

32 total sales reported this week:

Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on January 12th: 90.00%
PBA Galleries. Antiquarian: Fine Bindings, Graphic Art & More on January 12th: 69.25%
Lyon and Turnbull. The Ski Sale on January 12th: 85.11%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on January 12th: 91.10%
Eldreds. Asian Art: Property of a Private Collector on January 12th: 91.53%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts, Featuring Gangsters - bidstart 12/16 on January 11th: 64.71%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples at LAMA on January 11th: 89.82%
Neal Auction Company. Unreserved@Neal Auction Day 1 on January 11th: 94.06%
Lyon and Turnbull. Contemporary and Post-War Art // Prints and Multiples on January 11th: 71.84%
Heritage Auctions. Depth of Field: Photographs on January 11th: 50.75%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 11th: 97.78%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 11th: 90.15%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 4th: 89.47%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/23 on January 3rd: 78.79%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 2nd: 82.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/23 on January 1st: 90.20%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 3 on December 17th: 59.75%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 2 on December 16th: 57.08%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 1 on December 15th: 59.50%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera List on January 10th: 98.56%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 10th: 96.88%
One Source Auctions. 11th Annual New Year's Online Auction on January 9th: 94.69%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/1 on January 9th: 99.91%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 99.74%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on January 8th: 100.00%
Arenberg Auctions. Collectables - bidstart 12/22 on January 8th: 76.17%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity Auction on January 7th: 62.67%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Items from the Collection of Dr. Howard A. Tin, Springfield, Il., and Americana from Various Collect on January 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 8th: 97.71%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/1 on January 8th: 92.04%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 96.50%


For the week ahead 48 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 16th
Hake's Auctions. York. Hake/s Online Auction - bidstart 1/2. 1575 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 1/6. 57 lots
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. Ultimo. Old books for a newfangled new year A90. 658 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Online Sale - Books. 820 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . January 2023 Auction. 64 lots

Tue. Jan. 17th
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. Winter Sale. 39 lots
Rossini. Paris. 19th C. Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Sculptures, and Lithographs. 98 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/10. 529 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/10. 138 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Old and Contemporary Books. 267 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 1/6. 36 lots
Ader. PARIS. Photography Books Online. 179 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 78 lots
New England Auctions. South Deerfield. Antiques and Decorative Art. 155 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety Auction Online - bidstart 1/11. 18 lots

Wed. Jan. 18th
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journa. 625 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/11. 127 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/11. 336 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints, Maps and Posters. 137 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 1/6. 16 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Scientific Instruments, Optical Toys & Photographica including an Important London Collection. 15 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Erotica, Objects of Desire. 121 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. The Collected Home. 34 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Online Sale - Books. 781 lots

Thu. Jan. 19th
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Marvel DC Mashup. 233 lots
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Prints And Multiples - Live Online. 178 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 297 lots
Rossini. Paris. Posters, Lithographs, Works on Paper, Paintings. 564 lots
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Carlisle. Antiquarian and Collectable Books, and Related Items. 265 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Olympic Memorabilia - bidstart 12/16. 86 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Pike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More. 298 lots
Du Mouchelles. Detroit. The January Auctions - Day 1. 15 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. Brooklyn. Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts and Fine Art. 118 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Auction of Graphic Work and Photography. 285 lots

Fri. Jan. 20th
Christies. New York. Important Americana. 10 lots
Du Mouchelles. Detroit. The January Auctions - Day 2. 104 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . January Gallery Auction. 37 lots
One Source Auctions. Canandaigua. Antique Shop Online Liquidation Auction. 105 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Pike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More. 144 lots

Sat. Jan. 21st
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 1/14. 200 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Historical Memories. 131 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Pike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More. 288 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/13. 11 lots

Sun. Jan. 22nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/15.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/15.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 1/8. 337 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Pike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More. 39 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/13. 45 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • <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
  • <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
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  • <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