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RBH: Twenty-five Auctions Archived; 17 Scheduled this Week

For the week ended Saturday, 27 January 2018, 25 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 2 denominated in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 19 in US dollars.  Turnover was $2,584,031 as 5,734 lots were offered and 5,061 sold for a svelte 88% success rate. Consignors, auction houses and buyers all found something to like.

 

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

Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on January 23rd: 167.05% 
Forum Auctions. Fine Books and Works on Paper on January 25th: 144.91% 
Freemans. EUROPEAN ART & OLD MASTERS - Rembrandt etchings on January 23rd: 138.96% 
Sothebys. Important Americana - Prints on January 21st: 119.19% 
Rago Arts and Auctions. Design - Prints, Photographs on January 20th: 113.74% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 23rd: 108.41% 
Tooveys. Decorative Pictures - Prints on January 24th: 101.50% 


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

National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Frost, Signed, 16th Century, etc. on January 6th: 100.00% 
Forum Auctions in Italy. No Reserve Online Sale - Antiquarian and Rare Books on January 22nd: 100.00% 
Leland Little Auctions. New Year's Gallery Auction - Prints, Books on January 6th: 100.00% 
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Signed, Childrens, Antique, etc. on January 20th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/14 on January 21st: 99.61% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 1/16 on January 23rd: 99.02% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 1/14 on January 21st: 97.19% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 12/24 on January 21st: 96.55% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. January Premier Auction - Books, Prints on January 23rd: 95.00% 
Rago Arts and Auctions. Design - Prints, Photographs on January 20th: 95.00% 
Tooveys. Decorative Pictures - Prints on January 24th: 91.67% 
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Books on January 12th: 89.84% 
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on January 23rd: 89.02% 
Forum Auctions. Fine Books and Works on Paper on January 25th: 88.05% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 23rd: 87.50% 
Sothebys. Important Americana - Prints on January 21st: 87.23% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 20th: 85.90% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints on January 20th: 80.85% 


Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Clars Auction Gallery Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word, In Memory of Russell Varian San Francisco: Sierra Club on January 21st Actual price: USD $51,425.
  2. Sothebys INTERIOR OF THE HEBREW SYNAGOGUE OF CHARLESTON S.C. on January 21st Actual price: USD $43,750.
  3. RR Auction Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics Torch on January 18th Actual price: USD $40,707.
  4. Sothebys PEINTURES DES VASES ANTIQUES DE LA COLLECTION DE SON EXCELLENCE M. LE CHEVALIER HAMILTON: SIX PRINTS on January 21st Actual price: USD $37,500.
  5. RR Auction Garmisch 1936 Winter Olympics Silver Winner's Medal on January 18th Actual price: USD $36,760.
  6. Sothebys MEADOW LARK (PLATE CXXXVI) on January 21st Actual price: USD $30,000.
  7. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages. on January 21st Actual price: USD $27,485.
  8. RR Auction Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics Group of (10) Badges on January 18th Actual price: USD $27,174.
  9. RR Auction Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Torch on January 18th Actual price: USD $21,701.
  10. Sothebys COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN, GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES FROM THE CABINET OF THE HON. WILLIAM HAMILTON: SIX PRINTS on January 21st Actual price: USD $21,250.
  11. Sothebys Album of Original Plains Indian Warrior-Artist Pencil Sketches, ca. 1880 on January 21st Actual price: USD $20,000.
  12. Sothebys PURPLE HERON (PLATE CCLVI) on January 21st Actual price: USD $18,750.
  13. Forum Auctions Autograph Letter signed, 1782. on January 25th Actual price: USD $16,863.
  14. Forum Auctions Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City, … on January 25th Actual price: USD $16,863.
  15. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Cream to off-white pages. on January 21st Actual price: USD $16,730.
  16. Freemans THE ANGEL APPEARING TO THE SHEPHERDS on January 23rd Actual price: USD $16,250.
  17. Forum Auctions Philosophical Transactions, vol.6 (No.69-80), containing: A Letter of Mr. … on January 25th Actual price: USD $15,975.
  18. Forum Auctions Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa, 5 vol., first edition, … on January 25th Actual price: USD $15,975.
  19. RR Auction Chamonix 1924 Winter Olympics Third Place Bronze Winner’s / Participation Medal on January 18th Actual price: USD $15,313.
  20. Sothebys AMERICAN BISON OR BUFFALO (PLATE LVI) on January 21st Actual price: USD $15,000.
  21. Forum Auctions English Bible (The), 5 vol., one of 500 copies, signed and inscribed by Laurence … on January 25th Actual price: USD $14,200.
  22. Forum Auctions Novels, 6 vol. in 5, given by Jane Austen's favourite neice Fanny to her own … on January 25th Actual price: USD $14,200.
  23. Forum Auctions Australia Pamphlets, A Brief Account of the Colony of … on January 25th Actual price: USD $14,200.
  24. RR Auction Paris 1924 Summer Olympics Sevres Vase on January 18th Actual price: USD $12,866.
  25. Sothebys Very Rare Group of Four Watercolor Frakturs, James Anson, New Jersey, 1804-1809 on January 21st Actual price: USD $12,500.



25 total sales reported this week:

PBA Galleries. Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography on January 25th: 73.80%
Morton Subastas. Old and Modern Photographs, Lithographs and Engravings on January 23rd: 36.49%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books and Works on Paper on January 25th: 88.05%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 1/16 on January 23rd: 99.02%
Leland Little Auctions. New Year's Gallery Auction - Prints, Books on January 6th: 100.00%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. January Premier Auction - Books, Prints on January 23rd: 95.00%
Freemans. EUROPEAN ART & OLD MASTERS - Rembrandt etchings on January 23rd: 75.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 23rd: 87.50%
Tooveys. Decorative Pictures - Prints on January 24th: 91.67%
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on January 23rd: 89.02%
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Signed, Childrens, Antique, etc. on January 20th: 100.00%
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Frost, Signed, 16th Century, etc. on January 6th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions in Italy. No Reserve Online Sale - Antiquarian and Rare Books on January 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 12/24 on January 21st: 96.55%
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Books on January 12th: 89.84%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Photography, Furniture, Art, Jewelry, Asian on January 21st: 75.95%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints on January 20th: 80.85%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Design - Prints, Photographs on January 20th: 95.00%
Eldreds. Antiques and Accessories - Books and Prints on January 20th: 70.37%
RR Auction. Olympics - Internet Bidstart 1/11 on January 18th: 58.39%
Sothebys. Important Americana - Prints on January 21st: 87.23%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art and Decorations - Prints on January 17th: 64.35%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 20th: 85.90%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 1/14 on January 21st: 97.19%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/14 on January 21st: 99.61%


For the week ahead 17 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 29th
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Works on Paper: Drawings and Prints 1780-Present. 80 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 81 lots

Tue. Jan. 30th
Dorotheum . Vienna. Property from Aristocratic Estates and Important Provenance. 23 lots

Wed. Jan. 31st
Chiswick Auctions. London. Printed Books and Manuscripts. 129 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 565 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Modern Literature, Art and Illustrated Books. 174 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Ancient and Modern Books (Gruaz Library) Part 1 (chez DeBaecque). 301 lots

Thu. Feb. 1st
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/25. 307 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Ancient and Modern Books (Gruaz Library) Part 2 (chez DeBaecque). 290 lots
Forum Auctions in Italy. Roma. No Reserve Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books. 70 lots

Fri. Feb. 2nd
Audap and Mirabaud. PARIS. Old and Modern Prints, Ancient and Modern Books, Comic.

Sat. Feb. 3rd
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. Early Western, Firearms, & Historic Auction. 89 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 151 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books and Ephemera – Easton, Signed, Antique, etc..

Sun. Feb. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 1/7. 249 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/28.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/28.

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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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.