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Rare Book Hub: 31 Auctions Archived, 35 More This Week

For the week ended Saturday 21 April, 2018 31 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 5 denominated in euros, 4 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 21 in US dollars.  Turnover was $16,684,130 as 9,075 lots were offered and 6,890 sold for a 76% success rate.  It was another strong week.

 

For the week ahead 35 auctions are scheduled.

 

6 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

ChristiesPrints and Multiples on April 20th: $7,683,000 
Heritage AuctionsEntertainment on April 15th: $1,773,451 
ChristiesJapanese and Korean Art - Prints on April 18th: $1,751,750 
Swann GalleriesImages and Objects: Photographs and Photobooks on April 19th: $1,174,688 
RR AuctionSpace - Internet bidstart 4/12 on April 19th: $1,094,608 
Heritage AuctionsManuscripts - Internet bidstart 3/30 on April 18th: $1,012,799 
 

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

TooveysPostcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on April 17th: 184.58% 
ChristiesJapanese and Korean Art - Prints on April 18th: 183.24% 
AguttesANCIENT & MANUSCRIPTED BOOKS on April 19th: 103.53% 


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

ChristiesJapanese and Korean Art - Prints on April 18th: 100.00% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and AppraisalsApril Premier Auction - Books, Prints on April 16th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/8 on April 15th: 99.08% 
Heritage AuctionsTuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 4//10 on April 17th: 98.86% 
Aspire AuctionsApril Auction online - Prints - Internet bidstart 4/6 on April 13th: 97.30% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/19 on April 15th: 95.98% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 14th: 95.35% 
Heritage AuctionsManuscripts - Internet bidstart 3/30 on April 18th: 94.40% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/8 on April 15th: 94.34% 
TooveysPostcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on April 17th: 91.93% 
TooveysDecorative Pictures - Prints on April 18th: 90.00% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on April 17th: 87.30% 
Cowans AuctionsModern and Contemporary Art and Design - Prints, Posters on April 20th: 85.71% 
ChristiesPrints and Multiples on April 20th: 85.38% 
Trafford BooksBooks on April 11th: 82.04% 
University ArchivesOutstanding Selection of Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Photos, Books & Relics on April 10th: 81.10% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies KANAGAWA OKI NAMI URA (IN THE WELL OF THE GREAT WAVE OFF KANAGAWA), FROM THE SERIES FUGAKU SANJUROKKEI (THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI) on April 18th Actual price: USD $540,500.
  2. Christies He Disappeared Into Complete Silence, Gemor Press, New York, 1947 on April 20th Actual price: USD $516,500.
  3. Christies LU ZHISHEN, BANDIT HERO FROM THE CHINESE NOVEL OUTLAWS OF THE MARSH on April 18th Actual price: USD $432,500.
  4. Christies Moonwalk on April 20th Actual price: USD $336,500.
  5. Heritage Auctions Arthur Conan Doyle Autograph Manuscript "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" Signed Three Times. on April 18th Actual price: USD $312,500.
  6. Christies Marilyn: one plate on April 20th Actual price: USD $281,250.
  7. Christies A La Recherche du Shoe Perdu on April 20th Actual price: USD $275,000.
  8. Christies The Scream (After Munch) on April 20th Actual price: USD $275,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions Stevie Ray Vaughan Owned and Stage-Played "Jimbo" Electric Guitar. on April 15th Actual price: USD $250,000.
  10. Christies Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus) on April 20th Actual price: USD $237,500.
  11. Christies Marilyn: one plate on April 20th Actual price: USD $237,500.
  12. Christies Marilyn: one plate on April 20th Actual price: USD $237,500.
  13. Christies Electric Chairs on April 20th Actual price: USD $237,500.
  14. Christies Quatre Lithographies on April 20th Actual price: USD $212,500.
  15. Christies The Potato Eaters on April 20th Actual price: USD $212,500.
  16. Christies Untitled (Cake Window) on April 20th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  17. Christies Target on April 20th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  18. Christies Bull Profile Series on April 20th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  19. Christies Mickey Mouse, from Myths on April 20th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  20. Christies Untitled, from On the Bowery on April 20th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  21. Christies Ten from Leo Castelli, Tanglewood Press, Inc., New York, 1968 on April 20th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  22. Christies Portrait de Jacqueline de Face II on April 20th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  23. Christies Grace Kelly on April 20th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  24. Christies #4, from Cold Mountain Series, Zen Studies (Early State) on April 20th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  25. Christies $ (Quadrant): one plate on April 20th Actual price: USD $100,000.



31 total sales reported this week:

Holabird Kagin Americana. Gold Rush Auction - Day 4 on March 18th: 70.45%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Gold Rush Auction - Day 3 on March 17th: 75.14%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Gold Rush Auction - Day 2 on March 16th: 60.62%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Gold Rush Sale on March 15th: 75.12%
Cowans Auctions. Modern and Contemporary Art and Design - Prints, Posters on April 20th: 85.71%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on April 20th: 85.38%
RR Auction. Space - Internet bidstart 4/12 on April 19th: 71.35%
PBA Galleries. Fine Illustrated Books: Oriental & Occidental - Art & Art Reference – Books about Books on April 19th: 73.43%
Aguttes. ANCIENT & MANUSCRIPTED BOOKS on April 19th: 59.06%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. April Premier Auction - Books, Prints on April 16th: 100.00%
Swann Galleries. Images and Objects: Photographs and Photobooks on April 19th: 67.38%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 14th: 95.35%
Tooveys. Decorative Pictures - Prints on April 18th: 90.00%
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on April 17th: 91.93%
Christies. Japanese and Korean Art - Prints on April 18th: 100.00%
Grays Auctioneers. World's Fair Memorabilia and Collectibles on April 16th: 79.66%
Forum Auctions. Forum Auctions @ Artsy: Select Contemporary Editions on April 17th: 56.41%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 17th: 87.30%
Morton Subastas. Auction of Printed Documents and Manuscripts, Brochures, Autographs and Dedicated Books on April 17th: 25.40%
Trafford Books. Books on April 11th: 82.04%
Vermot de Pas. NASA Photographs on April 9th: 9.40%
Heritage Auctions. Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 3/30 on April 18th: 94.40%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/8 on April 15th: 99.08%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 4//10 on April 17th: 98.86%
Heritage Auctions. Entertainment on April 15th: 74.97%
Binoche et Giquello. Romantic Illustrated Books on April 13th: 64.54%
Aspire Auctions. April Auction online - Prints - Internet bidstart 4/6 on April 13th: 97.30%
University Archives. Outstanding Selection of Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Photos, Books & Relics on April 10th: 81.10%
Audap and Mirabaud. Press Drawings on April 10th: 68.87%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/8 on April 15th: 94.34%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/19 on April 15th: 95.98%

 


For the week ahead 35 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Apr. 23rd
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Prints. 20 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Books and Documents: Comprising Voyages and Travels, Ephemera, Literature, Art, Natural History and. 182 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints and Photographs. 178 lots

Tue. Apr. 24th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Illustration. 451 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 4/17. 423 lots

Wed. Apr. 25th
Doyle New York. New York. Rare Books, Autographs and Maps. 602 lots
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. Irish Interest Book Auction. 563 lots
Tajan. Paris. Photographs. 186 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 140 lots
Heritage Auctions. Chicago. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 1. 310 lots

Thu. Apr. 26th
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/19. 316 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Fine Illustrated Books and Graphics. 279 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 203 lots
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Marine and Travel - Books, Prints, Maps. 65 lots
PIASA. Paris. Masters 2 : prints, illustrated books and multiples of the 20th century, including a private collect. 109 lots
Sothebys. New York. Prints and Multiples. 165 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Forum Auctions @ Artsy: The Master and The Muse. 36 lots
One Of Kind Collectibles. Coral Gables. Autographs, Manuscripts and Sports Memorabilia. 152 lots
Heritage Auctions. Chicago. CSNS World Currency Signature Auction - session 1. 470 lots
Heritage Auctions. Chicago. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 2. 738 lots

Fri. Apr. 27th
ALDE. Paris. Maps and Plans - Travel. 329 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. East Anglian Sale, Part 1 - including Books and Maps.
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Comics. 352 lots
Heritage Auctions. Chicago. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 3. 306 lots
Heritage Auctions. Chicago. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 4. 110 lots
Heritage Auctions. Chicago. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 5. 317 lots
Heritage Auctions. Chicago. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 6. 376 lots
ALDE. Paris. Russian Art. 237 lots

Sat. Apr. 28th
PosterConnection Inc.. Clayton. Posters. 358 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Spring Magic Auction - Books, Posters, Prints, Letters, Photos.
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Fine Auction - Books and Prints. 23 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Property from the William D. Hutsell Trust - Books, Prints.

Sun. Apr. 29th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/22.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/22.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/1. 236 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • 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
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
    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
    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.