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Rare Book Hub: 37 Auctions Archived, another 30 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 24 November 2018 37 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 10 denominated in euros, 1 in Australian dollars, 1 in British pounds, and 25 in US dollars.  Turnover was $34,265,446 as 10,203 lots were offered and 8,353 sold for a 82% success rate.  It was a strong week.

 

8 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage AuctionsComics on November 17th: $10,787,376 
Kedem Auction10th Anniversary Rare and Important Items on November 13th: $4,240,118 
Aguttes10 • LITERATURE • ANCIENT, ROMANTIC & MODERN BOOKS - MANUSCRIPTS & AUTOGRAPH LETTERS,... on November 14th: $3,164,789 
ArtcurialAristophil on November 19th: $2,702,699 
AderAristophil - Literature and Illustrated Books on November 15th: $2,325,935 
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters on November 18th: $1,602,103 
ChristiesAntiquarian Books and Manuscripts on November 20th: $1,460,625 
OSENATBaudelaire Collection and Great Writers on November 4th: $1,386,885 



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

ChristiesAnnabel's on November 20th: 534.75% 
ArtcurialAristophil on November 19th: 181.13% 
SkinnerFine Books and Manuscripts on November 18th: 130.83% 
Aguttes10 • LITERATURE • ANCIENT, ROMANTIC & MODERN BOOKS - MANUSCRIPTS & AUTOGRAPH LETTERS,... on November 14th: 125.05% 
OSENATBaudelaire Collection and Great Writers on November 4th: 123.72% 
ArtcurialLimited Editions - Prints on November 19th: 110.85% 
Grogan and CompanyThe Fall Auction - Books and Prints on November 11th: 109.26% 
Doyle New YorkThe Patricia and Donald Oresman Collection on November 20th: 106.75% 
Bruun RasmussenModern Prints on November 20th: 102.29% 


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

ChristiesAnnabel's on November 20th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/11 on November 18th: 99.49% 
Heritage AuctionsComics on November 17th: 98.92% 
Brunk AuctionsPremier Catalogue Auction - Session III - Premier Catalog Auction - 1291 to 1793 on November 17th: 98.15% 
Heritage AuctionsTuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 11/13 on November 20th: 97.09% 
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters on November 18th: 96.75% 
Grogan and CompanyThe Fall Auction - Books and Prints on November 11th: 96.61% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on November 17th: 96.20% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - bidstart 10/21 on November 18th: 93.29% 
Lancaster Mennonite Historical SocietyBooks on November 9th: 91.95% 
Doyle New YorkThe Patricia and Donald Oresman Collection on November 20th: 91.09% 
Brunk AuctionsPremier Catalogue Auction - Session I - Emporium - 1 to 551 on November 15th: 90.91% 
OSENATBaudelaire Collection and Great Writers on November 4th: 89.51% 
Bruun RasmussenModern Prints on November 20th: 87.65% 
Clars Auction GalleryFine Art - Prints and Books on November 18th: 86.76% 
Kedem Auction10th Anniversary Rare and Important Items on November 13th: 84.00% 
Potomack CompanyOnline Auction - Books, Prints on November 19th: 81.48% 
ArtcurialLimited Editions - Prints on November 19th: 80.85% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Bernie Krigstein Impact #1 Complete 8-Page Story "Master Race" Original Art (EC, 1955). on November 17th Actual price: USD $600,000.
  2. Artcurial « Exposition abregée du sisteme du monde selon les principes de Mr Neuton » : manuscrits en partie autographes on November 19th Actual price: USD $577,980.
  3. Aguttes MANUSCRIT autographe on November 14th Actual price: USD $548,340.
  4. Ader MANUSCRIT autographe signé « Gve Flaubert », Les Mémoires d’un Fou, 1838  on November 15th Actual price: USD $414,960.
  5. Aguttes MANUSCRIT autographe on November 14th Actual price: USD $414,960.
  6. Kedem Auction Manuscript on Parchment on November 13th Actual price: USD $386,600.
  7. Artcurial « Altes und Neues zur Feld-Theorie » : manuscrit autographe signé on November 19th Actual price: USD $340,860.
  8. Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #1 (Marvel, 1962) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. on November 17th Actual price: USD $336,000.
  9. Kedem Auction Machzor with Hundreds of Kabbalistic Glosses Handwritten by the Ramchal on November 13th Actual price: USD $315,800.
  10. Skinner Tales , First Edition, in Paper Wrappers. on November 18th Actual price: USD $315,000.
  11. Heritage Auctions John Romita Sr. Amazing Spider-Man #60 Cover Kingpin Original Art (Marvel, 1968). on November 17th Actual price: USD $288,000.
  12. Heritage Auctions Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man #18 Story Page 22 Original Art (Marvel, 1964). on November 17th Actual price: USD $288,000.
  13. Aguttes CORRESPONDANCE de 61 lettres autographes, on November 14th Actual price: USD $274,170.
  14. OSENAT Lettre autographe signée « C. Baudelaire » à Narcisse Ancelle, avec 2 apostilles autographes de celui-ci. on November 4th Actual price: USD $266,760.
  15. Heritage Auctions Jack Kirby and Syd Shores Captain America #109 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1969). on November 17th Actual price: USD $264,000.
  16. Artcurial Radioactivité : dactylographie corrigée on November 19th Actual price: USD $259,350.
  17. Christies Modiano on November 20th Actual price: USD $248,000.
  18. Kedem Auction Manuscript Composition on November 13th Actual price: USD $233,200.
  19. Artcurial Manuscrit autographe signé inédit, en allemand on November 19th Actual price: USD $222,300.
  20. Kedem Auction Letter from Rebbe Yitzchak Isaac Taub of Kaliv on November 13th Actual price: USD $221,400.
  21. Artcurial Réunion de 178 imprimés de la documentation personnelle d’Albert Einstein on November 19th Actual price: USD $207,480.
  22. Kedem Auction Sipurei Maasiot by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov on November 13th Actual price: USD $196,800.
  23. Heritage Auctions Detective Comics #27 (DC, 1939) CGC Apparent NM- 9.2 Extensive (A-5) Off-white pages. on November 17th Actual price: USD $180,000.
  24. Kedem Auction Keter HaRabbanut on November 13th Actual price: USD $172,200.
  25. Heritage Auctions Action Comics #13 (DC, 1939) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. on November 17th Actual price: USD $156,000.



37 total sales reported this week:

Michael Treloar. Books, Photographs & Manuscripts on November 4th: 50.99%
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on November 21st: 64.93%
Artcurial. Limited Editions - Prints on November 19th: 80.85%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Prints on November 20th: 87.65%
Doyle New York. The Patricia and Donald Oresman Collection on November 20th: 91.09%
Bonhams. TCM PRESENTS ... THE DARK SIDE OF HOLLYWOOD on November 20th: 55.81%
Christies. Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts on November 20th: 52.13%
Christies. Annabel's on November 20th: 100.00%
Potomack Company. Online Auction - Books, Prints on November 19th: 81.48%
Grogan and Company. The Fall Auction - Books and Prints on November 11th: 96.61%
Artcurial. Aristophil on November 19th: 73.04%
Brunk Auctions. Premier Catalogue Auction - Session III - Premier Catalog Auction - 1291 to 1793 on November 17th: 98.15%
Brunk Auctions. Premier Catalogue Auction - Session II - Premier Catalog Auction - 552 to 1290 on November 16th: 66.67%
Brunk Auctions. Premier Catalogue Auction - Session I - Emporium - 1 to 551 on November 15th: 90.91%
OSENAT. Baudelaire Collection and Great Writers on November 4th: 89.51%
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Books on November 9th: 91.95%
Skinner. Fine Books and Manuscripts on November 18th: 78.81%
PBA Galleries. Rare Books & Manuscripts on November 15th: 63.04%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 11/13 on November 20th: 97.09%
Neal Auction Company. Louisiana Purchase Auction on November 18th: 58.18%
Bonhams. ROCK & ROLL MEMORABILIA, FEATURING THE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LYRICS TO "YOUR SONG" on November 19th: 29.09%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints and Books on November 18th: 86.76%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints and Books on November 17th: 77.22%
Eldreds. Americana and Paintings - Books, Prints on November 17th: 48.28%
Eldreds. Fall Marine Sale - Prints on November 15th: 64.00%
Ader. Aristophil - Literature and Illustrated Books on November 15th: 66.22%
Aguttes. 10 • LITERATURE • ANCIENT, ROMANTIC & MODERN BOOKS - MANUSCRIPTS & AUTOGRAPH LETTERS,... on November 14th: 71.34%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - bidstart 10/21 on November 18th: 93.29%
Kedem Auction. 10th Anniversary Rare and Important Items on November 13th: 84.00%
Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Prints on November 16th: 50.00%
Doyle New York. 20th Century Literature Online Only on November 15th: 62.50%
Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH. Modern and Contemporary Art - Modern Photography on November 16th: 33.65%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on November 17th: 96.20%
RR Auction. Marvels of Modern Music - Internet bidstart 11/8 on November 15th: 62.16%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/11 on November 18th: 99.49%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on November 18th: 96.75%
Heritage Auctions. Comics on November 17th: 98.92%

 


For the week ahead 30 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Nov. 26th
Pandolfini. Florence . Books. 135 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Autographs, Manuscripts, Certificates. 331 lots
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Rare Books. 545 lots
Moreshet Auctions. Jerusalem. Judaica - Books, Manuscripts. 312 lots

Tue. Nov. 27th
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Books, Manuscripts, Prints. 6472 lots
Bonhams. London. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs. 215 lots
Jacksons Auction. Cedar Falls, Iowa . Modern & Vintage Masters - Day 1. 19 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 11/20. 696 lots

Wed. Nov. 28th
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . 15th -19th Century Prints. 700 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. COLLECTION A.J. ANCIENT BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS, ETIENNE DOLET (1509-1546) FRENCH AUTHOR AND PRINTER. 53 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Printed Books & Manuscripts; Photographica. 441 lots
Rossini. Paris. CATALOG SALE: DISPERSION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE SORBONNE JEA. 210 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Russian Literary First Editions & Manuscripts - Highlights from the Eden Martin Collection.
Forum Auctions. London. Banksy Editions. 25 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Books, Magazines, Prints.

Thu. Nov. 29th
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Books - Internet Bidstart 11/22. 522 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books and Works on Paper.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. The Craig Noble Collection of L. Frank Baum & the Wizard of Oz. 253 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Asian Art - Prints. 128 lots
Sothebys. New York. Space Exploration. 185 lots
Soler Y Llach. Barcelona. Books, Prints, Manuscripts. 830 lots
Rossini. Paris. POSTERS FROM THE 19TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY: ADVERTISING, POLITICS, TRADE UNIONS AND SHOWS (OPERA AND.

Fri. Nov. 30th
ALDE. Paris. Modern Illustrated Books and Original Bindings. 348 lots
Sothebys. New York. History of Science and Technology. 109 lots

Sat. Dec. 1st
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Vintage Travel Posters.
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Important Winter Auction.
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.

Sun. Dec. 2nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/25.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/25.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - bidstart 11/4. 263 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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