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Articles - February - 2013 Issue

Auctions in February

- by Bruce E. McKinney

Auctions in February

Auctions in February

This year, as we head into February 63 events are scheduled.

 

Fri. Feb. 1st                 Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers.  Prints [1086].  130 lots

                                    Kiefer – Book and Art Auctions.  Books [83].  7,828 lots

                                    Piasa.  Ancient, Modern and Contemporary Photos [20602].  197 lots

                                    Skinner, Inc.  Fine Prints [2635B].  260 lots

Sat. Feb. 2nd              Alain & Evelyne Morel de Westgaver.  Prints and Books [37].  592 lots

                                    Coutau-Begarie.  Comics [20900]

                                    Kiefer – Book and Art Auctions.  Books continuing [83].  7,828 lots

                                    Stair Auctioneers & Appraisers.  Works on Paper [20213]. 239 lots

Tues. Feb 5th              Swann Galleries.  Vintage Posters [2302].  497 lots

Wed. Feb. 6th              Dominic Winter Book Auctions.  Old Master, Modern and Japanese Prints [20613].  198 lots

Thurs. Feb. 7th           Heritage Auctions.  Rare Book internet auction ends today [201306].

                                    PBA Galleries.  Angling, Sporting, Natural History [499].

Sat. Feb. 9th                Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F. Tajan.  Comic Strips [20875].  111 lots

                                    Neret – Minet & Tessier.  Comic Strips [15193].

Sun. Feb. 10th             Blacksparrow.  Rare Village Autographed Books [21013].  231 lots

                                    Bonhams.  Books [21141].

Mon. Feb. 11th            Bonhams.  Books continued [21141].

                                    Bruun Rasmussen.  Books [1307].

Tues. Feb. 12th           Freeman’s.  Estate:  Books and Manuscripts [1451].

Wed. Feb. 13th           Old World Auctions.  Maps Online bidding ends today [143].

Thurs. Feb. 14th         Ader.  Scientic Instruments [20821]

Bloomsbury.  Bibliophile Books [36028].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Rare Book internet auction ends today [201307].

                                    Knotty Pine Auction Service.  Ephemera [21413].

                                    Piasa.  Books [20604].

Fri. Feb. 15th               Aspire Auctions.  Art and Antique online bidding ends today [323].

                                    Neret – Minet & Tessier.  Posters [15194].

Sat. Feb. 16th              Clars Auction Gallery.  Prints, Ephemera [21613].

                                    Stair Auctioneers & Appriasers.  The Photograph Collection of Jan Cowles [21613]

Sun. Feb. 17th             Artcurial Briest-Le Fur Poulain-F. Tajan.  Aeronautic – 1st Part [20878].  101 lots

                                    Artcurial Briest-Le Fur Poulain-F. Tajan.  Aeronautic – 2nd Part [20945].  81 lots

                                    Bonhams.  Fine Books and Manuscripts [20940].

                                    Clars Auction Gallery.  Prints, Ephemera continued [21613].

Mon. Feb. 18th            PBA Galleries.  Rare Books and Manuscripts [500].

Tues. Feb. 19th           Ader.   Comic Strips [20823].

                                    Bonhams.  Books [20678].

                                    Rupert Toovey and Co.  Antiquarian and Collector’s Books [1105].

Wed. Feb. 20th           Bonhams.  Prints Featuring the St. Ives School [20735].

                                    Rupert Toovey and Co.  Prints [1104].
Dorotheum.  Militaria [9844].

Thurs. Feb. 21st         Ader.  Manuscripts and Autographs – Collection of an Amateur [20825].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Vintage Comics and Comic Art [7073].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Animation Art [7052].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Rare Books internet bidding ends today [201308].

Fri. Feb. 22nd              Bonhams.  World War II:  The Pacific Theater [21082].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Vintage Comics and Comic Art [7073].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Animation Art [7052].

Sat. Feb. 23rd              Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F. Tajan.  Comic Strips [20879].

                                    Cornette de Saint Cyr.  Comics and Illustration:  Michel Gourdon [20929].

                                    ERA Encheres.  Beautiful Books and Bindings [20683].
Eldred's.  Prints, Books [780]

Sun. Feb. 24th             Bonhams.  Books [20897].

Mon. Feb. 25th            Alde.  Ancient Books of the XIX Century – Political Economy [20982].

                                    Sothebys.  Hommage to Aldo Crommelynck:  from Picasso to George Condo [PF1334].

Tues. Feb. 26th           Cowan’s Auctions, Inc.  The World at War [346].

                                    Swann Galleries, Inc.  Fine Photographs and Photobooks [2304]

Wed. Feb 27th          Bloomsbury Auctions.  Beatrix Potter:  the Mark Ottignon Collection [36015].

Thurs. Feb. 28th         Ader.  Performing Arts:  Collection of a Belgian Amateur [20826]

                                    Bloomsbury Auctions.  Literature, Manuscripts and Modern First Books [36018]

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Rare Books internet bidding ends today [201309]

                                    PBA Galleries.  Golf  Books [501].

                                    Sothebys.  Fine Travel and Plate  Books:  A Private Collection [L13410]
      Swann Galleries, Inc.  Early Printed, Medical, Scientific and Travel Books [2305].

During the month of February all relevant lots in these sales will become searchable in the AE Unified Auction Search.  Once these sales end and as their results are posted – the link on the right side of all pages within the Upcoming Auctions section will be immediately accessible via the Recent Auctions Spreadsheet.

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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Hooke, Robert. <i>Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.</i> London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Chappuzeau, Samuel. <i>The history of jewels,</i> first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Sowerby, James. <i>Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions,</i> London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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