The book, manuscript, map and ephemera auctions in December complete what has been a strong run through the fall season. Weeks now see what used to be annual volumes. Many dealers report their sales are also strong. Whether this is a cyclical economic recovery or a more fundamental shift to auctions is now the subject of debate. What is not subject to debate is the breath of material that will soon be sold. The opportunities are many.
Sunday December 1st
Piasa – Paris. Tin Tin [22651]. 288 lots
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Comics – internet bidding ending today.
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Posters – internet bidding ending today.
Monday December 2nd
Autographes Encheres. Stars from Hollywood – internet bidding ending today.
Tuesday December 3rd
Christie’s – London – King Street. Old Master Prints [1139]. 103 lots
Sotheby’s – Paris. Western Manuscripts and Miniatures [13241]. 58 lots
Wednesday December 4th
Galerie Bassenge – Berlin – Grunewald. Photographs [102L]. 96 lots
Bonhams – London. Travel and Exploration [21102]. 116 lots
Christie’s – London – King Street. Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints [9728]. 410 lots
Rupert Toovey and Co. – West Sussex. Prints [1173].
Artcurial – Paris. Prints and Illustrated Books [24399]. 274 lots
Binoche et Giguello – rue La Boetie, Paris. Baroque Library of Jean Claude Carriere [17245]. 272 lots
Dorotheum – Vienna. Autographs [10345]. 369 lots
Galerie Bassenge – Berlin – Grunewald. Photobooks and Photo Literature [102M]. 187 lots
Galerie Bassenge – Berlin – Grunewald. Photography of the 19th – 21st Centuries [102N]. 419 lots
Thursday December 5th
Bonhams – London. Travel and Exploration [21102]. 116 lots
Sotheby’s – New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Americana [N09057]. 169 lots
Swann Galleries – New York. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Historical Prints and Ephemera [2334]. 444 lots
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Rare Books – internet bidding ending today [201349].
PBA Galleries – San Francisco. Fine Literature [521]. 589 lots
Piasa – Paris. H. M. Petiet [22703]. 256 lots
Ader – Paris. Modern and Contemporary Photographs [24389]. 277 lots
Friday December 6th
Christie’s – New York. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts [2751]. 199 lots
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Entertainment [7082]. 320 lots
Pierre Berge and Associes – Paris. Books, Autographs and Manuscripts [16866]. 139 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers – Norwich. Modern British Prints [1175]. 141 lots
Beaussant Lefevre – Paris. Prints [24369]. 16 lots
Christie’s – New York. Dylan Goes Electric [3482]. 5 lots
Saturday December 7th
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Civil War [6107].
Koller Auctions – Zurich. Modern Prints [Z35]. 146 lots
Clars Auction Gallery – Oakland. Prints [120713].
Ketterer Kunst Doerling – Hamburg. Contemporary Prints [410]. 111 lots
Sunday December 8th
Bonhams – San Francisco. Prints [21040]. 107 lots
Clars Auction Gallery – Oakland. Prints [120713].
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Comics [121349].
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Posters [161349]
Monday December 9th
Bonhams – New York. Judaica [21388].
Alde – Paris. Letters and Manuscripts [22897].
Tuesday December 10th
Aguttes – Neuilly-sur-Seine. Books, Posters and Ancient Paper [22439].
Alde – Paris. Ancient Books from the XIXth Century [22899].
Bonhams – Los Angeles. Entertainment Memorabilia [21024].
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers – Kilkenny. Important Rare Books [121013].
Minerva Auctions Roma. Books, Autographs, Prints [98]. 733 lots
Sotheby’s – London. English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations [13408].
Sotheby’s – London. Library of an English Bibliophile – Part III [13411].
Wednesday December 11th
RR Auction – Amherst. Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph [420]. 1,576 lots
Bonhams – New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts [21029]
Dominic Winter Book Auctions – Gloustershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents [121113].
Minerva Auctions Roma. Photographs [99].
Bloomsbury Auctions – London. Pictures and Books [36099]. 295 lots
Dorotheum – Vienna. Prints before 1900 [121113].
Thursday December 12th
DeBaecque and Associes – Lyon. Books, Antiquarian and Modern, Autographs and Documents [22801].
Gonnnelli Casa D’Aste – Firenze. Prints [0014].
Swann Galleries – New York. Classic Photographs and Photobooks [2335].
Bloomsbury Auctions – London. Bibliophile [36106].
Dominic Winter Book Auctions – Gloucestershire. Children’s and Illustrated Books [121213].
Dorotheum – Vienna. Books and Decorative Prints [121213].
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Rare Books – internet bidding ends today [201250].
Friday December 13th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Rare and Used Books [121313].
Saturday December 14th
Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH. Rare Books, Prints and Photography [85].
Neret Minet and Tessier – Paris. Comic Strips [18053].
Saturday December 15th
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Comics internet bidding ending today [121350].
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Comics
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Posters [161350]
Sunday December 16th
Cowans Auctions. American History online bidding ends today [372].
Monday December 17th
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Books [121713].
Tajan – Paris. Ancient and Modern Prints [9855].
Artcurial – Paris. Books and Manuscripts [2399].
Grays Auctioneers – Cleveland. Vintage Comic Books [74].
Tuesday December 18th
Bonhams – London. Entertainment Memorabilia [20772].
Sotheby’s – Paris. Bibliotheque Raoul Simonson – Albert et Monique Kies – Seconde partie [pf1332].
Swann Galleries – New York. Julius Paul Collection of Posters [2336]. 378 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions – London. Antiquarian Books [36108].
Profiles in History – Calabasas Hills. Rock and Roll [59]. 161 lots
Wednesday December 19th
RR Auction – Amherst. Autographs [121913].
Neret Minet and Tessier – Paris. Books [17093].
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Rare Books – internet bidding ending today [201351]
PBA Galleries – San Francisco. Fine Books in all Fields [522].
Profiles in History – Calabasas Hills. The Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector Part III [61]. 216 lots
Thursday December 20th
Profiles in History – Calabasas. Hollywood and Animation Day I [122013].
Friday December 21st
Profiles in History – Calabasas. Hollywood and Animation Day II [122113].
Saturday December 22nd
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Comics – internet bidding ends today [121351]
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Posters – internet bidding ends today [161351].
Thursday December 26th
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Rare Books – internet bidding ends today [201352].
Sunday December 29th
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Comics - internet bidding ends today [1213352]
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Posters – internet bidding ends today [161352].
Tuesday December 31st. Rupert Toovey and Co. – West Sussex. Prints [1176].
![Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/148a7ca4-9746-44c9-a75e-86229b6f10d2.png "<b>Forum, July 17:</b> Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.")
![Forum, July 17: Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/863855a8-4b41-4512-b168-a4a3eab5d6a6.png "<b>Forum, July 17:</b> Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.")
![Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: John Gould. The Birds of Europe, [1832-] 1837, 5 volumes, contemporary half morocco, subscriber’s copy. £40,000 to £60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/64dbb393-4712-4536-a1a6-26d823c523dc.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> John Gould. <i>The Birds of Europe,</i> [1832-] 1837, 5 volumes, contemporary half morocco, subscriber’s copy. £40,000 to £60,000.")
![DOYLE, July 23: [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ce5fa1d-1943-4413-a80d-7b5c75383e7e.jpg "<b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800")
![DOYLE, July 23: [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions. San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fa635c85-6b12-44f2-8832-2087579574d9.jpg "<b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. <i>Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions.</i> San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000.")
![DOYLE, July 23: TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. Anna Karénina ... in eight parts. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/af9f4e1a-90c2-428c-8d49-9624b070c7a9.jpg "<b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. <i>Anna Karénina ... in eight parts.</i> New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600")
