Rare Book Monthly

Articles - May - 2014 Issue

Auctions in May

- by Bruce E. McKinney

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For the month of May 105 auctions are scheduled. A few more will be announced as the month progresses. The flow of auctions has become so insistent that the continuum of auctions is now self-sustaining.

Thu. May. 1st
Swann Galleries. New York. Early Printed, Medical & Scientific Books. 291 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Asian Art - Books and Prints. 21 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/24. 495 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Affordable Prints and Photographs. 127 lots
Sothebys. New York. Prints. 357 lots

Fri. May. 2nd
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Old and Rare Books and Manuscripts. 5343 lots

Sun. May. 4th
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Entertainment Memorabilia, Including Animation Art. 93 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/27. 432 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 4/27. 619 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. Modern and Contemporary Works of Art - Prints. 165 lots

Mon. May. 5th
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . The Military Sale. 461 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Globes. 14 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Master Prints. 9 lots

Tue. May. 6th
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . The Gallery Sale. 239 lots
Rossini. Paris. Prints.
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 33 lots

Wed. May. 7th
Heritage Auctions. Beverly Hills. Pin-up, Pulp, and Illustration Art. 657 lots
Zisska and Schauer. Munich . Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts. 625 lots
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 365 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Art, Press & Illustrated Books. 307 lots
Sothebys. London. Photographs. 148 lots

Thu. May. 8th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/1.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Historic Autographs & Manuscripts with Archival Materia. 405 lots
Zisska and Schauer. Munich . Literature and Children's Books. 389 lots
Zisska and Schauer. Munich . Travel and Maps. 435 lots

Fri. May. 9th
Zisska and Schauer. Munich . Books and Prints. 499 lots

Sat. May. 10th
Northeast Auctions. Portsmouth. Prints.
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints. 368 lots
Guillaumot Richard . Villefranche sur Saône. Hunting Library of Mr. E. B Château de La Palisse in Allier.
Ferraton. Bruxelles. Antiquarian and Modern Books, Autographs, and Prints.

Sun. May. 11th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/4.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 15/4.

Tue. May. 13th
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Leiden. New and Antiquarian Books.
Bolaffi Ambassador Auctions. Turin. Antiquarian Books and Autographs. 762 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Contemporary Art - Prints.
Artcurial. Paris. Books and Manuscripts.

Wed. May. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Space. 345 lots
ALDE. Paris. Modern Illustrated Books, Part II.
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books and Maps.
RR Auction. Amherst. Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph - bidstart 4/25. 1180 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Dada Surrealism - Books, Manuscripts, Photographs....
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art.
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. Worldwide Postal History.

Thu. May. 15th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics.
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Bibliophile.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Fine Prints.
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Collectors Sale - Ephemera.
Sothebys. New York. Contemporary Art - Prints.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/8.
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Ancient Books and Documents.

Fri. May. 16th
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions. Brussels. Books.
PIASA. Paris. Ancient, Modern and Contemporary Photographs.
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Books.
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Firenze. Books, Manuscripts, Prints. 400 lots
Skinner. Boston. American and European Prints and Photography.
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Prints and Photographs.
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Pictures and Prints.
Hauff and Auvermann. Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Spring Auction - Part I: Old and rare Books. Autographs.. 645 lots
Hauff and Auvermann. Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Spring Auction - Part II. Old and rare Books. Engravings..

Sat. May. 17th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints and Photographs.
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Firenze. Musical works, Autographs and signed books. 147 lots
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. DEBBIE REYNOLDS – THE AUCTION FINALE - Ephemera.
Hauff and Auvermann. Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Spring Auction - Part III: Modern books. Posters. Photography..
Hauff and Auvermann. Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Spring Sale - Part IV: Modern and contemporary Art..

Sun. May. 18th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/11.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 5/11.
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Period Art and Design - Prints.

Mon. May. 19th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Important Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper.
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Autographs, Decorative Prints, Maritime and North German Art.

Tue. May. 20th
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Books, Manuscripts and Graphic Arts.
Rupert Toovey and Co. West Sussex. Antiquarian and Collectors Books.
Bonhams. Oxford . Law Books - Part II.
Hauswedell and Nolte. Hamburg. Rare Books and Autographs.
Artcurial. Paris. Photography.
Artcurial. Paris. Limited Editions.
Skinner. Boston. Prints and photography - Internet bidstart 5/13.
Sothebys. London. Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts.
Paige Auction. Portland. May Sale - Posters.
Rossini. Paris. Prints.
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. U.S. Postal History.

Wed. May. 21st
Christies. London - King Street. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts.
Rupert Toovey and Co. West Sussex. Prints.
ALDE. Paris. Antiquarian Books from the XIX Century Part I.
Old World Auctions. Glen Allen. Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics - online bidstart 5/7.
Christies. London -South Kensington. Vintage Posters.
Morton Casa de Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Antiquarian and Modern Documents, Prints and Books.

Thu. May. 22nd
Swann Galleries. New York. Autographs.
RR Auction. Amherst. Space and Aviation - Internet bidstart 5/15.
Sothebys. New York. American Art - Prints.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/15.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Books from the Library of Dr. Elmer Belt.

Sat. May. 24th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Americana, Political.
Artcurial. Paris. the Universe of the Creator of TinTin.

Sun. May. 25th
Artcurial. Paris. Comic Strips.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/18.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 5/18.

Tue. May. 27th
Christies. Paris. Photo Fashion.

Wed. May. 28th
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Prints.

Thu. May. 29th
Christies. London -South Kensington. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Automobilia.
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Art - Prints.
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books - Day 1.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/22.

Fri. May. 30th
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books - Day 2.

Sat. May. 31st
Skinner. Boston. Fine Books and Manuscripts.

Rare Book Monthly

<b>Koller International Auctions: Books [and] Manuscripts & Autographs. June 15, 2020</b>

<b>Koller, Jun. 15:</b> INCUNABULA -Fridolin, Stephan. <i>Schatzbehalter.</i> With 96 (including 5 repeated) full-page text woodcuts. Nürnberg, 1491.<br>€ 39 470 / 57 020

<b>Koller, Jun. 15:</b> Kokoschka, Oskar. <i>Die Träumenden Knaben (The Dreaming Boys).</i> With 11 original lithographs. Vienne, 1908.<br>€ 35 090 / 52 630

<b>Koller, Jun. 15:</b> Third Bessarion Master (active in Lombard in the third quarter of the 15th century). Leaf from a gradual, 1455-60.<br>€ 21 930 / 30 700

<b>Koller, Jun. 15:</b> Picasso, Pablo - Delgado, José alias Pepe Illo. <i>La Tauromaquia o arte de torear.</i> With 26 original aquatints and 1 original etching by Picasso.<br>€ 21 930 / 35 090

<b>Koller International Auctions: Books [and] Manuscripts & Autographs. June 15, 2020</b>

<b>Koller, Jun. 15:</b> Linschoten, Jan Huygen van. <i>Itinerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien…</i> Amsterdam, 1595.<br>€ 17 540 / 26 320

<b>Koller, Jun. 15:</b> CHILDREN’S BOOKS - Meggendorfer, Lothar. <i>Nah und Fern. Ein Tierbilderbuch zum Ziehen.</i> With 8 coloured, lithographed plates.<br>€ 530 / 790

<b>Koller, Jun. 15:</b> DANSE MACABRE - Bille, Edmond. <i>Une Danse macabre.</i> With 20 coloured woodcuts. Lausanne, 1919. Large folio.<br>€ 610 / 880

<b>Koller, Jun. 15:</b> Dexel, Walter. A collection of 7 invitation cards from the Kunstverein Jena, each typographically designed by W. Dexel. Jena, 1924-1928. Each 10.5 x 14.8 cm.<br>€ 530 / 790
<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation by the President of the United States, pamphlet, 1862. Sold May 7 for $11,875.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Family papers of the distinguished Ruby-Jackson family, Portland, Maine, 1853-1961. Sold May 7 for $4,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> E. Simms Campbell, A Night-Club Map of Harlem, in inaugural issue of Manhattan, 1933. Sold May 7 for $27,500.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Papers of the comedian Nipsey Russell, including a letter from MLK, 1929-2000. Sold May 7 for $17,500.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Edmonia Lewis, prominent sculptor, carte-de-visite by Henry Rocher, c. 1866-71. Sold May 7 for $5,250.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> The Black Panther: Black Community News Service, 44 issues, San Francisco, 1967-1971. Sold May 7 for $6,500.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Ernest Withers, I Am A Man, Sanitation Workers Strike, silver print, 1968. Sold May 7 for $5,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> March For Freedom Now!, poster for a protest on the 1960 Republican Convention. Sold May 7 for $17,500.
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<center><b>Hindman Auctions<br>Fine Books and Manuscripts<br>Including Americana<br>Live and Online<br>June 23, 2020</b>

<b>Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23:</b> [SUPREME COURT JUSTICES]. A very extensive collection of 203 letters, documents and signatures. A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, JOHN JAY THROUGH WILLIAM REHNQUIST. $20,000 to $30,000.

<b>Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23:</b> ZATTA, Antonio. <i>Atlante Novissimo.</i> Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1775-1785. ONE OF THE FINEST WORLD ATLASES issued in Italy in the 18th century. $15,000 to $20,000.

<b>Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23:</b> [CHICAGO HISTORY] -- [COLUMBUS, Christopher]. Monumental historiated and embroidered panel of the MADE FOR THE 1893 COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION IN CHICAGO. $12,000 to $18,000.

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<b>Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23:</b> [MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. AINSWORTH, William Harrison. <i>Historical Romances.</i> Philadelphia, n.d. A fine early exhibition binding by the Monastery Hill Bindery. $6,000 to $8,000.

<b>Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23:</b> [ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM]. New York: Tiber Press, [1960]. 4 volumes. LIMITED EDITION, number 119 of 200 COPIES, EACH SIGNED BY THE POET AND ARTIST. $6,000 to $8,000.

<b>Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23:</b> GRATIANUS, the Canonist. <i>Decretum.</i> Venedig: Petrus de Plasiis, 25 January 1483. Second quarto edition. FIRST PAGE ILLUMINATED BY A CONTEMPORARY ARTIST. $4,000 to $6,000.

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<b>Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23:</b> [ABOLITIONISTS]. <i>William Lloyd Garrison. The Story of his Life.</i> New York, 1885. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FROM SEVERAL NOTABLE ABOLITIONISTS neatly bound in throughout. $4,000 to $6,000.

<b>Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23:</b> ANSON, George. <i>A Voyage round the World, In the Years 1740... 1744.</i> London: John and Paul Knapton for the author, 1748. FIRST EDITION. $3,000 to $4,000.

<b>Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23:</b> Blank railroad ledger, "Compagnie des Chemins de fer de l'Ouest" (spine title). N.p., 1909. A MONUMENTAL 20th-CENTURY ART NOUVEAU BINDING. $1,000 to $1,500.

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<b>Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23:</b> [MINIATURE ROOM] -- [FLEMING, John (1910-1987)]. Miniature of his 57th Street Library and Gallery. JOHN F. FLEMING'S BARONIAL 57TH STREET GALLERY. $1,500 to $2,500.

<b>Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23:</b> [SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE BINDING]. CHESTERTON, G.K. <i>Five Types: A Book of Essays.</i> London, 1910. LIMITED EDITION, number 3 of 30 copies on vellum SIGNED BY GEORGE SUTCLIFFE. $400 to $500.

<b>Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23:</b> [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. <i>When Adam Delved and Eve Span....</i> [Ancoats Brotherhood, 1894-5]. LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies printed. $500 to $700.

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