Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.

High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.

High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.

High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.

ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.

Rare Book Monthly

Articles - May - 2015 Issue

In May 90 Auctions are Scheduled

- by Bruce E. McKinney

Ninety Auctions in May

Ninety Auctions in May

The month's roll by and fresh auctions are announced, promoted and then sold. This month there are initially 90. By the end of the month there may be a dozen more. As June then approaches some 25,000 lots will have been offered and the outcomes of each recorded. The pace is extraordinary, the patterns of offers, pricing and sales both defining the world of collectible paper we are familiar with and the world that these forms of collecting are becoming. It takes a close reading but the future is revealing itself.

Fri. May. 1st
Sothebys. New York. Prints. 307 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Asian Arts at Auction. 24 lots
Heritage Auctions. Beverly Hills. The Red Dot Auction Benefiting Chuck Jones Center for Creativity. 208 lots

Sat. May. 2nd
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Books. 1231 lots
Knotty Pine Auction Service. West Swanzey. Antique and Estate Book Sale - Session 2: Books. 309 lots
Mid Hudson Auction Galleries. Cornwall-on-Hudson, . Seymour Stein Collection: Part 1. 14 lots

Sun. May. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. New York. Photographs. 217 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 4/26. 721 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/26. 495 lots

Mon. May. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Doodle for Hunger Illustration Art Auction Benefiting St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelter. 43 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Master Prints. 13 lots

Tue. May. 5th
Tajan. Paris. Photographs. 170 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Books.
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 90 lots

Wed. May. 6th
Heritage Auctions. Beverly Hills. Illustration Art. 519 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Old Books and Paper.
Tajan. Paris. Rive Gauche. 27 lots
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs. 357 lots

Thu. May. 7th
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Fine Books and Manuscripts.
Swann Galleries. New York. Modernist Posters. 309 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/30.

Fri. May. 8th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Rare and Used Books. 502 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Pictures and Prints.

Sat. May. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Americana, Political.
Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH. Berlin-Schoneberg. Rare Books, Prints and Photographs.
Mid Hudson Auction Galleries. Cornwall-on-Hudson, . Seymour Stein Antique Advertisements.
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Estate Sale - Books and Prints.

Sun. May. 10th
Mid Hudson Auction Galleries. Cornwall-on-Hudson, . Seymour Stein Collection: Part 3.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 1/115/3.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/3.

Mon. May. 11th
Bonhams. New York. Post War and Contemporary - Prints.

Tue. May. 12th
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Leiden. Books.

Wed. May. 13th
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Old Books and Paper.
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents.
ALDE. Paris. Antiquarian and 19th Century Books.
Bonhams. Edinburgh. The Sporting Sale.
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs & Artifacts. 968 lots

Thu. May. 14th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Bibliophile.
Bolaffi Ambassador Auctions. Milan. Books on Food. 679 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Motoring, Aviation, Maritime & Railway History: Models, Toys, Books & Documents, Fine Art.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Americana with California & the P.P.P.I E. - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/7.

Fri. May. 15th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Battle of Waterloo Bicentenary Sale: Military History, Arms & Armour, Militaria.

Sun. May. 17th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 5/10.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/10.

Mon. May. 18th
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Rare Books.
Dorotheum . Vienna. Scientific Instruments - Globes.

Tue. May. 19th
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Books, Manuscripts and Graphic Arts.
Tooveys. West Sussex. Photographs, Autographs, Printed and Manuscript Ephemera.
Swann Galleries. New York. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books.
Artcurial. Paris. Books and Manuscripts.
Hauswedell and Nolte. Hamburg. Rare Books and Autographs. 779 lots

Wed. May. 20th
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints.
Tajan. Paris. Books.
Old World Auctions. Glen Allen. Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics.

Thu. May. 21st
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Important Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper.
Christies. London -South Kensington. Posters.
PIASA. Paris. Russian and Soviet Photographs.
Swann Galleries. New York. Fine Photographs.
Tajan. Paris. Prints.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Fine Prints.
Dorotheum . Vienna. Modern and Contemporary Prints.
Auctionata. Berlin. Photography, Prints and Editions.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/14.

Fri. May. 22nd
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Jean Patou Collection - Books.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Space Exploration.
Ader. PARIS. Photographs.
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Printed Art.
ALDE. Paris. First Editions.

Sat. May. 23rd
Sothebys. London. Photographs.
Artcurial. Paris. Comic Strips.
Hauff and Auvermann. Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Modern and contemporary art. Paintings, prints, sculptures.. 371 lots

Sun. May. 24th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 5/17.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/17.
Northeast Auctions. Portsmouth. Memorial Day Weekend Auction.

Wed. May. 27th
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Books and Manuscripts.
Christies. London - King Street. Sporting Books from the Collection of Joel Spitz.
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Firenze. Manuscripts, Incunabula and Books.

Thu. May. 28th
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Art Sale - Prints.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics.
Sothebys. London. Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts.
Ader. PARIS. Prints.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/21.

Fri. May. 29th
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Books.
Skinner. Boston. Americana and European Prints and Photography.

Sat. May. 30th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints and Photographs.

Sun. May. 31st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 5/24.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/24.

Use the upcoming auction search regularly to follow the auction activity.

Rare Book Monthly

Gonnelli:
Auction 55
Antique prints, paintings and maps
November 26st 2024

Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€

Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€

Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€

Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€

Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€

Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€

Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€

Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€

Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€

Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€

Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD

Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD

Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD

Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.

Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.

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