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

Freeman’s | Hindman
Western Manuscripts and Miniatures
July 8, 2025

Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. FRANCESCO PETRARCH (b. Arezzo, 20 July 1304; d. Arqua Petrarca, 19 July 1374). $20,000-30,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF THE VITAE IMPERATORUM (active Milan, 1431-1459). $15,000-20,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. CIRCLE OF ATTAVANTE DEGLI ATTAVANTI (GABRIELLO DI VANTE) (active Florence, c. 1452-c. 1520/25). $15,000-20,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. FOLLOWER OF HERMAN SCHEERE (active London, c. 1405-1425). $15,000-20,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. An exceptionally rare, illuminated music leaf from a Mozarabic Antiphonal with sister leaves mostly in museum collections. $11,500-14,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. Exceptional leaf from a prestigious Antiphonary by a leading illuminator of the late Duecento. $11,500-14,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF MS REID 33 and SELWERD ABBEY SCRIPTORIUM (AGNES MARTINI?) (active The Netherlands, Groningen, c. 1468-1510). $10,000-15,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. Previously unknown illumination from one of the most renowned Gothic Choir Book sets of the Middle Ages. $6,000-8,000.
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.

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.

Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.

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.

Forum, July 17: Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli Elementi, Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
Now through July 10, 2025

Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Book of Hours by the Masters of Otto van Moerdrecht, Use of Sarum, in Latin, Southern Netherlands (Bruges), c.1450. £20,000 to £30,000.

Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Albert Einstein. Autograph letter signed, to Attilio Palatino, on his research into General Relativity, 12 May 1929. £12,000 to £18,000.

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.

Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
Now through July 10, 2025

Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Ian Fleming. A collection of James Bond first editions, 8 volumes in all. £8,000 to £12,000.

Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: J.R.R. Tolkien. Autograph letter signed, to Amy Ronald, on Pauline Baynes's map of Middle Earth, 1970. £7,000 to £10,000.
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DOYLE
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
July 23, 2025

DOYLE, July 23: WALL, BERNHARDT. Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples. Estimate $300-500

DOYLE, July 23: STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000

DOYLE, July 23: [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.

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

DOYLE, July 23: ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Estimate $1,200-1,800

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