PreviousNext

Auction Update Review

Click slideshow for more
info.

Click slideshow for more
info.

Sixteen Auctions Archived, 26 Sales Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday, February 11th, 16 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database, 1 in Danish krona, 4 in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 10 in US dollars.  Turnover was $3,641,289 as 5,068 lots were offered and 3,981 sold for a 79% success rate.  The evidence is circumstantial but encouraging.

1 auction saw its total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on February 8th: $1,839,598 

5 auctions saw their total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Unreserved Book Stock Sale on February 8th: 200.94% 
Ferraton. Antiquarian and Modern Books, Engravings and Autographs on February 3rd: 159.02% 
Case Antiques, Inc.. Winter Art and Antiques - Prints, Manuscripts, Books on January 21st: 119.44% 
Binoche et Giquello. Autographs and Manuscripts on February 8th: 118.44% 
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on February 8th: 102.72% 


11 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell: 

Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Unreserved Book Stock Sale on February 8th: 100.00% 
Grogan and Company. The February Auction - Fine Art: Prints on February 5th: 100.00% 
National Book Auctions. Books, Art and Ephemera - 1601, Fancy Leather, Breathed, etc on February 4th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/29 on February 5th: 99.36% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/29 on February 5th: 97.14% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Golden Age of Magic Posters on February 4th: 94.22% 
Binoche et Giquello. Autographs and Manuscripts on February 8th: 90.95% 
Case Antiques, Inc.. Winter Art and Antiques - Prints, Manuscripts, Books on January 21st: 89.51% 
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Exposition Auction - Books and Prints on February 3rd: 86.96% 
Ferraton. Antiquarian and Modern Books, Engravings and Autographs on February 3rd: 86.49% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on February 7th: 82.43% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys LA RIVIERE DE CASSIS. POÈME AUTOGRAPHE. on February 8th Actual price: USD $303,345.
  2. Sothebys PLAISIRS DU JEUNE ÂGE. 7 DESSINS MANUSCRITS AUTOGRAPHES. on February 8th Actual price: USD $127,063.
  3. Potter and Potter Auctions Houdini Presents His Own Original Invention. The Greatest Sensational Mystery Ever Attempted in This or any Other Age!!! on February 4th Actual price: USD $114,000.
  4. Sothebys DE FORMATO FOETU. – DE VENARUM OSTIOLIS. – DE LOCUTIONE ET EJUS INSTRUMENTIS LIBER. — DE BRUTORUM LOQUELA. on February 8th Actual price: USD $82,925.
  5. Sothebys BÜCHER UND SCHRIFFTEN. [EN TÊTE DU PREMIER VOLUME :] CHIRURGISCHE BÜCHER UND SCHRIFFTEN. on February 8th Actual price: USD $58,850.
  6. Sothebys LA NOUVELLE CHUTE DE L’AMÉRIQUE. on February 8th Actual price: USD $56,175.
  7. Sothebys LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À LOU [CONTENANT 2 POÈMES SOUS FORME DE FABLES :] "LES FLEURS RARES" ET "LE TOUTOU ET LE GUI". on February 8th Actual price: USD $54,838.
  8. Sothebys MON CHER FRECHTMAN... TRÈS IMPORTANT ENSEMBLE DE LETTRE À SON TRADUCTEUR, AGENT LITTÉRAIRE ET CONFIDENT BERNARD FRECHTMAN. on February 8th Actual price: USD $45,475.
  9. Sothebys [REÇU DU HARAR ADRESSÉ À ARMAND SAVOURÉ, POUR LE COMPTE DU ROI MÉNÉLIK II]. on February 8th Actual price: USD $38,788.
  10. Sothebys QUATUOR HIS SUARU[M] INSTITUTIONUM GEOMETRICARUM LIBRIS. on February 8th Actual price: USD $37,450.
  11. Sothebys LES CARACTÈRES DE THÉOPHRASTE. on February 8th Actual price: USD $34,775.
  12. Sothebys IMPORTANTE CORRESPONDANCE REÇUE PAR PIET DE GROOF, ALIAS WALTER KORUN, DIRECTEUR DE LA GALERIE TAPTOE. on February 8th Actual price: USD $32,100.
  13. Sothebys DIE HETÄRENGESPRÄCHE DES LUKIAN. on February 8th Actual price: USD $32,100.
  14. Sothebys ODE À MA MÈRE. on February 8th Actual price: USD $32,100.
  15. Sothebys NEDERLANDISCHE VOGELEN. on February 8th Actual price: USD $32,100.
  16. Sothebys POMME ENDORMIE. on February 8th Actual price: USD $29,425.
  17. Sothebys POUR UN FUNAMBULE.  MANUSCRIT ET TAPUSCRIT INCONNUS.  on February 8th Actual price: USD $29,425.
  18. Sothebys VERZAMELING VAN UITLANDSCHE EN ZELDZAAME VOGELEN.  on February 8th Actual price: USD $29,425.
  19. Sothebys RARE CORRESPONDANCE À SES CRÉANCIERS DURAND ET DESVIGNES, 13 OCTOBRE 1819-24 MARS 1830. [AVEC :] 50 PIÈCES MANUSCRITES RELATIVE À NICÉPHORE NIÉPCE. on February 8th Actual price: USD $26,750.
  20. Sothebys ARS DE STATICA MEDICINA APHORISMORUM. on February 8th Actual price: USD $26,750.
  21. Sothebys [COUTUMIER DE NORMANDIE. on February 8th Actual price: USD $24,075.
  22. Potter and Potter Auctions Kellar?s Startling Wonder. The Cassadaga Propaganda. on February 4th Actual price: USD $24,000.
  23. Potter and Potter Auctions Houdini. King of Cards. on February 4th Actual price: USD $24,000.
  24. Sothebys CORRESPONDANCE À PIET DE GROOF, ALIAS WALTER KORUN. on February 8th Actual price: USD $22,738.
  25. Sothebys PHYSIOCRATIE, OU CONSTITUTION NATURELLE DU GOUVERNEMENT LE PLUS AVANTAGEUX AU GENRE HUMAIN. on February 8th Actual price: USD $22,738.



16 total sales reported this week:

Case Antiques, Inc.. Winter Art and Antiques - Prints, Manuscripts, Books on January 21st: 89.51%
Binoche et Giquello. Autographs and Manuscripts on February 8th: 90.95%
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Golden Age of Magic Posters on February 4th: 94.22%
Ferraton. Antiquarian and Modern Books, Engravings and Autographs on February 3rd: 86.49%
National Book Auctions. Books, Art and Ephemera - 1601, Fancy Leather, Breathed, etc on February 4th: 100.00%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 11/19 on November 24th: 37.47%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Unreserved Book Stock Sale on February 8th: 100.00%
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on February 8th: 74.32%
Grogan and Company. The February Auction - Fine Art: Prints on February 5th: 100.00%
Rossini. Engravings, etc. on December 15th: 70.00%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/6 on January 26th: 36.21%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on February 7th: 82.43%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Exposition Auction - Books and Prints on February 3rd: 86.96%
Winner's Auctions and Exhibitions. Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Posters & Periodicals, Postcards, Maps, Zionism on January 31st: 46.44%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/29 on February 5th: 99.36%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/29 on February 5th: 97.14%


For the week ahead 26 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Feb. 13th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . February Auction - Continental. 36 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 9 and 10: Interior Design and Books. 264 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 95 lots

Tue. Feb. 14th
Swann Galleries. New York. Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks. 322 lots
Auctionata. Berlin. Discover Nature. 54 lots
Auctionata. Berlin. Portraits - People as Seen by Artists. 53 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 11 and 12: Interior Design - Prints. 35 lots

Wed. Feb. 15th
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Remaining books from the Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching. 96 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 13 and 14: Interior Design - Prints. 19 lots

Thu. Feb. 16th
Auctionata. Berlin. From Chagall to Hockney: Prints and Editions. 84 lots
Auctionata. Berlin. The Spectrum of Artistic Expression. 21 lots
Auctionata. Berlin. The Spectrum of Artistic Expression: Art of the 20th & 21st Century. 66 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Marvels of Modern Music - Internet bidstart 2/9. 503 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 15 and 16: Interior Design - Prints. 23 lots

Fri. Feb. 17th
Copley Fine Art Auctions. Boston. Winter Sale. 100 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Winter Market Auction - Prints and Books. 96 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 384 lots
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques. 6025 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Manuscripts and Autographs. 249 lots

Sat. Feb. 18th
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Prints - Internet bidstart 2/10. 63 lots
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Rare Books and Prints. 1133 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Scott W. Dawson Weekly Internet Auction - Books. 239 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints. 124 lots

Sun. Feb. 19th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints. 63 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 2/12.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 2/12.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD