PreviousNext

Auction Update Review

Click slideshow for more
info.

Click slideshow for more
info.

Twenty-four Auctions Archived, 19 Sales Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday, March 11, 2017, 24 auctions in the rare books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera categories were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 3 in Danish krona, 1 in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 19 in US dollars.  Turnover was $6,939,173 as 11,574 lots were offered and 7,951 sold for a 69% success rate.

3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage Auctions. Books on March 9th: $1,880,620 
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on March 9th: $1,463,494 
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on February 18th: $1,382,915 

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

Cowans Auctions. Advertising and Toys: Books and Prints - Internet bidstart 2/20 on March 6th: 293.31% 
Moreshet Auctions. Books and Manuscripts on March 7th: 162.57% 
Charlton Hall. ARTURO PERALTA-RAMOS ESTATE on March 4th: 154.69% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 8th: 113.31% 
Swann Galleries. Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books on March 9th: 111.27% 


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

National Book Auctions. Colonial, Hemingway, Civil War, etc. on March 4th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 2/26 on March 5th: 99.86% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 2/26 on March 5th: 96.59% 
Cowans Auctions. Advertising and Toys: Books and Prints - Internet bidstart 2/20 on March 6th: 96.15% 
Heritage Auctions. Books on March 9th: 95.15% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on February 18th: 94.35% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 7th: 91.67% 
Swann Galleries. Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books on March 9th: 91.36% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on February 19th: 84.13% 
Charlton Hall. ARTURO PERALTA-RAMOS ESTATE on March 4th: 82.88% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Bonhams Autograph Manuscript, being a draft of her revised translation of the Aeschelus play Prometheus Bound, for publication in her 1850 work Poems, on March 9th Actual price: USD $215,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions The Joan Anderson Letter to Jack Kerouac (1922-1969). on March 9th Actual price: USD $206,250.
  3. Bonhams Two leaves, pp 31-34, from the first appearance of The Picture of Dorian Gray in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine for July, 1890, with Wilde's autograph revisions toward the book-version published in April 1891, on March 9th Actual price: USD $185,000.
  4. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Le Cirque, Lithographies originales de Marc Chagall. on February 18th Actual price: USD $171,720.
  5. Bonhams A Journal of the Operations of the Queen's Rangers, from the End of the Year 1777, to the Conclusion of the Late American War. Exeter: Printed for the Author, [1787]. on March 9th Actual price: USD $161,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions Original Typescript of The Dharma Bums (published October 2, 1958), typed by Kerouac himself from his original scroll manuscript. on March 9th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  7. Bonhams Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Jules Verne"), being the complete short story "Une fantaisie de docteur Ox," on March 9th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  8. Bonhams Printed Broadside Signed ("Th: Jefferson") as Secretary of State, 1 p, folio (9 7/8 x 15 1/8 inches), Philadelphia, February 12, 1793, on March 9th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  9. Heritage Auctions The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Newly Translated out of the Original Greek; And with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. on March 9th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  10. Bonhams Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton. English School, c.1715 - 1720, on March 9th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  11. Heritage Auctions De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. on March 9th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  12. Bonhams A Book of Cats. New York: Covici Friede, 1930. on March 9th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  13. Swann Galleries (BIBLE IN LATIN.) Single leaf from a paper copy of the Gutenberg Bible, with the text of Ecclesiasticus 16:14-18:29. on March 9th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  14. Heritage Auctions Collection of Twenty-Eight Early United States Government Publications. on March 9th Actual price: USD $47,500.
  15. Bruun Rasmussen 'La femme toupie" on March 8th Actual price: USD $46,375.
  16. Bonhams Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Emile Zola"), being the manuscript of the short story "Le Capitaine Burle," on March 9th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  17. Clars Auction Gallery "Blue with Red on February 19th Actual price: USD $42,350.
  18. Heritage Auctions Pair of Hermes 3000 Typewriters. on March 9th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  19. Leland Little Auctions Complete First American Octavo Edition of Audubon's Birds of America... on March 4th Actual price: USD $35,400.
  20. Heritage Auctions Stagecoach Trunk once owned by Samuel L. Clemens. on March 9th Actual price: USD $31,250.
  21. Heritage Auctions The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties Speciall Comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. on March 9th Actual price: USD $31,250.
  22. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Poèmes. on February 18th Actual price: USD $30,528.
  23. Charlton Hall Japanese woodblock folding book depicting the conquest of Korea Edo period, brocade-covered orihon on March 4th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  24. Bruun Rasmussen 'Le cracheur de flammes'' on March 8th Actual price: USD $29,750.
  25. Leland Little Auctions A 17th Century State 9 Edition of John Smith's Virginia Map on March 4th Actual price: USD $29,500.


24 total sales reported this week:

Treadway Toomey Auctions. The Butch McGuire’s Collection - and - 20th Century Art and Design - Prints on March 4th: 78.75%
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on March 9th: 55.38%
Eldreds. Antiques and Accessories - Books and Prints on March 9th: 45.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 8th: 75.00%
Swann Galleries. Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books on March 9th: 91.36%
PBA Galleries. Art and Illustration on March 9th: 77.29%
Moreshet Auctions. Books and Manuscripts on March 7th: 76.12%
Heritage Auctions. Books on March 9th: 95.15%
National Book Auctions. Colonial, Hemingway, Civil War, etc. on March 4th: 100.00%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on February 18th: 50.84%
Cowans Auctions. Advertising and Toys: Books and Prints - Internet bidstart 2/20 on March 6th: 96.15%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 7th: 91.67%
Alaska Auction. Iditarod Posters and Fine Art Prints on March 3rd: 76.79%
Charlton Hall. ARTURO PERALTA-RAMOS ESTATE on March 4th: 82.88%
Potomack Company. Creek Sculptor, Retha Walden Gambaro's Studio/Collections with Other Estates - Prints, Books on March 1st: 55.22%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 2/26 on March 5th: 99.86%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on February 19th: 84.13%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on February 18th: 94.35%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 2/26 on March 5th: 96.59%


For the week ahead 19 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 13th
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, Louisiana Purchase Exposition - Prints and Books. 26 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 113 lots

Tue. Mar. 14th
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs (letters, manuscripts, documents, photographs): Music, History - Day 1Autographs (letters. 534 lots

Wed. Mar. 15th
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. Books, Maps, Prints. 607 lots
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs (letters, manuscripts, documents, photographs): Music, History. 430 lots

Thu. Mar. 16th
Swann Galleries. New York. Vintage Posters. 507 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 126 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. New York. Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Art. 239 lots

Fri. Mar. 17th
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Great Estates Auction - Books and Prints. 33 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Cleveland Springs Live Auction - Prints. 17 lots

Sat. Mar. 18th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Entertainment. 672 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Comics and Original Plates. 995 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Fine Art - Prints and Photography. 95 lots
Sothebys. New York. Saturdays at Sotheby's: Asian Art - Prints, Books. 10 lots
Ferraton. Bruxelles. Photographs, Prints. 379 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books, Art and Ephemera - Civil War, Life, Emblems, Derriere.

Sun. Mar. 19th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints. 61 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 3/12.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/12.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • 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