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Auction Update Review

Thirty-seven Auctions Archived, 42 more this Week

For the week ended Saturday 25 November 2017 37 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 17 denominated in euros, 19 denominated in US dollars and 1 in British pounds.  Turnover was a robust $38,855,684 as 16,153 lots were offered and 13,770 sold for an 85% success rate.  Wow!

 

7 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectible Catalog Auction on November 18th: $10,805,685 
Heritage Auctions. Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction on November 18th: $8,750,157 
Heritage Auctions. "Heroes of Sport" Catalog Auction on November 19th: $2,867,263 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on November 18th: $2,846,909 
Artcurial. The World of Herge - Tintin's Creator on November 18th: $1,366,622 
Artcurial. Comic Strips on November 18th: $1,336,523 
Sothebys. Jacques Grange Collector on November 22nd: $1,282,466 

7 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale: 

Burgersdijk and Niermans. Rare Books - Session 1 on November 14th: 203.02% 
Sothebys. Jacques Grange Collector on November 22nd: 177.37% 
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Rare Books - Session 2 on November 15th: 139.91% 
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Collection of Paul F. Walters - Part 2 on November 15th: 136.67% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Circus, Sideshow and Wild West on November 18th: 126.61% 
The Antiquarian Book. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 11/14 on November 19th: 122.58% 
Pierre Berge and Associes. Books on November 23rd: 103.39% 


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

Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Collection of Paul F. Walters - Part 2 on November 15th: 100.00% 
Sothebys. Jacques Grange Collector on November 22nd: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/12 on November 19th: 100.00% 
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera - Antique, Fairbanks, Exploration, etc. on November 4th: 100.00% 
National Book Auctions. Antique, Fraternal, History, etc. on November 18th: 100.00% 
The Antiquarian Book. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 11/14 on November 19th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction on November 18th: 99.28% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Online bidstart 11/14 on November 21st: 98.90% 
Heritage Auctions. "Heroes of Sport" Catalog Auction on November 19th: 96.55% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on November 18th: 96.03% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectible Catalog Auction on November 18th: 95.28% 
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Rare Books - Session 1 on November 14th: 95.25% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Circus, Sideshow and Wild West on November 18th: 90.12% 
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Rare Books - Session 2 on November 15th: 87.54% 
Addison and Sarova. Rare Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera on November 18th: 87.19% 
Cowans Auctions. American History - Live Salesroom Auction on November 17th: 85.22% 
Pierre Berge and Associes. Books on November 23rd: 83.00% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions 1947 Jackie Robinson Game Worn Brooklyn Dodgers Rookie "Color Barrier" Jersey, MEARS A9--Photo Matched with Family Provenance! on November 19th Actual price: USD $2,050,000.
  2. Artcurial Le Sceptre d'Ottokar on November 18th Actual price: USD $590,850.
  3. Heritage Auctions Dracula (Universal, 1931). One Sheet (27" X 41") Style A. on November 18th Actual price: USD $525,800.
  4. Sothebys BLACK SEA, OZULUCE, 1991 on November 22nd Actual price: USD $487,890.
  5. Artcurial L'Étoile mystérieuse on November 18th Actual price: USD $445,770.
  6. Heritage Auctions 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA NM-MT 8. on November 18th Actual price: USD $408,000.
  7. Artcurial Spirou et Fantasio - Tome 8 La Mauvaise tête on November 18th Actual price: USD $329,706.
  8. Heritage Auctions 1916 D350 Standard Biscuit Babe Ruth #151 Rookie PSA VG-EX 4. on November 18th Actual price: USD $264,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions 1969 Topps Lew Alcindor #25 PSA Gem Mint 10 - Pop Two. on November 18th Actual price: USD $240,000.
  10. Heritage Auctions Casablanca (Warner Brothers, 1947). First Post-War Release French Grande (46.5" X 63.25") Pierre Pigeot Artwork. on November 18th Actual price: USD $239,000.
  11. Sothebys PICASSO, 1957 on November 22nd Actual price: USD $234,000.
  12. Heritage Auctions Journey Into Mystery #83 (Marvel, 1962) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. on November 18th Actual price: USD $191,200.
  13. Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb Your Hytone Comix Complete 8-Page Story Original Art (Apex Novelties, 1971). on November 18th Actual price: USD $167,300.
  14. Heritage Auctions Detective Comics #33 (DC, 1939) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. on November 18th Actual price: USD $167,300.
  15. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. on November 18th Actual price: USD $161,325.
  16. ALDE Danseuses au repos. on November 22nd Actual price: USD $160,875.
  17. Heritage Auctions Tales of Suspense #39 (Marvel, 1963) CBCS NM+ 9.6 White pages. on November 18th Actual price: USD $155,350.
  18. Heritage Auctions Showcase #4 The Flash (DC, 1956) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages. on November 18th Actual price: USD $155,350.
  19. Heritage Auctions Showcase #22 Green Lantern (DC, 1959) CGC NM- 9.2 Cream to off-white pages. on November 18th Actual price: USD $149,375.
  20. Heritage Auctions 1933 Goudey Napoleon Lajoie #106 PSA Mint 9 - None Higher. on November 18th Actual price: USD $144,000.
  21. Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb Your Hytone Comics Complete 3-Page Story Original Art (Apex Novelties, 1971). on November 18th Actual price: USD $143,400.
  22. Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb - Complete Sketchbook Original Art (c. 1970). on November 18th Actual price: USD $143,400.
  23. Sothebys AHMED TRIPTYCH, MARCH 1962/CIRCA 1990S on November 22nd Actual price: USD $138,938.
  24. Heritage Auctions 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle #253 PSA NM-MT 8. on November 18th Actual price: USD $132,000.
  25. Heritage Auctions Detective Comics #31 (DC, 1939) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages. on November 18th Actual price: USD $131,450.



37 total sales reported this week:

Aste Bolaffi. Posters on November 23rd: 66.89%
Trafford Books. Books on November 22nd: 70.61%
Il Ponte. Books and Manuscripts on November 21st: 66.40%
Rossini. Photographs on November 20th: 64.54%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Books on November 23rd: 83.00%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Books on November 22nd: 74.42%
ALDE. Modern Illustrated Books and Original Bindings on November 22nd: 66.28%
Artcurial. The World of Herge - Tintin's Creator on November 18th: 66.93%
Artcurial. Comic Strips on November 18th: 65.26%
Sothebys. Jacques Grange Collector on November 22nd: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on November 21st: 77.14%
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Rare Books - Session 1 on November 14th: 95.25%
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Rare Books - Session 2 on November 15th: 87.54%
National Book Auctions. Antique, Fraternal, History, etc. on November 18th: 100.00%
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera - Antique, Fairbanks, Exploration, etc. on November 4th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Online bidstart 11/14 on November 21st: 98.90%
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books - Day 2 on November 21st: 54.81%
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books - Day 1 on November 20th: 77.57%
PIASA. American Idols: American Prints on November 16th: 48.00%
Bonhams. TCM Presents... Out of this World! on November 21st: 65.03%
Bonhams. TCM Presents ... Vintage Movie Posters Featuring the Ira Resnick Collection on November 20th: 76.84%
Christian Hesse Auktionen. Books, Autographs and Prints on November 18th: 60.77%
Neal Auction Company. Louisiana Purchase Auction on November 19th: 67.09%
Addison and Sarova. Rare Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera on November 18th: 87.19%
Heritage Auctions. "Heroes of Sport" Catalog Auction on November 19th: 96.55%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Circus, Sideshow and Wild West on November 18th: 90.12%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on November 19th: 75.00%
Cowans Auctions. American History - Live Salesroom Auction on November 17th: 85.22%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Collection of Paul F. Walters - Part 2 on November 15th: 100.00%
Binoche et Giquello. Surrealism: Books, Drawings, Autographs, Manuscripts on November 15th: 52.46%
Eldreds. Fall Americana Auction on November 18th: 76.67%
The Antiquarian Book. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 11/14 on November 19th: 100.00%
Arader Galleries. Fall 2017 Sale on November 18th: 65.83%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/12 on November 19th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on November 18th: 96.03%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectible Catalog Auction on November 18th: 95.28%
Heritage Auctions. Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction on November 18th: 99.28%

 

For the week ahead 42 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Nov. 27th
Dorotheum . Vienna. Autographs, Manuscripts and Certificates. 308 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 86 lots
Northeast Auctions. Portsmouth. Portsmouth Monday Evening Auction. 10 lots

Tue. Nov. 28th
Christies. London -South Kensington. Rare Books and Manuscripts. 148 lots
Sothebys. London. Music Manuscripts. 74 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Interiors: Ski Posters. 74 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books, Documents and Photographs. 370 lots
Minerva Auctions Roma. Roma. Photographs. 361 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Online bidstart 11/21. 495 lots

Wed. Nov. 29th
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints. 6 lots
Bonhams. London. Prints and Multiples. 345 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Printed Books and Manuscripts. 309 lots
Forum Auctions in Italy. Roma. Books and Works on Paper. 433 lots
Winner's Auctions and Exhibitions. Jerusalem. Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Maps, Periodicals, Postcards, banknotes, Eretz. 500 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Fine Art - Prints. 161 lots

Thu. Nov. 30th
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Fine Sale - Day 3: Books. 88 lots
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Books - Internet Bidstart 11/23. 438 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . 15th-19th Century Prints. 675 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Music, Opera and Theatre. 111 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. The Richard E. Bateman Collection on Celestial Mechanics with Rare Books & Manuscripts from various. 353 lots
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 211 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . From the Library of a Rare Print Dealer. 351 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Fall Asian Art Auction - Prints. 102 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. November Backyard Timed Auction. 61 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Asian and Islamic Works of Art - Prints. 7 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The NCS Thanks & Giving Auction benefiting Hurricane Relief - Internet bidstart 11/22. 130 lots

Fri. Dec. 1st
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. December Premiere Sale - Day 1. 576 lots

Sat. Dec. 2nd
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. 20th Century, Modern & Contemporary Fine Art - Prints. 167 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Americana and Political Grand Format Auction. 408 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. The Winter Quarterly Auction. 29 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. December Premiere Sale - Day 2. 641 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Art Part II - Prints. 440 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Art Part I - Prints. 359 lots
John McInnis Auctioneers. Amesbury. Extraordinary Estate Auction. 77 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.
Treadway Toomey Auctions. Oak Park. 20th Century Art and Design - Prints, Books, Autographs.

Sun. Dec. 3rd
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. 19th Century Spirit.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/26.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/26.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 11-5. 788 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. December Premiere Sale - Day 3. 110 lots
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. Holiday Season Antique Auction.

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