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Rare Book Hub: 23 Auctions archived, 26 more this Week

For the week ended Saturday 20 January 2018 23 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 1 in Australian dollars, 10 in euros, 2 in British pounds, and 10 in US dollars. Turnover was $7,725,259 as 7,645 lots were offered and 5,484 sold for a 72% success rate. The holiday respite is now in the rearview window.

1 auction saw its total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Sothebys. Important Printed and Manuscript Americana, including Cartography on January 17th: $4,289,502

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

Kedem Auction. Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture on January 9th: 142.18%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Old Master Prints and Modern Prints on October 9th: 106.07%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 16th: 104.24%

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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/7 on January 14th: 98.83%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 1/9 on January 16th: 98.45%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Poster- Internet bidstart 1/7 on January 14th: 97.87%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 12/17 on January 14th: 94.95%
Freemans. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts on January 17th: 90.26%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 16th: 89.22%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 1st: 87.43%
Sothebys. Of Royal and Noble Descent on January 17th: 84.62%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature and Fine Books on January 11th: 81.14%

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.

Sothebys IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776. A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN GENERAL CONGRESS ASSEMBLED. on January 17th Actual price: USD $1,185,000.
Sothebys A MAP OF MEXICO, LOUISIANA AND THE MISSOURI TERRITORY, on January 17th Actual price: USD $350,000.
Sothebys THE NORTH AMERICAN ATLAS, SELECTED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC MAPS, CHARTS, PLANS, &C. HITHERTO PUBLISHED. on January 17th Actual price: USD $300,000.
Sothebys THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO PREPARE A PLAN FOR THE TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT OF THE WESTERN TERRITORY, HAVE AGREED TO THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS. on January 17th Actual price: USD $300,000.
Sothebys THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, AND THE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF PORTIONS OF IDAHO, NEVADA, COLORADO AND UTAH. on January 17th Actual price: USD $275,000.
Sothebys THE FEDERALIST. A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, WRITTEN IN FAVOUR OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION, AS AGREED UPON BY THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, SEPTEMBER 17, 1787. on January 17th Actual price: USD $250,000.
Sothebys [HARIOT'S VIRGINIA]. WUNDERBARLICHE, DOCH WARHAFFTIGE ERKLÄRUNG, VON DER GELEGENHEIT UND SITTEN DER WILDEN IN VIRGINIA ... on January 17th Actual price: USD $250,000.
Gonnelli Casa DAste Fleurs et statuette. on October 10th Actual price: USD $183,000.
Gonnelli Casa DAste Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot. on October 11th Actual price: USD $152,500.
Sothebys A MAP OF THE BRITISH AND FRENCH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA WITH THE ROADS, DISTANCES, LIMITS AND EXTENT OF THE SETTLEMENTS. on January 17th Actual price: USD $125,000.
Sothebys CARTE DE LA MER DU SUD, ET DES COSTES D'AMERIQUE ET D'ASIE, SITUÉES SUR CETTE MER ... on January 17th Actual price: USD $93,750.
Sothebys MAP OF TEXAS WITH PARTS OF THE ADJOINING STATES COMPILED BY STEPHEN F. AUSTIN. on January 17th Actual price: USD $68,750.
Sothebys COLLECTION OF FOURTEEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, AND MANUSCRIPT LETTERS OR CIRCULARS IN A SECRETARIAL HAND, FROM COMMODORE EDWARD PREBLE TO TOBIAS LEAR, on January 17th Actual price: USD $47,500.
Sothebys A NEW MAP OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND AND NORTH CAROLINA; on January 17th Actual price: USD $47,500.
Sothebys MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, EXHIBITING THE POST-ROADS, THE SITUATIONS, CONNEXIONS & DISTANCES OF THE POST-OFFICES, STAGE ROADS, COUNTIES & PRINCIPAL RIVERS. on January 17th Actual price: USD $43,750.
Sothebys MAP OF KANSAS, TEXAS, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO AND THE INDIAN TERRITORY. on January 17th Actual price: USD $43,750.
Michael Treloar An extraordinary album of 50 cartes de visite, extensively annotated in an engaging anecdotal style, forming essentially an unpublished illustrated vernacular history of the inhabitants of South Australia - the battlers, the new chums, and especially the on December 10th Actual price: USD $41,940.
Sothebys CHARLESTON HARBOUR AND THE ADJACENT COAST AND COUNTRY, SOUTH CAROLINA. SURVEYED AT INTERVALS IN 1823, 1824, AND 1825... on January 17th Actual price: USD $37,500.
Sothebys CONNECTICUT, AND PARTS ADJACENT. on January 17th Actual price: USD $37,500.
Sothebys MAP OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. on January 17th Actual price: USD $37,500.
Sothebys THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, FROM DRAWINGS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR TERRITORIES. NEW YORK: J. J. on January 17th Actual price: USD $37,500.
Sothebys THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OR AMERICAN MONTHLY MUSEUM. MDCCLXXV. VOLUME 1. on January 17th Actual price: USD $35,000.
Michaans Auctions Burning Elegy 1991 on January 13th Actual price: USD $33,000.
Sothebys [BIBLE]. THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, TRANSLATED OUT OF GREEK... on January 17th Actual price: USD $32,500.
Sothebys MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S LOG OF THE BOSTON CLIPPER SHIP TRITON ON A CIRCUMNAVIGATION TRADING VOYAGE TO THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA, BY WAY OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS AND CANTON, CHINA. on January 17th Actual price: USD $30,000.

23 total sales reported this week:

Michael Treloar. Rare Books on December 10th: 43.75%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on January 17th: 73.72%
Sothebys. Of Royal and Noble Descent on January 17th: 84.62%
Sothebys. Important Printed and Manuscript Americana, including Cartography on January 17th: 53.41%
Freemans. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts on January 17th: 90.26%
Vermot de Pas. NASA Photographs on September 7th: 4.76%
Vermot de Pas. France: History and Regions on January 16th: 33.83%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Prints - Internet bidstart 10/1 on October 15th: 23.28%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Books, Manuscripts and Autographs - Internet Bidstart 9/15 on September 30th: 35.43%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Books and Manuscripts on October 11th: 63.67%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Prints, Autographs, Photographs, Music on October 10th: 57.38%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Old Master Prints and Modern Prints on October 9th: 56.94%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Antiquarian Book Auction from the Collection of Luigi Gonnelli + Figli - Day 2 on January 16th: 78.44%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Antiquarian Book Auction from the Collection of Luigi Gonnelli + Figli - Day 1 on January 15th: 76.32%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 16th: 89.22%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 1/9 on January 16th: 98.45%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 12/17 on January 14th: 94.95%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 1st: 87.43%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on January 13th: 72.92%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature and Fine Books on January 11th: 81.14%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/7 on January 14th: 98.83%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Poster- Internet bidstart 1/7 on January 14th: 97.87%
Kedem Auction. Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture on January 9th: 73.39%

For the week ahead 26 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 22nd
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 96 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . January Premier Auction. 60 lots
Forum Auctions in Italy. Roma. No Reserve Online Sale - Antiquarian and Rare Books. 113 lots

Tue. Jan. 23rd
Tooveys. West Sussex. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera. 164 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Old and Modern Photographs, Lithographs and Engravings. 296 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. EUROPEAN ART & OLD MASTERS - Rembrandt etchings. 8 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 1/16. 715 lots

Wed. Jan. 24th
Tooveys. West Sussex. Decorative Pictures - Prints. 12 lots
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. January Collectibles. 105 lots

Thu. Jan. 25th
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books and Works on Paper. 385 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books and Ephemera - Day 1. 1204 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography. 500 lots
Tajan. Paris. Books. 426 lots
Ader. PARIS. Antiquarian and Modern Books. 199 lots

Fri. Jan. 26th
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Premier Catalogue Auction - Prints, Books. 108 lots
Skinner. Boston. Fine Prints, Fine Photographs. 142 lots

Sat. Jan. 27th
Arader Galleries. New York City. Prints, Rare Maps. 199 lots
Case Antiques, Inc.. Knoxville. Art, Antiques - Prints, Books. 109 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 564 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Winter Estates Auction. 80 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Winter Gallery Auction. 22 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. Live Auction - Manuscripts. 16 lots

Sun. Jan. 28th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/21.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 12/31. 330 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 1/21.
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Winter Estates Auction - Day 2.

Bruce McKinney

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Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 26, 2019

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Joyce (James). Dubliners, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1914. £100,000 to £150,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: The Beatles.- Baker (Geoffrey.) 3 Autograph Letters and 1 Autograph Card signed to Ann Gosnell, addtionally sgn’d by George Harrison, John Lennon, Cynthia Lennon and others, 1968. £5,000 to £7,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Pilgrim Press.- Dod (John). A plaine and familiar exposition of the tenne commandements ..., [Leiden], [William Brewster], 1617. £15,000 to £20,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 26, 2019

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Automaton Chess Player & Mechanical Illusion.- Reynell (H., printer). “The Famous Chess-Player, No.14, St.James's-Street, next Brooks's,” broadside advertisement for "The famous Automaton", [1784]. £2,000 to £3,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Clemens (Samuel Langhorne). Life on the Mississippi, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1883. £8,000 to £12,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Arctic Sledge Flag.- Fulford (Reginald Baldwin). Sledge flag... HMS Discovery, 1875. £4,000 to £6,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 26, 2019

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first printing, 1997. £20,000 to £30,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichità Romane, 4 vol., 1756. £20,000 to £30,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal, called). Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus Celebriores, 3 parts in 1, Richard Ford's copy, Venice, Giovanni Battista Pasquali, 1751. £10,000 to £15,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 26, 2019

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Atlases.- Speed (John). A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, bound with The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, 1631-27. £12,000 to £18,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Anatomical illustration.- Aselli (Gaspare). De lactibus sive lacteis venis... dissertatio, first edition, Milan, Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1627. £20,000 to £30,000
<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper September 25, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, first issue, 8vo, 1997. £15,000 to £20,000

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Bible, Italian.- Malermi Bible, woodcut illustrations, folio, Lazaro de Soardi & Bernardino Benali, Venice,1517. £8,000 to £12,000

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Germany.- Homann (Johann Baptist). Atlas von Deutschland, engraved half title, hand coloured, 87 double page engraved maps, [folio, Erben, Nuremberg, 1753]. £8,000 to £10,000

<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper September 25, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: [Mirk (John)].- Liber festivalis et Quatuor sermons [bound with], [Le Roy (Pierre)] A Pleasant Satyre or Poesie, first edition in English, Widdow Orwin for Thomas Man, 1595, 8vo. £1,500 to £2,000

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Antoninus Florentinus (Saint Archbishop of Florence). Confessionale: Defecerunt…, 8vo, Pietro Quarengi, Venice, 15 February 1499. £1,000 to £1,500

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Jesuit Letters.- [Froes (Father Luigi) & et al.)] Avvisi del Giapone de gli anni 1582, 1583, 1584…, 1586 [bound with] Avvisi della Cina et Giapone…, FIRST EDITIONS, Rome. £1,000 to £1,500

<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper September 25, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Plutarch & Probus (Aemilius). Plutarchi Cheronei et Aemilii Probi Illustrium, folio, Nicolas de Pratis for Jean-Petit, Paris, 1521. £1,000 to £1,500

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Bible.- English. The Byble in Englyshe of the Largest and Greatest volume, elaborate woodcut border, text vignettes, folio, 1541. £1,000 to £1,500

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Fore-edge Painting.- Lord George Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, bound with 10 other titles, 4 plates marked 'Proof.', 1813. £800 to £1,200

<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper September 25, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Manson (John). Twelve by Sixteen Papers of John Mason, a collection of 50 sheets of paper, some watermarked, 12 x 16”, c.1978. £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Fleming (Ian). Dr. No, FIRST EDITION, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1958. £700 to £900

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Eliot (T.S.) Four Quartets, NUMBER 121 of 290 COPIES, signed by author, 1960. £400 to £600
Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, hand-painted collage. Sold for a record $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Charles Addams, Couple passing a giant bird house, watercolor cartoon for The New Yorker, 1948. Sold for $16,250.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Miriam Troop, Rain on Laundry Day, oil on canvas, cover for The Saturday Evening Post, 1940. Sold for $40,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Rockwell Kent, To All Fascists, ink broadside for The League of American Writers, circa 1937. Sold for $6,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Jo Mielziner, Pet Shop Drop, backdrop design for Pal Joey on Broadway, 1940. Sold for a record $55,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Lee Brown Coye, acrylic cover illustration for the 25th anniversary of Weird Tales, 1944. Sold for $18,750.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Virgil Finlay, The Outsider & Others, pen & ink dust jacket illustration for H.P. Lovecraft's book, 1939. Sold for $5,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Al Hirschfeld, Paul Robeson as Othello, illustration for The New York Times, 1942. Sold for $68,750

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Frederic Remington, pen & ink illustration for A Scout with the Buffalo Soldiers in The Century magazine, 1889. Sold for $17,500.
Bonhams, Sep. 17: EARLY AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE. Chronicling 20th century aviation from the earliest Wright Brothers images through commercial and military applications. $50,000 to $70,000.

Bonhams, Sep. 17: SPUTNIK-1 EMC/EMI LAB MODEL, 1957. Full scale vintage test model of the Sputnik-1 satellite, Moscow, [February, 1957]. $400,000 to $600,000.

Bonhams, Sep. 17: FIRST TELEPHONE CALL TO THE MOON. Partial transcription signed by Apollo 11 astronauts and President Nixon. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Sep. 17: Apollo 11 Beta cloth crew emblem, SIGNED BY THE ENTIRE APOLLO 11 CREW. $8,000 to $10,000.

Bonhams, Sep. 17: GEMINI 1/8 SCALE MODEL. Rarely seen large-scale contractor's model. $3,000 to $5,000

Bonhams, Oct. 23: SMITH, CHRISTOPHER WEBB. 1793-1871. Indian Ornithology. [Patna, India]: 1828. $50,000 to $80,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: DUPRÉ, LOUIS. 1789-1837. Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople, ou Collection de portraits, vues et costumes grecs et ottomans. Paris: Dondey-Dupré, 1825. $60,000 to $90,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: ADAMS, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed ("J Adams"), [to Dr. Perkins?] while recovering from his small pox inoculation, [late-April, 1764]. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: AUSTEN, JANE. Autograph Letter Signed ("J. Austen"), to her sister Cassandra, 4 pp, "Thursday – after dinner," [September 16, 1813,] Henrietta St. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. New York & Philadelphia: J.J. Audubon & J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: DODWELL, EDWARD. 1767-1832. Views in Greece. London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: JAMES, JESSE. Autograph Letter Signed ("Jesse W. James"), to Mr. Flood demanding Flood retract spurious accusations, 3 pp, June 5, 1875. $200,000 to $300,000.