Auction Update Review: RBH: Twenty-five Auctions Archived; 17 Scheduled this Week | The Week ending January 27 ,2018 « Rare Book Hub - Rare Books, Book Auctions, Antiquarian Book Collecting

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RBH: Twenty-five Auctions Archived; 17 Scheduled this Week

For the week ended Saturday, 27 January 2018, 25 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 2 denominated in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 19 in US dollars. Turnover was $2,584,031 as 5,734 lots were offered and 5,061 sold for a svelte 88% success rate. Consignors, auction houses and buyers all found something to like.

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

Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on January 23rd: 167.05%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books and Works on Paper on January 25th: 144.91%
Freemans. EUROPEAN ART & OLD MASTERS - Rembrandt etchings on January 23rd: 138.96%
Sothebys. Important Americana - Prints on January 21st: 119.19%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Design - Prints, Photographs on January 20th: 113.74%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 23rd: 108.41%
Tooveys. Decorative Pictures - Prints on January 24th: 101.50%

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

National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Frost, Signed, 16th Century, etc. on January 6th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions in Italy. No Reserve Online Sale - Antiquarian and Rare Books on January 22nd: 100.00%
Leland Little Auctions. New Year's Gallery Auction - Prints, Books on January 6th: 100.00%
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Signed, Childrens, Antique, etc. on January 20th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/14 on January 21st: 99.61%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 1/16 on January 23rd: 99.02%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 1/14 on January 21st: 97.19%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 12/24 on January 21st: 96.55%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. January Premier Auction - Books, Prints on January 23rd: 95.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Design - Prints, Photographs on January 20th: 95.00%
Tooveys. Decorative Pictures - Prints on January 24th: 91.67%
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Books on January 12th: 89.84%
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on January 23rd: 89.02%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books and Works on Paper on January 25th: 88.05%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 23rd: 87.50%
Sothebys. Important Americana - Prints on January 21st: 87.23%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 20th: 85.90%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints on January 20th: 80.85%

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.

Clars Auction Gallery Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word, In Memory of Russell Varian San Francisco: Sierra Club on January 21st Actual price: USD $51,425.
Sothebys INTERIOR OF THE HEBREW SYNAGOGUE OF CHARLESTON S.C. on January 21st Actual price: USD $43,750.
RR Auction Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics Torch on January 18th Actual price: USD $40,707.
Sothebys PEINTURES DES VASES ANTIQUES DE LA COLLECTION DE SON EXCELLENCE M. LE CHEVALIER HAMILTON: SIX PRINTS on January 21st Actual price: USD $37,500.
RR Auction Garmisch 1936 Winter Olympics Silver Winner's Medal on January 18th Actual price: USD $36,760.
Sothebys MEADOW LARK (PLATE CXXXVI) on January 21st Actual price: USD $30,000.
Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages. on January 21st Actual price: USD $27,485.
RR Auction Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics Group of (10) Badges on January 18th Actual price: USD $27,174.
RR Auction Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Torch on January 18th Actual price: USD $21,701.
Sothebys COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN, GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES FROM THE CABINET OF THE HON. WILLIAM HAMILTON: SIX PRINTS on January 21st Actual price: USD $21,250.
Sothebys Album of Original Plains Indian Warrior-Artist Pencil Sketches, ca. 1880 on January 21st Actual price: USD $20,000.
Sothebys PURPLE HERON (PLATE CCLVI) on January 21st Actual price: USD $18,750.
Forum Auctions Autograph Letter signed, 1782. on January 25th Actual price: USD $16,863.
Forum Auctions Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City, … on January 25th Actual price: USD $16,863.
Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Cream to off-white pages. on January 21st Actual price: USD $16,730.
Freemans THE ANGEL APPEARING TO THE SHEPHERDS on January 23rd Actual price: USD $16,250.
Forum Auctions Philosophical Transactions, vol.6 (No.69-80), containing: A Letter of Mr. … on January 25th Actual price: USD $15,975.
Forum Auctions Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa, 5 vol., first edition, … on January 25th Actual price: USD $15,975.
RR Auction Chamonix 1924 Winter Olympics Third Place Bronze Winner’s / Participation Medal on January 18th Actual price: USD $15,313.
Sothebys AMERICAN BISON OR BUFFALO (PLATE LVI) on January 21st Actual price: USD $15,000.
Forum Auctions English Bible (The), 5 vol., one of 500 copies, signed and inscribed by Laurence … on January 25th Actual price: USD $14,200.
Forum Auctions Novels, 6 vol. in 5, given by Jane Austen's favourite neice Fanny to her own … on January 25th Actual price: USD $14,200.
Forum Auctions Australia Pamphlets, A Brief Account of the Colony of … on January 25th Actual price: USD $14,200.
RR Auction Paris 1924 Summer Olympics Sevres Vase on January 18th Actual price: USD $12,866.
Sothebys Very Rare Group of Four Watercolor Frakturs, James Anson, New Jersey, 1804-1809 on January 21st Actual price: USD $12,500.

25 total sales reported this week:

PBA Galleries. Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography on January 25th: 73.80%
Morton Subastas. Old and Modern Photographs, Lithographs and Engravings on January 23rd: 36.49%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books and Works on Paper on January 25th: 88.05%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 1/16 on January 23rd: 99.02%
Leland Little Auctions. New Year's Gallery Auction - Prints, Books on January 6th: 100.00%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. January Premier Auction - Books, Prints on January 23rd: 95.00%
Freemans. EUROPEAN ART & OLD MASTERS - Rembrandt etchings on January 23rd: 75.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 23rd: 87.50%
Tooveys. Decorative Pictures - Prints on January 24th: 91.67%
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on January 23rd: 89.02%
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Signed, Childrens, Antique, etc. on January 20th: 100.00%
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Frost, Signed, 16th Century, etc. on January 6th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions in Italy. No Reserve Online Sale - Antiquarian and Rare Books on January 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 12/24 on January 21st: 96.55%
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Books on January 12th: 89.84%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Photography, Furniture, Art, Jewelry, Asian on January 21st: 75.95%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints on January 20th: 80.85%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Design - Prints, Photographs on January 20th: 95.00%
Eldreds. Antiques and Accessories - Books and Prints on January 20th: 70.37%
RR Auction. Olympics - Internet Bidstart 1/11 on January 18th: 58.39%
Sothebys. Important Americana - Prints on January 21st: 87.23%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art and Decorations - Prints on January 17th: 64.35%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 20th: 85.90%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 1/14 on January 21st: 97.19%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/14 on January 21st: 99.61%

For the week ahead 17 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 29th
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Works on Paper: Drawings and Prints 1780-Present. 80 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 81 lots

Tue. Jan. 30th
Dorotheum . Vienna. Property from Aristocratic Estates and Important Provenance. 23 lots

Wed. Jan. 31st
Chiswick Auctions. London. Printed Books and Manuscripts. 129 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 565 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Modern Literature, Art and Illustrated Books. 174 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Ancient and Modern Books (Gruaz Library) Part 1 (chez DeBaecque). 301 lots

Thu. Feb. 1st
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/25. 307 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Ancient and Modern Books (Gruaz Library) Part 2 (chez DeBaecque). 290 lots
Forum Auctions in Italy. Roma. No Reserve Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books. 70 lots

Fri. Feb. 2nd
Audap and Mirabaud. PARIS. Old and Modern Prints, Ancient and Modern Books, Comic.

Sat. Feb. 3rd
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. Early Western, Firearms, & Historic Auction. 89 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 151 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books and Ephemera – Easton, Signed, Antique, etc..

Sun. Feb. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 1/7. 249 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/28.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/28.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana Live and Online June 23, 2020

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [SUPREME COURT JUSTICES]. A very extensive collection of 203 letters, documents and signatures. A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, JOHN JAY THROUGH WILLIAM REHNQUIST. $20,000 to $30,000.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: ZATTA, Antonio. Atlante Novissimo. Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1775-1785. ONE OF THE FINEST WORLD ATLASES issued in Italy in the 18th century. $15,000 to $20,000.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [CHICAGO HISTORY] -- [COLUMBUS, Christopher]. Monumental historiated and embroidered panel of the MADE FOR THE 1893 COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION IN CHICAGO. $12,000 to $18,000.

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana Live and Online June 23, 2020

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Historical Romances. Philadelphia, n.d. A fine early exhibition binding by the Monastery Hill Bindery. $6,000 to $8,000.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM]. New York: Tiber Press, [1960]. 4 volumes. LIMITED EDITION, number 119 of 200 COPIES, EACH SIGNED BY THE POET AND ARTIST. $6,000 to $8,000.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: GRATIANUS, the Canonist. Decretum. Venedig: Petrus de Plasiis, 25 January 1483. Second quarto edition. FIRST PAGE ILLUMINATED BY A CONTEMPORARY ARTIST. $4,000 to $6,000.

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana Live and Online June 23, 2020

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [ABOLITIONISTS]. William Lloyd Garrison. The Story of his Life. New York, 1885. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FROM SEVERAL NOTABLE ABOLITIONISTS neatly bound in throughout. $4,000 to $6,000.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: ANSON, George. A Voyage round the World, In the Years 1740... 1744. London: John and Paul Knapton for the author, 1748. FIRST EDITION. $3,000 to $4,000.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: Blank railroad ledger, "Compagnie des Chemins de fer de l'Ouest" (spine title). N.p., 1909. A MONUMENTAL 20th-CENTURY ART NOUVEAU BINDING. $1,000 to $1,500.

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana Live and Online June 23, 2020

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [MINIATURE ROOM] -- [FLEMING, John (1910-1987)]. Miniature of his 57th Street Library and Gallery. JOHN F. FLEMING'S BARONIAL 57TH STREET GALLERY. $1,500 to $2,500.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE BINDING]. CHESTERTON, G.K. Five Types: A Book of Essays. London, 1910. LIMITED EDITION, number 3 of 30 copies on vellum SIGNED BY GEORGE SUTCLIFFE. $400 to $500.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. When Adam Delved and Eve Span.... [Ancoats Brotherhood, 1894-5]. LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies printed. $500 to $700.
Koller International Auctions: Books [and] Manuscripts & Autographs. June 15, 2020

Koller, Jun. 15: INCUNABULA -Fridolin, Stephan. Schatzbehalter. With 96 (including 5 repeated) full-page text woodcuts. Nürnberg, 1491. € 39 470 / 57 020

Koller, Jun. 15: Kokoschka, Oskar. Die Träumenden Knaben (The Dreaming Boys). With 11 original lithographs. Vienne, 1908. € 35 090 / 52 630

Koller, Jun. 15: Third Bessarion Master (active in Lombard in the third quarter of the 15th century). Leaf from a gradual, 1455-60. € 21 930 / 30 700

Koller, Jun. 15: Picasso, Pablo - Delgado, José alias Pepe Illo. La Tauromaquia o arte de torear. With 26 original aquatints and 1 original etching by Picasso. € 21 930 / 35 090

Koller International Auctions: Books [and] Manuscripts & Autographs. June 15, 2020

Koller, Jun. 15: Linschoten, Jan Huygen van. Itinerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien… Amsterdam, 1595. € 17 540 / 26 320

Koller, Jun. 15: CHILDREN’S BOOKS - Meggendorfer, Lothar. Nah und Fern. Ein Tierbilderbuch zum Ziehen. With 8 coloured, lithographed plates. € 530 / 790

Koller, Jun. 15: DANSE MACABRE - Bille, Edmond. Une Danse macabre. With 20 coloured woodcuts. Lausanne, 1919. Large folio. € 610 / 880

Koller, Jun. 15: Dexel, Walter. A collection of 7 invitation cards from the Kunstverein Jena, each typographically designed by W. Dexel. Jena, 1924-1928. Each 10.5 x 14.8 cm. € 530 / 790
Swann Auction Galleries: Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation by the President of the United States, pamphlet, 1862. Sold May 7 for $11,875.

Swann Auction Galleries: Family papers of the distinguished Ruby-Jackson family, Portland, Maine, 1853-1961. Sold May 7 for $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: E. Simms Campbell, A Night-Club Map of Harlem, in inaugural issue of Manhattan, 1933. Sold May 7 for $27,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Papers of the comedian Nipsey Russell, including a letter from MLK, 1929-2000. Sold May 7 for $17,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Edmonia Lewis, prominent sculptor, carte-de-visite by Henry Rocher, c. 1866-71. Sold May 7 for $5,250.

Swann Auction Galleries: The Black Panther: Black Community News Service, 44 issues, San Francisco, 1967-1971. Sold May 7 for $6,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Ernest Withers, I Am A Man, Sanitation Workers Strike, silver print, 1968. Sold May 7 for $5,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: March For Freedom Now!, poster for a protest on the 1960 Republican Convention. Sold May 7 for $17,500.
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