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Rare Book Hub: 44 Auctions Archived, another 28 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 27 October 2018 44 auctions were archived to the  Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 11 denominated in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 29 in US dollars.  Turnover was $36,456,421 as 12,673 lots were offered and 9,609 sold for a 76% sales rate. 

 
4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

ChristiesPrints on October 25th: $13,239,750 
SothebysPrints and Multiples on October 22nd: $11,937,479 
Heritage AuctionsFall Sports Memorabilia on October 19th: $3,326,026 
BonhamsPrints and Multiples on October 23rd: $1,388,123 


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

Il PonteOld Master Drawings and Engravings on October 23rd: 223.94% 
Rago Arts and AuctionsTribal Art from the Collection of Allan Stone on October 19th: 203.25% 
AderAncient and Modern Books on October 18th: 167.57% 
Charlton HallEstates and Private Collections - Day 1 on October 18th: 132.05% 
ALDEAntiquarian and 19th Century Books on October 25th: 107.72% 
Potter and Potter AuctionsHoudiniana on October 20th: 103.96% 
SkinnerDiscovery - Interiors online - Bidstart 10/17 on October 26th: 101.43% 
ChristiesPrints on October 25th: 101.25% 
FerratonModern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on October 20th: 100.79% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on October 23rd: 100.27% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys CICADA (ULAE 215) on October 22nd Actual price: USD $1,215,000.
  2. Christies Myths on October 25th Actual price: USD $780,500.
  3. Christies Jazz, Tériade, Paris, 1947 on October 25th Actual price: USD $588,500.
  4. Sothebys TEN PORTRAITS OF JEWS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (F. & S. II.226-235) on October 22nd Actual price: USD $471,000.
  5. Sothebys GREEN on October 22nd Actual price: USD $465,000.
  6. Christies Edmond de Belamy, from La Famille de Belamy on October 25th Actual price: USD $432,500.
  7. Christies Buste de femme d'après Cranach le Jeune on October 25th Actual price: USD $432,500.
  8. Christies De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy (La boîte en valise, series F) on October 25th Actual price: USD $396,500.
  9. Sothebys MUHAMMAD ALI (F. & S. II. 179-182) on October 22nd Actual price: USD $325,000.
  10. Christies Mickey Mouse, from Myths on October 25th Actual price: USD $324,500.
  11. Heritage Auctions 1937 Heisman Memorial Trophy Presented to Yale University Halfback Clint Frank. on October 19th Actual price: USD $312,000.
  12. Sothebys MARILYN MONROE (MARILYN) (F. & S. II.31) on October 22nd Actual price: USD $275,000.
  13. Christies The Scream (After Munch) on October 25th Actual price: USD $250,000.
  14. Christies Torse de femme (L'Egyptienne) on October 25th Actual price: USD $237,500.
  15. Sothebys SUPERMAN (F. & S. II.260) on October 22nd Actual price: USD $237,500.
  16. Christies Reflection on Girl, from Reflections on October 25th Actual price: USD $225,000.
  17. Christies Mondschien I (Moonlight I) on October 25th Actual price: USD $212,500.
  18. Sothebys GRAPES (F. & S. II.190-195) on October 22nd Actual price: USD $212,500.
  19. Christies Le Repas Frugal, from La suite des Saltimbanques on October 25th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  20. Christies Superman, from Myths on October 25th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  21. Christies Marilyn: one plate on October 25th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  22. Christies Chanel, from Ads on October 25th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  23. Sothebys UNTITLED (TURQUOISE) (SCHELLMANN NO. 24) on October 22nd Actual price: USD $175,000.
  24. Christies Mickey Mouse, from Myths on October 25th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  25. Sothebys GROWING (LITTMANN PP. 88-91) on October 22nd Actual price: USD $162,500.



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

National Book Auctions. Books – Meehan, Native American, West, Mexico, Decorative, Antique, etc. on October 21st: 100.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Tribal Art from the Collection of Allan Stone on October 19th: 100.00%
Charlton Hall. Estates and Private Collections - Day 1 on October 18th: 100.00%
Alaska Auction. Books and Prints on October 18th: 100.00%
Carlsen Gallery. Spring Potpourri Antique Auction on April 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 10/14 on October 21st: 99.73%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 10/16 on October 23rd: 98.55%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 10/14 on October 21st: 98.33%
North American Auction Company. September Auction: Books, Prints on September 22nd: 97.70%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 9/23 on October 21st: 97.14%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on October 20th: 95.35%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Houdiniana on October 20th: 94.67%
Heritage Auctions. Fall Sports Memorabilia on October 19th: 93.79%
Il Ponte. Old Master Drawings and Engravings on October 23rd: 92.86%
Robert Siegel Galleries. The Kilbourne Collection of CSA Stamps and Postal History, Part 2 on October 24th: 92.54%
Heritage Auctions. Historical Manuscripts on October 25th: 92.08%
Carlsen Gallery. Anniversary Sale - Books, Prints, Photographs on September 23rd: 91.67%
James D Julia Auctioneers. Coin-Op and Advertising - Posters and Prints on October 21st: 90.32%
Charlton Hall. Estates and Private Collections - Day 2 on October 19th: 85.07%
Skinner. Discovery - Interiors online - Bidstart 10/17 on October 26th: 84.91%
Christies. Prints on October 25th: 83.43%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on October 23rd: 83.41%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art - Prints on October 20th: 81.32%
Ferraton. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on October 20th: 80.66%
Binoche et Giquello. Autographs/Historic Manuscripts on October 19th: 80.65%
Trafford Books. Postal history, Photographs, Books, Postcards, and Ephemera. on October 10th: 80.52%


44 total sales reported this week:

National Book Auctions. Books – Meehan, Native American, West, Mexico, Decorative, Antique, etc. on October 21st: 100.00%
Skinner. Discovery - Interiors online - Bidstart 10/17 on October 26th: 84.91%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on October 25th: 76.50%
ALDE. Antiquarian and 19th Century Books on October 25th: 68.29%
Christies. Prints on October 25th: 83.43%
Swann Galleries. Rare and important Travel Posters on October 25th: 65.95%
Robert Siegel Galleries. The Kilbourne Collection of CSA Stamps and Postal History, Part 2 on October 24th: 92.54%
Robert Siegel Galleries. The John Birkinbine II Collection of Arizona and New Mexico Postal History on October 23rd: 37.33%
Il Ponte. Old Master Drawings and Engravings on October 23rd: 92.86%
Morton Subastas. Auction of Ancient and Contemporary Books from the Collection of a Bibliophile on October 23rd: 30.12%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on October 23rd: 79.10%
Heritage Auctions. Historical Manuscripts on October 25th: 92.08%
Alaska Auction. Books and Prints on October 18th: 100.00%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art - Prints on October 20th: 81.32%
Bonhams. The Sporting Sale on October 24th: 63.82%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on October 23rd: 83.41%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 10/16 on October 23rd: 98.55%
James D Julia Auctioneers. Coin-Op and Advertising - Posters and Prints on October 21st: 90.32%
Rago Arts and Auctions. The Collection of Martin Cohen, Part 1 on October 21st: 75.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Remix: Contemporary + Classic on October 20th: 69.23%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Tribal Art from the Collection of Allan Stone on October 19th: 100.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Houdiniana on October 20th: 94.67%
Galerie Bassenge. Autographs on October 18th: 65.55%
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Literature and Art Documentation on October 18th: 59.03%
Galerie Bassenge. Collection National Economy and State Philosophy on October 17th: 38.37%
Tajan. Books and Manuscripts on October 18th: 57.38%
Trafford Books. Postal history, Photographs, Books, Postcards, and Ephemera. on October 10th: 80.52%
Charlton Hall. Estates and Private Collections - Day 2 on October 19th: 85.07%
Charlton Hall. Estates and Private Collections - Day 1 on October 18th: 100.00%
Eldreds. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc. on October 20th: 61.68%
Ferraton. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on October 20th: 80.66%
Ader. Letters and Manuscripts on October 23rd: 44.69%
Ader. Ancient and Modern Books on October 18th: 73.44%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Books - Internet Bidstart 10/11 on October 18th: 45.02%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on October 22nd: 70.51%
Binoche et Giquello. Autographs/Historic Manuscripts on October 19th: 80.65%
North American Auction Company. September Auction: Books, Prints on September 22nd: 97.70%
Carlsen Gallery. Spring Potpourri Antique Auction on April 22nd: 100.00%
Carlsen Gallery. Anniversary Sale - Books, Prints, Photographs on September 23rd: 91.67%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on October 20th: 95.35%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 9/23 on October 21st: 97.14%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 10/14 on October 21st: 98.33%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 10/14 on October 21st: 99.73%
Heritage Auctions. Fall Sports Memorabilia on October 19th: 93.79%

 


For the week ahead 28 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Oct. 29th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Prints. 30 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 88 lots
PIASA. Paris. Library of François Mitterrand Modern books: from 1900 to today - Part one. 334 lots
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. Amsterdam. Co Westerik: Paintings, drawings and prints. The collection of Frank Verhallen. 94 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Fine Art + Prints - Day I. 340 lots

Tue. Oct. 30th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 10/23. 871 lots
PIASA. Paris. Library of François Mitterrand Modern books: from 1900 to the present day - Second part. 349 lots
Sothebys. London. A Private View: Property from the Country Home of Christopher Cone and Stanley J. Seeger. 32 lots
Doyle New York. New York. Travel Literature and Sporting Books from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson.
Tooveys. West Sussex. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera.
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Classic Sale - Books, Prints. 640 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Fine Art + Prints - Day 2. 38 lots

Wed. Oct. 31st
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Treasures of the Civil War.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. The Travel & Exploration Library of Steve and Peggy Fossett Part I. 213 lots
Sothebys. London. Collections. 2 lots
University Archives. Westport. Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Books & Relics. 283 lots

Thu. Nov. 1st
Swann Galleries. New York. Old Master Through Modern Prints. 440 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. The Joel Harris Collection of Original Illustration Art and Illustrated Books (with additions). 360 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Space Exploration Signature Auction Featuring The Armstrong Family Collection Part I. 1268 lots

Fri. Nov. 2nd
Tooveys. West Sussex. Automobilia and Aeronautica.

Sat. Nov. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Entertainment. 680 lots
PosterConnection Inc.. Clayton. Posters. 377 lots
Addison and Sarova. Macon. Rare Books in All Fields. 367 lots
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. October Sale - Internet bidstart 10/26. 30 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. The Fine Sale - Prints. 48 lots

Sun. Nov. 4th
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. Baudelaire Collection and Great Writers. 143 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 10/7. 286 lots
Michael Treloar. Adelaide SA. Books, Photographs & Manuscripts.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • 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
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000