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Rare Book Hub: 28 Auctions Archived, another 40 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 1st June, 28 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 11 denominated euros, 1 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, 14 in US dollars and 1 in South African rands.  Turnover was $9,070,242 as 12,112 lots were offered and 9,261 sold for a 76% success rate.

 

3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books - Part 1 on May 27th: $1,517,771 
Artcurial. Limited Edition on May 28th: $1,259,794 
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper on May 30th: $1,193,685 

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

Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Day 2 on May 24th: 152.15% 
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Day 1 on May 23rd: 152.08% 
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper on May 30th: 129.09% 
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books - Part 1 on May 27th: 122.72% 


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

National Book Auctions. Ellison, Children's, NYS, Civil War, Sci-Fi on May 19th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 5/21 on May 28th: 99.50% 
Heritage Auctions. The Doug Murray Collection - Special Monthly Auction - Online Only - bidstart 5/1 on May 26th: 99.43% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/19 on May 26th: 98.89% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/28 on May 26th: 98.77% 
Leland Little Auctions. Memorial Day Sale - Prints, Books on May 27th: 98.72% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/21 on May 28th: 98.27% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/19 on May 26th: 96.70% 
Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Books on May 17th: 96.10% 
Heritage Auctions. The Leonard Glazer Collection of Civil War Dated Currency & Related Items US Currency Online Only - on May 30th: 92.56% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on May 25th: 91.76% 
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper on May 30th: 87.06% 
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books - Part 1 on May 27th: 81.25% 
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Day 1 on May 23rd: 80.35% 
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Day 2 on May 24th: 80.31% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Geographie opus novissima traductione. 2 Teile in 1 Band. on May 27th Actual price: USD $337,512.
  2. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Daphnis & Chloé. 2 Bände. on May 27th Actual price: USD $165,312.
  3. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Les liliacées. 8 Bände in 4. on May 27th Actual price: USD $123,984.
  4. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Also sprach Zarathustra. Ein Buch für alle und keinen. on May 27th Actual price: USD $112,963.
  5. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie. Erster Band. Buch I: Der Produktionsprocess des Kapitals. on May 27th Actual price: USD $82,656.
  6. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. on May 27th Actual price: USD $74,390.
  7. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Itinerarium, ofte Schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. - Reys-gheschrift van de Navigatien der Portugaloysers in Orienten. on May 27th Actual price: USD $70,258.
  8. Forum Auctions Delle Guerre de Greci, et de Persi, on May 30th Actual price: USD $59,850.
  9. Artcurial Pyramid on May 28th Actual price: USD $58,240.
  10. Artcurial Etude pour une corrida on May 28th Actual price: USD $58,240.
  11. Moreshet Auctions Amulet on parchment from the holy hands of the Tzaddik, the Admor Rabbi Yeshayle Kristirer. Rare! on May 13th Actual price: USD $57,600.
  12. Forum Auctions A Plan of the Province of Upper Canada on May 30th Actual price: USD $53,550.
  13. Artcurial Poisson Vase- on May 28th Actual price: USD $50,960.
  14. Forum Auctions Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on May 30th Actual price: USD $44,100.
  15. Artcurial Pomme bouche on May 28th Actual price: USD $43,680.
  16. RR Auction Hollywood Autograph Collection on May 23rd Actual price: USD $42,660.
  17. Ketterer Kunst Doerling L’Odyssée. 2 Bände. on May 27th Actual price: USD $41,328.
  18. Ketterer Kunst Doerling [Histoire naturelle. Oiseaux. Planches enluminées. on May 27th Actual price: USD $41,328.
  19. Forum Auctions Palm Trees of the Amazon and their uses on May 30th Actual price: USD $40,950.
  20. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Historien und Bücher: Von alten Jüdischen Geschichten ... on May 27th Actual price: USD $38,573.
  21. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Nederlandsche vogelen; volgens hunne huishouding, aert, en eigenschappen. 5 Bände. on May 27th Actual price: USD $35,818.
  22. Artcurial Eau-forte XXII on May 28th Actual price: USD $34,944.
  23. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Bauhausbücher Schriftleitung: Walter Gropius und Laszlo Moholy- Nagy. Band 1-14 (komplett). on May 27th Actual price: USD $34,440.
  24. Artcurial Vase deux anses hautes on May 28th Actual price: USD $33,488.
  25. Artcurial Soup can on May 28th Actual price: USD $33,488.



28 total sales reported this week:

PBA Galleries. Fine Books and Manuscripts on May 30th: 69.93%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper on May 30th: 87.06%
Heritage Auctions. The Leonard Glazer Collection of Civil War Dated Currency & Related Items US Currency Online Only - on May 30th: 92.56%
Artcurial. Limited Edition on May 28th: 72.00%
ALDE. Original Bindings and Modern Illustrated Books on May 28th: 53.37%
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books - Part 2 on May 27th: 60.41%
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books - Part 1 on May 27th: 81.25%
Leland Little Auctions. Memorial Day Sale - Prints, Books on May 27th: 98.72%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 28th: 79.41%
Christian Hesse Auktionen. Fine Art Prints, Books, Autographs on May 25th: 66.00%
Stephan Welz & Co.. Online Fine Art and Book Sale - Bidstart 5/16 on May 23rd: 34.47%
Moreshet Auctions. Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters on May 13th: 50.50%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/21 on May 28th: 98.27%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 5/21 on May 28th: 99.50%
Vermot de Pas. History and Regions of France chez Vermot et Associés , Paris (France) on May 24th: 20.43%
Vermot de Pas. Library of a Gourmet Parisien - Chapter 2: Gastronomy and Oenology on May 23rd: 51.08%
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Day 2 on May 24th: 80.31%
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Day 1 on May 23rd: 80.35%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Vintage Posters on May 22nd: 67.54%
RR Auction. Hollywood, Featuring Robert Shelton's Old Tucson Collection - bidstart 5/17 on May 23rd: 53.49%
Morton Subastas. Graphic Works of the European and Latin American Masters - Online bidstart 4/22 on May 13th: 17.42%
National Book Auctions. Ellison, Children's, NYS, Civil War, Sci-Fi on May 19th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/28 on May 26th: 98.77%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/19 on May 26th: 98.89%
Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Books on May 17th: 96.10%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on May 25th: 91.76%
Heritage Auctions. The Doug Murray Collection - Special Monthly Auction - Online Only - bidstart 5/1 on May 26th: 99.43%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/19 on May 26th: 96.70%

For the week ahead 40 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jun. 3rd
Dorotheum . Vienna. Autographs, Manuscripts, Documents. 315 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 59 lots

Tue. Jun. 4th
Swann Galleries. New York. Illustration Art. 205 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/28. 761 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 5/28. 206 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture. 363 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 58 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety. 34 lots

Wed. Jun. 5th
Old World Auctions. Glen Allen. Maps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 5/29. 484 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Beyond the Horizon: The Mopelia Collection of Atlases and Travel Books. 203 lots
Sothebys. New York. Important Judaica. 21 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . 19th-21st Century Photography. 366 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Seforim, Chabad, Eretz Yisrael and Zionism, Postcards and Photographs, Art, Letters from Rabbis and. 459 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Estate Treasures - Fine Art Prints, Books. 31 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints, Books. 75 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Library of Monsieur L. and others - Illustrated books of the twentieth century - Regionalism - Old b. 387 lots

Thu. Jun. 6th
Swann Galleries. New York. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books. 399 lots
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Books - Internet Bidstart 5/30. 479 lots
PIASA. Paris. Asian Art - Books and Prints. 89 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 215 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints, Books. 45 lots
Waverly Auctions. Falls Church. Science-fiction and Fantasy. 286 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Photography Online. 51 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Library of Monsieur L. and others - Illustrated books of the twentieth century - Regionalism - Old b. 249 lots
Skinner. Boston. Gentleman's Sale - Prints. 11 lots

Fri. Jun. 7th
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Joseph Beuys: Prints and Multiples. 100 lots
ALDE. Paris. Autograph Letters and Manuscripts. 469 lots

Sat. Jun. 8th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comic Art. 437 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs. 56 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Prints. 343 lots
Arader Galleries. New York City. June Auction - Audubon Prints, etc.. 164 lots
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. May Online - Prints, Books - Bidstart 5/31. 30 lots
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. Early American Indian and Western Auction. 87 lots
PosterConnection Inc.. Clayton. Posters. 390 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. 20th Century Contemporary and Modern Art - Prints. 142 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 179 lots

Sun. Jun. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 6/2.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 6/2.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 5/12. 254 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Atlases, Americana, Signatures, Morley, Firsts, etc.. 110 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • 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