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Rare Book Hub: 32 Auctions Archived, 35 Scheduled this Week

For the week ended Saturday 8 June 2019, 32 sales were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database, 15 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 16 in US dollars.  Turnover was $12,445,037 as 8,478 lots were offered and 6,759 sold for an 80% success rate.  It was another very good week.

 

3 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Christies. Beyond the Horizon: The Mopelia Collection of Atlases and Travel Books on June 5th: $2,922,270 
Galerie Bassenge. 15th-19th Century Prints on May 29th: $1,432,952 
Heritage Auctions. 1915 Cracker Jack PSA Set Registry Auction on May 30th: $1,406,927 

 

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

PIASA. Asian Art - Books and Prints on June 6th: 270.26% 
Jacksons Auction. Spectacular Toy and Collectibles Auction on May 29th: 210.09% 
Ferraton. Rare Books on May 25th: 138.59% 
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Art Part 2 - Prints on May 31st: 129.58% 
Galerie Bassenge. Creatures - Fine Art Prints on May 30th: 113.57% 
Sothebys. Important Judaica on June 5th: 113.19% 
Galerie Bassenge. 15th-19th Century Prints on May 29th: 109.59% 
Tajan. Prints and Illustrated Books on May 29th: 105.93% 
Swann Galleries. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books on June 6th: 104.78% 

Galerie Bassenge. Modern Art Part 1 - Prints on June 1st: 101.09%

 

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

Heritage Auctions. 1915 Cracker Jack PSA Set Registry Auction on May 30th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 5/5 on June 2nd: 100.00% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety on June 4th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 5/28 on June 4th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/26 on June 2nd: 99.74% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/28 on June 4th: 98.95% 
Jacksons Auction. Spectacular Toy and Collectibles Auction on May 29th: 98.21% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/26 on June 2nd: 97.40% 
University Archives. An Astounding Collection of Declaration Signers on May 15th: 86.64% 
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Art Part 2 - Prints on May 31st: 82.32% 
Ferraton. Rare Books on May 25th: 82.31% 
Swann Galleries. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books on June 6th: 82.21% 
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. NRC Veiling - Art Sale Online - Session 2: Modern and Contemporary Art - bidstart 5/3 on May 28th: 80.95% 

  

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys AN ELABORATELY ILLUSTRATED KETUBBAH FROM CORFU, 1790 on June 5th Actual price: USD $612,250.
  2. Christies De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Werelt. on June 5th Actual price: USD $501,968.
  3. Christies Speculum orbis terrae. on June 5th Actual price: USD $380,048.
  4. Christies Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de Chine exécuté sur la corvette de l'état La Favorite pendant les années 1830, 1831 et 1832.- [Zoologie]. on June 5th Actual price: USD $174,625.
  5. PIASA Banbutsu ehon taizn zu, Les images du monde entier qui nous entourent. on June 6th Actual price: USD $152,880.
  6. Christies Voyage Pittoresque Autour de Monde, avec des portraits de sauvages d'Amérique, d'Asie, d'Afrique, et des iles du Grand Ocean; des Paysages, des Vues Maritimes, et plusieurs objets d'histoire naturelle; Accompagné de Descriptions par M. le Baron Cuvier, et on June 5th Actual price: USD $150,813.
  7. Christies Le Flambeau de la Navigation monstrant la description & delineation de toutes les Costes & Havres de la Mer Occidentale, Septentrionale & Orientale. on June 5th Actual price: USD $134,938.
  8. Swann Galleries A General Map of the Middle British Colonies, in America; viz Virginia, Mariland, Delaware Pensilvania, New-Jersey New-York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island of Aquanishuonigy, the Country of the Confederate Indians Comprehending Aquanishuonigy Proper, their on June 6th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions 1915 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson #103 PSA NM-MT 8 - Only Two Higher. on May 30th Actual price: USD $120,000.
  10. Christies Caertboeck vande Midlandtsche Zee [Description de la Mer Mediterrannee auquel son delinees & descriptes au vif toutes les costes de la Mer Mediterrannee: Commençant de Gibraltar le long de Granade, Valence, Cataloigne, Provence & Italie]. on June 5th Actual price: USD $119,063.
  11. Christies Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée. on June 5th Actual price: USD $111,125.
  12. Christies Voyage autour du Monde sur la frégate la Vénus pendant les années 1836-1839. on June 5th Actual price: USD $111,125.
  13. Heritage Auctions 1915 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb #30 PSA NM-MT 8. on May 30th Actual price: USD $96,000.
  14. Christies Pars prima [- La deuxiesme partie] Du Miroir de la Navigation, de la Mer Occidentale, contenant toutes les costes de France, Espaigne, & la principale partie d'Angleterre, le tout comprins en plusieurs diverses Cartes Marines. on June 5th Actual price: USD $95,250.
  15. Swann Galleries Delineatio Orarum Manicongi, Angolae, Monomotapae, Terrae Natalis, Zofalae, Mozambicae, Abyssinorum &c. on June 6th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  16. Christies Voyage autour du Monde, executé per ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette La Coquille de sa Majesté, pendant les annies 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. on June 5th Actual price: USD $79,375.
  17. Christies Atlas maritimus novus, or the New Sea-Atlas. on June 5th Actual price: USD $79,375.
  18. Heritage Auctions 1915 Cracker Jack Christy Mathewson #88 PSA Mint 9 - None Higher. on May 30th Actual price: USD $78,000.
  19. Swann Galleries Paul Robeson as Othello. Illustration for the 1943 Broadway revival of Shakespeare's tragic play on June 4th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  20. Christies Atlas van Zeevaert en Koophandel door de Geheele Weereldt. on June 5th Actual price: USD $63,500.
  21. Heritage Auctions 1915 Cracker Jack Otto Knabe #1 PSA NM-MT 8 - Pop Five, One Higher. on May 30th Actual price: USD $55,200.
  22. Galerie Bassenge Die Windmühle on May 29th Actual price: USD $55,104.
  23. Swann Galleries Pet Shop Drop. Backdrop design for Act One, Scene Two of the 1940 Broadway production of Pal Joey on June 4th Actual price: USD $55,000.
  24. Christies [Composite atlas of Spanish charts relating to the Americas, Asia, and Australasia.] on June 5th Actual price: USD $53,975.
  25. Galerie Bassenge Des Todes Kopf on May 29th Actual price: USD $52,349.



32 total sales reported this week:

Kedem Auction. Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture on June 4th: 73.28%
Swann Galleries. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books on June 6th: 82.21%
PIASA. Asian Art - Books and Prints on June 6th: 65.17%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Treasures - Fine Art Prints, Books on June 5th: 58.06%
Sothebys. Important Judaica on June 5th: 61.90%
Christies. Beyond the Horizon: The Mopelia Collection of Atlases and Travel Books on June 5th: 60.59%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/28 on June 4th: 98.95%
Galerie Bassenge. 19th-21st Century Photography on June 5th: 45.63%
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Art Part 1 - Prints on June 1st: 78.79%
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Art Part 2 - Prints on May 31st: 82.32%
Galerie Bassenge. Master Graphics of German Classics on June 1st: 77.50%
Galerie Bassenge. Creatures - Fine Art Prints on May 30th: 59.70%
Galerie Bassenge. 15th-19th Century Prints on May 29th: 62.98%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 5/28 on June 4th: 100.00%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety on June 4th: 100.00%
Swann Galleries. Illustration Art on June 4th: 75.12%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern and Contemporary Prints on June 4th: 53.45%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 4th: 76.27%
Dorotheum . Autographs, Manuscripts, Documents on June 3rd: 59.05%
Eldreds. Antiques and Accessories - Books and Prints on May 31st: 76.36%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 5/5 on June 2nd: 100.00%
Jacksons Auction. Spectacular Toy and Collectibles Auction on May 29th: 98.21%
Tajan. Online - Prints on February 14th: 50.00%
Tajan. Prints and Illustrated Books on May 29th: 49.63%
Ferraton. Rare Books on May 25th: 82.31%
Heritage Auctions. 1915 Cracker Jack PSA Set Registry Auction on May 30th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/26 on June 2nd: 97.40%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/26 on June 2nd: 99.74%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on June 1st: 79.31%
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. NRC Veiling - Art Sale Online - Session 2: Modern and Contemporary Art - bidstart 5/3 on May 28th: 80.95%
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. NRC Veiling - Art Sale Online - Session 1: Fine Art - bidstart 5/3 on May 27th: 75.40%
University Archives. An Astounding Collection of Declaration Signers on May 15th: 86.64%


For the week ahead 35 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jun. 10th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . 18th-20th Century Prints. 28 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 69 lots

Tue. Jun. 11th
Sothebys. London. Important Manuscripts, Continental Books and Music. 232 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 6/4. 554 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 6/4. 177 lots

Wed. Jun. 12th
Bonhams. London. Entertainment Memorabilia. 156 lots
Christies. New York. Summa de Arithmetica: The Birth of Modern Business. 1 lots
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs. 47 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Featuring Science and Technology-Online bidstart 5/24. 977 lots
Christies. New York. Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts including Americana. 231 lots
Lion Heart Autographs. New York, NY . WWII ‘Great Escape’ POW Diary & 175 GREAT Autographs in Art, History, Literature, Music & Science. 176 lots

Thu. Jun. 13th
Doyle New York. New York. Photographs. 133 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Photographs. 133 lots
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Rare Books and Autographs. 709 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books, Maps, Prints and Ephemera. 690 lots
Bonhams. London. Prints and Multiples. 157 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Lenny Bruce and the Post-War Counterculture. 202 lots
Christies. New York. Write Me and Tell Me Your Heart: Leonard Cohen's Letters to Marianne - online bidstart 6/5. 62 lots
Bonhams. New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 304 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc.. 81 lots
Ader. PARIS. Photographs. 375 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Americana Online - Bidstart 6/4. 60 lots

Fri. Jun. 14th
Arenberg Auctions. BRUSSEL. Books. 1210 lots
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Stockholm. Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 233 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Ancient and Modern Books. 372 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Posters. 199 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books and Ephemera - Day 2. 198 lots

Sat. Jun. 15th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Animation Art. 1289 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 189 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints, Books. 123 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Important Summer Auction - Prints and Books. 30 lots

Sun. Jun. 16th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 6/9.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 6/9.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 5/19. 206 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints, Books. 44 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

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    Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.
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    Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli Elementi, Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
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    Sotheby’s, July 15: Buzz Aldrin's FLOWN Apollo 11 Crew-Signed NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Cover. $15,000 to $20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Lunar Surface Flown Mission Emblem Presented to Tom Stafford by John Young. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952. $10,000 to $15,000.
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    Sotheby’s, July 17: Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Philadelphia, 1949. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Steve Jobs Apple Computer Business Card, c. 1977. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Extensive Chronology of Spacecraft From Apollo to Skylab, Signed by a Member of Every Crewed Apollo Flight and the Commanders of Each Skylab Mission. $5,000 to $8,000.
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    DOYLE, July 23: WALL, BERNHARDT. Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples. Estimate $300-500
    DOYLE, July 23: STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000
    DOYLE, July 23: [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800
    DOYLE, July 23: [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions. San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000.
    DOYLE, July 23: TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. Anna Karénina ... in eight parts. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600
    DOYLE, July 23: ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Estimate $1,200-1,800