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<center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Books and Manuscripts<br>Including the Eric C. Caren Collection Part 8<br>Online July 6 - 21, 2020</b><b>Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21:</b> Albert Einstein, typed letter signed, explaining the nature of his personal atheism and belief in God. $70,000 to $100,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21:</b> George Washington. Autograph letter signed to Bryan Fairfax, looking forward to the Treaty of Paris, 5 February 1783. $60,000 to $80,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21:</b> Alfred Swaine Taylor. Early “photogenic drawing,” photograph of a fern, dated 2 December 1839. $10,000 to $15,000.<center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Books and Manuscripts<br>Including the Eric C. Caren Collection Part 8<br>Online July 6 - 21, 2020</b><b>Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21:</b> "Departure of Mr. Lincoln—Parting Address" in the <i>Weekly Illinois State Journal,</i> Vol. XXX, No. 1541, Springfield, February 13, 1861. $4,000 to $6,000<b>Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21:</b> Benjamin Harrison document signed certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a black Revolutionary soldier. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21:</b> Front page printing of the Articles of Confederation in the <i>New-Jersey Gazette,</i> Vol. 1, No. 22. Trenton, April 29, 1778. $4,000 to $6,000.<center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Books and Manuscripts<br>Including the Eric C. Caren Collection Part 8<br>Online July 6 - 21, 2020</b><b>Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21:</b> George Washington Funeral Procession Broadside. Boston, January 6, 1800. $5,000 to $7,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21:</b> Philippe Laroque, printed score for “The Heroe of New Orleans Battle.” Philadelphia, 1815. $3,000 to $5,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21:</b> Report of the Battle of Queenston Heights, the first major battle in the War of 1812, in <i>Supplement to the Quebec Gazette,</i> 24th October 1812. $2,000 to $3,000.<center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Books and Manuscripts<br>Including the Eric C. Caren Collection Part 8<br>Online July 6 - 21, 2020</b><b>Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21:</b> His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, On Tuesday the Eighteenth Day of November, 1760. London, 1760. $2,000 to $3,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21:</b> Elegy on the Death of James Lawrence, Esq. late Commander of the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake. [Boston]: A. Bowen, 1813. $2,000 to $3,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21:</b> Benjamin Lincoln's Commission as Major General, signed by John Hancock, 19 February 1777. $30,000 to $50,000. -
<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>The Collectors’ Sale<br>July 7 – 15, 2020</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15:</b> O'Fihely, Maurice Abp. <i>Questiones subtilissme Scoti in metaphysicam Aristotelis</i>, Venice (Octavianus Scoti) 20th November 1497. 8,000 to 12,000 €<b>Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15:</b> Pococke (Richard). <i>A Description of the East and some other Countries,</i> 3 vols. in 2, L. (W. Bowyer) 1743. 2,250 to 3,500 €<b>Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15:</b> Keogh (John). <i>Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica, or A General Irish Herbal Calculated for this Kingdom, giving an account of the Herbs, Scrubs…</i>, Corke (George Harrison) 1735. 1,000 to 1,500 €<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>The Collectors’ Sale<br>July 7 – 15, 2020</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15:</b> Perry (Charles). <i>A View of the Levant particularly of Constantinople, Syria, Egypt and Greece,</i> L. (T. Woodward) 1743. 800 to 1,200 €<b>Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15:</b> Shaw (Thomas). <i>Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant,</i>, Oxford (The Theatre) 1738. 600 to 700 €<b>Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15:</b> [French (Nicholas) Bishop of Ferns] Attributed, <i>Recit Exact et Fidele de la Vente et Partage du Roiaume d'Irlande Fait Sous Charles II…,</i> Milan (Chez Charles Joseph Quinto) 1724. 500 to 700 €<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>The Collectors’ Sale<br>July 7 – 15, 2020</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15:</b> [French (V. Rev.Dr. Nicholas, Bp of Ferns.)] <i>The Unkinde Desertor of Loyall Men and True Frinds,</i> 12mo, n.p. 1676. 500 to 700 €<b>Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15:</b> Yeats (W.B.) <i>Plays and Controversies,</i>, N.Y. (The MacMillan Company) 1924, Signed Limited Edn. 500 to 700 €<b>Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15:</b> Barrie (J.M.) & Thomson (Hugh) illus. <i>Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts,</i> L. (Hodder and Stoughton) 1901, Limited Edition, signed by the artist. 500 to 700 €<center><b>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers<br>The Collectors’ Sale<br>July 7 – 15, 2020</b><b>Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15:</b> Molyneaux (William). <i>The Case of Ireland's being bound by Acts of Parliament in England Stated,</i> [London 1719]. 200 to 300 €<b>Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15:</b> Johnston's (W. & A.) Map of South Africa, to illustrate the Military Operations 1900. 100 to 150 € -
<b>Swann Auction Galleries July 9:</b><br>John James Audubon, <i>Great Blue Heron,</i> hand-colored aquatint and engraved plate, 1834. $40,000 to $60,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries July 9:</b> Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson, <i>A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia,</i> Dalrymple edition, 1755. $12,000 to $18,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries July 9:</b><br>John James Audubon, <i>The Birds of America,</i> sign & inscribed to Brantz Mayer, 1840-44. $18,000 to $22,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries July 9:</b> Vincenzo Maria Coronelli & Jean Baptiste Nolin, Paris, 1688. $7,000 to $10,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries July 9:</b> Henri Abraham Chatelain, <i>Atlas Historique,</i> 7 volumes, Amsterdam, 1705-1720. $15,000 to $20,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries July 9:</b> Johann Baptist Homann, <i>Atlas Mapparum Geographicarum...,</i> Nuremberg, circa 1750s. $12,000 to $15,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries July 9:</b> Lowell Mason, <i>Musical Exercises for Singing Schools,</i> Boston, 1838. $1,500 to $2,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries July 9:</b> Alexander Wilson, <i>American Ornithology,</i> 9 volumes, Philadelphia, 1808-14. $6,000 to $9,000. -
<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>July 16, 2020</b><b>Forum Auctions, July 16:</b> Ptolomaeus (Claudius). <i>Cosmographia,</i> first edition, Vicenza, Hermann Liechtenstein, 13 September 1475. £150,000 to £200,000.<b>Forum Auctions, July 16:</b> Schoener (Johann). <i>Opera mathematica,</i> 3 parts in 1, first edition,The Honeyman copy in contemporary binding, Nuremberg, J. Montanus and U. Neuber, 1551. £30,000 to £40,000.<b>Forum Auctions, July 16:</b> Lucian of Samosata. <i>Dialogoi, editio princeps,</i> with fine illuminated title-page, Florence, Lorenzo de Alopa, 1496. £20,000 to £30,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>July 16, 2020</b><b>Forum Auctions, July 16:</b> Pian (Jean Baptiste de). [Architectural Alphabet], 26 chromolithographs by Leopold Muller after Pian, Vienna, 1842-44. £15,000 to £20,000.<b>Forum Auctions, July 16:</b> Rogers (Bruce).- Holy Bible (The)..., one of 200 copies on handmade paper, designed by Bruce Rogers, bound in modern crimson morocco, gilt, Oxford, 1935. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Forum Auctions, July 16:</b> Jenner (Edward). <i>An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae…,</i> first edition, Printed for the Author, by Sampson Low, 1798. £8,000 to £12,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>July 16, 2020</b><b>Forum Auctions, July 16:</b> Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Parkinson (Sydney). <i>A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's Ship the Endeavour,</i> second edition, Charles Dilly...& James Phillips, 1784. £4,000 to £6,000.<b>Forum Auctions, July 16:</b> [Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain". <i>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,</i> first edition, first state, New York, Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. £4,000 to £6,000.<b>Forum Auctions, July 16:</b> [Voight (Hans Henning)], "Alastair". Herod, for 'Salome: Drame en un Acte', original drawing in red & black ink over pencil, [c.1922]. £4,000 to £6,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>July 16, 2020</b><b>Forum Auctions, July 16:</b> James (M.R.) <i>Ghost Stories of an Antiquary,</i> first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to A.C. Benson, 1904. £3,000 to £4,000.<b>Forum Auctions, July 16:</b> Remarque (Erich Maria). <i>All Quiet on the Western Front,</i> first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1929. £3,000 to £4,000.<b>Forum Auctions, July 16:</b> Ashendene Press.- More (Sir Thomas). <i>A Fruteful and Pleasaunt Worke...Utopia,</i> one of 100 copies, bound in black goatskin by J.Franklin Mowery, Ashendene Press, 1906. £3,000 to £4,000.
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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%
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
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