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Rare Book Hub: 38 Auctions Archived, another 25 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 27 October 2019, 38 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 15 denominated in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 19 in US dollars.  Turnover was $31,713,773 as 8,678 lots were offered and 6,308 sold for a 73% success rate. 

 

5 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Christies. Prints and Multiples on October 23rd: $10,287,750 
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples - Prints on October 24th: $6,811,125 
Christies. Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts including Americana on October 25th: $3,356,625 
Sothebys. THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts on October 23rd: $2,860,729 
Bonhams. Natural History, Travel and Americana featuring the Dodge Family Autograph Collection on October 23rd: $1,822,869 

9 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale: 

PIASA. Daniel Varenne Collections - Illustrated Books, Books, and Documentation on October 23rd: 173.58% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on October 15th: 165.14% 
Arenberg Auctions. Prints and Drawings (old and modern) on October 19th: 154.71% 
Forum Auctions. Online sale: Modern Literature, Children’s and Illustrated Books, Private Press and Limited Editions on October 17th: 139.11% 
Sothebys. THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts on October 23rd: 132.18% 
ALDE. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts on October 17th: 124.78% 
Swann Galleries. Early Printed, Travel, Scientific & Medical Books on October 24th: 116.68% 
Ader. Post-War Prints on October 21st: 113.99% 
Doyle New York. Bank Notes on October 22nd: 106.05% 


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

Doyle New York. Bank Notes on October 22nd: 100.00% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on October 15th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 10/13 on October 20th: 97.77% 
Forum Auctions. Online sale: Modern Literature, Children’s and Illustrated Books, Private Press and Limited Editions on October 17th: 96.69% 
PIASA. Daniel Varenne Collections - Illustrated Books, Books, and Documentation on October 23rd: 94.07% 
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on October 22nd: 93.45% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 10/4 on October 14th: 93.44% 
Swann Galleries. Early Printed, Travel, Scientific & Medical Books on October 24th: 92.52% 
Robert Siegel Galleries. The Joseph Antizzo Collection of Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper on October 23rd: 89.35% 
Morphy Auctions. The John Yarbrough Coca Cola Collection on October 17th: 89.10% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on October 19th: 84.50% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art - Prints on October 19th: 82.14% 
Arenberg Auctions. Prints and Drawings (old and modern) on October 19th: 81.61% 
Christies. Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts including Americana on October 25th: 80.26% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys TWO HUMAN BEINGS. THE LONELY ONES (SCHIEFLER 133; WOLL 157) on October 24th Actual price: USD $1,460,000.
  2. Christies Flags I on October 23rd Actual price: USD $1,215,000.
  3. Sothebys FLOWERS (F. & S. II.64-73) on October 24th Actual price: USD $1,100,000.
  4. Sothebys A MAGNIFICENT SAFAVID QUR'AN on October 23rd Actual price: USD $945,749.
  5. Christies The 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to John Forbes Nash, Jr. on October 25th Actual price: USD $735,000.
  6. Sothebys MOONLIGHT I (SCH. 81A; W. 90) on October 24th Actual price: USD $680,000.
  7. Christies Color Numeral Series on October 23rd Actual price: USD $675,000.
  8. Christies Double Mickey Mouse on October 23rd Actual price: USD $615,000.
  9. Sothebys GREEN on October 24th Actual price: USD $548,000.
  10. Sothebys UNTITLED (HEAD; PER CAPITA; ERNOK; AND RINSO) on October 24th Actual price: USD $500,000.
  11. Christies The Fountain on October 23rd Actual price: USD $375,000.
  12. Christies Melancholy III on October 23rd Actual price: USD $287,500.
  13. Bonhams Indian Ornithology. on October 23rd Actual price: USD $275,075.
  14. Christies Retrospect on October 23rd Actual price: USD $275,000.
  15. ALDE Souvenirs du camp de Châlons. on October 17th Actual price: USD $266,000.
  16. Sothebys PORTRAIT DE JACQUELINE AU CHAPEAU DE PAILLE (B. 1067; BA. 1279) on October 24th Actual price: USD $250,000.
  17. Sothebys A LARGE AND FINELY-ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD SHAFI' B. 'ALI ASKAR AL-ARSANJANI, ILLUMINATED BY REZA SANI' HUMAYUN, PERSIA, QAJAR, DATED 1283 AH/1866-67 AD on October 23rd Actual price: USD $241,262.
  18. Christies Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium. on October 25th Actual price: USD $225,000.
  19. Christies The 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to Reinhard Selten for his contributions to Game Theory, namely as the first person to "refine the Nash equilibrium concept for analyzing dynamic strategic interaction." on October 25th Actual price: USD $225,000.
  20. Christies Two Maps I on October 23rd Actual price: USD $218,750.
  21. Bonhams Autograph Letter Signed ("Jesse W. James") denying accusations of being a horse thief, on October 23rd Actual price: USD $212,575.
  22. Christies Roommates, from Nude Series on October 23rd Actual price: USD $212,500.
  23. Bonhams Autograph Letter Signed ("J. Austen"), to her sister Cassandra, discussing intimate affairs, on October 23rd Actual price: USD $200,075.
  24. Sothebys TOTEM on October 24th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  25. Christies Usuyuki on October 23rd Actual price: USD $187,500.



38 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 10/13 on October 20th: 97.77%
Christies. Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts including Americana on October 25th: 80.26%
Swann Galleries. Early Printed, Travel, Scientific & Medical Books on October 24th: 92.52%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples - Prints on October 24th: 60.61%
Morton Subastas. Books and Documents, Photographs and Prints on October 24th: 21.88%
PBA Galleries. Americana - Yosemite - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography on October 24th: 73.75%
Bonhams. Natural History, Travel and Americana featuring the Dodge Family Autograph Collection on October 23rd: 66.04%
ALDE. Modern Illustrated Books and Original Bindings on October 24th: 57.19%
Lion Heart Autographs. 150 MAGNIFICENT AUTOGRAPHS – INCLUDING HISTORY OF ISRAEL COLLECTION – NO BUYERS’ PREMIUM on October 23rd: 54.36%
PIASA. Daniel Varenne Collections - Illustrated Books, Books, and Documentation on October 23rd: 94.07%
Robert Siegel Galleries. The Joseph Antizzo Collection of Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper on October 23rd: 89.35%
Sothebys. THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts on October 23rd: 69.15%
Artcurial. Outsider(s) - A History of Beautiful Losers on October 22nd: 66.99%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on October 23rd: 73.49%
Tajan. Prints on October 21st: 27.96%
Ader. Post-War Prints on October 21st: 77.53%
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on October 22nd: 93.45%
Doyle New York. Bank Notes on October 22nd: 100.00%
Aguttes. Photography on October 20th: 37.59%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on October 22nd: 79.31%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art - Prints on October 19th: 82.14%
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Mars and Neptune Sale on October 19th: 74.47%
Artoria S.A.. Autographs, Manuscripts and Books on October 15th: 65.22%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. The Collection of Jim Richards, Duck Creek Books -Online bidstart 10/7 on October 17th: 79.55%
Chiswick Auctions. Autographs and Memorabilia on October 16th: 50.59%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Internet Bidstart 10/10 on October 17th: 31.34%
Arenberg Auctions. Prints and Drawings (old and modern) on October 19th: 81.61%
Eldreds. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc. on October 18th: 53.57%
Forum Auctions. Online sale: Modern Literature, Children’s and Illustrated Books, Private Press and Limited Editions on October 17th: 96.69%
Morphy Auctions. The John Yarbrough Coca Cola Collection on October 17th: 89.10%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on October 12th: 50.00%
ALDE. French Classics on October 18th: 69.37%
ALDE. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts on October 17th: 79.47%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 10/11 on October 18th: 78.18%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on October 15th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 10/4 on October 14th: 93.44%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 10/4 on October 13th: 72.97%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on October 19th: 84.50%

For the week ahead 25 sales are listed:

Mon. Oct. 28th
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Voyages, Travels and Australiana - Including books from the estate of the late James Oswald Fairfax. 272 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 10/18. 50 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 69 lots

Tue. Oct. 29th
Swann Galleries. New York. Old Master Through Modern Prints. 446 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Documents, Lithographs and Engravings. 222 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 10/18. 19 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs. 34 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History. 563 lots

Wed. Oct. 30th
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Estate Treasures - Fine Art Prints, Books. 30 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Sports Cards, etc.. 59 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. The Collection of Robert J. Morrison. 211 lots
Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers. PARIS . Furniture, Art Boards, Objects - Books, Prints. 46 lots

Thu. Oct. 31st
Bonhams. Edinburgh. The Sporting Sale - Books, Prints. 30 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 200 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Sports Cards, etc.. 14 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Cartography - Online Bidstart 10/25. 45 lots

Fri. Nov. 1st
Bonhams. New York. Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples. 178 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 10/25. 143 lots

Sat. Nov. 2nd
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Fine Art - Prints - Online bidstart 10/25. 58 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Lincoln and His Times Americana & Political Signature Auction. 335 lots

Sun. Nov. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 10/27.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 10/27.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 10/6. 225 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 10/25. 23 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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.