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Rare Book Hub: 23 Auctions Archived, another 25 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 10 January 2020, 23 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 6 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 16 in US dollars.  Turnover was $1,995,816 as 5,031 lots were offered and 4,405 sold for an 88% sales rate.  The percentage of lots sold is extraordinary, reflecting the world-wide interest in rare books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera.

 

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

Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 31st: 107.99% 
Moreshet Auctions. Judaica: Books and Manuscripts on January 1st: 107.48% 
Hindman Auctions. Palm Beach Collections on January 8th: 106.71% 


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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Weekly - Online bidstart 12/8 on January 5th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. The Edgar Rice Burroughs Collection from the Estate of D. Peter Ogden Online on January 9th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Currency Auction - bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly, session 1 Bidstart 12/29 on January 5th: 99.58% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly, session 2 Bidstart 12/29 on January 6th: 97.62% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 12/29 on January 5th: 97.60% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Weekly - online bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 97.58% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 31st: 96.15% 
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Posters (online sale) on January 8th: 95.92% 
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Annual New Year's Day Auction on January 1st: 95.83% 
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 29th: 94.59% 
Hindman Auctions. Palm Beach Collections on January 8th: 92.86% 
John McInnis Auctioneers. Americana - Books, Manuscripts, Prints on January 4th: 92.21% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 4th: 89.00% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 30th: 86.54% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 7th: 83.82% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 12/27 on January 3rd: 81.75% 
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. RR Auction Mary Blair concept painting of Peter Pan, John, Wendy, Michael, and Tinker Bell from Peter Pan on January 8th Actual price: USD $32,050.
  2. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Cat with Kitten on January 1st Actual price: USD $23,180.
  3. Heritage Auctions Reed Crandall Witzend magazine "A Fighting Man of Mars" Illustration Original Art (Wally Wood Publ., 1967). on January 9th Actual price: USD $20,400.
  4. RR Auction Eyvind Earle concept painting of Sleeping Beauty's castle from Sleeping Beauty on January 8th Actual price: USD $19,456.
  5. RR Auction George Washington and Thomas Jefferson DS on January 8th Actual price: USD $19,134.
  6. Nadeau's Auction Gallery set of three "Star Quarters Panels" on January 1st Actual price: USD $18,300.
  7. Heritage Auctions Hal Foster Tarzan #281 Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 7-26-36 (United Feature Service, 1936). on January 9th Actual price: USD $18,000.
  8. RR Auction Prince Phillip and Maleficent concept painting for Sleeping Beauty by Eyvind Earle on January 8th Actual price: USD $16,478.
  9. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Off-white pages. on January 5th Actual price: USD $16,200.
  10. RR Auction Mary Blair concept painting of Cinderella and Fairy Godmother from Cinderella on January 8th Actual price: USD $15,000.
  11. RR Auction Abraham Lincoln LS on January 8th Actual price: USD $14,046.
  12. RR Auction Eyvind Earle concept painting of Lady, Tramp, and Jock from Lady and the Tramp on January 8th Actual price: USD $13,753.
  13. RR Auction Eyvind Earle concept painting of Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty on January 8th Actual price: USD $13,126.
  14. Heritage Auctions Burne Hogarth Tarzan #1003 Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 5-28-50 (United Feature Syndicate, 1950). on January 9th Actual price: USD $12,600.
  15. RR Auction Maurice Ravel AMQS on January 8th Actual price: USD $12,501.
  16. RR Auction John Wesley ALS on January 8th Actual price: USD $12,501.
  17. RR Auction Mary Blair concept painting of Cinderella and Prince Charming from Cinderella on January 8th Actual price: USD $12,353.
  18. RR Auction Mary Blair concept painting of Alice from Alice in Wonderland on January 8th Actual price: USD $11,354.
  19. RR Auction Epcot Wonders of Life Goofy Statue (Lifting Weights) and Concept Drawing on January 8th Actual price: USD $11,239.
  20. RR Auction Epcot Wonders of Life Goofy Statue (Jump Rope) and Concept Drawing on January 8th Actual price: USD $11,239.
  21. RR Auction Mickey Mouse concept painting from Fantasia on January 8th Actual price: USD $10,073.
  22. RR Auction Sun Yat-sen Signature on January 8th Actual price: USD $9,931.
  23. RR Auction Beatles Signatures on January 8th Actual price: USD $9,831.
  24. Heritage Auctions George Perez and Joe Rubinstein Infinity Gauntlet #3 Story Page 22 Original Art (Marvel, 1991). on January 6th Actual price: USD $9,600.
  25. Hindman Auctions Regentag Portfolio: Nine Works on January 8th Actual price: USD $9,375.


23 total sales reported this week:

Trafford Books. Books on January 8th: 70.10%
Moreshet Auctions. Judaica: Books and Manuscripts on January 1st: 72.73%
Alaska Auction. Sports Cards, etc. on January 9th: 59.46%
Alaska Auction. Sports cards, Prints, Books on January 8th: 79.41%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Posters (online sale) on January 8th: 95.92%
Hindman Auctions. Palm Beach Collections on January 8th: 92.86%
RR Auction. Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction, featuring Animation - online bidstart 12/13 on January 8th: 61.39%
Heritage Auctions. The Edgar Rice Burroughs Collection from the Estate of D. Peter Ogden Online on January 9th: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 7th: 83.82%
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Annual New Year's Day Auction on January 1st: 95.83%
Leland Little Auctions. The New Year's Weekend Gallery Auction on January 4th: 77.27%
John McInnis Auctioneers. Americana - Books, Manuscripts, Prints on January 4th: 92.21%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Weekly - online bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 97.58%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Currency Auction - bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly, session 2 Bidstart 12/29 on January 6th: 97.62%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly, session 1 Bidstart 12/29 on January 5th: 99.58%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 4th: 89.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 12/27 on January 3rd: 81.75%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 31st: 96.15%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 30th: 86.54%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 29th: 94.59%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 12/29 on January 5th: 97.60%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Weekly - Online bidstart 12/8 on January 5th: 100.00%


For the week ahead 25 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 13th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN World Paper Money - Session 2. 747 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Prints. 36 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando - session 6 - 10am. 1682 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 44 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/3. 40 lots
Revere Auctions. St. Paul. Online Only: Fine Books, Maps, and Manuscripts. 463 lots

Tue. Jan. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando - session 7 - 10am. 685 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Weekly - online bidstart 1/7. 632 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Currency Auction - bidstart 1/7. 212 lots

Wed. Jan. 15th
Saffronart. Mumbai. ANTIQUARIAN BOOK AUCTION. 100 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Collector's Passion Auction. 69 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Books. 58 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Sports cards, Prints, Books. 44 lots

Thu. Jan. 16th
RR Auction. Amherst. Olympics - online bidstart 1/9. 146 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The David Hall T206 Collection Part III Sports Card Catalog Auction. 570 lots
University Archives. Westport. Books. 284 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 72 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. New York. "K2" Online Sale: Hebrew and Judaic Printed Books. 276 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Sports cards, Prints, Books. 27 lots

Fri. Jan. 17th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 1/10. 162 lots

Sat. Jan. 18th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Fine Art - Prints. 152 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots

Sun. Jan. 19th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Fine Art - Prints. 38 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Pre-War Baseball Collectibles - online bidstart 1/5. 347 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 1/10. 44 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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.