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Rare Book Hub: 56 Auctions Archived, another 30 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 14 February 2020, 56 auctions were archived; 13 denominated in euros, 6 in British pounds, and 37 in US dollars.  Turnover was $7,341,307 as 17,611 lots were offered and 12,372 sold for a 70% success rate.

 

For the week ahead 30 auctions are scheduled this week.

 

1 auction saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Sothebys. English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations Online - on December 10th: $1,527,751 



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

Leland Little Auctions. April Gallery Auction on April 14th: 211.83% 
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books on June 27th: 185.57% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on February 12th: 150.13% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Disney on February 8th: 130.53% 
Il Ponte. Fine Art Prints and Photographs 472 - sessions 3 and 4 on February 12th: 127.34% 
Alain and Evelyne Morel de Westgaver. Postcards - Prints, Engravings - Books - Figurines on March 3rd: 120.84% 
Waverly Auctions. Specialty Auction: Weird Fiction: the Brammer Family Collection of Books, Comics, Pulp, and Ephemera on October 21st: 112.47% 
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction on December 5th: 108.84% 
Ader. Letters and Autograph Manuscripts on February 6th: 100.95% 


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

Leland Little Auctions. Mid-Summer Gallery Auction - Prints on July 21st: 100.00% 
Leland Little Auctions. April Gallery Auction on April 14th: 100.00% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24 on February 3rd: 100.00% 
Leland Little Auctions. October Gallery Sale - Books, Prints on October 27th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 2/4 on February 11th: 99.11% 
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 2/4 on February 11th: 99.10% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 1/26 on February 9th: 98.87% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on February 10th: 98.76% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/2 on February 9th: 98.05% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on February 8th: 96.00% 
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction on December 5th: 96.00% 
Il Ponte. Fine Art Prints and Photographs 472 - sessions 3 and 4 on February 12th: 95.24% 
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectible Books Auction on January 30th: 94.02% 
Waverly Auctions. Quinn Auction: Modern and Contemporary Prints and Posters on November 16th: 93.63% 
North American Auction Company. February Collectors Sale on February 8th: 93.46% 
Brunk Auctions. Premier Auction - Prints, Books on February 8th: 91.67% 
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Online Auction: Judaica Books, Manuscripts on September 5th: 91.49% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on February 12th: 90.68% 
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Online Auction: Judaica Books, Manuscripts on November 28th: 88.30% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Disney on February 8th: 87.17% 
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books on June 27th: 86.19% 
Waverly Auctions. Specialty Auction: Weird Fiction: the Brammer Family Collection of Books, Comics, Pulp, and Ephemera on October 21st: 85.19% 
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Interest Book & Ephemera Auction on February 12th: 83.67% 
Bonhams. Gentleman's Library Sale on February 13th: 82.93% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Works on Paper - Prints on February 8th: 82.22% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 1/31 on February 7th: 81.71% 
Cowans Auctions. American Historical Ephemera and Photography - online bidstart 1/30 on February 10th: 80.33% 
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 1/24 on February 2nd: 80.00% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys Donne, highly important manuscript collection of his poetry, c.1630 on December 10th Actual price: USD $604,164.
  2. Waverly Auctions Grace Kelly screenprint in colors, on Lenox Museum Board, on November 16th Actual price: USD $91,500.
  3. Sothebys Mao Zedong, signature in an autograph album, with 31 others, 1960-80s on December 10th Actual price: USD $72,928.
  4. Sothebys Shakespeare, and others, Collection of plays in one volume on December 10th Actual price: USD $64,825.
  5. Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. THE FIRST EDITION on June 27th Actual price: USD $63,778.
  6. Sothebys Made in California (Walker Art Center 52) on July 19th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  7. Sothebys Joyce, Schema for Ulysses, 1921-22 on December 10th Actual price: USD $61,583.
  8. Sothebys Gargantua (Dupin 972) on July 19th Actual price: USD $56,250.
  9. Sothebys Gothic Novels, Collection of 138 volumes on December 10th Actual price: USD $48,618.
  10. Sothebys Liz (Feldman & Schellmann II.7) on July 19th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  11. Sothebys I will not make any more boring art (Coplan Horowitz 1) on July 19th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  12. Kedem Auctions Ltd. Sefer Kreti U-Pleti on September 12th Actual price: USD $43,050.
  13. Sothebys Gothic Novels, and other works, Large collection, 199 volumes on December 10th Actual price: USD $42,136.
  14. Sothebys Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997 on December 10th Actual price: USD $38,895.
  15. Swann Galleries [PUERTO RICAN GRAPHIC DESIGN.] Collection of over 350 posters, including prints and serigraphs. on February 13th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  16. Sothebys $ (1) (Feldman & Schellmann II.278) on July 19th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  17. Sothebys Shakespeare, Tate and others, Collection of 12 plays in one volume, including Richard II and King Lear on December 10th Actual price: USD $35,653.
  18. Kedem Auctions Ltd. Collection of Rulings and Responsa of Rishonim, Sages of France, Germany (Ashkenaz) and England on September 12th Actual price: USD $34,440.
  19. Tajan PANTHÈRE DENTELLE on February 12th Actual price: USD $33,941.
  20. Sothebys Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) (Feldman & Schellmann II.21) on July 19th Actual price: USD $32,500.
  21. Sothebys Shakespeare, Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, 1685, fourth folio on December 10th Actual price: USD $32,412.
  22. Sothebys 'Amadores 3' (#1996) on July 19th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  23. Sothebys Churchill, signed calligraphic copy of his 1940 speech "we shall fight on the beaches" on December 10th Actual price: USD $27,550.
  24. Sothebys The Wave (Walker Art Center 475) on July 19th Actual price: USD $27,500.
  25. Sothebys Shakespeare, Macbeth [and] Hamlet, [1632], extracted from a second folio on December 10th Actual price: USD $25,930.




56 total sales reported this week:

Holabird Kagin Americana. Art - Prints; General Americana; Mining Ephemera on February 14th: 61.13%
Il Ponte. Fine Art Prints and Photographs 472 - sessions 7 and 7 on February 14th: 46.05%
Il Ponte. Fine Art Prints and Photographs 472 - sessions 5 and 6 on February 13th: 60.83%
Il Ponte. Fine Art Prints and Photographs 472 - sessions 3 and 4 on February 12th: 95.24%
Tajan. Editions #3 on February 12th: 64.42%
Swann Galleries. Vintage Posters on February 13th: 70.16%
Sothebys. English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations Online - on December 10th: 55.56%
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Interest Book & Ephemera Auction on February 12th: 83.67%
Old World Auctions. Maps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 1/29 on February 12th: 55.01%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on February 12th: 90.68%
Bonhams. Gentleman's Library Sale on February 13th: 82.93%
North American Auction Company. February Collectors Sale on February 8th: 93.46%
Sothebys. Contemporary Living Online: Prints, Photographs and Design - Online bidstart 7/6 on July 19th: 63.13%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Online Auction: Judaica Books, Manuscripts on September 5th: 91.49%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, and Rabbinical Letters on September 12th: 77.61%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Online Auction: Judaica Books, Manuscripts on November 28th: 88.30%
Archives International Auctions. U.S. & Worldwide Scripophily, Banknotes, Historic Ephemera & Security Printing Ephemera on May 16th: 19.70%
Archives International Auctions. U.S. & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily & Ephemera on July 18th: 24.23%
Archives International Auctions. Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily and Ephemera on October 30th: 64.60%
Archives International Auctions. U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Coins, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera on December 14th: 39.55%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 2/4 on February 11th: 99.10%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 2/4 on February 11th: 99.11%
Leland Little Auctions. April Gallery Auction on April 14th: 100.00%
Leland Little Auctions. Mid-Summer Gallery Auction - Prints on July 21st: 100.00%
Leland Little Auctions. October Gallery Sale - Books, Prints on October 27th: 100.00%
Jasper52. Antique Civil War Books on May 9th: 46.00%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Americana, Railroad, Mining and More! Day 4 on May 10th: 55.91%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Americana, Railroad, Mining and More! Day 3 on May 9th: 54.20%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Americana, Railroad, Mining and More! Day 2 on May 8th: 73.02%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Americana, Railroad, Mining and More! Day 1 on May 7th: 57.45%
Alain and Evelyne Morel de Westgaver. Postcards - Prints, Engravings - Books - Figurines on March 3rd: 77.21%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on February 11th: 79.63%
Cowans Auctions. American Historical Ephemera and Photography - online bidstart 1/30 on February 10th: 80.33%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on February 10th: 98.76%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/2 on February 9th: 98.05%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Disney on February 8th: 87.17%
Artcurial. Racing, Flying and Yachting on February 8th: 60.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 1/31 on February 7th: 81.71%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24 on February 4th: 59.52%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24 on February 3rd: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 1/24 on February 2nd: 80.00%
Waverly Auctions. Prints on June 26th: 63.44%
Waverly Auctions. Prints on September 13th: 69.96%
Waverly Auctions. Specialty Auction: Weird Fiction: the Brammer Family Collection of Books, Comics, Pulp, and Ephemera on October 21st: 85.19%
Waverly Auctions. Quinn Auction: Modern and Contemporary Prints and Posters on November 16th: 93.63%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books on June 27th: 86.19%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction on December 5th: 96.00%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectible Books Auction on January 30th: 94.02%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 1/26 on February 9th: 98.87%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on February 8th: 96.00%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Works on Paper - Prints on February 8th: 82.22%
Michaans Auctions. February Gallery Auction on February 8th: 76.00%
Brunk Auctions. Premier Auction - Prints, Books on February 8th: 91.67%
Neal Auction Company. Important Winter Estates Auction on February 9th: 79.73%
Eldreds. Winter Market Auction on February 7th: 62.71%
Ader. Letters and Autograph Manuscripts on February 6th: 71.19%


For the week ahead 30 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Feb. 17th
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Collectibles, Ephemera. 368 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 2/7. 72 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Fine Art Prints and Photographs 472 - sessions 9 and 10. 51 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 78 lots

Tue. Feb. 18th
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Posters. 370 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 2/7. 27 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 1/21/. 516 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 2/11. 130 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Fine Art Prints and Photographs 472 - sessions 11 and 12. 33 lots

Wed. Feb. 19th
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs. 541 lots
Soler Y Llach. Barcelona. Alberto Marin Library. 415 lots
Bogota Auction. Bogota. Rare Books. 197 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Photographs Monthly Online Auction. 95 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books, Photos & Documents, Coins, Postcards, Postage Stamps and Postal History.. 154 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Fine Art Prints and Photographs 472 - sessions 13 and 14. 121 lots

Thu. Feb. 20th
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Old Books, Modern Books Illustrated. 311 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 220 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Americana & Cartography with the Robert M. Ebiner Zamorano 80 Collection. 538 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 414 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. February Evening Sale. 21 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. The Road West: The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part I. 317 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints, Books. 84 lots

Fri. Feb. 21st
Bonhams. New York. Beloved: Photographs Online - bidstart 2/13. 88 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 2/14. 163 lots

Sat. Feb. 22nd
Michael Treloar. Adelaide SA. The Paul Lucas Collection of Australian Military History. 264 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Winter Platinum Night Sports Collectibles Catalog Auction. 851 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Americana and Political. 634 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots

Sun. Feb. 23rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 2/14. 32 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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.