• Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.

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Rare Book Hub: 28 Auctions Archived, another 29 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 6 March 2020, 28 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 2 denominated in British pounds, 7 in euros, and 19 in US dollars.  Turnover was $10,683,245 as 8,016 lots were offered and 6,826 sold at a svelt 85% rate.  The field is holding together as the emerging crisis for covid-19 is engulfing vulnerable populations.  To all:  Be Safe!!!!

 
4 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

ChristiesContemporary Editions on March 4th: $2,383,375 
Swann Galleries19th and 20th Century Prints and Drawings on March 5th: $1,779,358 
Heritage AuctionsRare Books on March 4th: $1,608,855 
SothebysAlfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe, Juan Hamilton: Passage on March 5th: $1,596,875 
 

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

Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 2/14 on February 23rd: 172.57% 
Dominic Winter Book AuctionsPrinted Books, Maps & Documents, The Reference Library of the Late John Lawson (1932-2019) on March 4th: 123.16% 
ChristiesContemporary Editions on March 4th: 116.30% 
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 2/25 on March 3rd: 101.74% 


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

Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 2/25 on March 3rd: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsComics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on March 2nd: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsThe Charles Pease Collection Special Currency Online Auction on March 1st: 99.74% 
Heritage AuctionsSports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/16 on March 1st: 99.48% 
Heritage AuctionsU.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 2/25 on March 3rd: 99.11% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and AppraisalsEclectic Variety - Books, Prints on March 2nd: 96.97% 
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/23 on March 1st: 96.53% 
Heritage AuctionsRare Books on March 4th: 95.18% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and AppraisalsEclectic Variety - Books, Prints on March 3rd: 94.83% 
Heritage AuctionsVintage Sports Photography Catalog Auction on February 29th: 93.23% 
Potter and Potter AuctionsThe Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins - Part 3 on February 29th: 92.58% 
Dominic Winter Book AuctionsPrinted Books, Maps & Documents, The Reference Library of the Late John Lawson (1932-2019) on March 4th: 92.17% 
ChristiesContemporary Editions on March 4th: 92.00% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 2/21 on February 28th: 84.11% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on February 29th: 81.00% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on February 25th: 80.56% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 2/14 on February 24th: 80.00% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys GEORGIA O'KEEFFE - HAND AND WHEEL on March 5th Actual price: USD $400,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. on March 4th Actual price: USD $312,500.
  3. Sothebys FLOWERS IN A VASE on March 5th Actual price: USD $275,000.
  4. Sothebys 'SPIRITUAL AMERICA' on March 5th Actual price: USD $218,750.
  5. Sothebys '291' on March 5th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  6. Bonhams Autograph manuscript in English, exploring the nature of God, on March 6th Actual price: USD $106,325.
  7. Sothebys SMALL HILLS NEAR ALCALDE on March 5th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  8. Heritage Auctions A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Selected by Emma Smith. on March 4th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  9. Christies $ (1): one plate on March 4th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  10. Christies Flexible on March 4th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  11. Christies Sun State I on March 4th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  12. Sothebys ULYSSES. PARIS: 1922; FIRST EDITION, MARSDEN HARTLEY'S COPY on March 5th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  13. Christies The Book of Love on March 4th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  14. Bonhams Original maquette for the Giving Tree, c.1964, on March 6th Actual price: USD $52,575.
  15. Bonhams White metal vessel, 35 inches high by 26 inches in diameter at widest, bottom 22 inches in diameter, welded "milk jug" with tapered neck, 3 (of 4) wing nut screws at bottom at north, south and east, and two faux hasps at either side of the neck. on March 6th Actual price: USD $50,075.
  16. Sothebys SELECTED IMAGES on March 5th Actual price: USD $50,000.
  17. Christies Touched Red on March 4th Actual price: USD $50,000.
  18. Heritage Auctions Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of the Latter Day Saints: Carefully Selected from the Revelations of God... on March 4th Actual price: USD $50,000.
  19. Bonhams A Book of Cats. on March 6th Actual price: USD $43,825.
  20. Bonhams [Beethoven's Ninth] Sinfonie mit Schluss-Chor uber Schillers Ode "An die Freude" fur grosses Orchester. on March 6th Actual price: USD $43,825.
  21. Bonhams Illuminated Manuscript on vellum, in Latin. on March 6th Actual price: USD $43,825.
  22. Christies Self Portrait on March 4th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  23. Christies Candy Apples on March 4th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  24. Christies Figure 5, from Color Numeral Series on March 4th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  25. Sothebys 'GEORGIA O'KEEFFE AND ORVILLE COX, CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA' on March 5th Actual price: USD $40,000.



28 total sales reported this week:

Bonhams. Extraordinary Books and Manuscripts on March 6th: 58.26%
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Prints and Drawings on March 5th: 74.54%
Sothebys. Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe, Juan Hamilton: Passage on March 5th: 62.75%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Maps and Atlases on March 5th: 65.52%
Alaska Auction. Online Only Sale - Books, Prints on March 5th: 79.76%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 3rd: 69.05%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Letters on March 4th: 72.47%
RR Auction. Autographs and Artifacts, featuring Pop Culture - online bidstart 2/24 on March 4th: 57.72%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Reference Library of the Late John Lawson (1932-2019) on March 4th: 92.17%
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 4th: 92.00%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books on March 4th: 95.18%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints on March 3rd: 94.83%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 2/25 on March 3rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 2/25 on March 3rd: 99.11%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on March 2nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/23 on March 1st: 96.53%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints on March 2nd: 96.97%
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins - Part 3 on February 29th: 92.58%
Binoche et Giquello. Books: Avant Garde, Surrealism on February 28th: 62.42%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on February 29th: 81.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 2/14 on February 23rd: 75.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 2/21 on February 28th: 84.11%
Catawiki B. V.. Cartography - Online Bidstart 2/21 on February 27th: 42.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on February 25th: 80.56%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 2/14 on February 24th: 80.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Charles Pease Collection Special Currency Online Auction on March 1st: 99.74%
Heritage Auctions. Vintage Sports Photography Catalog Auction on February 29th: 93.23%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/16 on March 1st: 99.48%

 


For the week ahead 29 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 9th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 103 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24. 65 lots

Tue. Mar. 10th
ALDE. Paris. Ancient and 19th Century Books. 360 lots
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs - Day 1. 377 lots
PosterConnection Inc.. Clayton. Winter Sale of Affordable Posters. 398 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed and Manuscript Americana. 370 lots
Rossini. Paris. COLLECTIONS: ADVERTISING ART - AUTOMOBILIA - AVIATION - SHIPPING AND RAILWAYS - CALCULATING MACHINES. 220 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 2/28. 30 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 3/3. 823 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/3. 163 lots

Wed. Mar. 11th
Bonhams. London. Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs. 156 lots
Bonhams. New York. Medical and Scientific Library of Bruce Fye - Part III - Online bidstart 3/1. 337 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Pop Up Fine Art Auction. 60 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Photographs Monthly Online Auction. 122 lots
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs - Day 2. 259 lots
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Kilkenny. Spring Rare Book Sale. 901 lots

Thu. Mar. 12th
PIASA. Paris. Editions. 166 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing: the residual part. 292 lots
Sothebys. New York. Prints and Multiples Online - bidstart 3/4. 67 lots

Fri. Mar. 13th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Books. 400 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. The Contemporary Art Auction. 67 lots
Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Brugge. Spring Auction - Books and Prints. 986 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/6.

Sat. Mar. 14th
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. The Important Spring Auction. 51 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots

Sun. Mar. 15th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/1. 171 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 3/8.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 3/6.

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  • Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
  • 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