• High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
  • ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.

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Rare Book Hub: 28 Auctions Archived, another 27 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 3 April 2020, 28 sales were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 2 denominated in Swiss Francs, 6 in euros, 2 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos and 17 in US dollars.  Turnover was $5,782,329 as 6,990 lots were offered and 6,145 sold at a stellar 88% success rate.  Folks are staying indoors while pursuing interesting material where and when they find it.

 
1 auction saw its total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

SothebysPhotographs - Online bidstart 3/24 on April 3rd: $2,994,875 
 

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 3/13 on March 24th: 135.04% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on March 31st: 122.90% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/13 on March 25th: 119.98% 


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

Garth's Auctioneers and AppraisersCountry Americana - Books and Prints on March 28th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsSports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/15 on March 29th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/24 on March 31st: 100.00% 
Leland Little AuctionsMarch Estates Auction - Fine Art Prints on March 28th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsUS Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/24 on March 31st: 99.29% 
Heritage AuctionsComics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on March 30th: 98.77% 
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters Weekly on March 29th: 95.87% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 28th: 94.50% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on March 31st: 93.42% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/13 on March 25th: 91.67% 
Potter and Potter AuctionsGambling Memorabilia and Playing Cards on March 28th: 90.10% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 3/13 on March 24th: 88.57% 
Brunk AuctionsEmporium Auction on March 27th: 87.80% 
Brunk AuctionsPremier Auction - Prints, Books on March 28th: 87.50% 
Addison and SarovaRare Books on March 28th: 84.98% 
Alexander Historical AuctionsSpring Auction 2020 on April 1st: 84.64% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 3/13 on March 23rd: 81.82% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys UMSCHLAG FÜR DIE ZEITSCHRIFT "BROOM" (PHOTOGRAM 'COVER FOR THE MAGAZINE "BROOM"') on April 3rd Actual price: USD $524,000.
  2. Profiles in History Alex Raymond original Sunday comic strip artwork for Flash Gordon #1 on March 31st Actual price: USD $512,000.
  3. Sothebys MEMENTO (UB40) on April 3rd Actual price: USD $162,500.
  4. Sothebys 'THE HAND OF MAN' on April 3rd Actual price: USD $112,500.
  5. Sothebys PORTFOLIO VII on April 3rd Actual price: USD $100,000.
  6. Sothebys UN GESTO DEL CAPO on April 3rd Actual price: USD $100,000.
  7. Profiles in History Alex Raymond original Sunday comic strip artwork for Jungle Jim #1 on March 31st Actual price: USD $96,000.
  8. Sothebys 'CABBAGE LEAF' on April 3rd Actual price: USD $93,750.
  9. Sothebys SIX TENANT FARMERS WITHOUT FARMS, GOODLET, HARDEMAN COUNTY, TEXAS on April 3rd Actual price: USD $87,500.
  10. Sothebys THE GRAND TETONS AND THE SNAKE RIVER, GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING on April 3rd Actual price: USD $68,750.
  11. Sothebys 'KATE MOSS (HAND ON NECK)' on April 3rd Actual price: USD $52,500.
  12. Sothebys CATHERINE PARR on April 3rd Actual price: USD $52,500.
  13. Sothebys 'PHG. 10_1' on April 3rd Actual price: USD $52,500.
  14. Sothebys DAN AYKROYD AND JOHN BELUSHI, HOLLYWOOD on April 3rd Actual price: USD $50,000.
  15. Sothebys 'CALLA LILY' on April 3rd Actual price: USD $50,000.
  16. Sothebys 'TWO GUEDRAS' on April 3rd Actual price: USD $37,500.
  17. Sothebys PRESS++20.31 on April 3rd Actual price: USD $37,500.
  18. Sothebys MOTHER AND BABY OF FAMILY ON THE ROAD, TULELAKE, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA on April 3rd Actual price: USD $37,500.
  19. Sothebys HELLO on April 3rd Actual price: USD $35,000.
  20. Sothebys SELECTED FILM STILLS FROM THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI on April 3rd Actual price: USD $35,000.
  21. Sothebys POLLYANNA on April 3rd Actual price: USD $32,500.
  22. Sothebys SAN FRANCISCO on April 3rd Actual price: USD $32,500.
  23. Sothebys CARELESS on April 3rd Actual price: USD $30,000.
  24. Kedem Auctions Ltd. Avot DeRabbi Natan on March 31st Actual price: USD $30,000.
  25. Sothebys CINDY CRAWFORD, NEW YORK on April 3rd Actual price: USD $27,500.




28 total sales reported this week:

Sothebys. Photographs - Online bidstart 3/24 on April 3rd: 61.31%
Eldreds. April Sale - online only on April 2nd: 66.67%
Chiswick Auctions. Affordable Photographica on March 30th: 59.26%
Trafford Books. Books, Paintings & Ephemera, Autographs, Coins, Postcards, Postage Stamps and Postal History. on April 1st: 77.36%
Alexander Historical Auctions. Spring Auction 2020 on April 1st: 84.64%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/24 on March 31st: 99.29%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Objects on March 31st: 79.67%
Koller Auctions. Online Old Master Prints and Drawings on March 31st: 76.00%
Koller Auctions. Online Books and Autographs on March 31st: 73.42%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Gambling Memorabilia and Playing Cards on March 28th: 90.10%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/24 on March 31st: 100.00%
Profiles in History. The Alex Raymond Flash Gordon Auction on March 31st: 50.00%
Morton Subastas. Book Auction Eclectic Collection of the Engineer Don Lorenzo Zambrano on March 31st: 72.80%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 31st: 93.42%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on March 30th: 98.77%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on March 29th: 95.87%
Leland Little Auctions. March Estates Auction - Fine Art Prints on March 28th: 100.00%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Country Americana - Books and Prints on March 28th: 100.00%
Addison and Sarova. Rare Books on March 28th: 84.98%
Brunk Auctions. Premier Auction - Prints, Books on March 28th: 87.50%
Brunk Auctions. Emporium Auction on March 27th: 87.80%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/15 on March 29th: 100.00%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 28th: 94.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on March 27th: 71.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/13 on March 25th: 91.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 3/13 on March 24th: 88.57%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 3/13 on March 23rd: 81.82%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 3/13 on March 22nd: 65.79%

 

For the week ahead 27 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Apr. 6th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 3/27. 57 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 91 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Part of the Library of Decorative Arts - online. 110 lots

Tue. Apr. 7th
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Book Sale: History, Geography, Travel. 159 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 3/27. 30 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Valuable Books (Varia). 301 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Valuable Books. 450 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 10/13/31. 646 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/31. 129 lots

Wed. Apr. 8th
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction - online bidstart 3/13. 720 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Photographs Monthly Online Auction. 124 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. Jiao Bingzhen (1689-1728) Album: with Gong Qin Wang Yixin seals. 1 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Literature and Book Illustrations, 17th-19th Centuries. 263 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Autographs. 280 lots

Thu. Apr. 9th
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Literature and Art Documentation. 500 lots

Fri. Apr. 10th
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. April Eclectic. 50 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/3. 150 lots

Sat. Apr. 11th
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. April Estates Auction. 60 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs. 27 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Opportunity - Books, Prints. 66 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Special Bid-From-Home Auction. 43 lots

Sun. Apr. 12th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly.
Stephan Welz & Co.. Constantia. Fine Art, Decorative Art, Books, etc.. 117 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/29. 298 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 4/3. 62 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.