• <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Letterpress & Bindery Auction<br>Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024</b> <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring. <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Letterpress & Bindery Auction<br>Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024</b> <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Wood Type 1 1/4” tall. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Quarter Case with Lead Triangles. <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Letterpress & Bindery Auction<br>Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024</b> <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Awt 578 type hi gauge. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes. <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Letterpress & Bindery Auction<br>Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024</b> <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
    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.
  • <b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). <i>Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum,</i> Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> BIDLOO (GOVARD). <i>Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse...,</i> Amsterdam, 1685. <b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). <i>Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire,</i> Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). <i>Icones anatomicae,</i> Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CARSWELL (ROBERT). <i>Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease,</i> London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> ESTIENNE (CHARLES). <i>De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres,</i> Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> GAMELIN (JACQUES). <i>Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties,</i> Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> ROESSLIN (EUCHER). <i>Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…,</i> Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> RUYSCH (FREDERICK). <i>Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet,</i> Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> VALVERDE (JUAN DE). <i>Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata,</i> Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> VESALIUS (ANDREAS). <i>De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem,</i> Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.
    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.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> J.R.R. Tolkien. <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> Trilogy. 11,135 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Edgar Allan Poe. <i>The Raven and Other Poems,</i> 1845. 33,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. <i>War and Peace,</i> 1886. 22,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. <i>Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,</i> 1902. 7,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby,</i> and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
    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
  • <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). <i>Rest,</i> 1973. $8,000 to $12,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). <i>Yawning Tiger,</i> conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). <i>Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase,</i> 1982. $3,000 to $5,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for <i>Ces Peintres Nos Amis,</i> vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). <i>Flowers in Vase,</i> 1985. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Edward Weston (1886-1958). <i>Nude,</i> 1936. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Edward Weston (1886-1958). <i>Juniper, High Sierra,</i> 1937. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). <i>Plumage II,</i> 2011. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Steven Meisel (b. 1954). <i>Madonna, Miami, (from Sex),</i> 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
    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: 37 Auctions Archived, Another 36 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 24 July 2020, 37 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 1 denominated in Swiss francs, 10 in euros, 3 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, and 21 in US dollars.  Turnover was $5,768,929 as 6,307 lots were offered and 5,096 sold for a robust 81% rate of sale.  Felicitations!

  

1 auction saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Forum Auctions. Editions and Works on Paper on July 21st: $1,266,691 

 


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


Il Ponte. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on July 21st: 394.99% 
Grays Auctioneers. Entertainment and Transportation Collectibles - bidstart 7/3 on July 22nd: 182.12% 
Profiles in History. The Howard Hughes Auction on July 23rd: 176.91% 
Chorley's. Fine Art - Prints and Books on July 22nd: 130.25% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on July 15th: 129.19% 
Koller Auctions. Online Prints and Multiples - Prints on July 9th: 112.05% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/14 on July 21st: 107.07% 


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

Copley Fine Art Auctions. The Sporting Sale on July 23rd: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/5 on July 19th: 100.00% 
Alaska Auction. Books, Prints on July 23rd: 100.00% 
Chorley's. Fine Art - Prints and Books on July 22nd: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on July 20th: 99.47% 
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/14 on July 21st: 99.33% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/14 on July 21st: 98.64% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on July 19th: 98.01% 
Il Ponte. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on July 21st: 97.37% 
Grays Auctioneers. Entertainment and Transportation Collectibles - bidstart 7/3 on July 22nd: 96.15% 
Profiles in History. The Howard Hughes Auction on July 23rd: 94.74% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on July 15th: 92.67% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Variety Auction on July 21st: 92.31% 
Koller Auctions. Online Prints and Multiples - Prints on July 9th: 91.43% 
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Summer's Bounty #1, Day 1 on July 18th: 89.19% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 18th: 88.50% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 7/3 on July 14th: 87.50% 
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Summer's Bounty #1, Day 2 on July 19th: 87.50% 
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/3 on July 12th: 86.84% 
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Rare Manuscripts, Rabbinical & Admors Letters, Seforim & Amulets on July 20th: 85.12% 
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Books, Prints on July 18th: 84.21% 

  

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Profiles in History Zoë Mozert original poster artwork of Jane Russell for The Outlaw. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $166,400.
  2. Forum Auctions Banksy (b.1974) Love is in the Air (Flower Thrower) on July 21st Actual price: USD $95,643.
  3. Sothebys Autograph manuscript fragment from Washington's undelivered first Inaugural Address on July 21st Actual price: USD $81,250.
  4. Forum Auctions Banksy (b.1974) No Ball Games (Green) on July 21st Actual price: USD $76,856.
  5. Profiles in History Washington, George. Historic autograph letter signed as Commander of the Continental Army. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $70,400.
  6. Forum Auctions Banksy (b.1974) Laugh Now on July 21st Actual price: USD $64,900.
  7. Sothebys QUATRE SUJETS POUR LA BARRE D'APPUI (BLOCH 295A; BAER 607; SEE CRAMER BOOKS 26) on July 24th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  8. Sothebys Autograph letter signed ("Go: Washington") as Continental Commander to Bryan Fairfax, hoping for good news regarding the peace negotiations to end the Revolutionary War—not knowing the preliminary articles of peace had been signed two weeks earlier on July 21st Actual price: USD $60,000.
  9. Forum Auctions Julian Opie (b.1958) This is Shahnoza (Cristea 58-62) on July 21st Actual price: USD $54,653.
  10. Sothebys PORTRAIT DE JACQUELINE AU CHAPEAU DE PAILLE FLEURI (FEMME AU CHAPEAU À FLEURS) (B. 1075; BA. 1322) on July 24th Actual price: USD $50,000.
  11. Forum Auctions Banksy (b.1974) Get out while you can on July 21st Actual price: USD $47,821.
  12. Forum Auctions Banksy (b.1974) Rude Copper on July 21st Actual price: USD $47,821.
  13. Forum Auctions Banksy & Various Artists Pax Britannica: A Hellish Peace on July 21st Actual price: USD $44,406.
  14. Profiles in History Howard Hughes (55+) personal handwritten love letters, notes and postcards from Katharine Hepburn. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $43,400.
  15. Forum Auctions Banksy (b.1974) Bomb Love (Bomb Hugger) on July 21st Actual price: USD $42,698.
  16. Profiles in History Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich. Rare and important autograph letter signed ('N. Lenin'), 1 November 1911. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $40,300.
  17. Profiles in History Eisenhower, Dwight D. Extraordinary typed letter signed as Supreme Allied Commander. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $40,300.
  18. Sothebys House Calendar No. 61, 116th Congress, 1st Session, H. RES 755 [Report No. 116-346], Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. on July 21st Actual price: USD $37,500.
  19. Sothebys DEUX FEMMES AVEC UN VASE À FLEURS (B. 915; BA. 1239) on July 24th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  20. Winner's Auctions Ltd Discovery: Practical Kabbalah Handwritten by Rabbi Moshe Mizrachi. Damascus, 1628 on July 20th Actual price: USD $34,160.
  21. Forum Auctions Bridget Riley Untitled (Fragment 2) (Schubert 5b) on July 21st Actual price: USD $34,158.
  22. Sothebys Bible in Latin. on July 21st Actual price: USD $32,500.
  23. Forum Auctions Banksy (b.1974) Morons on July 21st Actual price: USD $32,450.
  24. Forum Auctions Yayoi Kusama (b.1929) Pumpkin 2000 (Yellow) (Kusama 298) on July 21st Actual price: USD $31,482.
  25. Sothebys PETIT BUSTE DE FEMME (PORTRAIT DE JACQUELINE EN ROBE IMPRIMÉE) (B. 1082; BA. 1300) on July 24th Actual price: USD $31,250.



37 total sales reported this week:

Copley Fine Art Auctions. The Sporting Sale on July 23rd: 100.00%
Sothebys. Picasso Prints (and Ceramics) Online - bidstart 7/13 on July 24th: 69.57%
Profiles in History. The Howard Hughes Auction on July 23rd: 94.74%
Tooveys. Prints, Maps and Posters on July 23rd: 75.00%
RR Auction. Olympic Memorabilia - online bidstart 7/17 on July 23rd: 41.67%
PBA Galleries. Fine and Rare Books on July 23rd: 69.44%
Alaska Auction. Books, Prints on July 23rd: 100.00%
Sothebys. Fine Books and Manuscripts, including The Eric C. Caren Collection - bidstart 7/6 on July 21st: 58.54%
Il Ponte. Photographs on July 22nd: 52.80%
Chorley's. Fine Art - Prints and Books on July 22nd: 100.00%
Grays Auctioneers. Entertainment and Transportation Collectibles - bidstart 7/3 on July 22nd: 96.15%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/14 on July 21st: 99.33%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/14 on July 21st: 98.64%
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Unlimited Sale 122 Part 2 on July 21st: 71.60%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Variety Auction on July 21st: 92.31%
Morton Subastas. Books and Documents - Collection and Library Backal on July 21st: 32.80%
Kestenbaum and Company. Fine Judaica: including Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic and Ceremonial Art on July 21st: 53.89%
Il Ponte. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on July 21st: 97.37%
Forum Auctions. Editions and Works on Paper on July 21st: 60.52%
ALDE. Ancient and 19th Century Books on July 21st: 57.06%
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Rare Manuscripts, Rabbinical & Admors Letters, Seforim & Amulets on July 20th: 85.12%
Binoche et Giquello. Contemporary Art - Photographs, Old and Modern Prints on July 20th: 41.18%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on July 20th: 99.47%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on July 19th: 98.01%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/5 on July 19th: 100.00%
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Summer's Bounty #1, Day 2 on July 19th: 87.50%
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Summer's Bounty #1, Day 1 on July 18th: 89.19%
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Books, Prints on July 18th: 84.21%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity - Books, Prints on July 18th: 71.64%
Koller Auctions. Online Prints and Multiples - Prints on July 9th: 91.43%
Finarte. Recollections: Modern and Contemporary Art's Books and Documents on July 16th: 65.43%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 18th: 88.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 7/10 on July 17th: 74.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on July 15th: 92.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 7/3 on July 14th: 87.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/3 on July 13th: 78.18%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/3 on July 12th: 86.84%

 


For the week ahead 36 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jul. 27th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 79 lots
John McInnis Auctioneers. Amesbury. The Billie and Dottie Haughton Online Auction. 26 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Prints, Books. 11 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/17. 51 lots

Tue. Jul. 28th
Sothebys. London. The Library of a Greek Bibliophile: Travel Books, Aldines and an Important Qur’an. 119 lots
Sothebys. London. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History. 236 lots
Sothebys. New York. Legends, Landscapes, and Lovelies - bidstart 7/22. 58 lots
Sothebys. New York. Contemporary Prints and Multiples - bidstart 7/1/. 80 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/21. 493 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/21. 145 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints. 46 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 7/17. 35 lots

Wed. Jul. 29th
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. Auction Of Irish Interest Books, Maps, Posters, Interesting Ephemera Etc. To Include An Entire Colle. 614 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Travel, Atlases and Maps, Autographs and Documents. 428 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Online Only: Railroad Travel Ephemera, China and Books. 335 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Living Contemporary. 41 lots

Thu. Jul. 30th
Christies. London - King Street. Valuable Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/9. 201 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online only: Books and Works on Paper. 296 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Fine Art, etc. - Old Master Prints. 133 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Summer Sale - signs, prints, books. 23 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Literature & Books in All Fields: Timed Online Auction - No Reserve - bidstart 7/20. 201 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 451 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Summer Sports Card Catalogue Auction. 2182 lots
Christies. New York. Contemporary Edition - Online bidstart 7/16. 134 lots

Fri. Jul. 31st
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Books - March 13 Sale Postponed - Bid online by 7/31. 400 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Premier and Emporium Auctions. 139 lots
Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Berlin-Schoneberg. Valuable Books, Photographs, Prints. 1682 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Autographs and Memorabilia. 374 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Books & Works on Paper including Aviation & Transport. 355 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Aberon Collection of Virginia Obsolete Banknotes - Online. 464 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Cartography - Online Bidstart 7/24. 42 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 7/24. 157 lots

Sat. Aug. 1st
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. Old West and American Indian - Online Sale. 138 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots

Sun. Aug. 2nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/19. 182 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/24. 31 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

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