• <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.
  • <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.
  • <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.
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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 40 Auctions Archived, another 26 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday 31 July 2020, 40 completed auctions have been archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction+ Database; 1 denominated in Danish krona, 7 in euros, 5 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, and 25 in US dollars.  Turnover was $16,430,217 as 11,708 lots were offered and 8,892 sold for a 76% rate of sale.

 

For the week ahead 26 sales are searchable.

  

8 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 
 

Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on July 28th: $2,421,204 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on July 26th: $2,349,549 
Sothebys. Contemporary Prints and Multiples - bidstart 7/1/ on July 28th: $1,555,250 
Christies. Valuable Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/9 on July 30th: $1,530,000 
Zisska and Lacher. Books, Works on Paper on July 23rd: $1,291,492 
Arader Galleries. Summer Auction on July 25th: $1,095,276 
Christies. Contemporary Edition - Online bidstart 7/16 on July 30th: $1,028,000 
Sothebys. The Library of a Greek Bibliophile: Travel Books, Aldines and an Important Qur’an on July 28th: $1,004,659 
 

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

Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/10 on July 19th: 150.80% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Travel, Atlases and Maps, Autographs and Documents on July 29th: 141.36% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on July 28th: 134.67% 
Sothebys. Contemporary Prints and Multiples - bidstart 7/1/ on July 28th: 123.34% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Fine Art, etc. - Old Master Prints on July 30th: 122.20% 
Forum Auctions. Online only: Books and Works on Paper on July 30th: 120.92% 
Christies. Contemporary Edition - Online bidstart 7/16 on July 30th: 112.97% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24 on July 20th: 112.17% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/21 on July 28th: 100.63% 


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

Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/21 on July 28th: 100.00% 
Leland Little Auctions. The Mid-Summer Estates Auction - Prints on July 30th: 100.00% 
Sothebys. Legends, Landscapes, and Lovelies - bidstart 7/22 on July 28th: 100.00% 
Carlsen Gallery. Summer Potpourri on July 26th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/21 on July 28th: 99.80% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/12 on July 26th: 99.46% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on July 27th: 99.26% 
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Online Only: Railroad Travel Ephemera, China and Books on July 29th: 98.21% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins - Part 4 on July 25th: 97.85% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints on July 28th: 95.65% 
Sothebys. Contemporary Prints and Multiples - bidstart 7/1/ on July 28th: 95.00% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Travel, Atlases and Maps, Autographs and Documents on July 29th: 94.63% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on July 26th: 94.44% 
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/10 on July 19th: 94.29% 
University Archives. Manuscripts and Autographs - Books on June 24th: 93.84% 
PBA Galleries. Literature & Books in All Fields: Timed Online Auction - No Reserve - bidstart 7/20 on July 30th: 93.53% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 25th: 93.00% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on July 28th: 92.41% 
John McInnis Auctioneers. The Billie and Dottie Haughton Online Auction on July 27th: 92.31% 
Winter Associates. Prints, Books on July 27th: 90.91% 
Forum Auctions. Online only: Books and Works on Paper on July 30th: 88.85% 
Christies. Contemporary Edition - Online bidstart 7/16 on July 30th: 88.06% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on July 22nd: 85.00% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24 on July 20th: 84.00% 
Purcell Auctioneers. Auction Of Irish Interest Books, Maps, Posters, Interesting Ephemera Etc. To Include An Entire Colle on July 29th: 83.88% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on July 21st: 82.76% 
University Archives. The Kennedys on June 10th: 82.71% 
Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on July 28th: 80.93% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys Description de l'Égypte. Paris, 1809-1822, first edition, 23 volumes, housed in a custom made cabinet on July 28th Actual price: USD $562,639.
  2. Arader Galleries The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. on July 25th Actual price: USD $295,000.
  3. Sothebys GRAPES (F. & S. II.190-195) on July 28th Actual price: USD $275,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions The Invisible Man (Universal, 1933). Fine/Very Fine on Linen. One Sheet (27" X41") Style A Teaser, Gene Schwalm Artwork. on July 26th Actual price: USD $228,000.
  5. Arader Galleries Louisiana Heron, Plate CCXVII (217). on July 25th Actual price: USD $171,100.
  6. Zisska and Lacher KOPERNIKUS, N., De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $164,491.
  7. Sothebys Qur'an. copied by Ahmad al-Nayrizi, illuminated. Persia, Safavid and Qajar. 1122 AH/1710 AD on July 28th Actual price: USD $153,594.
  8. Christies Medusa Head on July 30th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  9. Swann Galleries An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. on July 30th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  10. Sothebys IMAGE OF GREGORY (MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, TOKYO 276) on July 28th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  11. Sothebys Keulen. De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Werelt. 1685, fine hand-colouring on July 28th Actual price: USD $113,175.
  12. Christies Principia mathematica. on July 30th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  13. Heritage Auctions M (Nero-Film AG, 1931). Fine+ on Linen. German Poster (37.5" X 55.75"). on July 26th Actual price: USD $108,000.
  14. Christies Wuthering Heights. A Novel. By Ellis Bell. Agnes Grey. A Novel, by Acton Bell. on July 30th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  15. Heritage Auctions Horror of Dracula (Universal International, 1958). Folded, Fine+. Italian 2 - Fogli (39.5" X 55.25"). on July 26th Actual price: USD $84,000.
  16. Christies BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in French and Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum on July 30th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  17. Sothebys Dupre. Voyage a Athenes et a Constantinople. Paris, 1825. folio, colour plates, twentieth-century blue half morocco gilt on July 28th Actual price: USD $80,839.
  18. Heritage Auctions Casablanca: Café Chair (Warner Bros., 1942). Fine+. Screen-Used Prop Chairs (2) (34" X 15" X 15"). on July 26th Actual price: USD $78,000.
  19. Sothebys KATE MOSS (PORTFOLIO) on July 28th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  20. Sothebys MICK JAGGER (F. & S. II.142) on July 28th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  21. Christies MAO ZEDONG (1893-1976). Signed photo album, memento of the visit to China by the Soviet delegation led by Nikita Khrushchev in 1954. on July 30th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  22. Arader Galleries Long-billed Curlew, Plate 231. on July 25th Actual price: USD $70,800.
  23. Sothebys MICK JAGGER (F. & S. II.146) on July 28th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  24. Sothebys SUNFLOWERS I on July 28th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  25. Christies Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en géné ral. Traduit de l'Anglois. on July 30th Actual price: USD $68,750.



40 total sales reported this week:

Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Valuable Books, Photographs, Prints on July 31st: 44.59%
Eldreds. Summer Sale - signs, prints, books on July 31st: 69.57%
Swann Galleries. Fine Books and Manuscripts on July 30th: 77.83%
PBA Galleries. Literature & Books in All Fields: Timed Online Auction - No Reserve - bidstart 7/20 on July 30th: 93.53%
Leland Little Auctions. The Mid-Summer Estates Auction - Prints on July 30th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online only: Books and Works on Paper on July 30th: 88.85%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Fine Art, etc. - Old Master Prints on July 30th: 77.44%
Christies. Contemporary Edition - Online bidstart 7/16 on July 30th: 88.06%
Christies. Valuable Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/9 on July 30th: 66.17%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Travel, Atlases and Maps, Autographs and Documents on July 29th: 94.63%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Online Only: Railroad Travel Ephemera, China and Books on July 29th: 98.21%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Living Contemporary on July 29th: 70.73%
Purcell Auctioneers. Auction Of Irish Interest Books, Maps, Posters, Interesting Ephemera Etc. To Include An Entire Colle on July 29th: 83.88%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on July 28th: 92.41%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints on July 28th: 95.65%
Sothebys. Contemporary Prints and Multiples - bidstart 7/1/ on July 28th: 95.00%
Sothebys. Legends, Landscapes, and Lovelies - bidstart 7/22 on July 28th: 100.00%
Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on July 28th: 80.93%
Sothebys. The Library of a Greek Bibliophile: Travel Books, Aldines and an Important Qur’an on July 28th: 79.83%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/21 on July 28th: 99.80%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/21 on July 28th: 100.00%
Winter Associates. Prints, Books on July 27th: 90.91%
John McInnis Auctioneers. The Billie and Dottie Haughton Online Auction on July 27th: 92.31%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on July 27th: 99.26%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/12 on July 26th: 99.46%
University Archives. The Kennedys on June 10th: 82.71%
University Archives. Manuscripts and Autographs - Books on June 24th: 93.84%
Carlsen Gallery. Summer Potpourri on July 26th: 100.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins - Part 4 on July 25th: 97.85%
Morton Subastas. Photography on July 25th: 26.73%
Morton Subastas. Weekly Timed Auction - Books, Prints on July 25th: 67.11%
Michaans Auctions. July Gallery Auction on July 25th: 50.00%
Zisska and Lacher. Books, Works on Paper on July 23rd: 60.17%
Arader Galleries. Summer Auction on July 25th: 46.39%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on July 26th: 94.44%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on July 22nd: 85.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on July 21st: 82.76%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24 on July 20th: 84.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/10 on July 19th: 94.29%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 25th: 93.00%


For the week ahead 26 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 3rd
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 96 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Signature Auction. 99 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/24. 50 lots

Tue. Aug. 4th
Sothebys. London. Books and Manuscripts: A Summer Miscellany -bidstart 7/28. 194 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/28. 366 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/28. 135 lots
Stephan Welz & Co.. Constantia. Fine Art Prints, Books and Maps. 101 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Documents Auction from a Mexicanista Library (Denegre). 232 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 7/24. 33 lots

Thu. Aug. 6th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. William R. Bronson Collection of Ornithological Books. 197 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography. 335 lots
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Carlisle. Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction. 274 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The David Hall T206 Collection Part V Sports Catalog Auction. 630 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Asian Arts and Modern Art and Design - Prints.
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints.

Fri. Aug. 7th
Bonhams. New York. Conflicts of the 19th and 20th Centuries - Online bidstart 7/28. 50 lots
Bruneau & Co. . Cranston. DiscoverIt Comic and Toy.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 7/31. 130 lots

Sat. Aug. 8th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Entertainment & Music Memorabilia. 792 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Online Auction - Books, Prints. 112 lots

Sun. Aug. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/26. 144 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Online Auction - Books, Prints. 70 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 8/2.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 8/2.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/31. 32 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • <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><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.