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Rare Book Hub: 28 Auctions Archived, another 30 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday 7 August 2020 28 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transactions+ Database; 1 auction denominated in Danish krona, 6 in euros, 4 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, 15 in US dollars, and 1 in South African rand have been reported and archived this week. Turnover was $16,336,627 as 7,762 lots were offered and 6,930 sold for an exceptional rate of sale:  89%.  During the summer the number of auctions decline while interest in the field remains constant, invariably increasing the percentage of lots sold.  Even so, 89% Wow!

 

 

3 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage Auctions. Summer Sports Card Catalogue Auction on July 31st: $9,390,781 
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Signature Auction on August 3rd: $3,170,340 
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts: A Summer Miscellany -bidstart 7/28 on August 4th: $1,837,183 
 

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

Brunk Auctions. Premier and Emporium Auctions on August 1st: 139.23% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 27th: 129.40% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 4th: 116.02% 
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts: A Summer Miscellany -bidstart 7/28 on August 4th: 107.60% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 28th: 105.58% 


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

Heritage Auctions. Aberon Collection of Virginia Obsolete Banknotes - Online on July 31st: 100.00% 
Leland Little Auctions. Asian Arts and Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 6th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/28 on August 4th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Signature Auction on August 3rd: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Summer Sports Card Catalogue Auction on July 31st: 99.77% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 726 on August 2nd: 99.65% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 7/26 on August 3rd: 99.48% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/19 on August 2nd: 99.45% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/28 on August 4th: 99.26% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 4th: 94.79% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 28th: 94.29% 
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction on August 6th: 93.43% 
Brunk Auctions. Premier and Emporium Auctions on August 1st: 92.09% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 1st: 90.50% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 27th: 88.24% 
Alaska Auction. Prints on August 6th: 86.67% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 24th: 85.43% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Series 1914-1918 $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, $1000, $5000, $10,000 Federal Reserve Note Face and Back Proof Archive Gem Uncirculated. Hessler 380B, 618B, 848B, 1044B, 1244B, 1370, 1429, 1461, and 1493. on August 3rd Actual price: USD $504,000.
  2. Sothebys CAPOTE | Breakfast at Tiffany's, revised typescript, 1958 on August 4th Actual price: USD $496,245.
  3. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2231-A $10,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ. on August 3rd Actual price: USD $216,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions 1986 Fleer Basketball Cards & Stickers Complete Set (132+11) - All Graded PSA Gem Mint 10! on July 31st Actual price: USD $216,000.
  5. Sothebys WILDE | Autograph letter signed, to George Alexander, outlining the plot of The Importance of Being Earnest, 1894 on August 4th Actual price: USD $165,415.
  6. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-H $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. on August 3rd Actual price: USD $162,000.
  7. Heritage Auctions Fr. 122 $10 1901 Legal Tenders Uncut Sheet of Four PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. on August 3rd Actual price: USD $156,000.
  8. Heritage Auctions Serial Number 1 Jacksonville, IL - $1-$1-$1-$2 Original Fr. 380/Fr. 387 Uncut Sheet The First National Bank Ch. # 511 PMG About Uncirculated 55. on August 3rd Actual price: USD $144,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions 1933 Sport Kings Jim Thorpe #6 PSA Mint 9. on July 31st Actual price: USD $138,000.
  10. Sothebys ANNING, MARY | autograph letter signed, to William Buckland, [1829] on August 4th Actual price: USD $132,332.
  11. Heritage Auctions 1933 Sport Kings Babe Ruth #2 PSA NM-MT+ 8.5 - Pop One, Two Higher. on July 31st Actual price: USD $132,000.
  12. Heritage Auctions 1933 Sport Kings Ty Cobb #1 PSA Mint 9 - Pop Three, One Higher. on July 31st Actual price: USD $132,000.
  13. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-E $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG About Uncirculated 55. on August 3rd Actual price: USD $126,000.
  14. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-E $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 63. on August 3rd Actual price: USD $108,000.
  15. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2220-F $5,000 1928 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Very Fine 35. on August 3rd Actual price: USD $108,000.
  16. Heritage Auctions Fr. 281 $5 1899 Silver Certificates Uncut Sheet of Four PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ. on August 3rd Actual price: USD $108,000.
  17. Heritage Auctions 1979 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Unopened Wax Box (48 packs) - Gretzky Rookie Year! on July 31st Actual price: USD $108,000.
  18. Heritage Auctions 1911 T201 Mecca Double Folder Baseball Complete Set (50) - #1 "Current Finest" on the PSA Set Registry. on July 31st Actual price: USD $94,800.
  19. Sothebys ELLIOT, D.G. | A Monograph of the Phasianidae, New York 1870-1872, 2 volumes on August 4th Actual price: USD $90,978.
  20. Heritage Auctions 1986-87 Fleer Basketball Wax Box with 36 Unopened Packs. on July 31st Actual price: USD $90,000.
  21. Heritage Auctions 1969 Topps Lew Alcindor #25 PSA NM-MT+ 8.5. on July 31st Actual price: USD $84,000.
  22. Heritage Auctions 1933 Sport Kings Red Grange #4 PSA Mint 9 - Pop Four, None Higher. on July 31st Actual price: USD $81,000.
  23. Heritage Auctions 1934 Goudey Lou Gehrig #37 PSA NM-MT 8. on July 31st Actual price: USD $78,000.
  24. Heritage Auctions 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan #57 PSA Gem Mint 10. on July 31st Actual price: USD $75,000.
  25. Sothebys CORONELLI | Atlante Veneto, 1691 on August 4th Actual price: USD $74,437.



28 total sales reported this week:

Bonhams. Conflicts of the 19th and 20th Centuries - Online bidstart 7/28 on August 7th: 52.00%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction on August 6th: 93.43%
PBA Galleries. Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography on August 6th: 62.99%
Leland Little Auctions. Asian Arts and Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 6th: 100.00%
Alaska Auction. Prints on August 6th: 86.67%
Stephan Welz & Co.. Fine Art Prints, Books and Maps on August 5th: 72.28%
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts: A Summer Miscellany -bidstart 7/28 on August 4th: 75.77%
Morton Subastas. Books and Documents Auction from a Mexicanista Library (Denegre) on August 4th: 26.72%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 4th: 94.79%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 7/26 on August 3rd: 99.48%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/28 on August 4th: 99.26%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/28 on August 4th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 726 on August 2nd: 99.65%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Signature Auction on August 3rd: 100.00%
North American Auction Company. Old West and American Indian - Online Sale on August 1st: 78.26%
Chiswick Auctions. Books & Works on Paper including Aviation & Transport on July 31st: 72.68%
Chiswick Auctions. Autographs and Memorabilia on July 31st: 60.43%
Brunk Auctions. Premier and Emporium Auctions on August 1st: 92.09%
Catawiki B. V.. Cartography - Online Bidstart 7/24 on July 31st: 33.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 28th: 94.29%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 27th: 88.24%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/26 on July 26th: 72.22%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 24th: 85.43%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 24th: 70.45%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 1st: 90.50%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/19 on August 2nd: 99.45%
Heritage Auctions. Summer Sports Card Catalogue Auction on July 31st: 99.77%
Heritage Auctions. Aberon Collection of Virginia Obsolete Banknotes - Online on July 31st: 100.00%

 

For the week ahead 30 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 10th
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American Historical Ephemera and Photography - online bidstart 7/30. 255 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/31. 55 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 103 lots

Tue. Aug. 11th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 8/4. 372 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 8/4. 133 lots
Christies. New York. The Athlete: Photographs by Walter Iooss, Jr. - online bidstart 7/23. 38 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture. 315 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 7/31. 26 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Graphic Prints and Multiples. 92 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety - Prints, Books. 27 lots

Wed. Aug. 12th
Skinner. Marlborough. The Kolar Collection. 29 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction - online bidstart 7/24. 1356 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Photographs Monthly Online Auction. 126 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books, Ephemera, Postcards and Postal History. 188 lots
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. Maritime, Sporting and Collector's Sale. 179 lots

Thu. Aug. 13th
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books. 592 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Marine Sale. 28 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. LGBTQ+ Art; Material Culture and History. 293 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 258 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Graphic Auction. 212 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Publications of the Limited Editions Club: Timed - bidstart 8/3. 368 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. August Americana - bidstart 8/3. 22 lots

Fri. Aug. 14th
Stephenson's Auctioneers & Appraisers. Southampton. Posters from the Estate of Perry Pfeffer, Creator of Postercade. 339 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 8/7. 145 lots

Sat. Aug. 15th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Morton Weekly:- Posters, Prints, Books. 70 lots

Sun. Aug. 16th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 8/2. 250 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 8/9.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 8/9.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 8/7. 31 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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.
  • 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
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.