• Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
  • 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

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Rare Book Hub: 26 Auctions Archived, another 38 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 15th January 2021, 26 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 1 denominated in Danish kroners, 9 in euros, and 16 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $10,006,223 as 79% of all lots offered sold.  Eight thousand nine-hundred-twenty-three lots were offered and 7,066 changed hands.  In mid-January we’re seeing April numbers.  Wow!

 

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

ArtcurialThe World of Herge, Tintin's Creator on January 14th: $4,948,715 
ArtcurialComic Strips on January 14th: $1,397,932 
RR AuctionFine Autographs and Artifacts: Featuring Social Activists - bidstart 12/18 on January 13th: $1,099,249 
Kiefer Buch und KunstauktionenBooks, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on December 12th: $1,073,299 

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

Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 12/25 on January 5th: 177.37% 
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/25 on January 3rd: 121.65% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 1/1 on January 8th: 117.08% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on January 12th: 116.64% 
ArtcurialThe World of Herge, Tintin's Creator on January 14th: 111.76% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 12/25 on January 4th: 110.97% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 12/25 on January 6th: 109.99% 


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

Bruneau & Co. Comic, TCG & Toy Auction on January 9th: 100.00% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and AppraisalsEclectic Variety - bidstart 1/7 on January 12th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsUS Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 1/5 on January 12th: 99.28% 
Heritage AuctionsComics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 1/3 on January 11th: 99.16% 
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 1/5 on January 12th: 99.10% 
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 99.00% 
Heritage AuctionsSports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/27 on January 10th: 98.41% 
PBA GalleriesArt & illustration - Americana - Books in All Fields - Timed Online Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 14th: 96.30% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 9th: 95.00% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 12/25 on January 5th: 94.74% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 12/25 on January 4th: 92.05% 
Litchfield County AuctionsWinter Discovery Auction on January 13th: 91.67% 
Brunk AuctionsAsian and Emporium Auction on January 15th: 90.00% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 12/25 on January 6th: 89.47% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on January 12th: 88.89% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 1/1 on January 8th: 83.58% 
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/25 on January 3rd: 82.61% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Artcurial HERGÉ (Georges Remi dit) Les Aventures de Tintin reporter en Extrême-Orient on January 14th Actual price: USD $3,862,074.
  2. Artcurial Les Aventures d'Astérix le gaulois - Tome 18 on January 14th Actual price: USD $523,716.
  3. Artcurial Jean-Marie PIGEON Le Lotus Bleu - Mitsuhirato on January 14th Actual price: USD $189,735.
  4. Artcurial HERGÉ (Georges Remi dit) Les Bijoux de la Castafiore on January 14th Actual price: USD $173,923.
  5. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Le Cirque, Lithographies originales de Marc Chagall. on December 12th Actual price: USD $149,852.
  6. Artcurial Gaston Lagaffe - Tome 8 on January 14th Actual price: USD $93,286.
  7. Artcurial Nat NEUJEAN Tintin et Milou on January 14th Actual price: USD $91,705.
  8. Artcurial HERGÉ (Georges Remi dit) Faites une place aux dames ! on January 14th Actual price: USD $86,962.
  9. Artcurial Gaston et Spirou au zoo on January 14th Actual price: USD $65,921.
  10. Artcurial Boule et Bill on January 14th Actual price: USD $55,339.
  11. RR Auction Malcolm X Typed Letter Signed on January 13th Actual price: USD $52,634.
  12. Artcurial Votez Ici ! on January 14th Actual price: USD $47,434.
  13. RR Auction Nirvana Signed 'Nevermind' Album on January 13th Actual price: USD $38,910.
  14. RR Auction F. Scott Fitzgerald Autograph Letter Signed and Signed Photograph on January 13th Actual price: USD $37,988.
  15. Artcurial HERGÉ (Georges Remi dit) & Alice DEVOS L'Île noire on January 14th Actual price: USD $34,785.
  16. Artcurial Natacha - La Dur'Lutte on January 14th Actual price: USD $34,785.
  17. Artcurial Nat NEUJEAN Tintin en pieds on January 14th Actual price: USD $31,622.
  18. Artcurial HERGÉ (Georges Remi dit) et STUDIOS Fresque de la francité on January 14th Actual price: USD $31,622.
  19. Artcurial Les Phalanges de l'ordre noir on January 14th Actual price: USD $30,041.
  20. RR Auction Nikola Tesla Twice-Signed Check on January 13th Actual price: USD $28,501.
  21. RR Auction Martin Luther King, Jr. Typed Letter Signed on January 13th Actual price: USD $27,978.
  22. Artcurial TINTIN N°1 Les Aventures de Tintin reporter du Petit «Vingtième» au pays des Soviets on January 14th Actual price: USD $27,667.
  23. RR Auction Al Capone Document Signed on January 13th Actual price: USD $27,500.
  24. Artcurial HERGÉ STUDIOS Le Temple du soleil on January 14th Actual price: USD $26,879.
  25. Artcurial HERGÉ (Georges Remi dit) La Cabane à sucre on January 14th Actual price: USD $26,879.



26 total sales reported this week:

Clars Auction Gallery. Furniture and Fine Art on January 15th: 55.17%
Brunk Auctions. Asian and Emporium Auction on January 15th: 90.00%
De Baecque and Associes. Books by Unit and in Lots on January 14th: 64.63%
PBA Galleries. Art & illustration - Americana - Books in All Fields - Timed Online Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 14th: 96.30%
Artcurial. Comic Strips on January 14th: 68.15%
Artcurial. The World of Herge, Tintin's Creator on January 14th: 78.50%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books, Maps and Prints - bistart 1/7 on January 14th: 47.51%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts: Featuring Social Activists - bidstart 12/18 on January 13th: 72.73%
Litchfield County Auctions. Winter Discovery Auction on January 13th: 91.67%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 1/5 on January 12th: 99.28%
Heritage Auctions. Photographs Monthly Online on January 13th: 75.00%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - bidstart 1/7 on January 12th: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 12th: 88.89%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on December 12th: 57.83%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 1/5 on January 12th: 99.10%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 1/3 on January 11th: 99.16%
Guernseys. Collector's Odyssey - Online on January 9th: 77.92%
Bruneau & Co. . Comic, TCG & Toy Auction on January 9th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 1/1 on January 8th: 83.58%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 12/25 on January 6th: 89.47%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 12/25 on January 5th: 94.74%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 12/25 on January 4th: 92.05%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/25 on January 3rd: 82.61%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 9th: 95.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 99.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/27 on January 10th: 98.41%


For the week ahead 38 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 18th
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Unlimited Auction. 365 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 90 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 1/8. 74 lots

Tue. Jan. 19th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 1/12. 768 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 1/12. 220 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Online Only - Timed Eclectic Variety Auction - Bidstart 1/8. 60 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 1/8. 46 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Special Auction in Honor of the Yahrzeit of Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. 54 lots

Wed. Jan. 20th
ALDE. Paris. Letters and Autograph Manuscripts. 311 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Estate Treasures Auction. 45 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Ancient and Modern Books. 123 lots
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. Auction of a Collection of Irish Historical Interest Books Including Maps, Journals, Periodicals, Pa. 565 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 1/8. 100 lots

Thu. Jan. 21st
RR Auction. Amherst. Olympic Memorabilia - bidstart 1/14. 205 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency. 2021 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN World Paper Money. 746 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. "Cabin Fever" Auction, session 1. 106 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books from the Library of the late Brian Findlay. 216 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Photography. 52 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Books. 255 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. January Classic Sale. 9 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Fine Prints and Photographs - bidstart 1/11. 224 lots
Christies. New York. In Praise of America: Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Prints and Broadsides. 38 lots
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. Online Automobilia - bidstart 1/14. 154 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The David Hall T206 Collection Part VI Sportscard Catalog Auction. 652 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books - bidstart 10/23. 50 lots

Fri. Jan. 22nd
Eldreds. East Dennis,. "Cabin Fever" Auction, session 2. 23 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 1/15. 111 lots

Sat. Jan. 23rd
Arader Galleries. New York City. Audubon, Natural History Prints, Rare Books and Maps. 180 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Estate Auction. 22 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction. 68 lots
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. New Year January Western Collector Auction. 60 lots

Sun. Jan. 24th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 1/17.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 1/10. 197 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 1/17.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. A Western Gentleman's Collection of Obsolete Banknotes Special Monthly. 529 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/15. 46 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.
  • 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.
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€