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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 32 Auctions Archived, another 27 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 6 August 2021, 32 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 1 denominated in Danish krone, 10 in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 20 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $3,633,450 as 82% of all lots sold.  There were 8,355 offers posted and 6,830 changed hands.  The average lot sold for a slim $532.

 

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

Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/16 on July 28th: 199.37%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature on August 5th: 151.26%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 129.14%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 3rd: 119.01%
Neal Auction Company. UNRESERVED @Neal on August 4th: 115.60%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/16 on July 25th: 113.87%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Railroadiana - Travel Advertising and Ephemera on July 31st: 112.04%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Americana on August 5th: 102.71%


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

Heritage Auctions. Certified DC Comics Superhero Titles Showcase Auction on August 5th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 100.00%
Leland Little Auctions. August Estate Auction on August 5th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 7/25 on August 2nd: 99.76%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/18 on August 1st: 99.49%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 99.36%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 7/25 on August 1st: 98.76%
Neal Auction Company. UNRESERVED @Neal on August 4th: 98.48%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 7/28 on August 4th: 97.95%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only Variety Auction on August 3rd: 97.44%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature on August 5th: 97.41%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 97.06%
Heritage Auctions. The Colonial Valley Collection Part III Currency Showcase Auction on August 1st: 96.93%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 31st: 95.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/16 on July 28th: 94.64%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 3rd: 93.94%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Railroadiana - Travel Advertising and Ephemera on July 31st: 91.53%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Americana on August 5th: 90.48%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 7/16 on July 27th: 88.24%
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Swann Galleries KLEINE DADA SOIRÉE. 1922. on August 5th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC GD+ 2.5 White pages. on August 2nd Actual price: USD $30,000.
  3. Heritage Auctions X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages. on August 2nd Actual price: USD $25,200.
  4. Swann Galleries CICLI FIAT. Circa 1910. on August 5th Actual price: USD $21,250.
  5. Swann Galleries LES CIGARETTES MEKKA. 1919. on August 5th Actual price: USD $16,250.
  6. Heritage Auctions Giant-Size X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1975) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. on August 2nd Actual price: USD $14,400.
  7. Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH IESVS. Cartas que los Padres y Hermanos de la Compania de Iesus, que andan en los Reynos de Iapon escriuieron a los de la misma Compania, on July 30th Actual price: USD $12,917.
  8. Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH Oryctographiae Pedemontanae Specimen, exhibens corpora fossilia terrae adventitia. - on July 30th Actual price: USD $12,157.
  9. Swann Galleries THE JEWS THE WORLD OVER LOVE LIBERTY / HAVE FOUGHT FOR IT & WILL FIGHT FOR IT. Circa 1917. on August 5th Actual price: USD $11,875.
  10. Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #1 (Marvel, 1962) CGC FR/GD 1.5 Off-white to white pages. on August 2nd Actual price: USD $11,700.
  11. Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH Euklid The first six books of the elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners. Hrsg. v. Oliver Byrne. on July 30th Actual price: USD $11,397.
  12. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #5 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages. on August 2nd Actual price: USD $11,100.
  13. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages. on August 2nd Actual price: USD $10,800.
  14. Heritage Auctions Showcase #75 The Hawk and the Dove (DC, 1968) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages. on August 5th Actual price: USD $10,200.
  15. Dirk Soulis Auctions A C.&N.W.RY. SHORT LINE ADVERTISING BROADSIDE C. 1880s on July 31st Actual price: USD $10,030.
  16. Swann Galleries PREMIÈRE EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS MODERNES. 1902. on August 5th Actual price: USD $10,000.
  17. Swann Galleries LOADED? DON'T TAKE CHANCES WITH PICKUPS! / VD IS NOT VICTORY. Circa 1940s. on August 5th Actual price: USD $10,000.
  18. Swann Galleries "WHERE IS THIS BOWER BESIDE THE SILVER THAMES?" 1930. on August 5th Actual price: USD $9,375.
  19. Swann Galleries ERRY & MERRY. 1912. on August 5th Actual price: USD $8,750.
  20. Forum Auctions [The Lord of the Rings] on August 5th Actual price: USD $8,707.
  21. Swann Galleries PKZ / BURGER - KEHL & C. 1921. on August 5th Actual price: USD $8,125.
  22. Leland Little Auctions Louisiana History Printed in North Carolina Just After the Purchase - Du Prratz, Antoine. An Account of Louisiana Exhibiting a Compendious Sketch of Its Political and Natural History and Topography, with a Copious Appendix Containing Several Important Doc on August 5th Actual price: USD $7,800.
  23. Swann Galleries I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY. 1917. on August 5th Actual price: USD $7,500.
  24. Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH Napoleon I. Bonaparte Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift an den Polizeiminister Joseph Fouché (1759-1820). on July 30th Actual price: USD $7,294.
  25. Heritage Auctions Charles Sultan Yankee Comics #1 "Firebrand" Story Page 3 Original Art (Chesler/Dynamic Publ., 1941). on August 4th Actual price: USD $7,200.


32 total sales reported this week:

Swann Galleries. Vintage Posters on August 5th: 72.88%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Americana on August 5th: 90.48%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature - Beat and the Counterculture on August 5th: 74.61%
Leland Little Auctions. August Estate Auction on August 5th: 100.00%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction - General Americana on August 5th: 73.98%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature on August 5th: 97.41%
Dorotheum . Summer Auction on August 5th: 64.29%
Heritage Auctions. Certified DC Comics Superhero Titles Showcase Auction on August 5th: 100.00%
Neal Auction Company. UNRESERVED @Neal on August 4th: 98.48%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only Variety Auction on August 3rd: 97.44%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 7/28 on August 4th: 97.95%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 3rd: 93.94%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 97.06%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 99.36%
Winter Associates. Antiques and Fine Furnishings on August 2nd: 72.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 7/25 on August 2nd: 99.76%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/18 on August 1st: 99.49%
North American Auction Company. Western Americana Auction on July 31st: 77.60%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Railroadiana - Travel Advertising and Ephemera on July 31st: 91.53%
Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Rare Books, Prints, and Historic Photographs on July 30th: 42.46%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/23 on July 30th: 75.76%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books - bidstart 7/23 on July 29th: 54.55%
Catawiki B. V.. Cartography - Bidstart 7/23 on July 29th: 34.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/16 on July 28th: 94.64%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 7/16 on July 27th: 88.24%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 7/16 on July 26th: 78.13%
Catawiki B. V.. Books Auction: Arabic Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/16 on July 26th: 70.83%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/16 on July 25th: 78.95%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 31st: 95.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Colonial Valley Collection Part III Currency Showcase Auction on August 1st: 96.93%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 7/25 on August 1st: 98.76%


For the week ahead 27 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 9th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 59 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction - Books, Bargains and Dealers. 462 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 7/30. 57 lots

Tue. Aug. 10th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 8/3. 679 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 8/3. 140 lots
Pot of Gold Estate Liquidations DBA AZFirearms.com. Avondale. Militaria Books and Memorabilia. 404 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Antique & Contemporary Books. 200 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety. 73 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 7/30. 20 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 8/3. 43 lots

Wed. Aug. 11th
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Contemporary and Post-War Art | Prints and Multiples. 147 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - Featuring Sports bidstart 7/23. 1025 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps, Documents, 20th Century Photography, Vinyl Records & CDs. 327 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Depth of Field: Photographs. 199 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 7/30. 114 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 8/4. 309 lots

Thu. Aug. 12th
One Of A Kind Collectibles. Coral Gables. Autographs and Books. 206 lots

Fri. Aug. 13th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 8/6. 64 lots

Sat. Aug. 14th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Online Only Auction. 159 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction. 26 lots

Sun. Aug. 15th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 8/1. 460 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 8/8.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 8/8.
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. Eclectic Auction - Timed Online Only - bidstart 8/5.
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Online Only Auction. 53 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts -- bidstart 8/6. 35 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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.