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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 53 Auctions Archived, another 38 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended 28 April 2023, 53 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 2 in Swiss francs, 1 in Danish krone, 11 in euros, 6 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 31 in US dollars.

 

Turnover this past week was $15,560,929.81 as 83.27% of all lots changed hands.  There were 12,335 offered and 10,271 transacted.  The average lot sold for $1,515.04.

 

Spring is in the air!

 

 

6 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Signature Auction on April 22nd: $2,429,210
Arader Galleries. April 2023 Auction on April 22nd: $2,130,031
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art Signature Auction on April 25th: $1,688,799
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples on April 26th: $1,181,889
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on April 25th: $1,159,452
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on April 22nd: $1,148,428
 

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

Sothebys. Ex Libris: The Wolf Family Collection Art Reference Library on April 25th: 236.75%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on April 28th: 164.05%
Il Ponte. Prints, Multiples, and Modern Art on April 28th: 144.17%
Aguttes. Letters and Manuscripts on April 27th: 114.07%
Lyon and Turnbull. Vintage Posters on April 26th: 106.34%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 4/7 on April 18th: 104.97%
Christies. The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples: Online - bidstar on April 25th: 104.24%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 27th: 104.11%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art, Furniture and Decor on April 26th: 102.94%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Collection of Prints and Design on April 21st: 101.70%


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

Sothebys. Ex Libris: The Wolf Family Collection Art Reference Library on April 25th: 100.00%
Christies. The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples: Online - bidstar on April 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 4/19 on April 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Showcase Auction on April 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. GEM MINT Trading Card Games Showcase Auction on April 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 4/18 on April 25th: 100.00%
John McInnis Auctioneers. Notre Dame Football Man Cave on April 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 4/16 on April 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 4/19 on April 26th: 99.75%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 4/18 on April 25th: 99.71%
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Signature Auction on April 22nd: 99.61%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 4/9 on April 23rd: 99.09%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on April 22nd: 98.66%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Online Sale: Books on Decorative Arts and Architecture on April 24th: 97.44%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on April 25th: 96.77%
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art Signature Auction on April 25th: 96.62%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 4/15 on April 22nd: 96.00%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on April 28th: 95.96%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art, Furniture and Decor on April 26th: 95.24%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 3/12 on April 23rd: 93.45%
Il Ponte. Prints, Multiples, and Modern Art on April 28th: 93.43%
Aguttes. Letters and Manuscripts on April 27th: 93.10%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples on April 26th: 92.11%
Purcell Auctioneers. Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journa on April 19th: 91.76%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/7 on April 15th: 88.24%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 27th: 88.18%
Lyon and Turnbull. Vintage Posters on April 26th: 88.16%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/7 on April 16th: 86.05%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 4/7 on April 18th: 81.82%


Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Arader Galleries A Map of the British and French Dominions of North America. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $718,750.
  2. Heritage Auctions Pokémon Trophy Pikachu No. 3 Trainer Bronze PSA Trading Card Game NM-MT 8 (Media Factory, 1997) 1st Tournament, Holo. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $300,000.
  3. Arader Galleries [World Map] Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationi (A Universal Map of the Known World, Constructed by Means of Recent Observations). on April 22nd Actual price: USD $300,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions Pokémon Unlimited Base Set Test Print Uncut Sheet (Wizards of the Coast, 1999) Cosmos Foil. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $250,000.
  5. Heritage Auctions Pokémon 1st Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999). on April 22nd Actual price: USD $237,500.
  6. Heritage Auctions Pokémon Charizard 4 1st Edition Base Set PSA Trading Card Game GEM MT 10 (The Pokémon Company, 1999) Rare, Holo. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $212,500.
  7. Heritage Auctions Pokémon VS 2001 Tropical Mega Battle Complete Deck CGC Trading Card Game Graded (The Pokémon Company, 2001). on April 22nd Actual price: USD $175,000.
  8. Nate D. Sanders Auctions John Wilkes Booth Reward Poster for the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln -- Rare First Printing of One of the Most Important Documents in the History of the United States, With Only a Few Extant on April 27th Actual price: USD $166,375.
  9. Arader Galleries Cosmographia universalis ab Orontio olim descripta. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $150,000.
  10. Heritage Auctions 1979 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky Rookie #18 PSA Mint 9 - Only Two Higher! on April 22nd Actual price: USD $132,000.
  11. Rago Arts and Auctions Mick Jagger on April 26th Actual price: USD $119,700.
  12. Arader Galleries Il Disegno Del Discoperto Della Nova Franza, il quale s'e hauuto ultimamente dalla nouissima nauigatione de""Franzesi in quel luogo. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $112,500.
  13. Arader Galleries Tipus orbis universalis iuxta Ptolemei cosmographi traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorque lustrationes a Petro Apiano Leysnico elucbrat An. Do. MDXX. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $112,500.
  14. Arader Galleries New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus ... the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $112,500.
  15. Arader Galleries Still life with flowers in an elaborate vase. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $93,750.
  16. Arader Galleries Virginia Partridge, Plate 76. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $90,000.
  17. Doyle New York PORTRAITS IMAGINAIRES on April 25th Actual price: USD $88,200.
  18. Heritage Auctions Partial Coverage, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration on April 25th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  19. Heritage Auctions All Right, Children, A Nice Big Sneer, Now, Addams Family cartoon on April 25th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  20. Arader Galleries Amaryllis Superba. Brazil (imported bulb) at Mrs. Arnold Harrison’s 21st April, 1828. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $57,500.
  21. Heritage Auctions Did You Recognize Me by My Voice?, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration on April 25th Actual price: USD $57,500.
  22. Arader Galleries Columbia Jay, Plate 96. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $54,000.
  23. Doyle New York FAUNE DÉVOILANT UNE FEMME (BLOCH 230; BAER 609) on April 25th Actual price: USD $50,400.
  24. Heritage Auctions Vargas Girl, Playboy illustration on April 25th Actual price: USD $50,000.
  25. Rago Arts and Auctions Flowers on April 26th Actual price: USD $47,880.



53 total sales reported this week:

Koller Auctions. Italian 16th-19th Century Books and Art - Online Only - bidstart 3/21 on April 6th: 66.98%
Koller Auctions. Books and Autographs - Online Only - bidstart 3/21 on April 6th: 59.52%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Treasures Auction on April 28th: 54.17%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on April 28th: 95.96%
Il Ponte. Prints, Multiples, and Modern Art on April 28th: 93.43%
Aguttes. Letters and Manuscripts on April 27th: 93.10%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Collection of Prints and Design on April 21st: 60.00%
North American Auction Company. Fine Montana Collector Sale on April 22nd: 66.89%
Swann Galleries. Fine Photographs on April 27th: 63.38%
Sloane Street Auctions. The Spring Fine Art and Antiques Sale. Old Masters, Modern British, as well as Private Collections o on April 27th: 67.14%
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Fine Autographs and Memorabilia on April 27th: 21.43%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 27th: 88.18%
The Ohio Company. Spring Auction on April 26th: 79.78%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples on April 26th: 92.11%
Lyon and Turnbull. Vintage Posters on April 26th: 88.16%
Los Angeles Estate Auction. Hollywood Entertainment Memorabilia Auction on April 26th: 40.65%
John McInnis Auctioneers. Notre Dame Football Man Cave on April 26th: 100.00%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art, Furniture and Decor on April 26th: 95.24%
Forum Auctions. Spring Selection: Modern and Contemporary Editions on April 26th: 43.11%
Fairhill Auction. April Militaria and Collectibles Auction on April 26th: 65.53%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 4/16 on April 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. GEM MINT Trading Card Games Showcase Auction on April 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Showcase Auction on April 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 4/19 on April 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 4/19 on April 26th: 99.75%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on April 25th: 96.77%
Sothebys. Ex Libris: The Wolf Family Collection Art Reference Library on April 25th: 100.00%
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on April 25th: 77.33%
Christies. The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples: Online - bidstar on April 25th: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on April 25th: 73.68%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Online Sale: Books on Decorative Arts and Architecture on April 24th: 97.44%
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. Voyaging to Vaillant on April 24th: 69.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 4/18 on April 25th: 99.71%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 4/18 on April 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art Signature Auction on April 25th: 96.62%
Moreshet Auctions. Part 2 Kodesh books, letters, privileged copies and much more on April 23rd: 52.06%
Moreshet Auctions. Part 1: Biography, bibliography and facsimiles, polemic, Land of Israel and Zionism, paperwork and m on April 23rd: 52.63%
PosterConnection Inc.. Poster Auction on April 22nd: 67.01%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. 2 Day Book Sale on April 21st: 71.78%
Purcell Auctioneers. Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journa on April 19th: 91.76%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity Auction on April 22nd: 50.00%
Arader Galleries. April 2023 Auction on April 22nd: 45.00%
Rossini. Books on April 21st: 61.77%
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Signature Auction on April 22nd: 99.61%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on April 22nd: 98.66%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 4/9 on April 23rd: 99.09%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 3/12 on April 23rd: 93.45%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 4/15 on April 22nd: 96.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 4/7 on April 18th: 81.82%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 4/7 on April 17th: 72.73%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/7 on April 17th: 2.94%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/7 on April 16th: 86.05%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/7 on April 15th: 88.24%


For the week ahead 38 sales are scheduled:

Mon. May. 1st
Sothebys. New York. Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Eveni. 56 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/21. 34 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 3/17. 69 lots

Tue. May. 2nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 4/25. 380 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 4/25. 107 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Photographs. 156 lots
Sothebys. New York. Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Day S. 132 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Rare and Important Items. 108 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 4/21. 41 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Part 2: Rare and Important Manuscripts and Items of the Gross Family Collection. 74 lots

Wed. May. 3rd
Freemans. Philadelphia. Books and Manuscripts. 170 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Ancient and Modern Books. 430 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 4/26. 279 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 4/26. 120 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Popular Culture, Music, Film and Sporting Memorabilia. 163 lots
Doyle New York. New York. American Paintings and Prints. 23 lots
Bonhams. Marlborough. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 234 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. The Yellowstone Collection of 1847 Issue Covers. 127 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. CSNS US Currency Signature Auction. 1481 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books, Ephemera, Autographs, Photographs, Postcards, Cigarette Cards, Stamps and Postal History.. 60 lots

Thu. May. 4th
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Fine Literature - with Beats, and the Counterculture. 551 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Early Printed Books. 308 lots
Sothebys. London. The Coronation Sale. 30 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Happy and Glorious: God Save the King. 78 lots
Bonhams. New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/24. 186 lots
Early American. Rancho Santa Fe. History Auction at Early American. 129 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Discovery in the Backyard - Online only sale. 36 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The MLJ Heroes Showcase Auction. 150 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Star Wars Franchise Movie Posters. 299 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. May Estate Auction. 45 lots

Fri. May. 5th
Vermot de Pas. Paris. LIBRARY OF GASTRONOMY, OENOLOGY AND TOBACCOOLOGY - PART TWO. 317 lots

Sat. May. 6th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 4/29. 200 lots
Grogan and Company. Dedham. Fine Art. 39 lots
EV Stamps. Richmond. Monthly Sports Cards and Comic Books Auction. 225 lots

Sun. May. 7th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 4/30.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 4/30.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 4/23. 362 lots
John McInnis Auctioneers. Amesbury. DAY FOUR MAY 7TH OF FOUR DAY SALE.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

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    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: The New-England Primer Improved. For the more easy attaining the true reading of English. Boston: Printed and Sold by John Boyles, 1770. EXTREMELY RARE AMERICAN PRIMER.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Lansford W. Hastings. The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California. Cincinnati. George Conclin, 1845. THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: J. D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston, 1951. first edition, a fine copy, in an unrestored first issue dust jacket.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. THE VERY FINE A.E NEWTON COPY.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: J. K. Rowling. Only known complete set of full unbound imposed sheets for the First Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility: A Novel in Three Volumes. By a Lady. London: for the author by C. Roworth and published by T. Egerton, 1811. FIRST EDITION IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. First Editions, First Impressions. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1954-1955. A VERY FINE SET.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Declaration of Independence. In: The Pennsylvania Ledger: Or the Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New-Jersey Weekly Advertiser. Philadelphia: James Humphreys, No. LXXVII, 13 July 1776.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: William Shakespeare. Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Frank Herbert. Dune. Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, 1965. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Fonsie Mealy’sRare Books & Collectors’ SaleApril 30th & May 1st Fonsie Mealy’sRare Books & Collectors’ SaleApril 30th & May 1st
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    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
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    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.