Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 33 Auctions Archived, another 36 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended 16 August, 33 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 2 in Canadian dollars, 1 in Danish krone, 4 in euros, 5 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, 1 in Norwegian krona and 18 in US dollars.
Turnover was $4,632,745.52. The average lot sold for $708.15 as 87.58% of all lots sold.
4 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:
Bonhams. Asian Works of Art on August 14th: 242.86%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Bookbinding Tools, Maps & Document on August 14th: 143.01%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on August 15th: 138.98%
Tooveys. Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera on August 14th: 112.48%
23 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. The Art of Archie Comics Part V Showcase Auction on August 15th: 100.00%
Bonhams. Asian Works of Art on August 14th: 100.00%
Northrow Gallery Auctions Ltd.. Fine Art Auction Featuring Canadian and Inuit Art on August 13th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on August 13th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on August 13th: 99.74%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on August 14th: 99.71%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on August 13th: 99.33%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on August 14th: 99.01%
Heritage Auctions. Music Memorabilia & Concert Posters Showcase Auction on August 11th: 98.78%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on August 11th: 97.17%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on August 11th: 96.37%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on August 15th: 95.92%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 10th: 95.65%
New England Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera List on August 13th: 93.89%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Wrights: Editions and Works on Paper on August 14th: 92.19%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on August 4th: 89.69%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Prints and Drawings at Online Auction on August 10th: 88.78%
Heritage Auctions. Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction on August 14th: 86.36%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Bookbinding Tools, Maps & Document on August 14th: 86.26%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on August 5th: 85.71%
Tooveys. Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera on August 14th: 82.80%
Eldreds. The Marine Sale on August 9th: 81.48%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 13th: 80.39%
33 total sales reported this week:
Heritage Auctions. The Art of Archie Comics Part V Showcase Auction on August 15th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on August 15th: 95.92%
Tooveys. Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera on August 14th: 82.80%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts on August 14th: 77.41%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Wrights: Editions and Works on Paper on August 14th: 92.19%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Bookbinding Tools, Maps & Document on August 14th: 86.26%
Canada Book Auctions Limited. Summer Selection of Fine and Rare Books on August 14th: 74.84%
Bonhams. Asian Works of Art on August 14th: 100.00%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples: Summer Splash - online 8/4 on August 14th: 64.24%
Northrow Gallery Auctions Ltd.. Fine Art Auction Featuring Canadian and Inuit Art on August 13th: 100.00%
New England Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera List on August 13th: 93.89%
Lyon and Turnbull. Prints and Multiples on August 13th: 67.83%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 13th: 80.39%
Heritage Auctions. Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction on August 14th: 86.36%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on August 14th: 99.01%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on August 14th: 99.71%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on August 13th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on August 13th: 99.33%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on August 13th: 99.74%
Sworders. Paint. Print. Sculpt. - online 8/2 on August 11th: 52.73%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Prints and Drawings at Online Auction on August 10th: 88.78%
Morton Subastas. Saturday Sale on August 10th: 47.83%
Swann Galleries. Vintage Posters on August 8th: 69.09%
Eldreds. The Marine Sale on August 9th: 81.48%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on August 5th: 85.71%
Catawiki B. V.. French Literature and Illustrated on August 4th: 68.09%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on August 4th: 89.69%
Catawiki B. V.. Art and Photography Books on August 4th: 31.58%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 10th: 95.65%
Antikvariat Bryggen AS. Common Surium Auction on August 11th: 79.19%
Heritage Auctions. Music Memorabilia & Concert Posters Showcase Auction on August 11th: 98.78%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on August 11th: 97.17%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on August 11th: 96.37%
For the week ahead 36 sales are scheduled:
Tue. Aug. 20th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction. 363 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction. 122 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety Auction. 31 lots
New England Book Auctions. South Deerfield. 15th-18th Century Printing, Americana and Fine Books, Part 1. 198 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 33 lots
Wed. Aug. 21st
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Rare and Collectible Book Auction. 109 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction. 332 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction. 101 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Australiana, Natural History, Militaria, Prints, Ephemera, Literature, &c. Featuring important north Queensland items from the Estate of the historian Edgar Beale.. 170 lots
Thu. Aug. 22nd
Chiswick Auctions. London. Books and Works on Paper. 285 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases. 320 lots
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Fine Art - Fine Press - Fine Bindings. 351 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History. 446 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Roger Hill Collection EC Comics Showcase Auction. 315 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Steve Jobs and the Apple Computer Revolution. 111 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Modern and Contemporary Art. 54 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Non-Sports Trading Cards Showcase Auction. 170 lots
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. American Treasures of the Past - Session 1. 300 lots
Fri. Aug. 23rd
Tennants Auctioneers. Leyburn. Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 144 lots
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. Summer Grandeur 2024 - Feature Auction- Day 1. 146 lots
Litchfield County Auctions. Litchfield. On-Site Tag Sale.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction. 636 lots
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. American Treasures of the Past - Session 2. 478 lots
Sat. Aug. 24th
Sarasota Estate Auction. Sarasota. Monumental Two Day Important Art and Antiques Auction. 130 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 162 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Celebrating the 1990s - The Animation Art of Nickelodeon, MTV, and The Cartoon Network Showcase Auction. 488 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Selections from the J. Doyle DeWitt Collection Americana & Political Showcase Auction. 342 lots
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. American Treasures of the Past - Session 3. 52 lots
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. Summer Grandeur 2024 - Feature Auction- Day 2. 24 lots
Sun. Aug. 25th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction.
Schilb Antiquarian. Columbia. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium. 101 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction.
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. American Treasures of the Past - Session 4. 393 lots
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. Summer Grandeur 2024 - Feature Auction- Day 3. 76 lots
Sarasota Estate Auction. Sarasota. Monumental Two Day Important Art and Antiques Auction - Day 2.
Bruce McKinney
RBH and AE
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/e0a5c41f-2fd1-4645-8816-32d89dc4e5fb.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/58851f55-ad3a-4d3a-8a53-a311900b6f84.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/18c42c85-f730-43c0-bc2e-c8d799ae4308.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ac8ca527-c37b-44d5-b1d8-d369d712b17d.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/05e185d5-1ef2-48ba-943f-e6541c123bfe.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.")
