• Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
  • Dominic Winter AuctioneersJune 18 & 19Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions Dominic Winter AuctioneersJune 18 & 19Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: World. Van Geelkercken (N.), Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Duobis..., circa 1618. £4,000-6,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Moll (Herman). A New Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain..., circa 1715. £2,000-3,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Churchill (Winston S.). The World Crisis, 5 volumes bound in 6, 1st edition, 1923-31. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, 1860. £1,500-2,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, 6 volumes in 3, 1st quarto ed, 1855-56. £1,500-2,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de, 1900-1944). Pilote de guerre (Flight to Arras), 1942. £10,000-15,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Austen (Jane, 1775-1817). Signature, cut from a letter, no date. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, 1st edition, with wraparound band, 1932. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Hobbit, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1937. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Rackham (Arthur, 1867-1939). Princess by the Sea (from Irish Fairy Tales), circa 1920. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Kelmscott Press. The Story of the Glittering Plain, Walter Crane's copy, 1894. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: King (Jessie Marion, 1875-1949). The Summer House, watercolour. £4,000-6,000
  • Fonsie Mealy’sChatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale18th June 2025 Fonsie Mealy’sChatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale18th June 2025
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    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
  • Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500
    Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000

Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 83 Auctions Archived, another 61 Upcoming this Week

 For the week ended 21 February, 83 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database; 26 denominated in euros, 10 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, 43 in US dollars, and 2 in South African rand.

 

Eighteen thousand four hundred seventy-six lots were offered and 13,813 sold for a 74.76% win rate.

 

Turnover was $17,596,462.09.  The average lot sold for $1,273.91.

 

A fresh 61 auctions are posted that will complete this week.

 

 

2 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

GenazymAuction 20 on February 16th: $4,516,824
Kedem Auctions Ltd.Auction 101 session 1 on February 17th: $1,062,250

 


15 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:

PIASAModern and Contemporary Art Serge Aboukrat Inheritance - A Collector's Eye on February 19th: 303.58%
AderAutograph Letters and Manuscripts - Part 1 on February 13th: 160.32%
Heritage AuctionsNon-Sports Trading Cards Showcase Auction on February 20th: 156.45%
Tennants AuctioneersStamps, Postcards and Postal History on February 19th: 152.25%
Forum AuctionsModern Literature on February 20th: 149.43%
GenazymAuction 20 on February 16th: 124.19%
Maison BibelotTwo Florentine Houses on February 18th: 123.95%
Pierre Berge and AssociesThe apartments of the XVIth #6 on February 19th: 121.29%
Potter and Potter AuctionsThe Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part III on February 15th: 120.37%
Keys Fine Arts AuctioneersPopular Culture, Music, Film and Sporting Memorabilia on February 14th: 112.11%
Lay's AuctioneersRare Books & Works on Paper- Polperro: The works of Arthur Wragg & Frederick Roberts Johnson on February 13th: 112.05%
Du MouchellesFebruary 2025: Day 2 on February 14th: 109.36%
ChristiesAndy Warhol Myths on February 14th: 106.10%
Michaans AuctionsFebruary Gallery Auction on February 14th: 103.52%
University ArchivesRare Autographs, Manuscripts and Books on January 29th: 101.94%


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

Tennants AuctioneersStamps, Postcards and Postal History on February 19th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsA Forgotten World: Pulp Magazine Showcase Auction on February 20th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on February 19th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on February 18th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday Animation and Anime Art, Disneyana and Disneyland Select Auction on February 18th: 100.00%
Schilb AntiquarianRare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on February 16th: 100.00%
ChristiesAndy Warhol Myths on February 14th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsPulp Magazine Select Auction on February 16th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on February 16th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on February 11th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on February 10th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts on February 10th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsSunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on February 18th: 99.82%
Potter and Potter AuctionsThe Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part III on February 15th: 99.73%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on February 19th: 99.69%
PIASAModern and Contemporary Art Serge Aboukrat Inheritance - A Collector's Eye on February 19th: 99.54%
Tessier & Sarrou and AssociatesBooks and Vintage Papers on February 17th: 99.48%
Heritage AuctionsValentine's Day Romance and Good Girl Art Comics Showcase Auction on February 13th: 99.11%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday US Currency Select Auction on February 18th: 99.05%
GenazymAuction 20 on February 16th: 98.61%
Rago Arts and AuctionsIcons & Heroes: Comics, TCG, Sports and Video Games on February 18th: 97.25%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.Auction 101 session 1 on February 17th: 97.14%
Aspire AuctionsFebruary 2025 Auction on February 15th: 97.00%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on February 15th: 96.67%
University ArchivesRare Autographs, Manuscripts and Books on January 29th: 96.63%
Ahlers & OgletreeModernism, Photography& African American Art on February 20th: 96.58%
Du MouchellesFebruary 2025: Day 2 on February 14th: 96.06%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Movie Posters Select Auction on February 16th: 94.53%
Ripley AuctionsGreat Estates Timed Art and Antiques Auction on February 19th: 94.07%
Forum AuctionsModern Literature on February 20th: 92.88%
William H. Bunch Auctions and AppraisalsEclectic Variety Auction on February 18th: 91.67%
Forum AuctionsBooks and Works on Paper on February 6th: 91.26%
Nye & Company AuctioneersBe Right Back Gone Fishing on February 20th: 90.91%
PBA GalleriesSteinbeck, Ricketts & The Western Flyer: The Ed Ricketts Jr. & Dennis Fry Collections (with additions) on February 13th: 90.48%
Heritage AuctionsNon-Sports Trading Cards Showcase Auction on February 20th: 89.64%
Beaussant LefevrePaintings, Furniture and Art Objects - Classic Sale on February 13th: 88.89%
TooveysPrints, Maps and Posters on February 19th: 88.79%
Keys Fine Arts AuctioneersPopular Culture, Music, Film and Sporting Memorabilia on February 14th: 87.50%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & ValuersEdinburgh Home Furnishings and Interiors on February 20th: 86.27%
Purcell Auctioneersc.630+ Lot Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, GAA Interest, Local Histories, Journals, Maps, Irish Language etc. on February 19th: 85.17%
New England Book AuctionsLiterature, Childrens, Prints and Ephemera on February 18th: 85.10%
Lay's AuctioneersRare Books & Works on Paper- Polperro: The works of Arthur Wragg & Frederick Roberts Johnson on February 13th: 84.52%
Early AmericanHistory Auction on February 15th: 84.42%
Vermot de PasClassic Sale on February 20th: 83.33%
Maison BibelotTwo Florentine Houses on February 18th: 83.02%
BonhamsDiscovery | Interiors on February 19th: 82.35%
Trafford BooksBooks, Autographs, Photographs, Ephemera, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History. on February 19th: 80.11%
SothebysContemporary Discoveries on February 20th: 80.00%
Swann GalleriesFine Photographs on February 13th: 80.00%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Genazym Famous Historical Letter In the holy handwriting of the Alter Rebbe Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, on February 16th Actual price: USD $644,800.
  2. Ader Dessin original, signe en bas a droite et situe, Puente de los contrebandistas, [1868] on February 13th Actual price: USD $286,347.
  3. Genazym Fundamental Work of Aggadah Ein Yaakov on February 16th Actual price: USD $272,800.
  4. Christies Superman, from Myths on February 14th Actual price: USD $252,000.
  5. Kedem Auctions Ltd. Passover Haggadah -- Illuminated Parchment Manuscript, Attributed to Scribe-Artist Jakob son of Michael May Segal of Innsbruck -- Germany, Perhaps Frankfurt, 1729 on February 17th Actual price: USD $250,000.
  6. Genazym The Siddur of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky zt"l on February 16th Actual price: USD $241,800.
  7. Genazym The Maharsham's Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah in 2 Volumes on February 16th Actual price: USD $217,000.
  8. Rago Arts and Auctions The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) on February 12th Actual price: USD $215,900.
  9. Genazym Incunabula! First Printing of Neviim Acharonim!!! on February 16th Actual price: USD $210,800.
  10. Christies Mickey Mouse, from Myths on February 14th Actual price: USD $189,000.
  11. Potomack Company JITTERBUGS V, 1941-42 on February 12th Actual price: USD $188,500.
  12. Genazym Kedushas Levi by the Admor Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev on February 16th Actual price: USD $186,000.
  13. Genazym Beautiful Handwritten Letter by the Chofetz Chaim to His Wife during Her Journey to Seek Medical Care on February 16th Actual price: USD $173,600.
  14. Christies The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. By the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. on February 13th Actual price: USD $172,672.
  15. Genazym Slavita Siddur Chassidic Nusach Sefard on February 16th Actual price: USD $142,600.
  16. Genazym Hagahos on Commentary on Koheles. on February 16th Actual price: USD $130,200.
  17. Genazym A 160-leaf manuscript containing chiddushim on the Shas with a Kuntres 'Klalei HaShas' from the author of 'Korban Nesanel on February 16th Actual price: USD $130,200.
  18. Genazym Handwritten Chiddushim and Shiurim by Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, Author of Even Haezel. on February 16th Actual price: USD $124,000.
  19. Genazym "Vehayei Bracha" Sacred Letter from the Divrei Chaim on February 16th Actual price: USD $117,800.
  20. Genazym Handwritten and Autographed Letter from the Chida to his Son on February 16th Actual price: USD $117,800.
  21. Kedem Auctions Ltd. Important Parchment Esther Scroll, Handwritten and Illustrated -- Earliest Work of Scribe-Artist Aryeh Leib ben Daniel of Goraj -- Godziszow, Poland, 1732 on February 17th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  22. University Archives Fabulous NY Art Dealer Collection! 70+ Original Metal Etching Plates & Woodblocks from 30+ Artists Incl. Picasso, Dali, Chagall, Braque, Giacometti, Rouault & More, 1887-1975 on January 29th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  23. The Ross Art Group Inc Original Vintage Aix-Les-Bains Poster by Leonetto Cappiello 1921 - Extremely Rare on February 6th Actual price: USD $105,000.
  24. PBA Galleries Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. In Three Volumes on February 6th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  25. Genazym Hundreds of Handwritten Hagahos by the Tosfos Shabbos and Hagahos Yitav Lev of Satmar on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim on February 16th Actual price: USD $86,800.



83 total sales reported this week:

Tennants Auctioneers. Stamps, Postcards and Postal History on February 19th: 100.00%
Vermot de Pas. Classic Sale on February 20th: 83.33%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Edinburgh Home Furnishings and Interiors on February 20th: 86.27%
Heritage Auctions. Non-Sports Trading Cards Showcase Auction on February 20th: 89.64%
Heritage Auctions. A Forgotten World: Pulp Magazine Showcase Auction on February 20th: 100.00%
Old World Auctions. Maps and Atlases on February 12th: 79.85%
Aspire Auctions. February 2025 Auction on February 15th: 97.00%
Maison Bibelot. Two Florentine Houses on February 18th: 83.02%
Ahlers & Ogletree. Modernism, Photography& African American Art on February 20th: 96.58%
Clars Auction Gallery. Modern and Contemporary Art on February 20th: 66.67%
Swann Galleries. Vintage Posters and Graphic Design on February 20th: 71.15%
Sothebys. Contemporary Discoveries on February 20th: 80.00%
Setdart. Contemporary & Actual Art on February 20th: 31.91%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature - Mystery, Fantasy & Sci-Fi - Beat & The Counterculture on February 20th: 77.27%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Be Right Back Gone Fishing on February 20th: 90.91%
Los Angeles Estate Auction. Disney Comics and Cruise Memorabilia on February 20th: 50.55%
Forum Auctions. Modern Literature on February 20th: 92.88%
Trafford Books. Books, Autographs, Photographs, Ephemera, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History. on February 19th: 80.11%
Tooveys. Prints, Maps and Posters on February 19th: 88.79%
Ripley Auctions. Great Estates Timed Art and Antiques Auction on February 19th: 94.07%
Purcell Auctioneers. c.630+ Lot Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, GAA Interest, Local Histories, Journals, Maps, Irish Language etc. on February 19th: 85.17%
Pierre Berge and Associes. The apartments of the XVIth #6 on February 19th: 78.05%
PIASA. Modern and Contemporary Art Serge Aboukrat Inheritance - A Collector's Eye on February 19th: 99.54%
Morton Subastas. Special Auction of Mexican Artists on February 19th: 61.68%
Bonhams. Discovery | Interiors on February 19th: 82.35%
Bonhams. Lens on Luxury, Fashion and Photographs on February 19th: 59.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on February 19th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on February 19th: 99.69%
Stephan Welz & Co.. Premium February Auction on February 19th: 51.85%
Ader. Autograph Letters and Manuscripts - Part 1 on February 13th: 64.34%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on February 18th: 91.67%
Setdart. February -Modernist Era: The Splendor of Design Posters and the Legacy of Alexandre de Riquer on February 18th: 34.62%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Icons & Heroes: Comics, TCG, Sports and Video Games on February 18th: 97.25%
Quinn's Auction Galleries. Political Memorabilia Auction on February 18th: 69.23%
New England Book Auctions. Literature, Childrens, Prints and Ephemera on February 18th: 85.10%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Auction 101 session 2 on February 18th: 74.33%
Aspire Art Auctions. In the Moment: Contemporary Art on February 18th: 49.12%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on February 18th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Animation and Anime Art, Disneyana and Disneyland Select Auction on February 18th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on February 18th: 99.82%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on February 18th: 99.05%
University Archives. Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Books on January 29th: 96.63%
One Source Auctions. Estate Antique and Collectibles Online on February 17th: 75.56%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Auction 101 session 1 on February 17th: 97.14%
Zisska and Lacher. Japanese Wood Cuts + Other Japanese Art on February 16th: 40.99%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on February 16th: 100.00%
Genazym. Auction 20 on February 16th: 98.61%
Chiswick Auctions. Prints and Multiples: Affordable Editions Timed Online on February 16th: 44.33%
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part III on February 15th: 99.73%
Morton Subastas. Saturday Sale on February 15th: 56.10%
Early American. History Auction on February 15th: 84.42%
Vermot de Pas. History and Regions of France on February 14th: 9.54%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Books and Vintage Papers on February 17th: 99.48%
Potomack Company. February Art Cornucopia on February 14th: 78.38%
Michaans Auctions. February Gallery Auction on February 14th: 72.73%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Popular Culture, Music, Film and Sporting Memorabilia on February 14th: 87.50%
Freeman's | Hindman. Best in Show: Interiors, Featuring a Collection of Canine Art from the Estate of Ruth Havemeyer Norwood on February 14th: 69.23%
Du Mouchelles. February 2025: Day 2 on February 14th: 96.06%
Christies. Andy Warhol Myths on February 14th: 100.00%
Swann Galleries. Fine Photographs on February 13th: 80.00%
PBA Galleries. Steinbeck, Ricketts & The Western Flyer: The Ed Ricketts Jr. & Dennis Fry Collections (with additions) on February 13th: 90.48%
Lay's Auctioneers. Rare Books & Works on Paper- Polperro: The works of Arthur Wragg & Frederick Roberts Johnson on February 13th: 84.52%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on February 15th: 96.67%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp Magazine Select Auction on February 16th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on February 16th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on February 16th: 94.53%
Heritage Auctions. Valentine's Day Romance and Good Girl Art Comics Showcase Auction on February 13th: 99.11%
Beaussant Lefevre. Paintings, Furniture and Art Objects - Classic Sale on February 13th: 88.89%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books and Antiques, Ancient and Modern Art - Day 3 on February 14th: 47.50%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books and Antiques, Ancient and Modern Art - Day 2 on February 13th: 46.54%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books and Antiques, Ancient and Modern Art - Day 1 on February 12th: 46.22%
Chiswick Auctions. Prints and Multiples on February 12th: 76.10%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on February 11th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on February 11th: 56.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on February 10th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on February 10th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on February 9th: 46.67%
Catawiki B. V.. French Literature and Illustrated on February 9th: 23.53%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on February 9th: 77.27%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on February 5th: 53.85%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books on February 8th: 78.72%
Gros & Delettrez. Voyages: Books and Maps on February 6th: 68.97%
Forum Auctions. Books and Works on Paper on February 6th: 91.26%


For the week ahead 61 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Feb. 24th
Gorringes. Lewes. Weekly Featuring Books. 258 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts. 27 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700). 71 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Online Sale - Books - Contemporary Art. 136 lots

Tue. Feb. 25th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction. 316 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction. 165 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Antique Books and Livres d'Artistes. 362 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Animation and Anime Art, Disneyana and Disneyland Select Auction. 109 lots
Everard Auctions. Savannah. Winter Southern Estates and Collections: Session I. 47 lots
Moreshet Auctions. Jerusalem. Chabad auction for Yud Shevat – 75 Years since the passing of the Rebbe the Rayatz and the Rebbe receiving the Nessi’ut. 64 lots
A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals. Toronto. Modern Art and Design. 65 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Original Plates. 415 lots

Wed. Feb. 26th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction. 323 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction. 47 lots
Ader. PARIS. Elie Szapiro Collection - Judaica books and various paintings. 131 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Ancient Manuscripts. 239 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Cigarette and Trade Cards, Postcards, Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera. 107 lots
Christies. New York. Contemporary Edition: New York. 137 lots
Hansons. Etwall, Derbyshire . The Library Auction. 256 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. History in Pen & Ink: A Century of Cartoons & Illustrations Showcase Auction. 315 lots
Duke's. Dorchester. Sporting and Natural History. 44 lots
Everard Auctions. Savannah. Winter Southern Estates and Collections: Session II. 21 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700). 34 lots
Blackwell Auctions. Clearwater. February Collectible Countdown. 46 lots
Sothebys. New York. Contemporary Curated. 8 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Chicago. Great Estates. 28 lots
Rossini. Paris. General Sales - Part 1. 56 lots

Thu. Feb. 27th
Forum Auctions. London. The Ricky Jay Collection. 211 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Books and Works on Paper. 223 lots
Freeman's | Hindman. Cincinnati. American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana. 281 lots
Finarte. Milan. Photographs: Unveiled Beauty. 157 lots
OSENAT. PARIS. Comics and Vintage Toys. 40 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Humorama Mid-Century Gag Cartoon Showcase Auction. 61 lots
Goldberg Coins and Collectibles. LOS ANGELES. February Collectibles Auction. 215 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Winter Marine Sale. 14 lots
Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. 20th Century Art and Literature. 296 lots
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Angel Art. 20 lots
Christies. New York. Post-War to Present. 21 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Sporting Art Auction. 20 lots
New World Cartographic. Chicago. Antique Maps, Prints & Posters. 143 lots
Bonhams. Paris. Moving Mountains: The Personal Collection of Sandy Hill. 15 lots
Fairhill Auction. Elkton. February Militaria and Collectibles Auction.

Fri. Feb. 28th
Bonhams. Paris. Prints and Multiples Online 2/14. 147 lots
Il Ponte. Milan (Italy). Prints, Multiples, and Modern Art. 184 lots
Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. LELOUP-PÉRIER COLLECTION and various: THE NEW REALISTS AND SURROUNDINGS. 270 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. The John H. Barwis Collection of Victoria Postal History. 241 lots
Ader. PARIS. Prints and Illustrated Books. 217 lots
Ader. PARIS. Far Eastern Art. 32 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Exclusive Books Auction. 24 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Science and Nature Books Auction. 26 lots

Sat. Mar. 1st
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 150 lots
Tennants Auctioneers. Leyburn. Modern and Contemporary Art. 51 lots
EV Stamps. Richmond. Monthly Sports & Comics Auction. 184 lots
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. Pioneers & Patriots Auction: Americana, Militaria, Mining, & More. 323 lots
Vogt Auction. San Antonio. Texas Independence Day Auction.

Sun. Mar. 2nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction. 198 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Pulp Magazine Select Auction.
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. Pioneers & Patriots Auction: Americana, Militaria, Mining, & More. 278 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts. 46 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Forum AuctionsA Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library19th June 2025 Forum AuctionsA Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library19th June 2025
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    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
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    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.
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    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
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    Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.
    Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000.
  • ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Sotheby’sNew York Book Week12-26 June Sotheby’sNew York Book Week12-26 June
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    Sotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD
  • FinarteBooks, Autographs & PrintsJune 24 & 25, 2025 FinarteBooks, Autographs & PrintsJune 24 & 25, 2025
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    June 24 & 25, 2025
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    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.
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  • Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000 Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000