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<b>Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. May 30, 2019</b><b>Forum Auctions May 30:</b> Bouchette (Lt.-Col.Joseph, Canadian Surveyor-General of British North America). A Plan of the Province of Upper Canada, manuscript map, [c.1790-1795]. £20,000 to £30,000<b>Forum Auctions May 30:</b> Browne (W.H.). Ten Coloured Views taken during the Arctic Expedition of Her Majesty's Ships "Enterprise" and "Investigator", first edition, presentation copy, 1850. £4,000 to £6,000<b>Forum Auctions May 30:</b> Lovelace (Ada).- Lacroix (Silvestre Francois). <i>An Elementary Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus,</i> first edition in English, Lovelace's copy, Cambridge, 1816. £3,000 to £4,000<b>Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. May 30, 2019</b><b>Forum Auctions May 30:</b> Rackham (Arthur). <i>Grimm's Fairy Tales,</i> one of 750 copies signed by the artist, 1909. One of several signed limited editions by Rackham in the sale. £1,000 to £1,500<b>Forum Auctions May 30:</b> Schedel (Hartmann). <i>Liber chronicarum [German] Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten,</i> Augsburg, Johann Schonsperger, 1500. £10,000 to £15,000<b>Forum Auctions May 30:</b> Gandhi, Mohandas.- Eichenberg (Fritz, German-American illustrator). Autograph inscription by Ghandi with celebrated bust-length wood-engraved portrait by Eichenberg, c.1942. £10,000 to £15,000<b>Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. May 30, 2019</b><b>Forum Auctions May 30:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>A Collection of Poems,</i> 2 vol. in 1, for Bernard Lintott, [1710-11]. £8,000 to £12,000<b>Forum Auctions May 30:</b> Churchill (SirWinston Spencer). Midland Conservative Club. Presidential Address Delivered by Winston Spencer Churchill, Esq., June 1st, 1899, first edition, [1899]. £10,000 to £15,000<b>Forum Auctions May 30:</b> [Walpole (Horace)]. <i>The Castle of Otranto, a Story,</i> first Dublin edition, Dublin, 1765. £800 to £1,200<b>Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. May 30, 2019</b><b>Forum Auctions May 30:</b> Dickens (Charles). Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People, [First Series] - Second Series, together 3 vol., first editions, first issues , 1836-7. £10,000 to £15,000<b>Forum Auctions May 30:</b> Wilde (Oscar). [Works], 14 vol., first collected edition, one of 80 sets on Japanese vellum, Methuen & Co., 1908. £8,000 to £12,000<b>Forum Auctions May 30:</b> Rowling (J.K.). <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> first edition, first printing, 1997. £20,000 to £30,000 -
<b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Darwin, Charles. <i>On the Origin of Species.</i> Presentation Copy. Very Fine. $200,000 to $300,000<b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Darwin, Charles. Autograph Letter Signed, 3 pp, negotiating the 2nd American edition with Appleton $20,000 to $30,000<b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Hemingway, Ernest. Autograph Letter Signed, 8 pp, Paris, 1924, to his father discussing Bullfighting, Stories, and his new baby. $20,000 to $30,000<b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Shakespeare, William. <i>Corialanus.</i> London, 1623. 1st printing [Extracted from the First Folio]. $40,000 to $60,000<b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Swift, Jonathan. <i>Gulliver's Travels.</i> London, 1726. 1st edition, Teerink's A edition, fine, large copy. $15,000 to $25,000<b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Neill, John R. Pen-and-ink drawing from Oz, "He raised his gun, took aim and fired," $6,000 to $8,000<center><b>Bonhams<br>Fine Books and Manuscripts<br>June 13 - New York</b><b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Shakespeare, William. <i>Sonnets.</i> 1901. 2 volumes. Printed on vellum and illuminated by Ross Turner, bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet. $8,000 to $12,000<b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Thompson, Kay. <i>Eloise at Christmastime.</i> New York: Random House, [1958]. First edition. In custom binding by Asprey. $3,000 to $5,000<b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Beardsley, Aubrey. <i>The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur.</i> 1893-94. 2 volumes. Contemporary painted vellum gilt by Chivers. $2,000 to $3,000<b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Assisi, St. Francis. <i>The Canticle of Brother Sun.</i> Illuminated on vellum, for the Grolier Society. $7,000 to $9,000<b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Taylor, Deems. <i>Walt Disney’s Fantasia.</i> New York: 1940. In custom binding by Asprey. $3,000 to $5,000<b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Proust, Marcel. <i>Du coté de chez Swann.</i> 1st edition, 1st issue. Inscribed by Proust. $5,000 to $7,000<b>Bonhams, Jun 13:</b> Rackham, Arthur. <i>Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.</i> 1/500 copies signed by Rackham. $1,500 to $2,500 -
<center><b>Chiswick Auctions</b><b>Chiswick Auctions, May 29:</b> Rumphius (Georgius Everhardus). <i>D’Ambionsche Rariteitkamer,</i> FIRST EDITION, 61 handcoloured engraved plates, 1705. £10,000 to £15,000<b>Chiswick Auctions, May 29:</b> Collodi (Carlo) Le avventure di Pinocchio. <i>Storia di un burattino,</i> FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and 61 illustrations by Enrico Mazzanti, 1883. £8,000 to £12,000<b>Chiswick Auctions, May 29:</b> De Bry (T, J T & J I). <i>[Great Voyages, part IV] Americae sive Insignis & Admiranda Historia de Reperta primum Occidentali India,</i> FIRST EDITION, 23 engraved plates, 1594. £4,000 to £6,000<b>Chiswick Auctions, May 29:</b> Wine & Beer.-Kellermaysterey. <i>Gründtlicher bericht wie man alle wein Teütscher und Welscher landen vor allen zufallen bewaren...,</i> 16 leaves of manuscript notes, 1548. £2,000 to £3,000<b>Chiswick Auctions, May 29:</b> Table Globe'- Doppelmayr (J G) & Puschner (J G, engraver). An 8-inch German terrestrial table Globe, diameter c.200 mm, height c.300 mm, 1730. £6,000 to £8,000<center><b>Chiswick Auctions</b<b>Chiswick Auctions, May 30:</b> An album with 107 original watercolours featuring landscapes and views of various places in England, Scotland and Ireland, late 1840s. £600 to £800<b>Chiswick Auctions, May 30:</b> Hemingway (Ernest). Black and white, landscape photograph of man on horseback, signed and inscribed by Hemingway. £1,000 to £1,500<b>Chiswick Auctions, May 30:</b> Unrecorded autograph letter by Charles William Stewart to his father the Marquess of Londonerry, describing the ceremony of the presentation to Consul Bonaparte in January 1803. £6,000 to £8,000.<b>Chiswick Auctions, May 30:</b> Davis (William Heath). <i>Seventy-five Years in California,</i> Author's Section of the Argonaut Edition, no. 142 [of 250 copies] signed by the editor and publisher on limitation leaf. £1,500 to £2,000<b>Chiswick Auctions, May 30:</b> Prussian Royal Family. Six signed photographs of members of Prussian Royal Family, in a contemporary folding triptych, ebonised wood display case. £1,500 to £2,000 -
<b>Christie’s London June 5:</b> <i>Le Neptune François, ou Atlas Nouveau des Cartes Marines. Levées et Gravées par ordre exprès du Roy...</i> Paris: Hubert Jaillot, 1693 [but Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1693-1700].<b>Christie’s London June 5:</b> BLAEU, Willem Janszoon. <i>Le Flambeau de la Navigation monstrant la description & delineation de toutes les Costes & Havres…</i> Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1620.<b>Christie’s London June 5:</b> [WALDSEEMÜLLER, Martin.] <i>Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem.</i> [Strasbourg: 1513].<b>Christie’s London June 5:</b> KEULEN, Johannes van. <i>De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Werelt.</i> Amsterdam: Johannes van Keulen, 1688.<b>Christie’s London June 5:</b> DONCKER, Hendrick. <i>De Zee-Atlas of Water-Waerelt.</i> Amsterdam: Hendrick Doncker, 1666.<b>Christie’s London June 5:</b> GARNIER, Francis and Ernest DOUDART DE LAGRÉE. <i>Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine effectué pendant les années 1866, 1867 et 1868 par une Commission Française.</i> Paris: Hachette, 1873 [-1875].
Recent Reported Auction Results
| No | Sale Number | Auction House | Sale Name | Date of Auction | Archived Date | Total Lots | Lots Sold | % Lots Sold | CURR | Exch. Rate | Low Est. Lots Sold | High Est. Lots Sold | High Est. All Lots | Total Sales | Total Sales In $ | % Total Sales / High Est. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #141921 | Heritage Auctions | Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/14 | May 21, 2019 | May 22, 2019 | 639 | 628 | 98.28% | USD | 1.0 | 96,386.00 | 138,464.00 | 140,839.00 | 97,794.40 | 97,794.40 | 69.44% |
| 2 | #281921 | Heritage Auctions | Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 5/14 | May 21, 2019 | May 22, 2019 | 168 | 167 | 99.40% | USD | 1.0 | 22,820.00 | 31,510.00 | 31,860.00 | 28,502.60 | 28,502.60 | 89.46% |
| 3 | #58586 | Holabird Kagin Americana | Spring Americana Auction - Session 5: Bargains and Dealer Specials | May 20, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | 817 | 612 | 74.91% | USD | 1.0 | 41,545.00 | 87,290.00 | 113,285.00 | 29,911.48 | 29,911.48 | 26.40% |
| 4 | #58585 | Holabird Kagin Americana | Spring Americana Auction - Session 4: Sports, Art, Native Americana, and More | May 19, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | 366 | 172 | 46.99% | USD | 1.0 | 30,095.00 | 53,280.00 | 207,235.00 | 28,052.36 | 28,052.36 | 13.54% |
| 5 | #151920 | Heritage Auctions | Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/21 | May 19, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | 229 | 229 | 100.00% | USD | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 62,258.60 | 62,258.60 | |
| 6 | #121920 | Heritage Auctions | Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/12 | May 19, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | 881 | 838 | 95.12% | USD | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 367,510.60 | 367,510.60 | |
| 7 | #161920 | Heritage Auctions | Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/12 | May 19, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | 504 | 482 | 95.63% | USD | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 46,180.00 | 46,180.00 | |
| 8 | #58584 | Holabird Kagin Americana | Spring Americana Auction - Session 3: Air, Auto, Railroad, Express, | May 18, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | 593 | 472 | 79.60% | USD | 1.0 | 85,450.00 | 174,315.00 | 215,575.00 | 62,930.15 | 62,930.15 | 29.19% |
| 9 | #51819 | Potter and Potter Auctions | Spring Magic Auction - Books, Posters, Prints, Letters, Photos - Online | May 18, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | 140 | 131 | 93.57% | USD | 1.0 | 33,040.00 | 53,175.00 | 57,025.00 | 49,770.00 | 49,770.00 | 87.28% |
| 10 | #51819 | Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books | Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper | May 18, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | 166 | 157 | 94.58% | USD | 1.0 | 42,625.00 | 82,925.00 | 86,125.00 | 23,589.50 | 23,589.50 | 27.39% |
| 11 | #58583 | Holabird Kagin Americana | Spring Americana Auction - Session 2: Mining Part II | May 17, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | 825 | 605 | 73.33% | USD | 1.0 | 133,150.00 | 265,040.00 | 337,960.00 | 99,433.00 | 99,433.00 | 29.42% |
| 12 | #51719 | Brunk Auctions | Premier Auction | May 17, 2019 | May 22, 2019 | 50 | 45 | 90.00% | USD | 1.0 | 50,300.00 | 79,800.00 | 84,900.00 | 132,757.00 | 132,757.00 | 156.37% |
| 13 | #2509 | Swann Galleries | Contemporary Art | May 16, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 331 | 266 | 80.36% | USD | 1.0 | 1,010,800.00 | 1,534,200.00 | 1,935,900.00 | 1,399,657.00 | 1,399,657.00 | 72.30% |
| 14 | #51619 | Chiswick Auctions | Photographica | May 16, 2019 | May 22, 2019 | 129 | 97 | 75.19% | GBP | 1.27 | 49,440.00 | 74,800.00 | 121,780.00 | 72,006.25 | 91,448.04 | 59.13% |
| 15 | #60649 | Ader | Girls, Lorettes and Courtesans, Bals Public: Library J.-PF | May 16, 2019 | May 22, 2019 | 271 | 219 | 80.81% | EUR | 1.12 | 101,280.00 | 136,650.00 | 191,820.00 | 236,928.00 | 265,359.36 | 123.52% |
| 16 | #60815 | De Baecque and Associes | Prints | May 16, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 102 | 75 | 73.53% | EUR | 1.12 | 8,430.00 | 11,760.00 | 19,180.00 | 22,943.75 | 25,697.00 | 119.62% |
| 17 | #58582 | Holabird Kagin Americana | Spring Americana Auction - Session 1: General Americana, Numismatics, Mining | May 16, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | 692 | 392 | 56.65% | USD | 1.0 | 85,025.00 | 153,095.00 | 273,045.00 | 78,583.43 | 78,583.43 | 28.78% |
| 18 | #2102 | Forum Auctions | Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper | May 16, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 179 | 152 | 84.92% | GBP | 1.27 | 32,700.00 | 46,500.00 | 54,170.00 | 41,157.25 | 52,681.28 | 75.98% |
| 19 | #7209 | Heritage Auctions | Comics | May 16, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | 1414 | 1406 | 99.43% | USD | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15,201,836.00 | 15,201,836.00 | |
| 20 | #L19780 | Sothebys | Photographs | May 16, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 119 | 72 | 60.50% | GBP | 1.27 | 720,400.00 | 1,062,600.00 | 1,958,600.00 | 966,875.00 | 1,237,600.00 | 49.37% |
| 21 | #618 | Eldreds | May Evening Sale - Prints | May 16, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 38 | 20 | 52.63% | USD | 1.0 | 5,600.00 | 9,330.00 | 15,750.00 | 5,745.00 | 5,745.00 | 36.48% |
| 22 | #556 | RR Auction | John Brennan Music Collection | May 16, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 422 | 284 | 67.30% | USD | 1.0 | 167,300.00 | 261,900.00 | 351,800.00 | 248,918.75 | 248,918.75 | 70.76% |
| 23 | #50013 | Heritage Auctions | Spring Sports Memorabilia Catalogue | May 16, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | 1851 | 1730 | 93.46% | USD | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,419,361.40 | 3,419,361.40 | |
| 24 | #51619 | Dominic Winter Book Auctions | Militaria, Aviation, Maritime and Railway History - Printed Material, Manuscripts | May 16, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 138 | 120 | 86.96% | GBP | 1.27 | 35,240.00 | 52,290.00 | 61,040.00 | 89,106.00 | 114,055.68 | 145.98% |
| 25 | #673 | PBA Galleries | Rare Golf Books, Clubs & Memorabilia | May 16, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 472 | 279 | 59.11% | USD | 1.0 | 149,030.00 | 235,500.00 | 496,900.00 | 155,652.00 | 155,652.00 | 31.32% |
| 26 | #3245T | Skinner | Fine Books and Manuscripts - Online - Bidstart 5/8 | May 16, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 293 | 243 | 82.94% | USD | 1.0 | 330,780.00 | 503,580.00 | 574,855.00 | 478,839.00 | 478,839.00 | 83.30% |
| 27 | #51619 | Brunk Auctions | Emporium Auction - Prints, Books | May 16, 2019 | May 22, 2019 | 26 | 20 | 76.92% | USD | 1.0 | 2,900.00 | 5,625.00 | 7,425.00 | 4,791.00 | 4,791.00 | 64.53% |
| 28 | #191920 | Heritage Auctions | Monthly Photographs Online - bidstart 4/24 | May 15, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 96 | 63 | 65.63% | USD | 1.0 | 49,100.00 | 77,750.00 | 128,700.00 | 52,395.50 | 52,395.50 | 40.71% |
| 29 | #57114 | Dorotheum | Photography | May 15, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 182 | 99 | 54.40% | EUR | 1.12 | 150,680.00 | 207,700.00 | 336,310.00 | 286,699.00 | 321,102.88 | 85.25% |
| 30 | #57150 | Dorotheum | Printmaking and Multiples | May 15, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 256 | 190 | 74.22% | EUR | 1.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 408,749.00 | 457,798.88 | |
| 31 | #51519 | Purcell Auctioneers | Antiques and Collectables -Books and Prints, Advertising Signs | May 15, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | 75 | 51 | 68.00% | EUR | 1.12 | 2,690.00 | 4,490.00 | 7,365.00 | 3,408.00 | 3,816.97 | 46.27% |
| 32 | #66 | Kedem Auction | Rare and Important Items | May 15, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | 168 | 136 | 80.95% | USD | 1.0 | 1,550,000.00 | 2,360,000.00 | 3,162,000.00 | 1,846,968.00 | 1,846,968.00 | 58.41% |
| 33 | #51519 | Dominic Winter Book Auctions | Printed Books, Maps and Documents | May 15, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 565 | 509 | 90.09% | GBP | 1.27 | 133,730.00 | 200,250.00 | 266,120.00 | 319,008.00 | 408,326.04 | 119.87% |
| 34 | #96924 | Binoche et Giquello | Ancient and Modern Books | May 14, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 358 | 180 | 50.28% | EUR | 1.12 | 452,490.00 | 563,510.00 | 876,810.00 | 697,348.00 | 781,029.76 | 79.53% |
| 35 | #97855 | Rossini | Books, Prints | May 14, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 81 | 40 | 49.38% | EUR | 1.12 | 2,525.00 | 3,695.00 | 13,060.00 | 4,227.51 | 4,734.81 | 32.37% |
| 36 | #141920 | Heritage Auctions | Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/7 | May 14, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 655 | 645 | 98.47% | USD | 1.0 | 102,693.00 | 145,836.00 | 149,411.00 | 103,708.00 | 103,708.00 | 69.41% |
| 37 | #51019 | Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society | Book Auction | May 10, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | 463 | 435 | 93.95% | USD | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13,155.00 | 13,155.00 | |
| 38 | #41419 | Carlsen Gallery | Books and Prints | April 14, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | 21 | 19 | 90.48% | USD | 1.0 | 4,150.00 | 10,700.00 | 11,850.00 | 7,195.50 | 7,195.50 | 60.72% |
| TOTAL VALUES | 14,775 | 12,280 | 83.11% | $27,809,145.97 |
