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Rare Book Hub: 25 Auctions Archived, another 36 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 30 March 2019 25 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 2 denominated in Swiss francs, 3 in euros, 6 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 13 in US dollars.  Turnover was $12,075,096 as 7,196 lots were offered and 6,314 lots sold for a stellar 88% success rate.

 

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on March 26th: $3,030,720 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on March 24th: $2,037,626 
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on March 27th: $1,105,277 
Forum Auctions. Fine Books and Works on Paper on March 28th: $1,081,655 
 

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

Sothebys. Prints from the Collection of Marina Picasso - Online, bidstart 3/20 on March 27th: 171.68% 
Forum Auctions. Fine Books and Works on Paper on March 28th: 122.89% 
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript African Americana on March 28th: 115.86% 
 


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

Leland Little Auctions. March Gallery Auction - Prints, Books on March 23rd: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Silver Age Special Collection Internet bidstart 2/27 on March 27th: 99.72% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/17 on March 24th: 99.35% 
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 3/19 on March 26th: 98.98% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 3/19 on March 26th: 98.63% 
Sothebys. Prints from the Collection of Marina Picasso - Online, bidstart 3/20 on March 27th: 97.22% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on March 24th: 96.87% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 2/24 on March 24th: 95.51% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art at Auction - Prints on March 23rd: 91.10% 
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript African Americana on March 28th: 86.98% 
Morton Subastas. ART BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ENGINEER DON LORENZO ZAMBRANO on March 26th: 86.64% 
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on March 26th: 86.58% 
Forum Auctions. Fine Books and Works on Paper on March 28th: 85.21% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Spring Quarterly Catalog on February 26th: 84.62% 
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Interest Books - Railwayana Books and Ephemera on March 13th: 81.56% 
PBA Galleries. Rare Books and Manuscripts on March 21st: 80.87% 

Binoche et Giquello. Before Guards Surrealism Books on March 22nd: 80.36%  
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys THE SCREAM (AFTER MUNCH) (F. & S. IIIA.58) on March 26th Actual price: USD $429,000.
  2. Sothebys TWO NUDES (C. 284) on March 26th Actual price: USD $239,250.
  3. Bonhams THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT BETWEEN EDWARD III AND PHILIPPA OF HAINAULT on March 27th Actual price: USD $198,082.
  4. Forum Auctions Wah-ro-née-sah on March 28th Actual price: USD $151,567.
  5. Koller Auctions Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium. on March 26th Actual price: USD $132,500.
  6. Sothebys THE SCREAM (AFTER MUNCH) (F. & S. IIIA.58) on March 26th Actual price: USD $123,750.
  7. Sothebys PORTRAIT OTTO MUELLER (HOCHFORMAT) (GERCKEN 722; DUBE H251) on March 26th Actual price: USD $118,800.
  8. Sothebys EVA MUDOCCI (AFTER MUNCH) (F. & S. IIIA.59) on March 26th Actual price: USD $115,500.
  9. Heritage Auctions The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939). Very Fine- on Paper. Half Sheet (22" X 28") Style A. on March 24th Actual price: USD $108,000.
  10. Sothebys MICK JAGGER (F. & S. II.143) on March 26th Actual price: USD $107,250.
  11. Sothebys 25 CATS NAME[D] SAM AND ONE BLUE PUSSY (FELDMAN & SCHELLMANN IV.52B-68B) on March 26th Actual price: USD $99,000.
  12. Heritage Auctions The Wolf Man (Universal, 1941). Folded, Fine/Very Fine. Insert (14" X 36"). on March 24th Actual price: USD $96,000.
  13. Bonhams Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on March 27th Actual price: USD $90,832.
  14. Heritage Auctions The Bride of Frankenstein (Universal, 1935). Fine/Very Fine on Paper. Insert (14" X 36"). on March 24th Actual price: USD $90,000.
  15. Koller Auctions Horae B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf geglättetem Pergament. Mit 17 grossen Miniaturen in Farben und Gold mit reicher figürl. u. floraler Bordüre, 17 fünfzeilige Prachtinitialen, sowie zahlreiche zweizeilige Initialen in Gold u. Farben. on March 26th Actual price: USD $78,500.
  16. Koller Auctions Genera Plantarum selectarum specierum ironibus illustrata. on March 26th Actual price: USD $72,500.
  17. Forum Auctions Primo modo del gioco de Partito che giocandosi spesso occorrono li veri giochi & anco questi giochi de Partito sono tratti necessarij on March 28th Actual price: USD $68,775.
  18. Sothebys MICK JAGGER (F. & S. II.147) on March 26th Actual price: USD $66,000.
  19. Sothebys MICK JAGGER (F. & S. II.139) on March 26th Actual price: USD $66,000.
  20. Forum Auctions Tuch-ee on March 28th Actual price: USD $64,714.
  21. Forum Auctions Nola (White Rain) on March 27th Actual price: USD $59,605.
  22. Sothebys MICK JAGGER (F. & S. II.142) on March 26th Actual price: USD $57,750.
  23. Sothebys CARMEN (M. CS. 39) on March 26th Actual price: USD $57,750.
  24. Heritage Auctions Casablanca (Warner Brothers, 1942). Very Fine+. Original Set Continuity Photos (45) (4" X 5") in Hardcover Photo Album (7.5" X 11.5"). on March 24th Actual price: USD $55,200.
  25. Heritage Auctions Nosferatu (PranaFilm, 1921). Fine/Very Fine. German Magazine Promotional Ad (17.25" X 11.75") Albin Grau Artwork. on March 24th Actual price: USD $52,800.

 

 

 

25 total sales reported this week:

Koller Auctions. Books on March 26th: 69.60%
Koller Auctions. Manuscripts and Autographs on March 26th: 69.84%
Chiswick Auctions. Modern Literature, Limited Editions and Illustrated Art on March 28th: 75.30%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books and Works on Paper on March 28th: 85.21%
Forum Auctions. Editions and Works on Paper on March 27th: 71.95%
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript African Americana on March 28th: 86.98%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Spring Quarterly Catalog on February 26th: 84.62%
Morton Subastas. ART BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ENGINEER DON LORENZO ZAMBRANO on March 26th: 86.64%
Heritage Auctions. Silver Age Special Collection Internet bidstart 2/27 on March 27th: 99.72%
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on March 27th: 77.95%
Sothebys. Prints from the Collection of Marina Picasso - Online, bidstart 3/20 on March 27th: 97.22%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on March 26th: 86.58%
PBA Galleries. Rare Books and Manuscripts on March 21st: 80.87%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 26th: 76.56%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 3/19 on March 26th: 98.98%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 3/19 on March 26th: 98.63%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 2/24 on March 24th: 95.51%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/17 on March 24th: 99.35%
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Interest Books - Railwayana Books and Ephemera on March 13th: 81.56%
Chiswick Auctions. Photographica on March 19th: 60.56%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art at Auction - Prints on March 23rd: 91.10%
Leland Little Auctions. March Gallery Auction - Prints, Books on March 23rd: 100.00%
Binoche et Giquello. Before Guards Surrealism Books on March 22nd: 80.36%
Moreshet Auctions. Judaica on February 20th: 65.12%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on March 24th: 96.87%

 


For the week ahead 36 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Apr. 1st
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Aristophil 16 - Fine Arts, Writings. 183 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . April Gallery Sale. 142 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints and Photographs. 119 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Fine Art - Prints. 25 lots

Tue. Apr. 2nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 3/26. 509 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 3/26. 218 lots
Christies. New York. Photographs. 141 lots
Christies. New York. Daydreaming: Photographs from the Goldstein Collection. 69 lots
Christies. New York. The Face of the Century: Photographs from the F Collection. 90 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Aristophil - Writings and Works by Artists from the 16th to the 20th Centuries. 149 lots
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Works of Art - Prints. 54 lots
Couton Veyrac Jamault. Nantes. Books - Manuscripts - Autographs - Comic Books. 89 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. EXPLORERS AND TRAVELERS OF THE WORLD, GEOGRAPHY, MAPS AND CARTOGRAPHY INCLUDES DOCUMENTS AND BOOKS O. 260 lots

Wed. Apr. 3rd
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fairfield. Automobilia and Petroliana. 416 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Aristophil 18 - Famous Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries. 303 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books. 74 lots

Thu. Apr. 4th
Charlton Hall. West Columbia, SC. 90TH ANNIVERSAY AUCTION. 14 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper.
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Aristophil 20 - History, Famous Historical Characters. 226 lots
Waverly Auctions. Falls Church. Rare and Important Books, Prints, and Maps on the Subject of Exploration, Travel, and the Natural Wo. 262 lots
Ader. PARIS. Aristophil 18 - Historical Documents. 203 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Art and Illustration: Books and Graphics - Illustrated Books - Miscellanea. 269 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. New York. Passover Haggadot - Online Auction. 190 lots

Fri. Apr. 5th
Bonhams. New York. Photographs.
Eldreds. East Dennis,. The Spring Sale. 215 lots
Beaussant Lefevre. Paris. Ancient and Modern Books. 208 lots
Sothebys. New York. Photographs.
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Aristophil 21 - Mailing History. 265 lots

Sat. Apr. 6th
Arader Galleries. New York City. Spring 2019 Auction. 199 lots
Heritage Auctions. New York. Photographs. 287 lots
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. The Empire at Fontainebleau - Books and Manuscripts. 172 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.

Sun. Apr. 7th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/31.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/31.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/10. 207 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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.
  • 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.