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Rare Book Hub: 26 Auctions Archived, another 28 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 6 April 2019 26 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database, 3 in Australian dollars, 1 in Swiss francs, 6 in euros, 1 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 14 in US dollars.  Turnover was $13,538,653 as 7,572 lots were offered and 6,056 sold for an 80% success rate.  Interest in the rooms continues to be high.

 

5 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

 
Christies. Photographs on April 2nd: $3,511,750 
Arenberg Auctions. Books on March 30th: $1,844,122 
Christies. The Face of the Century: Photographs from the F Collection on April 2nd: $1,812,000 
Christies. Daydreaming: Photographs from the Goldstein Collection on April 2nd: $1,614,750 
Kestenbaum and Company. Fine Judaica on March 28th: $1,389,692 
 

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

Koller Auctions. Old Master Prints on March 29th: 179.35% 
De Baecque and Associes. Incunables and Impressions of the 16th Century on March 28th: 128.82% 
Arenberg Auctions. Books on March 30th: 117.25% 


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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 3/24 on March 31st: 99.40% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/24 on March 31st: 99.32% 
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 3/26 on April 2nd: 99.08% 
National Book Auctions. Natural History, de Soto, Chemistry, Americana on March 31st: 98.95% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 3/26 on April 2nd: 98.82% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/3 on March 31st: 96.06% 
Koller Auctions. Old Master Prints on March 29th: 92.45% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 30th: 89.29% 
De Baecque and Associes. Incunables and Impressions of the 16th Century on March 28th: 88.41% 
Addison and Sarova. Rare Books in All Fields on March 30th: 87.78% 
Christies. The Face of the Century: Photographs from the F Collection on April 2nd: 86.67% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 4th: 82.91% 
Winter Associates. Fine Art - Prints on April 1st: 80.00% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, 1955 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $615,000.
  2. Christies Harlequin Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), NY, 1950 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $325,000.
  3. Christies Lestnitsa (Steps), 1929 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $281,250.
  4. Christies A family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N.Y. 1968 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $275,000.
  5. Christies Elephant Family at Night at a salt lick, Aberdare Forest, 1972/2009 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $250,000.
  6. Christies The Family, Luzzara, Italy, 1953 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $250,000.
  7. Arenberg Auctions A magnificent pair of globes, terrestrial and celestial. on March 30th Actual price: USD $238,000.
  8. Arenberg Auctions Le Grand Atlas, ou Cosmographie Blaviaene, en laquelle est exactement descritte la Terre, la Mer, et le Ciel. on March 30th Actual price: USD $231,000.
  9. Christies Nude on Sand, 1936 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $150,000.
  10. Christies Parade – Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $137,500.
  11. Christies Black and White Vogue Cover (Jean Patchett), New York, 1950 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $137,500.
  12. Christies Untitled #328-02, 2002 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $125,000.
  13. Christies Iceland Poppy/ Papaver nudicaule (A), New York, 2006 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $125,000.
  14. Arenberg Auctions Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. on March 30th Actual price: USD $123,200.
  15. Christies Rose, Fritz Nobis, London, 1970 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $106,250.
  16. Christies Lew Alcindor, Basketball Player, 61st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, May 2, 1963 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $106,250.
  17. Christies 'Tied-Up Torso', Ramatuelle, 1980 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $100,000.
  18. Christies 'Self Portrait with Wife and Models', Paris, 1981 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $100,000.
  19. Christies Marilyn Monroe, actress, New York City, May 6, 1957 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $100,000.
  20. Christies North Pacific Ocean, Iwate, 1986 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $100,000.
  21. Kestenbaum and Company <<THE YOSEF GOLDMAN “SINGERMAN” COLLECTION.>> Containing c. 1,300 printed volumes. Abbreviated short-title list available upon request. on March 28th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  22. Christies 'Rue Abriot', Yves St. Laurent and Nude, Paris 1975 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $87,500.
  23. Christies Rayograph (Kiki Silhouette, Positive), 1922–1938 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $87,500.
  24. Kestenbaum and Company Machzor LePesach Minhag Aschkenaz [prayer-book for Passover]. Rite according to Aschkenazi custom. on March 28th Actual price: USD $80,000.
  25. Christies 'Mannequins Quai d'Orsay II', Paris, 1977 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $75,000.



26 total sales reported this week:

PBA Galleries. Art and Illustration: Books and Graphics - Illustrated Books - Miscellanea on April 4th: 62.73%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 4th: 82.91%
Arenberg Auctions. Books on March 30th: 77.81%
Winter Associates. Fine Art - Prints on April 1st: 80.00%
Artcurial. Aristophil - Writings and Works by Artists from the 16th to the 20th Centuries on April 2nd: 56.38%
Morton Subastas. EXPLORERS AND TRAVELERS OF THE WORLD, GEOGRAPHY, MAPS AND CARTOGRAPHY INCLUDES DOCUMENTS AND BOOKS O on April 2nd: 30.77%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints and Photographs on April 2nd: 69.75%
Christies. The Face of the Century: Photographs from the F Collection on April 2nd: 86.67%
Christies. Daydreaming: Photographs from the Goldstein Collection on April 2nd: 76.81%
Christies. Photographs on April 2nd: 65.25%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 3/26 on April 2nd: 99.08%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 3/26 on April 2nd: 98.82%
Michael Treloar. Militaria - Online bidstart 3/19 on March 31st: 51.24%
Michael Treloar. Gastronomy - Online bidstart 3/19 on March 31st: 43.16%
Australian Book Auctions. April Gallery Sale on April 1st: 78.87%
Kestenbaum and Company. Fine Judaica on March 28th: 65.26%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Marine and Travel on March 27th: 75.80%
De Baecque and Associes. Incunables and Impressions of the 16th Century on March 28th: 88.41%
Koller Auctions. Old Master Prints on March 29th: 92.45%
Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Rare Books, Prints and Art on March 29th: 48.28%
National Book Auctions. Natural History, de Soto, Chemistry, Americana on March 31st: 98.95%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/3 on March 31st: 96.06%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/24 on March 31st: 99.32%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 3/24 on March 31st: 99.40%
Addison and Sarova. Rare Books in All Fields on March 30th: 87.78%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 30th: 89.29%

 


For the week ahead 28 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Apr. 8th
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Illustrious Personalities, Holocaust & Anti-Semitism, Historic Documents, Art, Seforim, Letters from. 280 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Globes. 9 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 72 lots

Tue. Apr. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/2. 550 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/2. 229 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety. 49 lots

Wed. Apr. 10th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 555 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. April Fine Autograph and Artifact Sale - online bidstart 3/15. 879 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints, Books. 39 lots
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. Irish Advertising Signs and Rural Bygones. 119 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Prints Before 1900. 85 lots

Thu. Apr. 11th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Vintage Cameras and Photography. 252 lots
One Of Kind Collectibles. Coral Gables. Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Photography - Online Bidstart 4/4.

Fri. Apr. 12th
ALDE. Paris. Atlases - Maps - Travel Books. 214 lots

Sat. Apr. 13th
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Spring Estates Auction. 107 lots
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Prints - Online - Internet Bidstart 4/5. 39 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints, Books. 226 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. April Gallery Auction. 62 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs. 27 lots
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. American Frontier April Auction. 104 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. Live and Online - Prints, Books. 32 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 174 lots

Sun. Apr. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/7.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/7.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/17. 242 lots
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. Books and Prints.
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints, Books. 50 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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
  • 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.