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Rare Book Hub: 24 Auctions Archived, another 19 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 17 August 2019, 24 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 6 denominated in euros, 4 in British pounds, and 14 in US dollars.  Turnover was $3,780,070 as 5,344 lots were offered and 4,969 lots sold for a 93% sell through.  This is an exceptionally high rate. 

 

For the week ahead  19 auctions are scheduled.

 

1 auction saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage Auctions. The Glynn and Suzanne Crain Science Fiction Collection on August 14th: $2,407,620



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

Skinner. The Forke Collection of Early America/ August Americana on August 12th: 204.97% 
Tooveys. Antiquarian and Collectors' Books on August 13th: 170.59% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on August 8th: 157.99% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on August 14th: 126.72% 
Tooveys. Prints, Maps and Posters on August 14th: 122.28% 


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

Carlsen Gallery. Antiques - Prints on June 30th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. The Glynn and Suzanne Crain Science Fiction Collection on August 14th: 100.00% 
Skinner. The Forke Collection of Early America/ August Americana on August 12th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Online Bidstart 8/6 on August 13th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/4 on August 11th: 99.72% 
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - Bidstart 8/6 on August 13th: 99.51% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Weekly Online bidstart 7/14 on August 11th: 97.07% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on August 14th: 96.40% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/4 on August 11th: 95.44% 
Tooveys. Antiquarian and Collectors' Books on August 13th: 94.35% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on August 8th: 94.01% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 10th: 93.75% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Works on Paper - Prints on August 10th: 91.06% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Online bidstart 7/26 on August 5th: 89.58% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) Online bidstart 8/2 on August 9th: 88.89% 
Tooveys. Prints, Maps and Posters on August 14th: 86.43% 
Doyle New York. Angling & Miscellaneous Books from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson on August 13th: 85.99% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 13th: 84.75% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) Online bidstart 8/2 on August 12th: 83.67% 
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Online bidstart 8/2 on August 11th: 81.82% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions At the Earth's Core book dust jacket, 1922 on August 14th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  2. Heritage Auctions The Moon Conquerors, Science Wonder Quarterly cover, Winter 1930 on August 14th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  3. Heritage Auctions Foundation's Edge paperback cover, 1983 on August 14th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  4. Heritage Auctions Hand from the Void, Super Science Stories cover, January 1951 on August 14th Actual price: USD $65,625.
  5. Heritage Auctions The World Jones Made paperback cover, 1956 on August 14th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  6. Heritage Auctions Run to the Stars paperback cover, 1986 on August 14th Actual price: USD $42,500.
  7. Heritage Auctions Shadow Over Mars, Startling Stories cover, Fall 1944 on August 14th Actual price: USD $40,000.
  8. Heritage Auctions Chaos and Back, Spicy Adventure Stories cover, July 1941 on August 14th Actual price: USD $40,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions Castaways on Deimos, Wonder Stories magazine cover, August 1933 on August 14th Actual price: USD $40,000.
  10. Heritage Auctions Infinite Worlds: the Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art book cover, 1997 on August 14th Actual price: USD $38,750.
  11. Heritage Auctions Starship Soldier, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction cover, November 1959 on August 14th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  12. Heritage Auctions Space Police book dust jacket, 1956 on August 14th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  13. Heritage Auctions Conan the Victorious, Fantastic Universe cover, September 1957 on August 14th Actual price: USD $32,500.
  14. Heritage Auctions Thuvia, Maid of Mars interior book illustration, 1920 on August 14th Actual price: USD $32,500.
  15. Heritage Auctions Reader, I Hate You, Super Science Stories cover, May 1943 on August 14th Actual price: USD $31,376.
  16. Heritage Auctions Weird Science color recreation, 1978 on August 14th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  17. Heritage Auctions Gateway paperback cover, 1977 on August 14th Actual price: USD $27,500.
  18. Heritage Auctions Maza of the Moon, Argosy cover, December 21, 1929 on August 14th Actual price: USD $27,500.
  19. Heritage Auctions The Harry Potter Books, comprising: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Press, 1998. on August 14th Actual price: USD $26,250.
  20. Heritage Auctions Hide and Go Mad, Creepy cover, January 1977 on August 14th Actual price: USD $25,000.
  21. Heritage Auctions The Thing from the Swamp, Spicy Mystery cover, February 1942 on August 14th Actual price: USD $25,000.
  22. Heritage Auctions Toffee Takes a Trip, Imaginative Tales cover, November 1954 on August 14th Actual price: USD $21,250.
  23. Heritage Auctions Primordial Rage, 1986 on August 14th Actual price: USD $20,625.
  24. Heritage Auctions The Long Way Home, Astounding Science Fiction cover, April 1955 on August 14th Actual price: USD $20,625.
  25. Heritage Auctions Foundation book cover, 1951 on August 14th Actual price: USD $20,000.

 


24 total sales reported this week:

Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on August 14th: 96.40%
Heritage Auctions. The Glynn and Suzanne Crain Science Fiction Collection on August 14th: 100.00%
Tooveys. Prints, Maps and Posters on August 14th: 86.43%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Online Bidstart 8/6 on August 13th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - Bidstart 8/6 on August 13th: 99.51%
Doyle New York. Angling & Miscellaneous Books from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson on August 13th: 85.99%
Tooveys. Antiquarian and Collectors' Books on August 13th: 94.35%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 13th: 84.75%
Winter Associates. Prints on August 12th: 52.38%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples Online - bidstart 8/6 on August 12th: 53.37%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) Online bidstart 8/2 on August 12th: 83.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Online bidstart 8/2 on August 11th: 81.82%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) Online bidstart 8/2 on August 9th: 88.89%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Online bidstart 7/26 on August 5th: 89.58%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Online bidstart 7/26 on August 4th: 71.88%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/4 on August 11th: 99.72%
Carlsen Gallery. Antiques - Prints on June 30th: 100.00%
Skinner. The Forke Collection of Early America/ August Americana on August 12th: 100.00%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints, Books on August 11th: 74.40%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Works on Paper - Prints on August 10th: 91.06%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on August 8th: 94.01%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/4 on August 11th: 95.44%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Weekly Online bidstart 7/14 on August 11th: 97.07%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 10th: 93.75%


For the week ahead 19 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 19th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 52 lots

Tue. Aug. 20th
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Japanese Art and the Prints of Paul Jacoulet. 245 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. New York. Printed Books and Posters. 137 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/13. 535 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 8/13. 157 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints. 76 lots

Wed. Aug. 21st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Monthly Photographs - Internet bidstart 7/31. 97 lots
JellyFishTree. Johannesburg. South African Books. 287 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints. 44 lots

Thu. Aug. 22nd
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana, Travel & Cartography with Material from the Warren Heckrotte Collection. 509 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Artsy: The Master and the Muse. 75 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Antique Books. 43 lots

Fri. Aug. 23rd
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Single-Owner Advertising & Americana Auction, The Collection of Mary Wells, Greensboro, NC. 114 lots

Sat. Aug. 24th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 194 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Fine Art - Prints. 42 lots

Sun. Aug. 25th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 7/28. 254 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/18.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/18.
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Fine Art - Prints. 76 lots

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.