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Rare Book Hub: 21 Auctions Archived, another 16 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 23 August 2019, 21 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database;  4 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 16 in US dollars.  Turnover was $3,545,685 as 5,366 lots were offered and 4,503 sold for an 84% success rate.  Buyers increasingly buy right through the doldrums because collecting has become a matter of what rather than when.

 

1 auction saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage Auctions. ANA World's Fair of Money Currency Platinum Night Auction on August 15th: $1,909,980 


1 auction saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 20th: 100.78% 


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

Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 100.00% 
Alaska Auction. Prints on August 21st: 100.00% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints on August 20th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 99.63% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/11 on August 18th: 99.57% 
Heritage Auctions. ANA World's Fair of Money Currency Platinum Night Auction on August 15th: 98.37% 
Alaska Auction. Antique Books on August 22nd: 95.35% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/11 on August 18th: 95.19% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 17th: 93.19% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 20th: 88.46% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/19 on July 29th: 86.27% 


21 total sales reported this week: 

Alaska Auction. Antique Books on August 22nd: 95.35% 
Alaska Auction. Prints on August 21st: 100.00% 
Kestenbaum and Company. Printed Books and Posters on August 20th: 71.53% 
PBA Galleries. Americana, Travel & Cartography with Material from the Warren Heckrotte Collection on August 22nd: 75.25% 
Trafford Books. Books, Photos & Ephemera, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History. on August 14th: 77.46% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints on August 20th: 100.00% 
Eldreds. Japanese Art and the Prints of Paul Jacoulet on August 21st: 71.84% 
Heritage Auctions. Monthly Photographs - Internet bidstart 7/31 on August 21st: 70.10% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 20th: 88.46% 
Addison and Sarova. Rare Books and Ephemera on August 17th: 79.80% 
North American Auction Company. August Classic Car, Western Antiques and Collectors Sale on August 3rd: 33.00% 
Purcell Auctioneers. Antiques and Collectables -Books and Prints, Advertising Signs on August 14th: 60.42% 
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 99.63% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/11 on August 18th: 95.19% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/19 on July 29th: 86.27% 
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/19 on July 28th: 76.67% 
RR Auction. Pop Culture, Featuring Woodstock - Online bidstart 8/8 on August 15th: 55.54% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 17th: 93.19% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/11 on August 18th: 99.57% 

Heritage Auctions. ANA World's Fair of Money Currency Platinum Night Auction on August 15th: 98.37% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2220-F $5,000 1928 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Very Fine 30 EPQ. on August 15th Actual price: USD $117,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2211-L $1,000 1934 Light Green Seal Federal Reserve Note. PMG Very Fine 25. on August 15th Actual price: USD $114,000.
  3. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1216 $500 1882 Gold Certificate PCGS About New 50. on August 15th Actual price: USD $93,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions Fr. 326 $50 1880 Silver Certificate PMG Very Fine 20. on August 15th Actual price: USD $84,000.
  5. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-G $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45. on August 15th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1220 $1,000 1922 Gold Certificate PCGS Extremely Fine 40. on August 15th Actual price: USD $52,800.
  7. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1133-C $1,000 1918 Federal Reserve Note PMG About Uncirculated 53 EPQ. on August 15th Actual price: USD $48,000.
  8. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2210-J $1,000 1928 Federal Reserve Note. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. on August 15th Actual price: USD $39,600.
  9. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1216a $500 1882 Gold Certificate PMG Very Fine 30. on August 15th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  10. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2308* $10 1934 Mule North Africa Silver Certificate. PMG Very Fine 30. on August 15th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  11. Heritage Auctions T2 $500 1861 PF-1 Cr. 2 PMG Very Fine 25. on August 15th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  12. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2201-K* $500 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG About Uncirculated 53. on August 15th Actual price: USD $25,200.
  13. Heritage Auctions Fr. 824 $20 1915 Federal Reserve Bank Note PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. on August 15th Actual price: USD $25,200.
  14. RR Auction Led Zeppelin Signed Album on August 15th Actual price: USD $22,956.
  15. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1219e $1,000 1907 Gold Certificate PMG Very Fine 25. on August 15th Actual price: USD $22,800.
  16. RR Auction James Dean Crash Site Photograph Collection on August 15th Actual price: USD $22,499.
  17. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages. on August 18th Actual price: USD $22,200.
  18. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2408 $1,000 1928 Gold Certificate. PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45. on August 15th Actual price: USD $21,600.
  19. Heritage Auctions Fr. 268 $5 Silver Certificate Face Proofs Four Examples. on August 15th Actual price: USD $21,600.
  20. Heritage Auctions Fr. 178 $100 1880 Legal Tender PMG Very Fine 25. on August 15th Actual price: USD $20,400.
  21. Heritage Auctions Fr. 97 $10 1875 Legal Tender PMG Very Fine 30. on August 15th Actual price: USD $20,400.
  22. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2211-K $1,000 1934 Light Green Seal Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ. on August 15th Actual price: USD $19,200.
  23. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2211-K $1,000 1934 Mule Federal Reserve Note. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ. on August 15th Actual price: USD $19,200.
  24. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1535* $5 1953C Legal Tender Notes. Original Pack of 100. Very Choice Crisp Uncirculated. on August 15th Actual price: USD $19,200.
  25. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1220 $1,000 1922 Gold Certificate PMG Very Fine 20. on August 15th Actual price: USD $19,200.

 


For the week ahead 16 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 26th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 48 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 8/16. 41 lots

Tue. Aug. 27th
Lark Mason Associates. New York. Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Stamps - online bidstart 8/8. 138 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/20. 554 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/20. 190 lots

Wed. Aug. 28th
University Archives. Westport. Rare Autographs, Books. 257 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Fine Art - Prints. 90 lots

Thu. Aug. 29th
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Maps and Atlases. 241 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Book Sale - Day 1. 706 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Papers: World Travelers and Explorers. 280 lots

Fri. Aug. 30th
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Book Sale - Day 2. 139 lots

Sat. Aug. 31st
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots

Sun. Sep. 1st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 8/4. 136 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/25.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/25.
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books and EphemeraTurkish Manuscript, Hunt & Fish, Catholic. 108 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

 

  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • 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.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • 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