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Rare Book Hub: 32 Auctions Archived, another 50 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 20 September 2019, 32 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 4 denominated in euros, 7 in British pounds, and 21 in US dollars.  Turnover was $16,340,966 as 7,434 lots were offered and 6,033 sold for an 81% success rate.  It was another very strong week. 

 

For the week ahead 50 sales are posted.

  

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

SothebysPrints and Multiples on September 17th: $4,729,921 
ChristiesPrints and Multiples on September 18th: $4,077,500 
Swann Galleries19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings on September 19th: $2,129,128 
SothebysBanksy Online - bidstart 9/9 on September 19th: $1,910,156 


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

Bearnes Hampton and LittlewoodBooks, Maps and Prints on September 4th: 194.23% 
SothebysBanksy Online - bidstart 9/9 on September 19th: 157.38% 
BonhamsPrints and Multiples on September 19th: 110.13% 


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

SothebysBanksy Online - bidstart 9/9 on September 19th: 100.00% 
Forum AuctionsOnline Sale: Forever in Fashion: Important Photographs from the Norman Parkinson Archive on September 17th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 9/10 on September 17th: 99.58% 
Heritage AuctionsU.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 9/10 on September 17th: 99.32% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/8 on September 15th: 99.29% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 9/8 on September 15th: 99.05% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/8 on September 15th: 97.51% 
Brunk AuctionsPremier Auction - Books, Prints on September 14th: 89.74% 
Brunk AuctionsEmporium Auction on September 13th: 87.27% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on September 14th: 86.50% 
SothebysPrints and Multiples on September 17th: 86.34% 
Bearnes Hampton and LittlewoodBooks, Maps and Prints on September 4th: 85.60% 
Neal Auction CompanyImportant Estates Auction on September 15th: 83.91% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 9/6 on September 13th: 83.33% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 8/30 on September 9th: 82.05% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on September 17th: 81.36% 
ChristiesPrints and Multiples on September 18th: 81.07% 

  

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys PORTFOLIO LES PEINTRES-GRAVEURS (CF. JOHNSON PP. 127-155) on September 17th Actual price: USD $678,750.
  2. Christies Retrospect on September 18th Actual price: USD $281,250.
  3. Sothebys GIRL WITH BALLOON on September 19th Actual price: USD $250,000.
  4. Christies Liberty on September 18th Actual price: USD $250,000.
  5. Sothebys TWO NUDES (C. 284) on September 17th Actual price: USD $234,375.
  6. Sothebys ROOMMATES (CORLETT 282) on September 17th Actual price: USD $203,125.
  7. Sothebys QUEEN ELIZABETH II (SEE F. & S. IIB.334-337) on September 17th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  8. Sothebys HEAVY WEAPONRY on September 19th Actual price: USD $156,250.
  9. Christies Chanel, from: Ads on September 18th Actual price: USD $156,250.
  10. Sothebys CLUMP OF TREES WITH A VISTA (B., HOLL. 222; NEW HOLL. 272; H. 263) on September 17th Actual price: USD $156,250.
  11. Swann Galleries Cirque. on September 19th Actual price: USD $143,000.
  12. Sothebys YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE... on September 19th Actual price: USD $140,625.
  13. Christies Marilyn Monroe on September 18th Actual price: USD $140,625.
  14. Sothebys GIRL WITH BALLOON on September 19th Actual price: USD $132,813.
  15. Sothebys MICKEY MOUSE (F. & S. II.265) on September 17th Actual price: USD $132,813.
  16. Sothebys THE MAN OF SORROWS BETWEEN THE VIRGIN AND ST JOHN (BARTSCH 69; LEHRS, HOLLSTEIN 34) on September 17th Actual price: USD $132,813.
  17. Christies Paravent on September 18th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  18. Christies Woman's Head against the Shore on September 18th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  19. Christies The Heart on September 18th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  20. Sothebys MINOTAURE AVEUGLE GUIDÉ PAR UNE FILLETTE DANS LA NUIT (B. 225; BA. 437) on September 17th Actual price: USD $121,875.
  21. Sothebys GRAPPLING HOOK on September 19th Actual price: USD $117,188.
  22. Christies An Image of Celia, from: Moving Focus on September 18th Actual price: USD $117,188.
  23. Sothebys FAUNE DÉVOILANT UNE FEMME (BLOCH 230; BAER 609) on September 17th Actual price: USD $117,188.
  24. Christies Feeding the Ducks on September 18th Actual price: USD $109,375.
  25. Sothebys LOS CAPRICHOS (DELTEIL 38-117; HARRIS 36-115) on September 17th Actual price: USD $109,375.




32 total sales reported this week:

Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on September 19th: 67.91%
PBA Galleries. Cartography, Exploration & Voyages: The Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee Collection (with additions on September 19th: 75.78%
Freemans. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on September 19th: 78.76%
Freemans. The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer: Books and Autographs on September 19th: 76.77%
Freemans. Photography and Photobooks on September 11th: 65.61%
Sothebys. Banksy Online - bidstart 9/9 on September 19th: 100.00%
Swann Galleries. 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings on September 19th: 72.87%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Collector's Passion Auction on September 18th: 57.38%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Forever in Fashion: Important Photographs from the Norman Parkinson Archive on September 17th: 100.00%
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Books, Maps and Prints on March 6th: 68.64%
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Books, Maps and Prints on September 4th: 85.60%
Neal Auction Company. Important Estates Auction on September 15th: 83.91%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on September 18th: 81.07%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on September 17th: 86.34%
Heritage Auctions. Monthly Photographs - Internet bidstart 8/28 on September 18th: 69.39%
Bonhams. The Air and Space Sale on September 17th: 48.84%
Skinner. Japanese Prints online, Bidstart 9/9 on September 16th: 60.45%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Old Prints on September 17th: 57.14%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on September 17th: 81.36%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints and Photographs on September 15th: 79.41%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints and Photographs on September 14th: 78.29%
Brunk Auctions. Premier Auction - Books, Prints on September 14th: 89.74%
Brunk Auctions. Emporium Auction on September 13th: 87.27%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 9/10 on September 17th: 99.58%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 9/10 on September 17th: 99.32%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 9/8 on September 15th: 99.05%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/8 on September 15th: 99.29%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/8 on September 15th: 97.51%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 9/6 on September 13th: 83.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 8/30 on September 9th: 82.05%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on September 14th: 86.50%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 8/29 on September 5th: 38.46%

 

For the week ahead 50 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Sep. 23rd
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 9/13. 59 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 71 lots

Tue. Sep. 24th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Books. 256 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Books, Manuscripts and Engravings. 230 lots
ALDE. Paris. Italian Prints. 163 lots
PosterConnection Inc.. Clayton. Summer Sale - Affordable Posters. 342 lots
Tajan. Paris. Ancient and Modern Books. 337 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Books and Decorative Prints. 315 lots
Sothebys. London. Charles Dickens: The Lawrence Drizen Collection. 243 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 9/17. 754 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 9/17. 260 lots
Christies. New York. Banksy: I can't believe you Morons actually buy this sh*t - Online bidstart 9/11. 30 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Autographs. 103 lots
JellyFishTree. Johannesburg. South African Books. 330 lots

Wed. Sep. 25th
Chiswick Auctions. London. Books and Works on Paper. 300 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Editions and Works on Paper. 467 lots
Bonhams. New York. Art Editions and Designs - Prints and Photographs. 24 lots
Christies. New York. Contemporary Editions - online bidstart 9/11. 111 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Globes. 27 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Prints and Photographs. 68 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books, Photos & Ephemera, Postcards, and Postage Stamps.. 54 lots
Moreshet Auctions. Jerusalem. Judaica: Books and Manuscripts. 205 lots
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. The Icons and Legends of Hollywood - Day 1. 198 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. LIVE INTERNET BIDDING Outstanding Pony Express Covers from the George J. Kramer Collection. 33 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. LIVE INTERNET BIDDING The Clovis Collection of Confederate States Illustrated Covers. 214 lots

Thu. Sep. 26th
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Prints and Multiples. 168 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Golf Books, Clubs and Memorabilia, at GHS Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH. 213 lots
Skinner. Boston. Fine Prints and Multiples, Fine Photographs. 154 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed and Manuscript Americana. 329 lots
Charlton Hall. West Columbia, SC. Great Estates and Important Collections. 47 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. 246 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. The Sipson Island Collection. 19 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Backyard Auction. 105 lots
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. The Icons and Legends of Hollywood - Day 2. 15 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Cartography - Online Bidstart 9/20. 55 lots

Fri. Sep. 27th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Old Master Prints. 49 lots
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Books and Manuscripts. 92 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Forum Auctions @ Artsy: Urban Jungle. 50 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - internet bidstart 9/20. 160 lots

Sat. Sep. 28th
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Coin-Op and Advertising - Posters and Lithographs. 148 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Arader Galleries. New York City. Fall Auction. 215 lots
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. Antique and Collector's Auction. 97 lots
The Written Word Autographs. Tamworth, NH . Fall Auction - Autographs. 966 lots
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Prints. 454 lots

Sun. Sep. 29th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 9/22. 199 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/22.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/22.
Artcurial. Paris. More - Prints. 107 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 9/20. 35 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • 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
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000