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Rare Book Hub: 28 Auctions Archived, another 29 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 6 March 2020, 28 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 2 denominated in British pounds, 7 in euros, and 19 in US dollars.  Turnover was $10,683,245 as 8,016 lots were offered and 6,826 sold at a svelt 85% rate.  The field is holding together as the emerging crisis for covid-19 is engulfing vulnerable populations.  To all:  Be Safe!!!!

 
4 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 4th: $2,383,375 
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Prints and Drawings on March 5th: $1,779,358 
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books on March 4th: $1,608,855 
Sothebys. Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe, Juan Hamilton: Passage on March 5th: $1,596,875 
 

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

Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 2/14 on February 23rd: 172.57% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Reference Library of the Late John Lawson (1932-2019) on March 4th: 123.16% 
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 4th: 116.30% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 2/25 on March 3rd: 101.74% 


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

Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 2/25 on March 3rd: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on March 2nd: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. The Charles Pease Collection Special Currency Online Auction on March 1st: 99.74% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/16 on March 1st: 99.48% 
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 2/25 on March 3rd: 99.11% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints on March 2nd: 96.97% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/23 on March 1st: 96.53% 
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books on March 4th: 95.18% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints on March 3rd: 94.83% 
Heritage Auctions. Vintage Sports Photography Catalog Auction on February 29th: 93.23% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins - Part 3 on February 29th: 92.58% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Reference Library of the Late John Lawson (1932-2019) on March 4th: 92.17% 
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 4th: 92.00% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 2/21 on February 28th: 84.11% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on February 29th: 81.00% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on February 25th: 80.56% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 2/14 on February 24th: 80.00% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys GEORGIA O'KEEFFE - HAND AND WHEEL on March 5th Actual price: USD $400,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. on March 4th Actual price: USD $312,500.
  3. Sothebys FLOWERS IN A VASE on March 5th Actual price: USD $275,000.
  4. Sothebys 'SPIRITUAL AMERICA' on March 5th Actual price: USD $218,750.
  5. Sothebys '291' on March 5th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  6. Bonhams Autograph manuscript in English, exploring the nature of God, on March 6th Actual price: USD $106,325.
  7. Sothebys SMALL HILLS NEAR ALCALDE on March 5th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  8. Heritage Auctions A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Selected by Emma Smith. on March 4th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  9. Christies $ (1): one plate on March 4th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  10. Christies Flexible on March 4th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  11. Christies Sun State I on March 4th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  12. Sothebys ULYSSES. PARIS: 1922; FIRST EDITION, MARSDEN HARTLEY'S COPY on March 5th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  13. Christies The Book of Love on March 4th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  14. Bonhams Original maquette for the Giving Tree, c.1964, on March 6th Actual price: USD $52,575.
  15. Bonhams White metal vessel, 35 inches high by 26 inches in diameter at widest, bottom 22 inches in diameter, welded "milk jug" with tapered neck, 3 (of 4) wing nut screws at bottom at north, south and east, and two faux hasps at either side of the neck. on March 6th Actual price: USD $50,075.
  16. Sothebys SELECTED IMAGES on March 5th Actual price: USD $50,000.
  17. Christies Touched Red on March 4th Actual price: USD $50,000.
  18. Heritage Auctions Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of the Latter Day Saints: Carefully Selected from the Revelations of God... on March 4th Actual price: USD $50,000.
  19. Bonhams A Book of Cats. on March 6th Actual price: USD $43,825.
  20. Bonhams [Beethoven's Ninth] Sinfonie mit Schluss-Chor uber Schillers Ode "An die Freude" fur grosses Orchester. on March 6th Actual price: USD $43,825.
  21. Bonhams Illuminated Manuscript on vellum, in Latin. on March 6th Actual price: USD $43,825.
  22. Christies Self Portrait on March 4th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  23. Christies Candy Apples on March 4th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  24. Christies Figure 5, from Color Numeral Series on March 4th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  25. Sothebys 'GEORGIA O'KEEFFE AND ORVILLE COX, CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA' on March 5th Actual price: USD $40,000.



28 total sales reported this week:

Bonhams. Extraordinary Books and Manuscripts on March 6th: 58.26%
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Prints and Drawings on March 5th: 74.54%
Sothebys. Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe, Juan Hamilton: Passage on March 5th: 62.75%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Maps and Atlases on March 5th: 65.52%
Alaska Auction. Online Only Sale - Books, Prints on March 5th: 79.76%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 3rd: 69.05%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Letters on March 4th: 72.47%
RR Auction. Autographs and Artifacts, featuring Pop Culture - online bidstart 2/24 on March 4th: 57.72%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Reference Library of the Late John Lawson (1932-2019) on March 4th: 92.17%
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 4th: 92.00%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books on March 4th: 95.18%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints on March 3rd: 94.83%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 2/25 on March 3rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 2/25 on March 3rd: 99.11%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on March 2nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/23 on March 1st: 96.53%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints on March 2nd: 96.97%
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins - Part 3 on February 29th: 92.58%
Binoche et Giquello. Books: Avant Garde, Surrealism on February 28th: 62.42%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on February 29th: 81.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 2/14 on February 23rd: 75.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 2/21 on February 28th: 84.11%
Catawiki B. V.. Cartography - Online Bidstart 2/21 on February 27th: 42.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on February 25th: 80.56%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 2/14 on February 24th: 80.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Charles Pease Collection Special Currency Online Auction on March 1st: 99.74%
Heritage Auctions. Vintage Sports Photography Catalog Auction on February 29th: 93.23%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/16 on March 1st: 99.48%

 


For the week ahead 29 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 9th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 103 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24. 65 lots

Tue. Mar. 10th
ALDE. Paris. Ancient and 19th Century Books. 360 lots
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs - Day 1. 377 lots
PosterConnection Inc.. Clayton. Winter Sale of Affordable Posters. 398 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed and Manuscript Americana. 370 lots
Rossini. Paris. COLLECTIONS: ADVERTISING ART - AUTOMOBILIA - AVIATION - SHIPPING AND RAILWAYS - CALCULATING MACHINES. 220 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 2/28. 30 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 3/3. 823 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/3. 163 lots

Wed. Mar. 11th
Bonhams. London. Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs. 156 lots
Bonhams. New York. Medical and Scientific Library of Bruce Fye - Part III - Online bidstart 3/1. 337 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Pop Up Fine Art Auction. 60 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Photographs Monthly Online Auction. 122 lots
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs - Day 2. 259 lots
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Kilkenny. Spring Rare Book Sale. 901 lots

Thu. Mar. 12th
PIASA. Paris. Editions. 166 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing: the residual part. 292 lots
Sothebys. New York. Prints and Multiples Online - bidstart 3/4. 67 lots

Fri. Mar. 13th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Books. 400 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. The Contemporary Art Auction. 67 lots
Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Brugge. Spring Auction - Books and Prints. 986 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/6.

Sat. Mar. 14th
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. The Important Spring Auction. 51 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots

Sun. Mar. 15th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/1. 171 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 3/8.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 3/6.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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