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Rare Book Hub: 36 Auctions Archived, another 24 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 27 March 2020, 36 auctions have been archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 12 denominated in euros, 5 in British pounds and 19 in US dollars.  Turnover was $11,196,120 as 10,121 lots were offered and 8,288 sold for a healthy 82% success rate.

 

 

3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on March 22nd: $2,650,375 
Sothebys. Banksy Online - bidstart 3/13 on March 26th: $1,325,928 
Forum Auctions. The Birmingham Assay Office Library on March 26th: $1,137,789 
 


6 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale: 

Jacksons Auction. Spectacular Art, Antiques and Collectibles on March 25th: 258.06% 
Forum Auctions. The Birmingham Assay Office Library on March 26th: 165.09% 
Ferraton. Books on March 21st: 132.35% 
University Archives. Autographs, Manuscripts, Photographs on March 25th: 107.06% 
Dorotheum . Modern and Contemporary Prints on March 24th: 106.79% 
Sothebys. Banksy Online - bidstart 3/13 on March 26th: 105.37% 


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

Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/17 on March 24th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. CGC-Certified Magazines on March 25th: 100.00% 
Jacksons Auction. Spectacular Art, Antiques and Collectibles on March 25th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/8 on March 22nd: 100.00% 
Forum Auctions. The Birmingham Assay Office Library on March 26th: 99.78% 
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/17 on March 24th: 99.28% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on March 23rd: 99.16% 
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Second part of Jean-Pierre Coffe's library: many autographed books (Online sale - starting price 1 e on March 23rd: 97.94% 
Sothebys. Banksy Online - bidstart 3/13 on March 26th: 96.00% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 21st: 93.50% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art - Prints on March 21st: 92.90% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 3/6 on March 17th: 92.86% 
Ferraton. Books on March 21st: 92.16% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on March 22nd: 91.54% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints and Photographs on March 24th: 89.09% 
John McInnis Auctioneers. Collector's Novelty Auction on March 21st: 87.23% 
Rago Arts and Auctions. Art - Prints and Photographs on March 25th: 87.10% 
University Archives. Autographs, Manuscripts, Photographs on March 25th: 86.51% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/13 on March 20th: 84.67% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/6 on March 18th: 84.62% 
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper on March 27th: 83.78% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 3/6 on March 16th: 83.33% 
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Friday at Stair on March 27th: 82.05% 
 
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys GIRL WITH BALLOON - COLOUR AP (DARK PINK) on March 26th Actual price: USD $453,309.
  2. Heritage Auctions The Invisible Man (Universal, 1933). Very Fine on Linen. One Sheet (27" X 41") Style B. Karoly Grosz Artwork. on March 22nd Actual price: USD $182,400.
  3. Sothebys GIRL WITH BALLOON on March 26th Actual price: USD $128,437.
  4. Heritage Auctions Stagecoach (United Artists, 1939). Fine+ on Linen. One Sheet (27" X 41"). From the Mike Kaplan Collection. on March 22nd Actual price: USD $84,000.
  5. Sothebys NOLA (WHITE) on March 26th Actual price: USD $72,529.
  6. Sothebys LOVE RAT on March 26th Actual price: USD $72,529.
  7. Heritage Auctions Frankenstein (Universal, 1931). Very Fine-. Title Lobby Card (11" X 14"). on March 22nd Actual price: USD $72,000.
  8. Heritage Auctions Horror of Dracula (Universal International, 1958). Fine+ on Linen. Italian 2 - Fogli (39.25" X 55"). on March 22nd Actual price: USD $66,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions Horse Feathers (Paramount, 1932). Fine on Linen. Autographed Three Sheet (41" X 80.5"). From the Mike Kaplan Collection. on March 22nd Actual price: USD $66,000.
  10. Forum Auctions Flying Copper on March 24th Actual price: USD $59,726.
  11. Heritage Auctions The Jazz Singer (Warner Bros., 1927). Very Fine- on Linen. Six Sheet ( 81.25" X 79") Hap Hadley Artwork. on March 22nd Actual price: USD $57,600.
  12. Forum Auctions Drevnosti Rossiskago Gosudarstva on March 26th Actual price: USD $52,886.
  13. Heritage Auctions A Fistful of Dollars by Fred Otnes (United Artists, 1967). Very Fine+. Original Mixed Media Poster Artwork on Illustration Board (25" X 31"). on March 22nd Actual price: USD $50,400.
  14. Heritage Auctions Casablanca (Warner Bros., R-1953). Folded, Fine+. Italian Locandina (13" X 27.5") Luigi Martinati Artwork. on March 22nd Actual price: USD $50,400.
  15. Sothebys GANGSTA RAT on March 26th Actual price: USD $48,353.
  16. Forum Auctions The Works......now newly imprinted on March 26th Actual price: USD $48,353.
  17. Forum Auctions Suite de 15 Dessins de Picasso. Verve 29-30 on March 24th Actual price: USD $47,474.
  18. Forum Auctions Original Sketches for Medals, Seals, &c. on March 26th Actual price: USD $45,331.
  19. Venator and Hanstein Suite Sable mouvant.-Separate Suite zu Pierre Reverdy: Sable mouvant. on March 21st Actual price: USD $43,582.
  20. Forum Auctions Elizabethan examples of manuscript initials on March 26th Actual price: USD $40,798.
  21. Sothebys APPLAUSE on March 26th Actual price: USD $39,287.
  22. Forum Auctions Love is in the Air (Flower Thrower) on March 24th Actual price: USD $38,286.
  23. Forum Auctions Opthalmoduleia Greek type. Das ist, Augendienst. on March 27th Actual price: USD $36,265.
  24. Forum Auctions The Elements of Geometrie on March 27th Actual price: USD $36,265.
  25. Sothebys GRANNIES on March 26th Actual price: USD $36,265.



36 total sales reported this week:

Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Friday at Stair on March 27th: 82.05%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper on March 27th: 83.78%
Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Rare Books, Fine Art Prints on March 27th: 53.75%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Asian Online on March 26th: 71.43%
Sothebys. Banksy Online - bidstart 3/13 on March 26th: 96.00%
Forum Auctions. The Birmingham Assay Office Library on March 26th: 99.78%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare and Unusual American Books, Ephemera and Art - bidstart 3/19 on March 26th: 22.22%
University Archives. Autographs, Manuscripts, Photographs on March 25th: 86.51%
Jacksons Auction. Spectacular Art, Antiques and Collectibles on March 25th: 100.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Art - Prints and Photographs on March 25th: 87.10%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art - Prints on March 21st: 92.90%
Heritage Auctions. CGC-Certified Magazines on March 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/17 on March 24th: 99.28%
Moreshet Auctions. Judaica: Books and Manuscripts on March 25th: 53.81%
Forum Auctions. Editions and Works on Paper on March 24th: 50.48%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/17 on March 24th: 100.00%
Sothebys. Original Film Posters - Online bidstart 3/17 on March 24th: 73.57%
Robert Siegel Galleries. The "Dubois" Collection of Important Prestamp Covers and Postal Markings of British North America, 1 on March 24th: 77.73%
Dorotheum . Modern and Contemporary Prints on March 24th: 57.09%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints and Photographs on March 24th: 89.09%
Eldreds. Art of Persuasion: Online Auction of WWI Posters - bidstart 3/9 on March 23rd: 40.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on March 23rd: 99.16%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Second part of Jean-Pierre Coffe's library: many autographed books (Online sale - starting price 1 e on March 23rd: 97.94%
John McInnis Auctioneers. Collector's Novelty Auction on March 21st: 87.23%
Ferraton. Books on March 21st: 92.16%
Goldberg Coins and Collectibles. The Collectibles Sales on March 22nd: 74.23%
Venator and Hanstein. Modern and Contemporary Prints - Modern Books on March 21st: 53.14%
Venator and Hanstein. Books - Prints - Autographs on March 20th: 64.60%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/8 on March 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on March 22nd: 91.54%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 21st: 93.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/13 on March 20th: 84.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/6 on March 18th: 84.62%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 3/6 on March 17th: 92.86%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 3/6 on March 16th: 83.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 3/6 on March 15th: 69.05%

 


For the week ahead 24 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 30th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 76 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Affordable Photographica. 216 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 3/20. 80 lots

Tue. Mar. 31st
Chiswick Auctions. London. Books and Works on Paper. 413 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/24. 706 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/24. 171 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Book Auction Eclectic Collection of the Engineer Don Lorenzo Zambrano. 250 lots
Alexander Historical Auctions. Chesapeake City. Spring Auction 2020. 1419 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Online Books and Autographs. 79 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Online Old Master Prints and Drawings. 25 lots
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. The Alex Raymond Flash Gordon Auction. 4 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 3/20. 39 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Objects. 418 lots

Wed. Apr. 1st
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books, Paintings & Ephemera, Autographs, Coins, Postcards, Postage Stamps and Postal History.. 212 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/20. 65 lots

Thu. Apr. 2nd
Eldreds. East Dennis,. April Sale - online only. 30 lots
Charlton Hall. West Columbia, SC. Three Day Auction - Prints, Books, etc.. 63 lots

Fri. Apr. 3rd
Sothebys. New York. Photographs - Online bidstart 3/24. 199 lots
Tajan. Paris. Prints and Editions. 126 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/27. 131 lots

Sat. Apr. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Entertainment & Music Memorabilia. 1188 lots
Heritage Auctions. New York. Photographs. 278 lots
Arader Galleries. New York City. Audubons, Natural History Watercolors, Rare Maps, Asian Art, Rare Books, & Globes.. 186 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.

Sun. Apr. 5th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/22. 149 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
  • 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.