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Rare Book Hub: 33 Auctions Archived, another 54 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 12th March 2021, 33 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 2 denominated in Danish krone, 12 in euros, 4 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 14 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $9,355,880 as 85% of all lots offered sold.  Eight thousand five-hundred-ninety-five lots were posted and 7,298  changed hands.

 

For the week ahead 54 new sales are posted.  Prepare your paddles!

 

3 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars:

ChristiesContemporary Editions on March 10th: $1,697,875
ArtcurialMaurice Houdayer Library on March 9th: $1,584,339
Swann GalleriesFine Photographs on March 11th: $1,412,802

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

Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/19 on March 3rd: 230.18%
Dominic Winter Book AuctionsPrinted Books, Maps & Documents, The Kenn Back Polar Library, Napoleonic Manuscripts on March 10th: 195.55%
Bruun RasmussenBooks and Old Prints on March 8th: 151.31%
Tennants AuctioneersBooks, Maps and Ephemera - online on March 10th: 147.95%
ArtcurialMaurice Houdayer Library on March 9th: 139.77%
Fonsie Mealy AuctioneersThe Collector's Sale on March 3rd: 124.13%
Carlsen GalleryMarch Madness on March 7th: 118.36%
SothebysNOW! Online bidstart 3/4 on March 11th: 115.56%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 2/19 on February 28th: 110.03%
Bruun RasmussenPrints on March 9th: 107.01%
ChristiesContemporary Editions on March 10th: 102.82%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 100.53%
Heritage AuctionsUS Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 100.27%


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

ArtcurialMaurice Houdayer Library on March 9th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsComics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 2/28 on March 8th: 99.72%
Heritage AuctionsSports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/21 on March 7th: 99.60%
Heritage AuctionsUS Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 99.55%
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/28 on March 7th: 98.72%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 97.45%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/19 on March 3rd: 97.33%
Fonsie Mealy AuctioneersThe Collector's Sale on March 3rd: 96.77%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 6th: 96.50%
Tennants AuctioneersBooks, Maps and Ephemera - online on March 10th: 95.48%
Dominic Winter Book AuctionsPrinted Books, Maps & Documents, The Kenn Back Polar Library, Napoleonic Manuscripts on March 10th: 93.79%
Bruun RasmussenBooks and Old Prints on March 8th: 92.50%
Carlsen GalleryMarch Madness on March 7th: 92.00%
Bruun RasmussenPrints on March 9th: 90.27%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 2/19 on March 1st: 87.14%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 2/19 on March 2nd: 85.71%
ChristiesContemporary Editions on March 10th: 84.53%
SothebysNOW! Online bidstart 3/4 on March 11th: 83.87%
SkinnerCountry Americana - bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 83.78%
Nye & Company AuctioneersEstate Treasures Auction on March 10th: 82.54%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/26 on March 5th: 81.65%
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Forum Auctions Cirque (Cramer 68) on March 11th Actual price: USD $149,244.
  2. Christies Frau mit kind (Woman with Child) on March 10th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  3. Christies Hotel Acatlán: First Day, from Moving Focus on March 10th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  4. Christies URGE on March 10th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  5. Swann Galleries Migrant Mother (horizontal). on March 11th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  6. Christies LOST TIME, ALONE AGAIN, FAR FAR DOWN on March 10th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  7. Sothebys Eau-forte XXXVI - 1979 on March 11th Actual price: USD $63,351.
  8. Christies D-Train on March 10th Actual price: USD $56,250.
  9. Artcurial One cent life. on March 9th Actual price: USD $52,661.
  10. Christies 0 Through 9, from Lead Reliefs on March 10th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  11. Forum Auctions Profil de Jacqueline on March 11th Actual price: USD $48,504.
  12. Artcurial Parler seul, poème. on March 9th Actual price: USD $46,643.
  13. Christies ISOLATION TOWER on March 10th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  14. Christies Blue with Red on March 10th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  15. Artcurial La Maigre. on March 9th Actual price: USD $42,129.
  16. Artcurial L'Odyssée. on March 9th Actual price: USD $42,129.
  17. Christies Vermalung (grau) (Inpainting (Grey)) on March 10th Actual price: USD $40,000.
  18. Christies La Rosa, from The Drape Suite on March 10th Actual price: USD $40,000.
  19. Christies La Cucitrice, from The Drape Suite on March 10th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  20. Forum Auctions Cavalier de Cirque et Clown (Mourlot 511) on March 11th Actual price: USD $37,311.
  21. Christies Tales of Genji VI on March 10th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  22. Christies Le Fugitif on March 10th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  23. Sothebys Time Exposed, 1991 on March 11th Actual price: USD $33,184.
  24. Artcurial La Tentation de l'Occident. on March 9th Actual price: USD $33,102.
  25. Artcurial Eaux fortes originales pour des textes de Buffon. on March 9th Actual price: USD $33,102.




33 total sales reported this week:

Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Ephemera - online on March 10th: 95.48%
Swann Galleries. Fine Photographs on March 11th: 78.33%
Sothebys. NOW! Online bidstart 3/4 on March 11th: 83.87%
Morton Subastas. Prints and Multiples on March 11th: 39.68%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books, Maps and Prints - bistart 3/4 on March 11th: 35.98%
Forum Auctions. Editions and Works on Paper 1500 - 2020 on March 11th: 69.60%
Trafford Books. Books and Postal History on March 10th: 78.00%
Skinner. Country Americana - bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 83.78%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Treasures Auction on March 10th: 82.54%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Kenn Back Polar Library, Napoleonic Manuscripts on March 10th: 93.79%
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. The Collector's Sale on March 3rd: 96.77%
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 10th: 84.53%
Heritage Auctions. Photographs Monthly Online Auction on March 10th: 76.23%
Tajan. Modern and Contemporary Prints on March 2nd: 68.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 99.55%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 9th: 90.27%
Artcurial. Maurice Houdayer Library on March 9th: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Old Prints on March 8th: 92.50%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 97.45%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/28 on March 7th: 98.72%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 2/28 on March 8th: 99.72%
Carlsen Gallery. March Madness on March 7th: 92.00%
Vermot de Pas. SPORLYMPIQUE VI : MULTISPORTS, OLYMPISM, CYCLE POSTER COLLECTION, CYCLE AND AUTOMOBILE POSTER COLLEC on March 6th: 64.47%
PosterConnection Inc.. Winter Sale - Affordable Posters on March 6th: 68.66%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/26 on March 5th: 81.65%
Catawiki B. V.. Books - bidstart 2/19 on March 4th: 75.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/19 on March 3rd: 97.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 2/19 on March 2nd: 85.71%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 2/19 on March 1st: 87.14%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 2/19 on February 28th: 74.36%
Binoche et Giquello. LITTERATURE AND ARTS OF THE XXTH CENTURY - AVANT-GARDES on March 5th: 75.15%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 6th: 96.50%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/21 on March 7th: 99.60%

 

For the week ahead 54 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 15th
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters and Ceremonial Art. 414 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 3/5. 119 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 113 lots

Tue. Mar. 16th
Ader. PARIS. Letters and Manuscripts. 321 lots
Tajan. Paris. Old Books and Manuscripts. 197 lots
Sothebys. London. Made in Britain - bidstart 3/9. 141 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/9. 663 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/9. 170 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Chinese Contemporary Photographs and Works. 23 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Special Auction for Pessach and 11th Nissan: Honoring the Birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. 60 lots
Sothebys. Paris. Collection Pierre Le-Tan, Part I. 10 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 3/5. 26 lots
Old World Auctions. Richmond. Antique Maps, Charts, Atlases, Engravings, Historical Documents & Books. 187 lots

Wed. Mar. 17th
ALDE. Paris. Max Cointreau gastronomic & oenological library. 190 lots
Finarte. Milan. Photographs. 239 lots
Sothebys. London. Prints and Multiples. 166 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Antiquarian and Collector's Books. 182 lots
Sothebys. Paris. Collection Pierre Le-Tan, Part II - bidstart3/9. 44 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Studio Art - bidstart 3/9. 80 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints, Maps and Posters. 130 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 3/5. 130 lots
Litchfield County Auctions. Litchfield. Discovery Auction.

Thu. Mar. 18th
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Posters. 288 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Artsy X Forum Auctions. 33 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Maps and Atlases. 157 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Literature with Beats, Bukowski, and Counterculture. 416 lots
Sothebys. London. Banksy - bidstart 3/9. 49 lots
Ader. PARIS. Judaica. 118 lots
ALDE. Paris. Max Cointreau humanist library. 110 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Autographs and Manuscripts. 264 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports MonthlyShowcase. 389 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Spring Asian Art: Session II. 59 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Discovery Auction.

Fri. Mar. 19th
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. Americana Auction - Day 1. 27 lots
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Books, Prints, Autographs. 354 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - Featuring Music and Prince - bidstart 2/19. 857 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection. 267 lots
Sothebys. London. Otto Dix: Haunted Visions | Graphic Masterworks from an Important Private Collection - bidstart 3/9. 32 lots
Sothebys. New York. Prints and Multiples - bidstart 3/5. 90 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 3/12. 111 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books.

Sat. Mar. 20th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . A 50-Year Old Railroadiana Collection. 23 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Fine Art at Online Auction, featuring Cleveland School Artists. 146 lots
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Modern and contemporary Prints · Drawings · Multiples · Modern Books. 336 lots
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. Americana Auction - Day 2. 27 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Jewelry, Fine Art, Furniture and Decorative Art, Asian Art. 82 lots
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Windsor. Decorators and Designers Special Auction.

Sun. Mar. 21st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 3/14.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 3/14.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/7. 273 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Jewelry & Timepieces, Furniture & Design, Fine Art, Asian Art Auction. 40 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 3/12. 40 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Books - bidstart 3/12. 32 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • 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.