• Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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

Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 44 Auctions Archived, another 46 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 16 July, 2021, 44 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 1 denominated in Swiss francs, 12 in euros, 7 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 23 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $31,110,677 as 76% of all lots sold.  There were 14,646 lots posted and 11,133 changed hands.  The average lot sold for $2,794.

 

Will books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera at auction reach a billion dollars this year?  We are living in a new world.

 

 

5 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars:

ChristiesThe Exceptional Sale on July 8th: $14,650,944
ChristiesValuable Books and Manuscripts on July 14th: $4,873,538
SothebysFine Books and Manuscripts on July 16th: $2,097,144
Forum AuctionsOnly Banksy on July 13th: $1,447,798
RR AuctionFine Autographs and Artifacts, Featuring Revolutionary War - bidstart 6/25 on July 14th: $1,073,223
 

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

Aguttes42 • THE ARISTOPHIL COLLECTIONS • VARIA: MANUSCRIPTS & AUTOGRAPHED LETTERS - FINE ARTS on July 8th: 135.64%
Swann GalleriesFocus on Women on July 15th: 131.67%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/6 on July 13th: 131.23%
Bellmans Auctioneers and ValuersPrinted Books, Maps and Manuscripts on July 15th: 126.74%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 6/25 on July 7th: 125.26%
Waverly AuctionsQuinn's Book Department Catalog Auction on July 8th: 114.09%
Bearnes Hampton and LittlewoodThree Day Fine Art Sale on July 13th: 113.10%
Heritage AuctionsUS Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/6 on July 13th: 108.33%
Tessier & Sarrou and AssociatesPosters on July 6th: 107.37%
International Autograph Auctions Europe SLAutographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Day 2 on July 16th: 103.76%


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

ChristiesThe Exceptional Sale on July 8th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsSports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 6/27 on July 11th: 100.00%
Thomaston Place Auction GalleriesSplendor Auction - Part One, Day 2 on July 10th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsVideo Games and Trading Card Games Weekly Online Auction - bidstart 7/6 on July 13th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/6 on July 13th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsComics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 7/4 on July 12th: 99.83%
Bruneau & Co. Summer Comic, TCG & Toy on July 10th: 99.80%
Heritage AuctionsCertified DC Comics Science Fiction/Fantasy Titles Showcase Auction on July 15th: 99.62%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 7/7 on July 14th: 99.53%
Heritage AuctionsUS Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/6 on July 13th: 98.57%
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 7/4 on July 11th: 98.48%
Leland Little AuctionsJuly Estate Auction on July 15th: 97.62%
Aguttes42 • THE ARISTOPHIL COLLECTIONS • VARIA: MANUSCRIPTS & AUTOGRAPHED LETTERS - FINE ARTS on July 8th: 97.10%
International Autograph Auctions Europe SLAutographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Day 2 on July 16th: 96.43%
Purcell AuctioneersCollection of Irish Interest Books on July 14th: 95.01%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & ValuersAntiquarian and Collectible Books on July 14th: 94.04%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 10th: 94.00%
Copley Fine Art AuctionsSporting Sale on July 10th: 93.75%
International Autograph Auctions Europe SLAutographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Day 1 on July 15th: 93.33%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 6/25 on July 7th: 92.66%
Bellmans Auctioneers and ValuersPrinted Books, Maps and Manuscripts on July 15th: 91.45%
Waverly AuctionsQuinn's Book Department Catalog Auction on July 8th: 89.94%
Bearnes Hampton and LittlewoodThree Day Fine Art Sale on July 13th: 88.89%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 6/25 on July 5th: 86.00%
Forum AuctionsFine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper on July 15th: 83.30%
Brunk AuctionsPremier and Emporium Auctions on July 9th: 83.12%

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies Head of a bear with inscription in pen and brown ink ‘Leonard de Vinci.’ on July 8th Actual price: USD $12,288,896.
  2. Christies ISAAC NEWTON REVISING HIS MAGNUM OPUS on July 8th Actual price: USD $2,362,049.
  3. Christies De senectute, in English, Of Old Age. Translated by Stephen Scrope (c.1399-1472) and revised by William Worcester (1415-1482). – De amicitia, in English, Of Friendship. Translated by John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester (1427-1470). on July 14th Actual price: USD $554,520.
  4. Christies On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. on July 14th Actual price: USD $450,548.
  5. Christies Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the true original copies. The third impression. on July 14th Actual price: USD $329,246.
  6. Forum Auctions Radar Rat (hand sprayed) on July 13th Actual price: USD $204,046.
  7. Christies Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences. Plus la dioptrique. Les météores. Et la géométrie. on July 14th Actual price: USD $190,616.
  8. Christies Heraldic manual with armorial of the French nobility and Arthurian knights, in French, illuminated manuscript on vellum on July 14th Actual price: USD $190,616.
  9. Christies Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. The second Impression. Edited by John Heminge (d. 1630) and Henry Condell (d. 1627). on July 14th Actual price: USD $164,623.
  10. Sothebys Eliot, T.S. | The most important English Modernist poem on July 16th Actual price: USD $163,800.
  11. Forum Auctions Pulp Fiction (Signed) on July 13th Actual price: USD $159,527.
  12. Forum Auctions Girl with Balloon on July 13th Actual price: USD $157,672.
  13. Christies Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle. on July 14th Actual price: USD $147,294.
  14. Christies Autograph manuscript, n.p., n.d. on July 14th Actual price: USD $147,294.
  15. Christies Book of Hours, use of Cambrai, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum on July 14th Actual price: USD $147,294.
  16. Sothebys Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - one of only 500 copies of the first hardback issue on July 16th Actual price: USD $138,600.
  17. Sothebys Mitchell, John | The primary political map in American history on July 16th Actual price: USD $138,600.
  18. Christies Caruso’s personal archive of correspondence and financial papers on July 14th Actual price: USD $121,301.
  19. Christies ALIGHIERI, Dante (1265-1321). La Divina Commedia, a leaf from Paradiso, decorated manuscript on vellum on July 14th Actual price: USD $121,301.
  20. Copley Fine Art Auctions Birds of America on July 10th Actual price: USD $120,000.
  21. Sothebys Linschoten, Jan Huygen van | An English Linschoten in contemporary vellum on July 16th Actual price: USD $113,400.
  22. Christies Autograph manuscript poem, ‘On the Marriage of Mr. Gell of East Bourn to Miss Gill’, on July 14th Actual price: USD $103,973.
  23. Forum Auctions Happy Choppers on July 13th Actual price: USD $100,168.
  24. Christies Triompho di fortuna. on July 14th Actual price: USD $95,308.
  25. Christies Utopia:] De optimo reip. statu, deque nova insula Utopia, libellus vere aureus. -Epigrammata. – Desiderius ERASMUS. Epigrammata. on July 14th Actual price: USD $95,308.


44 total sales reported this week:

Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on July 10th: 44.14%
Sothebys. Fine Books and Manuscripts on July 16th: 71.43%
Waverly Auctions. Quinn's Print and Poster Sale on July 15th: 79.19%
Swann Galleries. Focus on Women on July 15th: 74.16%
Leland Little Auctions. July Estate Auction on July 15th: 97.62%
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Day 2 on July 16th: 96.43%
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Day 1 on July 15th: 93.33%
Guernseys. A Century of Music - Day 2 on July 15th: 38.50%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper on July 15th: 83.30%
Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers. Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts on July 15th: 91.45%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Online bidstart 7/8 on July 15th: 33.40%
Koller Auctions. Photography, Prints and Multiples - bidstart 6/22 on July 7th: 66.28%
Heritage Auctions. Certified DC Comics Science Fiction/Fantasy Titles Showcase Auction on July 15th: 99.62%
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Three Day Fine Art Sale on July 13th: 88.89%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectible Books on July 14th: 94.04%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts, Featuring Revolutionary War - bidstart 6/25 on July 14th: 63.73%
Purcell Auctioneers. Collection of Irish Interest Books on July 14th: 95.01%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 7/7 on July 14th: 99.53%
Christies. Valuable Books and Manuscripts on July 14th: 79.29%
Heritage Auctions. Depth of Field: Photographs on July 14th: 71.15%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/6 on July 13th: 98.57%
Soler Y Llach. Antique Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Collectibles on July 13th: 50.23%
Morton Subastas. Antique and Contemporary Books on July 13th: 34.51%
Forum Auctions. Only Banksy on July 13th: 78.26%
Heritage Auctions. Video Games and Trading Card Games Weekly Online Auction - bidstart 7/6 on July 13th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/6 on July 13th: 100.00%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Posters on July 6th: 77.48%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 7/4 on July 12th: 99.83%
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Splendor Auction - Part One, Day 3 on July 11th: 79.31%
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Splendor Auction - Part One, Day 2 on July 10th: 100.00%
Bruneau & Co. . Summer Comic, TCG & Toy on July 10th: 99.80%
Copley Fine Art Auctions. Sporting Sale on July 10th: 93.75%
Waverly Auctions. Quinn's Book Department Catalog Auction on July 8th: 89.94%
Brunk Auctions. Premier and Emporium Auctions on July 9th: 83.12%
Aguttes. 42 • THE ARISTOPHIL COLLECTIONS • VARIA: MANUSCRIPTS & AUTOGRAPHED LETTERS - FINE ARTS on July 8th: 97.10%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/2 on July 9th: 77.63%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 6/25 on July 7th: 92.66%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/6 on July 6th: 68.18%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 6/25 on July 5th: 86.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/25 on July 4th: 75.00%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 10th: 94.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 7/4 on July 11th: 98.48%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 6/27 on July 11th: 100.00%
Christies. The Exceptional Sale on July 8th: 100.00%


For the week ahead 46 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jul. 19th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 7/9. 55 lots

Tue. Jul. 20th
Sothebys. London. Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century. 151 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. European Decor and Design. 18 lots
Christies. New York. Contemporary Editions - bidstart 7/9. 239 lots
Sothebys. New York. Space Exploration - bidstart 7/13. 67 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/13. 668 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/13. 190 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Belongings of Tzaddikim, Manuscripts, Rabbinical lettersand Rare books, Antisemitism, Zionism and Yi. 336 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 7/9. 29 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Video Games and Trading Card Games Weekly Online Auction - bidstart 7/13. 46 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE SPACE CONQUEST OF THE 20TH CENTURY. 313 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Online Only: Timed Eclectic Variety. 54 lots

Wed. Jul. 21st
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Air and Space Sale - bidstart 7/12. 74 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Antiquarian & Collectors' Books. 237 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 458 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Automobilia - bidstart 7/13. 134 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Prints and Editions. 244 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Estate Treasures Auction. 73 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Tribal Art - bidstart 7/13. 29 lots
Sothebys. London. Your Own Sylvia: Sylvia Plath’s letters to Ted Hughes and other items, property of Frieda Hughes - b. 55 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books. 225 lots
Zisska and Lacher. Munich. Books and Graphics. 2208 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/9. 104 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 7/14. 300 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. American Space Shuttle. 591 lots

Thu. Jul. 22nd
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Art & Illustration - Photographs. 447 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Country Americana - bidstart 7/13. 17 lots
Christies. New York. Trespassing - bidstart 7/9. 44 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Olympic Memorabilia - bidstart 7/15. 43 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Summer Sports Card Catalogue Auction. 2480 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Sporlympics. 402 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The A.D. Andrews Collection of Southern and Natural History Weekly Internet Rare Books and Autograph. 244 lots
Ader. PARIS. Prints Online. 108 lots

Fri. Jul. 23rd
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Paintings, Watercolours, Old Master & Modern Prints, The Oliver Hoare Collection. 179 lots
Sothebys. New York. Contemporary Prints and Multiples - bidstart 7/16. 86 lots
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Letters, photos from various collections (Dolgorousky, Steinlen - Desormière) & Books - bistart 7/16. 52 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/16. 76 lots

Sat. Jul. 24th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Signature Auction. 845 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Trading Card Games Signature Auction. 497 lots
Case Antiques, Inc.. Knoxville. Summer 2021 Auction. 149 lots
Early American. Rancho Santa Fe. Early American Currency and Ephemera. 259 lots

Sun. Jul. 25th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/11. 406 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 7/18.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 7/18.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/16. 38 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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