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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 29 Auctions Archived, another 22 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 26 August 2022, 29 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 1 denominated in Danish krone, 3 in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 24 in US dollars.

 

Turnover this past week was $3,056,209 as 89% of all lots changed hands.  There were 5,690 offered while 5,084 were sold.  The average lot sold for $601.14.

 

The fall season begins next week.



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

Skinner. Fine Books and Rare Manuscripts - bidstart8/15 on August 23rd: 172.28%
Tooveys. Postcards; Cigarette and Trade Cards; Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera on August 24th: 154.47%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 8/5 on August 14th: 132.51%


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

Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on August 21st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Jim Davis: The Art of Garfield Showcase Auction on August 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 8/16 on August 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 8/14 on August 22nd: 100.00%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. The Definitive Collection of Kobe Bryant Rookie Cards on August 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Hollywood Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Showcase Auction on August 21st: 99.68%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera on August 23rd: 99.51%
Heritage Auctions. Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 8/17 on August 24th: 99.38%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 8/16 on August 23rd: 99.30%
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Select - bidstart 8/17 on August 24th: 99.27%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - bidstart 8/7 on August 21st: 96.28%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Poster Weekly - bidstart 8/14 on August 21st: 93.29%
Tooveys. Postcards; Cigarette and Trade Cards; Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera on August 24th: 92.13%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on August 25th: 90.00%
Skinner. Fine Books and Rare Manuscripts - bidstart8/15 on August 23rd: 89.09%
Morphy Auctions. Soda Pop and Soda Fountain Advertising on August 24th: 86.55%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 86.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 8/5 on August 14th: 82.50%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on August 23rd: 80.56%
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Skinner The Discouerie of Witchcraft, Wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected... on August 23rd Actual price: USD $68,750.
  2. Bonhams Monolith, Face of Half Dome on August 23rd Actual price: USD $44,475.
  3. Skinner The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. on August 23rd Actual price: USD $37,500.
  4. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers A 1996-97 Skybox E-X2000 Credentials Kobe Bryant Rookie Basketball Card No. 30 (BGS 9 MINT), on August 24th Actual price: USD $34,375.
  5. Skinner collection of letters, cards, wedding invitations, and photographs. A significant archive of personal documents and keepsakes from Princess Grace on August 23rd Actual price: USD $27,500.
  6. Nate D. Sanders Auctions Original Charles Schulz Hand-Drawn ''Peanuts'' Comic Strip -- Snoopy Gives Up ''Fishing'' for Compliments on August 25th Actual price: USD $25,000.
  7. Bonhams Hurricane LII on August 23rd Actual price: USD $22,950.
  8. Bonhams Hurricane L on August 23rd Actual price: USD $20,400.
  9. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers A 1996-97 Flair Showcase Legacy Collection Row 0 Kobe Bryant Rookie Basketball Card No. 31 (BGS 9.5 GEM MINT), Pop 20, Only One Graded Higher on August 24th Actual price: USD $18,750.
  10. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers A 1996-97 Topps Chrome Refractor Kobe Bryant Rookie Basketball Card No. 138 (PSA 9 MINT) on August 24th Actual price: USD $17,500.
  11. Skinner Westinghouse laboratory photos. Collection of 146 black and white photographs of laboratories and electrical and mechanical equipment, on August 23rd Actual price: USD $16,250.
  12. Skinner Isolario. on August 23rd Actual price: USD $16,250.
  13. Morphy Auctions WAS-COTT GINGER ALE CELLULOID OVER CARDBOARD ADVERTISEMENT. on August 24th Actual price: USD $15,375.
  14. Bonhams Thomas on August 23rd Actual price: USD $15,300.
  15. Heritage Auctions Tales of Suspense #39 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages. on August 22nd Actual price: USD $13,800.
  16. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers A 1996-97 Flair Showcase Legacy Collection Row 1 Kobe Bryant Rookie Card (BGS 9.5 GEM MINT), Pop 10, Only One Graded Higher on August 24th Actual price: USD $13,750.
  17. Bonhams Barbara on August 23rd Actual price: USD $12,750.
  18. Heritage Auctions J. Scott Campbell and Alex Garner Gen 13 #1 Story Page 27 Original Art (Image, 1995). on August 24th Actual price: USD $12,600.
  19. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Off-white to white pages. on August 22nd Actual price: USD $10,800.
  20. Skinner autograph letter signed. Two-page letter on 16 x 10 in. light-blue paper folded in half, dated Washington, June 11, 1844, on August 23rd Actual price: USD $10,000.
  21. Skinner manuscript of America the Beautiful. Autograph manuscript of lyrics for America the Beautiful, on August 23rd Actual price: USD $10,000.
  22. Heritage Auctions Prize Comics #22 (Prize, 1942) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages. on August 22nd Actual price: USD $9,866.
  23. Morphy Auctions TIN MODOX FRAMED SIGN. on August 24th Actual price: USD $9,840.
  24. Bonhams Sunday Funnies on August 23rd Actual price: USD $9,563.
  25. Nate D. Sanders Auctions Lot of Six Checks from 1970 Signed by Original Members of The Allman Brothers Band -- Includes Scarce Duane Allman Check Signed from 1970 with Roger Epperson COA on August 25th Actual price: USD $9,375.




29 total sales reported this week:

Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on August 25th: 90.00%
PBA Galleries. Antiquarian Books with Fine Bindings & Fine Press on August 25th: 69.44%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Discovery in the Backyard on August 25th: 78.79%
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. August 2022 on August 25th: 31.62%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Rush to the Rockies Auction on August 25th: 67.24%
Eldreds. August Antiques and Accessories on August 25th: 75.44%
Heritage Auctions. Jim Davis: The Art of Garfield Showcase Auction on August 25th: 100.00%
Tooveys. Postcards; Cigarette and Trade Cards; Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera on August 24th: 92.13%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. The Definitive Collection of Kobe Bryant Rookie Cards on August 24th: 100.00%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on August 23rd: 80.56%
Skinner. Fine Books and Rare Manuscripts - bidstart8/15 on August 23rd: 89.09%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera on August 23rd: 99.51%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 23rd: 75.00%
Bonhams. Photographs on August 23rd: 67.05%
Morphy Auctions. Soda Pop and Soda Fountain Advertising on August 24th: 86.55%
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Select - bidstart 8/17 on August 24th: 99.27%
Heritage Auctions. Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 8/17 on August 24th: 99.38%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 8/16 on August 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 8/16 on August 23rd: 99.30%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - bidstart 8/7 on August 21st: 96.28%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 8/14 on August 22nd: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 8/5 on August 16th: 73.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 8/5 on August 15th: 77.78%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 8/5 on August 14th: 82.50%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on August 21st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Hollywood Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Showcase Auction on August 21st: 99.68%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Poster Weekly - bidstart 8/14 on August 21st: 93.29%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 86.50%
Michaans Auctions. August Gallery Auction on August 20th: 79.17%

 


For the week ahead 22 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 29th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 8/19. 53 lots
One Source Auctions. Canandaigua. Quality Antiques and Collectibles Online Auction. 132 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Americana. 41 lots

Tue. Aug. 30th
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Cincinnati. American Historical Ephemera and Photography - bidstart 8/19. 304 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 8/23. 473 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 8/23. 124 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 8/19. 24 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 77 lots
New England Auctions. South Deerfield. Science, Medicine, Technology, Travel, Etc.. 177 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety Online Only. 18 lots

Wed. Aug. 31st
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 267 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 8/24. 282 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 8/24. 134 lots

Thu. Sep. 1st
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Constantia. Antiquarian Books - bidstart 8/25. 555 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Only Banksy. 12 lots

Sat. Sep. 3rd
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. September Auction - bidstart 8/26. 90 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 8/27. 200 lots

Sun. Sep. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 8/28.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Poster Weekly - bidstart 8/28.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - bidstart 8/21. 320 lots
Antikvariat Bryggen AS. Skjeberg. Books - Online Auction. 205 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 8/26. 47 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
  • 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.
  • 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.