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M-Rare Book Hub: 91 Auctions Archived, another 89 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended 6 November, 91 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+: 1 denominated in Canadian dollars, 23 in euros, 17 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, 1 in New Zealand dollars, 2 in Polish Zloty, and 46 in US dollars.

 

 

Turnover was $16,737,719.57. The average lot brought $1,258.85.

 

 

This report includes this past week’s Top 25s for 14 categories, full details for this past week’s sales, as well as a full listing of the upcoming week’s 89 sales.

 

 

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Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions A Princess of Mars, 1970 on November 4th Actual price: USD $1,437,500.
  2. Christies Salome on November 5th Actual price: USD $952,160.
  3. Bonhams Brian Duffy (1933-2010): The original dye transfer artwork print for David Bowie's iconic Aladdin Sane album cover, on November 5th Actual price: USD $500,366.
  4. Swann Galleries (Album.) Autograph album containing 29 ALsS by each of the U.S. presidents from Washington to Coolidge. Vp, 1785-1945. on November 6th Actual price: USD $248,160.
  5. Swann Galleries Franz Schubert. Autograph Musical manuscript, unsigned, fragment from Der Taucher, Np, 1813. on November 6th Actual price: USD $125,730.
  6. Christies Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison et chercher la verite dans les sciences , plus La dioptrique, Les meteores et La geometrie qui sont des essais de cette methode on November 5th Actual price: USD $102,540.
  7. Christies Ensemble des Voyage en Orient et Voyage en Espagne on November 5th Actual price: USD $95,216.
  8. Christies Delle cose antiche della citta di Roma on November 5th Actual price: USD $95,216.
  9. Heritage Auctions Pierrot and Columbine, Vanity Fair magazine cover, June 1915 on November 4th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  10. Heritage Auctions Winnie-the-Pooh book cover & interior studies (five works), 1926 on November 4th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  11. Heritage Auctions Space Station Under Construction, Sunday Mirror Magazine interior, June 19, 1949 on November 4th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  12. Christies [UTOPIA :] De optimo reip. statu deque nova insula Utopia libellus vere aureus... on November 5th Actual price: USD $65,919.
  13. Heritage Auctions Ballerina, 1946 on November 4th Actual price: USD $61,250.
  14. Heritage Auctions A Song of Faith, The Delineator magazine interior, December 1905 on November 4th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  15. Christies Calligrammes. Poemes de la paix et de la guerre (1913-1916) on November 5th Actual price: USD $58,594.
  16. Christies Egypt & Nubia. From drawings made on the spot....with historical descriptions by William Brockedon on November 5th Actual price: USD $58,594.
  17. Heritage Auctions Michael Golden Marvel Fanfare #2 Man-Spider First Appearance Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1982). on November 6th Actual price: USD $57,500.
  18. Heritage Auctions Rest-A-While, The Saturday Evening Post cover, August 11, 1928 on November 4th Actual price: USD $55,000.
  19. Heritage Auctions John Cassaday Planetary #1 Cover Original Art (DC/Wildstorm, 1999). on November 6th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  20. Heritage Auctions Treebeard, Lord of the Rings calendar, August 1976 on November 4th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  21. Heritage Auctions Halloween Smiles, The Saturday Evening Post cover, November 3, 1934 on November 4th Actual price: USD $47,500.
  22. Christies Liber chronicarum on November 5th Actual price: USD $46,876.
  23. Forum Auctions The Old Huntsman. And other Poems on November 6th Actual price: USD $45,819.
  24. Heritage Auctions She Shows Up Every Halloween, New Yorker cartoon, October 30, 1937 on November 4th Actual price: USD $45,000.
  25. ALDE Le Quart livre des faicts & dictz heroiques du bon Pantagruel... Nouvellement reveu & corrige par ledict autheur, pour la deuxiesme edition. on November 5th Actual price: USD $41,812.

 

  • <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux <b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b>
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000