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Auction Update Review

M-Rare Book Hub: 123 Auctions Archived, another 84 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended 22 November, 123 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+: 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 2 in Czech korona, 39 in euros, 12 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, 1 in Norwegian krone, 1 in New Zealand dollars, I in Polish zloty, 3 in Swedish krona, 61 in US dollars and 1 in South African rand.

 

 

Turnover was $44,618,922.02. The average lot brought $2,963.73.

 

 

This report includes this past week’s Top 25s for 15 categories, full details for this past week’s sales, as well as a full listing of the upcoming week’s 84 sales.

 

 

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Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys Ads on November 19th Actual price: USD $2,978,000.
  2. Christies Untitled Film Still #13 on November 19th Actual price: USD $2,271,000.
  3. Sothebys La Minotauromachie on November 18th Actual price: USD $2,063,000.
  4. Sothebys Water Lilies with Willows, from the Water Lilies series on November 19th Actual price: USD $1,514,000.
  5. Christies Water Lily Pond with Reflections on November 20th Actual price: USD $1,397,000.
  6. Christies Nude with Blue Hair, State I on November 20th Actual price: USD $1,079,500.
  7. Sothebys Walking Women, Paris on November 18th Actual price: USD $1,000,000.
  8. RR Auction The Complete Secrets of Kryptos: Jim Sanborn's Private Archive on November 20th Actual price: USD $962,500.
  9. Christies Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. on November 19th Actual price: USD $952,169.
  10. Christies Untitled (Cowboy) on November 20th Actual price: USD $889,000.
  11. Sothebys The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 25 April on November 19th Actual price: USD $762,000.
  12. Sothebys The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 19 May on November 19th Actual price: USD $762,000.
  13. Sothebys The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 12 May on November 19th Actual price: USD $635,000.
  14. Sothebys The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 8 January on November 19th Actual price: USD $609,600.
  15. Sothebys Juan Patricio Lobato, Carney, Rocky Ford, Colorado, August 23, 1980 on November 19th Actual price: USD $609,600.
  16. Sothebys The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 29 January on November 19th Actual price: USD $533,400.
  17. Bonhams Green on November 19th Actual price: USD $419,600.
  18. Sothebys The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 14 May on November 19th Actual price: USD $419,100.
  19. Christies Untitled Film Still #52 on November 20th Actual price: USD $406,400.
  20. Sothebys The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 30 May on November 19th Actual price: USD $406,400.
  21. Christies Pensees de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets. on November 19th Actual price: USD $322,273.
  22. Christies War Cut II on November 20th Actual price: USD $266,700.
  23. Sothebys Untitled (Greenwood, Mississippi) on November 19th Actual price: USD $263,678.
  24. Sothebys Untitled Film Still #49 on November 19th Actual price: USD $219,731.
  25. Sothebys The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 25 February on November 19th Actual price: USD $215,900.
  • <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