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Twenty-two Auctions Archived, 30 Sales Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday, 6 May, 2017, 22 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 9 denominated in euros, 2 in British pounds, and 11 in US dollars.  Turnover was $6,505,137 as 6,877 lots were offered and 5,203 sold for a 76% success rate.

 

2 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Swann Galleries. Old Master Through Modern Prints on May 2nd: $2,070,988 
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on May 1st: $1,303,972 

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

Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Fine Auction - Prints on April 23rd: 178.83% 
De Baecque and Associes. Eric Gruaz Library: Alchemy - Magic - Witchcraft - Occultism - Religion (Auction in association with on April 27th: 135.75% 
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on May 1st: 118.71% 
De Baecque and Associes. Eric Gruaz Library: Alchemy - Magic - Witchcraft - Occultism - Religion (Auction in association with on April 28th: 118.19% 
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions. Books and Prints on April 29th: 105.18% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 2nd: 102.26% 


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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/23 on April 30th: 99.46% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/23 on April 30th: 96.90% 
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Fine Auction - Prints on April 23rd: 96.30% 
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on May 1st: 92.74% 
De Baecque and Associes. Eric Gruaz Library: Alchemy - Magic - Witchcraft - Occultism - Religion (Auction in association with on April 28th: 91.67% 
De Baecque and Associes. Eric Gruaz Library: Alchemy - Magic - Witchcraft - Occultism - Religion (Auction in association with on April 27th: 90.99% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 2nd: 90.54% 
Swann Galleries. Autographs on May 4th: 86.12% 
Kedem Auction. Online Auction - Passover Haggadot and Sifrey Kodesh on March 28th: 85.16% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. April Premier Auction - Books, Prints on April 25th: 83.33% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Swann Galleries Evening Wind on May 2nd Actual price: USD $118,750.
  2. Swann Galleries Self Portrait in a Flat Cap and Embroidered Dress on May 2nd Actual price: USD $87,500.
  3. Doyle New York CHEESE MOLD STANDARD WITH OLIVE on May 1st Actual price: USD $87,500.
  4. Swann Galleries The Fourth Oriental Head on May 2nd Actual price: USD $72,500.
  5. Doyle New York LE DÉJEUNER SUR L'HERBE on May 1st Actual price: USD $62,500.
  6. Doyle New York AFRICAN ELEPHANT on May 1st Actual price: USD $59,375.
  7. Swann Galleries Wet Night, Route 6 on May 2nd Actual price: USD $52,500.
  8. Swann Galleries Knight, Death and the Devil on May 2nd Actual price: USD $52,500.
  9. Swann Galleries Figure composée II on May 2nd Actual price: USD $50,000.
  10. Swann Galleries The Sea Monster on May 2nd Actual price: USD $47,500.
  11. Swann Galleries The Four Horsemen on May 2nd Actual price: USD $43,750.
  12. Doyle New York STUDY on May 1st Actual price: USD $43,750.
  13. Swann Galleries Yorkville Night on May 2nd Actual price: USD $42,500.
  14. Swann Galleries Self Portrait with Long, Bushy Hair: Head only on May 2nd Actual price: USD $42,500.
  15. De Baecque and Associes BIBLE MANUSCRITE. BIBLIA INTEGRA MANU SCRIPTA. on April 28th Actual price: USD $40,145.
  16. Swann Galleries Melencolia I on May 2nd Actual price: USD $37,500.
  17. Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions [Annunciation], France, end of 15th c. on April 29th Actual price: USD $36,788.
  18. Swann Galleries The Good Samaritan on May 2nd Actual price: USD $35,000.
  19. Swann Galleries JOHN F.; AND DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. Photograph Signed on May 4th Actual price: USD $32,500.
  20. Swann Galleries Le Chef des Équipages on May 2nd Actual price: USD $32,500.
  21. Swann Galleries The Race on May 2nd Actual price: USD $32,500.
  22. Swann Galleries Night Shadows on May 2nd Actual price: USD $32,500.
  23. Doyle New York JACQUELINE AU CHEVALET on May 1st Actual price: USD $28,125.
  24. Doyle New York ELS GOSSOS VII on May 1st Actual price: USD $28,125.
  25. Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX: FIFTY-EIGHT PLATES on April 23rd Actual price: USD $27,600.


22 total sales reported this week:

Kedem Auction. Online Auction - Passover Haggadot and Sifrey Kodesh on March 28th: 85.16%
Winter Associates. Prints on May 1st: 51.43%
PBA Galleries. Illustrated Books - Children's Literature - Decorative Arts - Fine Bindings - Gary Dollar Oz Collect on May 4th: 75.71%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. April Premier Auction - Books, Prints on April 25th: 83.33%
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Interest Book Auction on April 12th: 71.59%
Minerva Auctions Roma. Photographs on April 20th: 36.17%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Documenting History: Science, Exploration on May 4th: 61.13%
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on May 1st: 92.74%
Swann Galleries. Autographs on May 4th: 86.12%
Swann Galleries. Old Master Through Modern Prints on May 2nd: 56.60%
Sothebys. Collections - Prints, Photographs on May 2nd: 75.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 2nd: 90.54%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Sporting and Taxidermy - Prints and Books on April 28th: 50.00%
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions. Books and Prints on April 29th: 71.24%
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions. Books and Prints on April 28th: 56.29%
Audap and Mirabaud. Engravings on April 27th: 50.00%
De Baecque and Associes. Eric Gruaz Library: Alchemy - Magic - Witchcraft - Occultism - Religion (Auction in association with on April 27th: 90.99%
De Baecque and Associes. Eric Gruaz Library: Alchemy - Magic - Witchcraft - Occultism - Religion (Auction in association with on April 28th: 91.67%
Rossini. Bibliophily, Autographs, Philately, Posters, Scripophily and Postcards on April 19th: 65.64%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Fine Auction - Prints on April 23rd: 96.30%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/23 on April 30th: 96.90%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/23 on April 30th: 99.46%


For the week ahead 30 sales are scheduled:

Mon. May. 8th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 64 lots

Tue. May. 9th
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Leiden. Rare Books. 677 lots
Sothebys. London. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History. 127 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Rare and Important Items; some Numismatic Items. 108 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. U.S. and Confederate States Postal History. 277 lots
Alexander Autographs. Chesapeake City. Autograph Auction Spring Sale. 1154 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. Deane R. Briggs, M.D. Collection of Florida in the Civil War. 206 lots

Wed. May. 10th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Travel & Atlases including a Private Library of Polar Exploration. 574 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Manuscripts. 337 lots
Zisska and Lacher. Munich. Books, Manuscripts, Autographs, Atlases, Prints. 1952 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Autographs and Artifacts - Internet bidstart 4/21. 861 lots
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Leiden. Rare Books. 644 lots
The Antiquarian Book. Izola. Online auction sale of old & rare books, maps, prints, documents and vintage photography. 30 lots

Thu. May. 11th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Motoring Literature, Automobilia, Early Cycling and Railwayana. 382 lots
ALDE. Paris. Antiquarian and 19th Century Books. 336 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 230 lots
Ader. PARIS. Old and Modern Prints - Day 1. 307 lots
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Stockholm. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 41 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Contemporary Art. 345 lots

Fri. May. 12th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Military and Aviation History. 136 lots
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Rare and Used Books. 461 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Autographs and Manuscripts. 220 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Irresistible. Unreserved. - Books, Prints - bidstart 4/26. 88 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Illustration Art. 381 lots
Ader. PARIS. Old and Modern Prints - Day 2. 288 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Old and Modern Books.

Sat. May. 13th
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . May Estate Auction. 33 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Americana and Political. 472 lots

Sun. May. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/7.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/7.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.
  • Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
  • Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: The ‘Saxe-Meiningen Psalter’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France or adjacent southern Netherlands, second half of the thirteenth century]. £30,000 - £50,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Crescenzi (Bartolomeo). Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, with rare engraved folding map, Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfadino, 1607. £15,000 - £20,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, Printed for the Translator... by Robert Wilks, 1807-12. £6,000-8,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Turing (Alan).- Alan Turing's Slide Rule, engraved initials "A.M.T. Noli Hoc Furari", alongside other ephemera, housed in early 20th-century letter box, [mid.1920s-40s]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri dell'Architettura, translated by Daniele Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556. £7,000-10,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, hardback issue, first printing, Bloomsbury, 1997. £50,000-70,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, later impressions, each vol. signed by the author, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1957-58. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, [1862]-73; plus a presentation copy of Gould's Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain (6). £35,000-45,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Galilei (Galileo). Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle Macchie Solari e loro accidenti, comprese in tre lettere scritte all’illustrissimo signor Marco Velseri Linceo, first edition, Rome, 1613. £15,000-20,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Gersdorff (Hans von). Feldtbuch der Wund-Arzney, enlarged edition, Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1540. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Kitchin (Thomas). A New Universal Atlas, first edition with maps in full original hand-colouring, Printed and Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1796. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Cassas (Louis François). Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse Egypte, 2 vol., first edition, [Paris], 1799. £10,000-15,000
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 8. Mariette's Rare and Decorative Map of the World Based on the Work of Hondius (1642) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: L. Feininger, Collection of autograph letters to Alois J. Schardt, 1920-1955. Est: € 150,000-250,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Flemish book of hours, Ghent-Bruges School around 1480-1500. Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: F. de Wit, Atlas maior, um 1700. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: A. Stieglitz, Camera Work, 48 volumes, 1903-1914. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Merian & M. Zeiller, Sämtliche Topographien, 21 volumes, 1642-1736. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: R. Indiana and R. Creely, Numbers, 1968. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Salerno Breviarium, Latin manuscript on vellum, North Italy around 1470-1476. Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. S. Merian, Surinaamsche (&) europische Insecten, 1730. Est: € 30,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Beckmann, Jahrmarkt, Portfolio of 10 signed etchings, 1922. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Justinianus, Infortiatum, 1475. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: B. Besler, Hortus Eystettensis, um 1750. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: J. Gris and P. Reverdy, Au soleil du plafond, 1955. Est: € 3,000