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37 Auctions Archived, 24 Sales this Week

For the week ended Saturday, June 24, 2017, 37 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 22 denominated in euros, 5 in British pounds, and 10 in US dollars.  Turnover was $11,609,453 as 13,472 lots were offered and 8,925 sold for a 66% success rate.

 

For the week of 26 June ending July 2 24 sales are scheduled.

 

2 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Christies. Comic Strips and Illustrations on June 17th: $2,261,840 
Artcurial. Books and Manuscripts on June 14th: $1,157,829 

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

PIASA. Engravings, etc. on June 15th: 645.88% 
Leland Little Auctions. Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the Davidson Art College Collection - Online bidstart 6/7 on June 17th: 160.50% 
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Books on June 20th: 125.04% 
Chiswick Auctions. Fine Art - Prints on June 13th: 124.38% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Fine Art and Antiques - Prints on June 14th: 121.03% 
PIASA. Asian Art - Books and Prints on June 23rd: 107.26% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on June 14th: 105.69% 
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 5 on June 1st: 104.56% 
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 6 on June 1st: 103.89% 
Dorotheum . Modern and Contemporary Prints on June 14th: 100.40% 


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

Leland Little Auctions. Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the Davidson Art College Collection - Online bidstart 6/7 on June 17th: 100.00% 
Leland Little Auctions. Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the Davidson Art College Collection - Online bidstart 6/7Co on June 14th: 100.00% 
PIASA. Engravings, etc. on June 15th: 97.14% 
Grogan and Company. The June Auction - Prints on June 11th: 95.45% 
Freemans. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on June 16th: 89.30% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Works on Paper - Prints on June 10th: 88.78% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on June 14th: 85.69% 
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints and Photography on June 22nd: 84.31% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on June 15th: 83.51% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 20th: 81.93% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Minerva Auctions Roma Sidereus Nuncius on June 15th Actual price: USD $448,000.
  2. Artcurial Aquarelle originale utilisée pour l'illustration du Petit Prince on June 14th Actual price: USD $329,504.
  3. Christies ASTÉRIX, ASTÉRIX ET LE CHAUDRON (T.13), DARGAUD 1969 on June 17th Actual price: USD $271,600.
  4. Artcurial Aquarelle originale utilisée pour l'illustration du Petit Prince on June 14th Actual price: USD $253,120.
  5. Christies BLAKE ET MORTIMER, LE MYSTÈRE DE LA GRANDE PYRAMIDE T.2 (T.4), on June 17th Actual price: USD $150,640.
  6. Christies XIII, DARGAUD, Illustration originale, réalisée en 1989, on June 17th Actual price: USD $117,040.
  7. Artcurial Suite de 11 dessins originaux on June 14th Actual price: USD $116,480.
  8. Kestenbaum and Company Arba’ah Turim [The Four Orders of the Jewish Code of Law] Second incunable edition. on June 22nd Actual price: USD $87,500.
  9. Bubb Kuyper Ongeluckige Voyagie, Van 't Schip Batavia, Nae de Oost-Indien. Gebleven op de Abrolhos van Frederick Houtman, … on May 31st Actual price: USD $87,360.
  10. Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. on June 20th Actual price: USD $80,475.
  11. Christies GASTON, Illustration originale, Prudent Pimpon, publiée dans on June 17th Actual price: USD $76,720.
  12. Adams Amsterdam Auctions Toonneel der steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden met hare Beschrijvingen, Uytgegeven by -.. on June 20th Actual price: USD $68,931.
  13. Heritage Auctions James Jamerson Owned and Played 1961 Fender Precision Bass, Serial Number 60228, with Strap, Case, and Photo Archive. on June 18th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  14. Dominic Winter Book Auctions [Drevnosti Rossiskago Gosudarstva: Izdaniya po Vysochaishemu Poveleniyu, on June 14th Actual price: USD $59,654.
  15. Artcurial comte de BUFFON 1707-1788 on June 14th Actual price: USD $59,447.
  16. PIASA LA FORTUNE AVEUGLE DISTRIBUANT DES PRESENTS - CUPIDON ET PSYCHE on June 15th Actual price: USD $58,240.
  17. Heritage Auctions Beatles - Original Tony Curtis Cut-Out from the Cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (U.K., 1967), in Framed Display. on June 18th Actual price: USD $57,500.
  18. Heritage Auctions Beatles Yesterday And Today Sealed First State Mono "Butcher Cover" LP in GEM MINT 10 Condition (Capitol T2553, 1966). on June 18th Actual price: USD $57,500.
  19. Bubb Kuyper Luchtkasteel. on June 1st Actual price: USD $57,120.
  20. Dominic Winter Book Auctions The Birds of Great Britain on June 14th Actual price: USD $55,066.
  21. PIASA Album including 83 oban tate-e prints on June 23rd Actual price: USD $53,872.
  22. RR Auction Isaac Newton ADS on June 14th Actual price: USD $53,806.
  23. Bubb Kuyper [N.K.F.]. (Normalieënboekje) on May 30th Actual price: USD $53,280.
  24. Christies THORGAL, LES ARCHERS (T.9), LE LOMBARD 1985 on June 17th Actual price: USD $53,200.
  25. Freemans Bible in Latin. on June 16th Actual price: USD $53,125.


37 total sales reported this week:

Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 7 on June 2nd: 76.94%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 6 on June 1st: 76.36%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 5 on June 1st: 75.64%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 4 on May 31st: 70.71%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 3 on May 31st: 55.74%
PIASA. Asian Art - Books and Prints on June 23rd: 56.82%
PIASA. Masters : prints, books, and multiples XXe Including Andy Warhol : L’intégrale on June 22nd: 54.29%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints and Photography on June 22nd: 84.31%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Books and Works on Paper on June 22nd: 72.60%
Minerva Auctions Roma. Books, Autographs and Prints on June 15th: 54.15%
Vermot de Pas. NASA Photographs on June 13th: 24.00%
Vermot de Pas. Children Books - Jean-Jacques Loup Original Drawings on June 12th: 11.04%
Kestenbaum and Company. Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art on June 22nd: 50.73%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 2 on May 30th: 71.90%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 1 on May 30th: 70.08%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on June 17th: 78.36%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Works on Paper - Prints on June 10th: 88.78%
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Books on June 20th: 76.17%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Manuscripts on June 20th: 78.38%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 20th: 81.93%
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. Books, Prints on June 20th: 78.23%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on June 18th: 74.51%
Vermot de Pas. Sporlympique III: 100% Sport Sale on June 13th: 18.24%
Leland Little Auctions. Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the Davidson Art College Collection - Online bidstart 6/7Co on June 14th: 100.00%
Leland Little Auctions. Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the Davidson Art College Collection - Online bidstart 6/7 on June 17th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on June 15th: 83.51%
PIASA. Engravings, etc. on June 15th: 97.14%
Christies. Comic Strips and Illustrations on June 17th: 70.55%
Freemans. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on June 16th: 89.30%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 5/19 on June 14th: 64.84%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Fine Art and Antiques - Prints on June 14th: 79.26%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on June 14th: 85.69%
Dorotheum . Art Photography on June 14th: 58.73%
Dorotheum . Modern and Contemporary Prints on June 14th: 61.64%
Artcurial. Books and Manuscripts on June 14th: 30.89%
Grogan and Company. The June Auction - Prints on June 11th: 95.45%
Chiswick Auctions. Fine Art - Prints on June 13th: 72.73%


For the week ahead 24 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jun. 26th
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. Hollywood - Day 1. 650 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 91 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. An Eclectic Collection: the Library of the Late Dr. Ivan Gilbert of Columbus, Ohio: Timed Bidsquare.

Tue. Jun. 27th
Bonhams. London. Prints and Multiples. 119 lots
Jacksons Auction. Cedar Falls, Iowa . World Treasures: Important Russian, European, Asian & American Works. 24 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Modern & Contemporary Art from A Distinguished Private Collection, Part One. 8 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Jewish and Israeli History and Culture. 341 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . June Quarterly Fine and Decorative Arts Catalogue. 44 lots
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. Hollywood Auction - Day 2. 297 lots

Wed. Jun. 28th
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. LIBRARY OF PIERRE BERGÉ '' MUSIC BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE ... '' MUSICIANS AND POETS IN ASSOCIATION WIT. 260 lots
Bonhams. London. Entertainment Memorabilia. 185 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Books and Decorative Prints. 385 lots
Forum Auctions in Italy. Roma. No Reserve Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books. 110 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Fine Art - Prints and Photography. 118 lots
Sothebys. London. Contemporary Art Evening Auction - Prints. 4 lots
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. Hollywood Auction - Day 3. 229 lots

Thu. Jun. 29th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana - World History & Exploration - Natural History. 636 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. The Erotica Sale: Books, Works on Paper, Photographs. 115 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 94 lots
Sothebys. London. Contemporary Art Day Auction - Prints. 21 lots

Fri. Jun. 30th
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Books, Maps and Prints. 4635 lots

Sat. Jul. 1st
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Prints and Multiples, Photography. 285 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Comics and Original Plates.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Animation Art. 920 lots

Sun. Jul. 2nd
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. Empire at Fontainebleau. 96 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 6/25.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 6/25.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • 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