Auction Update Review

Click slideshow for more
info.

Click slideshow for more
info.

WAU: 54 Auctions Archived, 33 More This Week

For the week ended Saturday 16 June 2018, 54 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 17 denominated in euros, 5 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 31 in US dollars.  Turnover was $29,127,781 as 14,567 lots were offered and 10,534 sold for a 72% success rate.  These results include some auctions that were deferred from the previous week.

 

7 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Christies. The Portland Audubon on June 14th: $9,650,000 
Christies. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts - Including Americana on June 14th: $3,203,250 
Arenberg Auctions. Books, Maps, Prints on May 26th: $2,141,626 
Christies. Arts of India - Prints, Illustrations, Manuscripts on June 12th: $1,791,344 
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on June 12th: $1,410,900 
Arader Galleries. June 2018 Auction on June 2nd: $1,117,151 
Heritage Auctions. David and Janice Frent Collection of Presidential and Political Americana on June 3rd: $1,069,808 


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

Grogan and Company. The Spring Auction - Prints and Books on June 3rd: 224.74% 
Christies. South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints on June 12th: 137.27% 
Il Ponte. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on June 13th: 133.22% 
Ferraton. Books on May 26th: 121.51% 
Arenberg Auctions. Books, Maps, Prints on May 26th: 119.63% 
De Baecque and Associes. Old and Modern Books on May 31st: 118.13% 
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Fine Auction - Books and Prints on June 2nd: 117.04% 
Tajan. Prints on May 29th: 107.61% 
Christies. Arts of India - Prints, Illustrations, Manuscripts on June 12th: 103.34% 
Potomack Company. Fine Art and Antiques - Books, Prints on June 2nd: 101.56% 


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

Grogan and Company. The Spring Auction - Prints and Books on June 3rd: 100.00% 
National Book Auctions. Books on June 2nd: 100.00% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. May Premier Auction - Books, Prints on May 15th: 100.00% 
Potomack Company. Fine Art and Antiques - Books, Prints on June 2nd: 100.00% 
Christies. The Portland Audubon on June 14th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 6/3 on June 10th: 98.97% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on June 2nd: 98.89% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 6/6 on June 12th: 98.57% 
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Fine Auction - Books and Prints on June 2nd: 97.22% 
Alaska Auction. Prints and Books - online only on May 30th: 94.25% 
Aspire Auctions. Prints - Internet bidstart 5/25 on June 2nd: 94.03% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 6/3 on June 10th: 92.86% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 5/13 on June 10th: 92.18% 
Christies. South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints on June 12th: 88.89% 
Heritage Auctions. David and Janice Frent Collection of Presidential and Political Americana on June 3rd: 88.36% 
Alaska Auction. Prints and Books on May 31st: 86.49% 
De Baecque and Associes. Old and Modern Books on May 31st: 84.17% 
Charlton Hall. 89th Anniversary Sale on June 1st: 83.33% 
Il Ponte. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on June 13th: 83.33% 
Swann Galleries. Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books on June 7th: 82.87% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on June 7th: 81.65% 
Ferraton. Books on May 26th: 81.52% 
Doyle New York. Photographs on June 14th: 81.08% 
Rago Arts and Auctions. Collectibles on June 9th: 80.56% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies The Birds of America; from Original Drawings. London: Published by the Author, 1827-1838. on June 14th Actual price: USD $9,650,000.
  2. Arenberg Auctions [Atlas maior, sive cosmographia blaviana, qua solum, salum, coelum, accuratissime describuntur]. Geographia, quae est cosmographiae Blaviana pars prima [...]. on May 26th Actual price: USD $708,000.
  3. Christies The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. on June 14th Actual price: USD $348,500.
  4. Christies AN IMPORTANT ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT OF THE RAMAYANA OF TULSI DAS on June 12th Actual price: USD $282,625.
  5. Bonhams Autograph Musical Manuscript, 2 pp, oblong 4to (233 x 307 mm), [Vienna, early 1809,] ruled with 14-staves per page, on June 12th Actual price: USD $250,000.
  6. Bonhams Wetterkurzschlussel. [WKS. Weather short Signal Book]. Berlin: Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, 1942. on June 12th Actual price: USD $225,000.
  7. Christies Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. on June 14th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  8. Bonhams The Tragedie of Julius Caesar [Extracted from the First Folio]. [London: Isaac Jaggard..., 1623.] on June 12th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  9. Arenberg Auctions Horae. Use of Rome. Latin (and a few French rubrics). on May 26th Actual price: USD $162,250.
  10. Tajan RECUEIL DE QUATRE–VINGT CINQ ESTAMPES ORIGINALES on May 29th Actual price: USD $145,730.
  11. Arenberg Auctions "Les avantures de Telemaque fils d'Ulÿsse &c.". on May 26th Actual price: USD $128,325.
  12. Christies IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE CHANCERY DIVISION [...] BETWEEN JAMES PAUL McCARTNEY Plaintiff and JOHN ONO LENNON, GEORGE HARRISON[,] RICHARD STARKEY and APPLE CORPS LIMITED Defendants. on June 14th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  13. Christies BASKETBALL – An Olympic Gold Medal awarded for Basketball to George Louis Redlein (1885-1968), on June 14th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  14. Arader Galleries The First Part of the North American Pilot, for Newfoundland, Labradore, and the Gulf and River St. Laurence... [with] A New Edition, much enlarged, of the Second Part of the North American Pilot, for New England, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,... on June 2nd Actual price: USD $124,440.
  15. Christies BIBLE, in English – The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. on June 14th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  16. Arader Galleries Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent Thereto. on June 2nd Actual price: USD $115,900.
  17. Christies Autograph manuscript signed ("Ch. Darwin"), titled "The Descent of Man," being a working draft in 12 lines with autograph cancellations and emendations on June 14th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  18. Bonhams [Vita et Fabulae], Latin prose version of Romulus, Franciscus Rinucius Aretinus, translator, et Fabulae, Lib. I-IV, with the metrical version of Anonymous Neveletti (i.e., Aesopus Moralisatus). [Basel: Jacob Wolff von Pforzheim, c.1489.] on June 12th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  19. Arader Galleries Louisiana Heron, Plate 217. on June 2nd Actual price: USD $103,700.
  20. Christies AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE 'LARGE' GULER-BASOHLI BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: KRISHNA ATTACKED BY DHENUKASURA AS HIS COMPANIONS GATHER FRUIT on June 12th Actual price: USD $99,750.
  21. Christies A PRINCE AND A PRINCESS HOLDING FIREWORKS on June 12th Actual price: USD $99,750.
  22. Arader Galleries Map of the State of Georgia, Prepared from actual Surveys and other Documents for Eleazer Early. on June 2nd Actual price: USD $97,600.
  23. Christies Autograph manuscript signed ("Thomas Paine"), "Letter of Thomas Paine to Camille Jourdan," on June 14th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  24. Heritage Auctions William Henry Harrison: A Spectacular Large 1840 Silk Campaign Flag. on June 3rd Actual price: USD $87,500.
  25. Christies El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. on June 14th Actual price: USD $81,250.



54 total sales reported this week:

Doyle New York. Photographs on June 14th: 81.08%
PBA Galleries. Rare Books and Manuscripts on June 14th: 68.78%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Prints and Drawings on June 9th: 77.32%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Collectibles on June 9th: 80.56%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on June 14th: 76.47%
Potomack Company. Postmaster General Collection & Other Estates Online Auction on June 7th: 49.15%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 5/18 on June 13th: 56.32%
Il Ponte. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on June 13th: 83.33%
ALDE. First Editions of the 19th and 20th Century on June 13th: 53.45%
Minerva Auctions Roma. Books, Autographs and Prints on June 12th: 47.33%
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on June 12th: 62.94%
Christies. The Portland Audubon on June 14th: 100.00%
Christies. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts - Including Americana on June 14th: 74.06%
Christies. Arts of India - Prints, Illustrations, Manuscripts on June 12th: 74.36%
Christies. South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints on June 12th: 88.89%
ALDE. Antiquarian and 19th Century Books - Natural History on June 11th: 55.92%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on June 9th: 69.05%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on June 7th: 81.65%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints on June 6th: 58.33%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. June Estate Treasures: Printes on June 7th: 41.38%
PIASA. Editions: Prints, Illustrated Books, Multiples on June 6th: 54.90%
Grogan and Company. The Spring Auction - Prints and Books on June 3rd: 100.00%
De Baecque and Associes. Old and Modern Books on May 31st: 84.17%
Rossini. Online Book Auction - Internet bidstart 5/17 on May 30th: 38.21%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 12th: 77.38%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 5th: 79.25%
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. Fine Art 17th-20th Century - Prints, Photographs, Autographs on June 12th: 79.67%
Ferraton. Books on May 26th: 81.52%
National Book Auctions. Books on June 2nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 6/6 on June 12th: 98.57%
Aspire Auctions. Prints - Internet bidstart 5/25 on June 2nd: 94.03%
Alaska Auction. Prints and Books on May 31st: 86.49%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Fine Auction - Books and Prints on June 2nd: 97.22%
Alaska Auction. Prints and Books - online only on May 30th: 94.25%
Chiswick Auctions. Modern First Editions, Illustrated Books & Limited Editions on May 30th: 76.55%
Charlton Hall. 89th Anniversary Sale on June 1st: 83.33%
Dorotheum . Graphic Prints on June 5th: 64.10%
Dorotheum . Art Photography on June 5th: 53.00%
Dorotheum . Autographs, Manuscripts and Certificates on June 4th: 66.08%
Morton Subastas. Prints & Multiples from United States, Latin America and Europe on June 4th: 14.58%
Swann Galleries. Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books on June 7th: 82.87%
Swann Galleries. Illustration Art on June 5th: 77.25%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 6/3 on June 10th: 98.97%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 5/13 on June 10th: 92.18%
Potomack Company. Fine Art and Antiques - Books, Prints on June 2nd: 100.00%
Minerva Auctions Roma. Photographs on May 30th: 38.65%
Arader Galleries. June 2018 Auction on June 2nd: 57.71%
Heritage Auctions. David and Janice Frent Collection of Presidential and Political Americana on June 3rd: 88.36%
Arenberg Auctions. Books, Maps, Prints on May 26th: 63.83%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. May Premier Auction - Books, Prints on May 15th: 100.00%
Tajan. Prints on May 29th: 67.52%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on June 2nd: 98.89%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 6/3 on June 10th: 92.86%

 


For the week ahead 33 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jun. 18th
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . 4 * Free Arts * Works and Correspondence. 323 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 97 lots

Tue. Jun. 19th
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photography. 434 lots
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Stockholm. Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 296 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . 6 • LITERATURE • WRITERS & POETS OF XIX TH -XX TH BY AGUTTES. 116 lots
Drouot Estimations. Paris. Aristophil 5 • Literature • Writers and Poets of the 19th and 20th Centuries. 96 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Letters by A. Einstein and Other Illustrious Personalities. 342 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 6/12. 424 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Books and Manuscripts. 175 lots

Wed. Jun. 20th
Bonhams. London. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 296 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 505 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . 8 • MUSIC • FROM LULLY TO STRAVINSKY BY AGUTTES. 176 lots
Ader. PARIS. Music - The Aristophil Collection. 151 lots
University Archives. Westport. Fabulous Autographs, Rare Books and Relics. 266 lots

Thu. Jun. 21st
Swann Galleries. New York. Revolutionary & Presidential Americana from the Collection of William Wheeler III. 229 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc..
RR Auction. Amherst. Sports - Internet Bidstart 6/14. 654 lots
Ader. PARIS. Photographs. 345 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, PRIVATE PRESS, TOYS & GAMES, ORIGINAL ILLUSTR. 366 lots

Fri. Jun. 22nd
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Ancient Books and Manuscripts.
Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH. Berlin-Schoneberg. Modern Contemporary Art, Modern Photography. 431 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American History: Live Salesroom Auction. 502 lots
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Rare Books. 619 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Treasures from Pacific Shores - Numismatic, Mining, Americana, etc..

Sat. Jun. 23rd
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Rare Books - Day 2. 798 lots
John McInnis Auctioneers. Amesbury. Unreserved Estate Sale.
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana - Day 2.

Sun. Jun. 24th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 5/27. 223 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 6/17.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 6/17.
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. Summer Sizzler Sale - Books and Prints.
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana - Day 3.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • 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