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Rare Book Hub: 26 Auctions Archived, another 28 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 6 April 2019 26 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database, 3 in Australian dollars, 1 in Swiss francs, 6 in euros, 1 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 14 in US dollars.  Turnover was $13,538,653 as 7,572 lots were offered and 6,056 sold for an 80% success rate.  Interest in the rooms continues to be high.

 

5 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

 
Christies. Photographs on April 2nd: $3,511,750 
Arenberg Auctions. Books on March 30th: $1,844,122 
Christies. The Face of the Century: Photographs from the F Collection on April 2nd: $1,812,000 
Christies. Daydreaming: Photographs from the Goldstein Collection on April 2nd: $1,614,750 
Kestenbaum and Company. Fine Judaica on March 28th: $1,389,692 
 

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

Koller Auctions. Old Master Prints on March 29th: 179.35% 
De Baecque and Associes. Incunables and Impressions of the 16th Century on March 28th: 128.82% 
Arenberg Auctions. Books on March 30th: 117.25% 


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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 3/24 on March 31st: 99.40% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/24 on March 31st: 99.32% 
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 3/26 on April 2nd: 99.08% 
National Book Auctions. Natural History, de Soto, Chemistry, Americana on March 31st: 98.95% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 3/26 on April 2nd: 98.82% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/3 on March 31st: 96.06% 
Koller Auctions. Old Master Prints on March 29th: 92.45% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 30th: 89.29% 
De Baecque and Associes. Incunables and Impressions of the 16th Century on March 28th: 88.41% 
Addison and Sarova. Rare Books in All Fields on March 30th: 87.78% 
Christies. The Face of the Century: Photographs from the F Collection on April 2nd: 86.67% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 4th: 82.91% 
Winter Associates. Fine Art - Prints on April 1st: 80.00% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, 1955 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $615,000.
  2. Christies Harlequin Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), NY, 1950 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $325,000.
  3. Christies Lestnitsa (Steps), 1929 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $281,250.
  4. Christies A family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N.Y. 1968 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $275,000.
  5. Christies Elephant Family at Night at a salt lick, Aberdare Forest, 1972/2009 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $250,000.
  6. Christies The Family, Luzzara, Italy, 1953 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $250,000.
  7. Arenberg Auctions A magnificent pair of globes, terrestrial and celestial. on March 30th Actual price: USD $238,000.
  8. Arenberg Auctions Le Grand Atlas, ou Cosmographie Blaviaene, en laquelle est exactement descritte la Terre, la Mer, et le Ciel. on March 30th Actual price: USD $231,000.
  9. Christies Nude on Sand, 1936 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $150,000.
  10. Christies Parade – Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $137,500.
  11. Christies Black and White Vogue Cover (Jean Patchett), New York, 1950 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $137,500.
  12. Christies Untitled #328-02, 2002 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $125,000.
  13. Christies Iceland Poppy/ Papaver nudicaule (A), New York, 2006 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $125,000.
  14. Arenberg Auctions Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. on March 30th Actual price: USD $123,200.
  15. Christies Rose, Fritz Nobis, London, 1970 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $106,250.
  16. Christies Lew Alcindor, Basketball Player, 61st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, May 2, 1963 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $106,250.
  17. Christies 'Tied-Up Torso', Ramatuelle, 1980 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $100,000.
  18. Christies 'Self Portrait with Wife and Models', Paris, 1981 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $100,000.
  19. Christies Marilyn Monroe, actress, New York City, May 6, 1957 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $100,000.
  20. Christies North Pacific Ocean, Iwate, 1986 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $100,000.
  21. Kestenbaum and Company <<THE YOSEF GOLDMAN “SINGERMAN” COLLECTION.>> Containing c. 1,300 printed volumes. Abbreviated short-title list available upon request. on March 28th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  22. Christies 'Rue Abriot', Yves St. Laurent and Nude, Paris 1975 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $87,500.
  23. Christies Rayograph (Kiki Silhouette, Positive), 1922–1938 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $87,500.
  24. Kestenbaum and Company Machzor LePesach Minhag Aschkenaz [prayer-book for Passover]. Rite according to Aschkenazi custom. on March 28th Actual price: USD $80,000.
  25. Christies 'Mannequins Quai d'Orsay II', Paris, 1977 on April 2nd Actual price: USD $75,000.



26 total sales reported this week:

PBA Galleries. Art and Illustration: Books and Graphics - Illustrated Books - Miscellanea on April 4th: 62.73%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 4th: 82.91%
Arenberg Auctions. Books on March 30th: 77.81%
Winter Associates. Fine Art - Prints on April 1st: 80.00%
Artcurial. Aristophil - Writings and Works by Artists from the 16th to the 20th Centuries on April 2nd: 56.38%
Morton Subastas. EXPLORERS AND TRAVELERS OF THE WORLD, GEOGRAPHY, MAPS AND CARTOGRAPHY INCLUDES DOCUMENTS AND BOOKS O on April 2nd: 30.77%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints and Photographs on April 2nd: 69.75%
Christies. The Face of the Century: Photographs from the F Collection on April 2nd: 86.67%
Christies. Daydreaming: Photographs from the Goldstein Collection on April 2nd: 76.81%
Christies. Photographs on April 2nd: 65.25%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 3/26 on April 2nd: 99.08%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 3/26 on April 2nd: 98.82%
Michael Treloar. Militaria - Online bidstart 3/19 on March 31st: 51.24%
Michael Treloar. Gastronomy - Online bidstart 3/19 on March 31st: 43.16%
Australian Book Auctions. April Gallery Sale on April 1st: 78.87%
Kestenbaum and Company. Fine Judaica on March 28th: 65.26%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Marine and Travel on March 27th: 75.80%
De Baecque and Associes. Incunables and Impressions of the 16th Century on March 28th: 88.41%
Koller Auctions. Old Master Prints on March 29th: 92.45%
Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Rare Books, Prints and Art on March 29th: 48.28%
National Book Auctions. Natural History, de Soto, Chemistry, Americana on March 31st: 98.95%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/3 on March 31st: 96.06%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/24 on March 31st: 99.32%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 3/24 on March 31st: 99.40%
Addison and Sarova. Rare Books in All Fields on March 30th: 87.78%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 30th: 89.29%

 


For the week ahead 28 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Apr. 8th
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Illustrious Personalities, Holocaust & Anti-Semitism, Historic Documents, Art, Seforim, Letters from. 280 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Globes. 9 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 72 lots

Tue. Apr. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/2. 550 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/2. 229 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety. 49 lots

Wed. Apr. 10th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 555 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. April Fine Autograph and Artifact Sale - online bidstart 3/15. 879 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints, Books. 39 lots
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. Irish Advertising Signs and Rural Bygones. 119 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Prints Before 1900. 85 lots

Thu. Apr. 11th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Vintage Cameras and Photography. 252 lots
One Of Kind Collectibles. Coral Gables. Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Photography - Online Bidstart 4/4.

Fri. Apr. 12th
ALDE. Paris. Atlases - Maps - Travel Books. 214 lots

Sat. Apr. 13th
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Spring Estates Auction. 107 lots
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Prints - Online - Internet Bidstart 4/5. 39 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints, Books. 226 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. April Gallery Auction. 62 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs. 27 lots
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. American Frontier April Auction. 104 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. Live and Online - Prints, Books. 32 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 174 lots

Sun. Apr. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/7.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/7.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/17. 242 lots
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. Books and Prints.
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints, Books. 50 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.

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