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Rare Book Hub: 41 Auctions Archived, another 27 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 22 November 2019, 41 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 14 denominated in euros, 5 in British pounds, and 22 in US dollars.  Turnover was $23,049,421 as 13,968 lots were offered and 11,366 sold for an 81% success rate.  It was another strong week.

 

For the holiday shortened week ahead 22 auctions are scheduled.

 

9 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Aguttes. Aristophil - 22 • BRITANNICA-AMERICANA on November 18th: $4,208,432 
Arader Galleries. November Sale on November 16th: $2,906,834 
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration Auction Featuring The Armstrong Family Collection Part IV on November 16th: $2,558,101 
Sothebys. Library of Jean-Francois Chopin on November 18th: $1,981,755 
Sothebys. The Cottesloe Military Library on November 19th: $1,913,583 
Sothebys. Sacred Splendor: Books and Manuscripts on November 20th: $1,673,438 
Heritage Auctions. Entertainment & Music Memorabilia on November 17th: $1,379,573 
Cowans Auctions. American History: Premier Auction on November 15th: $1,131,346 
Artcurial. French Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries on November 19th: $1,065,231 

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

Bruun Rasmussen. Books on November 17th: 182.61% 
Aguttes. Aristophil - 22 • BRITANNICA-AMERICANA on November 18th: 160.97% 
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Books on November 13th: 160.60% 
Sothebys. The Cottesloe Military Library on November 19th: 138.97% 
Doyle New York. Fine Modern Art - Prints on November 19th: 120.89% 
Sothebys. Library of Jean-Francois Chopin on November 18th: 120.25% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/1 on November 12th: 112.85% 
Skinner. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Online - Bidstart 11/11 on November 17th: 104.58% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/1 on November 11th: 102.78% 


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

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Book Auction on November 8th: 99.00% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 11/12 on November 19th: 98.97% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/10 on November 17th: 98.81% 
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 11/12 on November 19th: 98.42% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/10 on November 17th: 97.40% 
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration Auction Featuring The Armstrong Family Collection Part IV on November 16th: 96.61% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 10/20 on November 17th: 95.34% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/1 on November 12th: 94.44% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Books on November 17th: 91.67% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Circus - Side Show - Oddities on November 16th: 90.25% 
Skinner. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Online - Bidstart 11/11 on November 17th: 88.54% 
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Books on November 13th: 88.48% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on November 16th: 87.00% 
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on November 12th: 86.90% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/1 on November 11th: 86.36% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on November 14th: 85.59% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on November 19th: 83.58% 
OSENAT. Books and Manuscripts on November 16th: 82.31% 
Winter Associates. Prints on November 18th: 81.82% 
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 14/1 on November 10th: 81.25% 
Cowans Auctions. American History: Premier Auction on November 15th: 81.22% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Aguttes MANUSCRIT autographe signé « CHARLOTTE BRONTË », Second Series of The Young Men’s Magazines…, août 1830 on November 18th Actual price: USD $863,678.
  2. Sothebys MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE DES DEUX MENUETS POUR ORCHESTRE K.164 (130A) N° 5 ET 6. [SALZBOURG, JUIN 1772.] on November 18th Actual price: USD $412,461.
  3. Arader Galleries Audubon Aquatint Great Blue Heron on November 16th Actual price: USD $387,500.
  4. Cowans Auctions A Rare Antebellum Image of Slavery in Georgia, Believed to be the Earliest Known Image of Enslaved African Americans with Cotton on November 15th Actual price: USD $324,500.
  5. Arader Galleries Gould's Birds of New Guinea on November 16th Actual price: USD $312,500.
  6. Aguttes On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: [W. Clowes and Sons for] John Murray, 1859 on November 18th Actual price: USD $266,301.
  7. Arader Galleries Audubon Aquatint Louisiana Heron on November 16th Actual price: USD $212,500.
  8. Aguttes The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: on November 18th Actual price: USD $202,893.
  9. Aguttes P.S. « Dwight D. Eisenhower », [Reims] 7 mai 1945 on November 18th Actual price: USD $201,525.
  10. Arader Galleries Gould's Birds of Asia on November 16th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  11. Arader Galleries Audubon Aquatint Snowy Heron on November 16th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  12. Sothebys A volume containing the first edition of Machiavelli's Arte della guerra and the contemporary military text Vallo, comprising: on November 19th Actual price: USD $193,793.
  13. Aguttes Évêque de Sherbourne, poète et érudit latin. Deux feuillets extraits du De laude virginitatis [De la gloire de la virginité]. on November 18th Actual price: USD $187,130.
  14. Sothebys The boke of the fayt of armes and of Chyvalrye on November 19th Actual price: USD $177,643.
  15. Arader Galleries Audubon Aquatint Fish Hawk on November 16th Actual price: USD $158,750.
  16. Aguttes An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. on November 18th Actual price: USD $153,920.
  17. Sothebys The Principles of the Art Militarie, 4 parts, comprising: on November 19th Actual price: USD $137,270.
  18. Heritage Auctions The Beatles 1966 Genuine, Original Shea Stadium NYC Concert Poster on November 17th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  19. Sothebys CASE D’ARMONS. on November 18th Actual price: USD $124,569.
  20. Heritage Auctions Grateful Dead 1966 "Skeleton & Roses" Concert Poster FD-26 Graded Near-Perfect 9.8 on November 17th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  21. Aguttes MANUSCRIT autographe, Raum und Gruppe…, [vers 1945] on November 18th Actual price: USD $115,157.
  22. Arader Galleries Audubon Aquatint Pileated Woodpecker on November 16th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  23. Arader Galleries Gould's Birds of Europe on November 16th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  24. Arader Galleries Audubon Aquatint Long-Billed Curlew on November 16th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  25. Arader Galleries Audubon Aquatint Wood Duck on November 16th Actual price: USD $106,250.



41 total sales reported this week:

Artcurial. French Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries on November 19th: 52.63%
Potomack Company. Online Auction - Books, Prints on November 19th: 64.10%
Soler Y Llach. Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Collectibles on November 21st: 40.45%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc. on November 19th: 75.00%
Winter Associates. Prints on November 18th: 81.82%
PosterConnection Inc.. Posters on November 16th: 64.25%
Skinner. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Online - Bidstart 11/11 on November 17th: 88.54%
Aguttes. Aristophil - 22 • BRITANNICA-AMERICANA on November 18th: 76.38%
Aguttes. Aristophil 26 • History; Pages of History on November 18th: 54.46%
Sothebys. Sacred Splendor: Books and Manuscripts on November 20th: 46.33%
Sothebys. The Cottesloe Military Library on November 19th: 77.92%
Doyle New York. Fine Modern Art - Prints on November 19th: 75.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on November 19th: 83.58%
Sothebys. Artists and Bindings: Books and Manuscripts on November 18th: 68.09%
Sothebys. Library of Jean-Francois Chopin on November 18th: 75.44%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books on November 17th: 91.67%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 11/12 on November 19th: 98.42%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 11/12 on November 19th: 98.97%
OSENAT. Books and Manuscripts on November 16th: 82.31%
Cowans Auctions. American History: Premier Auction on November 15th: 81.22%
Potomack Company. American, European & Asian Historic to Modern Auction on November 16th: 68.18%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Circus - Side Show - Oddities on November 16th: 90.25%
Trafford Books. Books, Photos & Ephemera, Postcards, and Postage Stamps. on November 13th: 71.98%
Chiswick Auctions. Photographica on November 14th: 45.50%
Vermot de Pas. Library on Gastronomy and Oenology on November 13th: 40.82%
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Book Auction on November 8th: 99.00%
Forum Auctions. Banksy X Editions on November 13th: 46.70%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on November 14th: 85.59%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Fine Books and Manuscripts on October 18th: 75.16%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/10 on November 17th: 98.81%
Arader Galleries. November Sale on November 16th: 56.47%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/10 on November 17th: 97.40%
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Books on November 13th: 88.48%
Heritage Auctions. Entertainment & Music Memorabilia on November 17th: 79.61%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 10/20 on November 17th: 95.34%
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration Auction Featuring The Armstrong Family Collection Part IV on November 16th: 96.61%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on November 12th: 86.90%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/1 on November 12th: 94.44%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/1 on November 11th: 86.36%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 14/1 on November 10th: 81.25%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on November 16th: 87.00%

 


For the week ahead 27 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Nov. 25th
Dorotheum . Vienna. Autographs, Manuscripts, Certificates. 301 lots
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Rare Books - Evening Sale. 92 lots
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Rare Books - Main Sale. 248 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 113 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/15. 42 lots

Tue. Nov. 26th
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Books. 5383 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Book and Document Auction of the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution. 423 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 11/19. 717 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 11/19. 198 lots
Christies. Paris. Library of Martine de Behague and the Counts of Ganay - Part One. 187 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/15. 29 lots

Wed. Nov. 27th
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 201 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Russia: Important Books and Manuscripts. 188 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Mickey Mouse and Friends - Animation Art. 289 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Prints of the 15th-19th Century. 678 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . A Passion for Prints - A Collection of Classic Printmaking. 112 lots

Thu. Nov. 28th
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 11/21. 610 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Cartography - Online Bidstart 11/22. 50 lots

Fri. Nov. 29th
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. 59th Annual Thanksgiving Americana & Fine Art. 20 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Art Part 2 - Prints. 343 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 11/22. 158 lots

Sat. Nov. 30th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Art Part 1 - Prints. 164 lots

Sun. Dec. 1st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/24.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/24.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 11/2. 289 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 11/22. 42 lots

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