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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 37 Auctions Archived, another 35 Upcoming this Week

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Dominic Winter Book Auctions Nile-Sketches Painted from Nature During his Travels through Egypt... with accompanying Text by Dr A.E. Brehm and Dr Johannes Dümichen, first edition, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [1875], half-title and lithographed map frontispiece, 24 chromolithographed pla on May 15th Actual price: USD $829,663.
  2. Binoche et Giquello Theatre des cites du monde. on May 14th Actual price: USD $403,932.
  3. Sothebys MEKKA ... MIT BILDER-ATLAS [ZU MEKKA [AND] BILDER AUS MEKKA]. on May 14th Actual price: USD $274,125.
  4. Sothebys LIVRE DES DIFFERENTES ESPÈCES D'OISEAUX DE LA CHINE TIRES DU CABINET DU ROY... [BOUND WITH:] 2.E PARTIE... 3.E PARTIE… 4.E PARTIE. on May 14th Actual price: USD $241,875.
  5. Heritage Auctions Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Piece of the Wright Flyer Propeller, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG on May 11th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Section of the Wright Flyer's Wing Fabric, Position #44, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Controlled Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Arm on May 11th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  7. Artcurial Nikopol - Tome 2 La Femme piège on April 27th Actual price: USD $167,440.
  8. Artcurial Coke en stock on April 27th Actual price: USD $145,600.
  9. Sothebys DA QING WAN NIAN YI TONG DI LI TU. GEOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE GREAT QING DYNASTY. JIAQING PERIOD (1760-1820) on May 14th Actual price: USD $137,063.
  10. Sothebys A GROUP OF 26 PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDING IBN SAUD, HIS FAMILY, SWORD DANCING, HIS CAMP IN MECCA, AND PALACE IN RIYADH. on May 14th Actual price: USD $129,000.
  11. Sothebys THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM. on May 14th Actual price: USD $129,000.
  12. Heritage Auctions Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Piece of the Wright Flyer Propeller, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG on May 11th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  13. Sothebys THE THEATRE OF THE EMPIRE OF GREAT BRITAIN, on May 14th Actual price: USD $120,938.
  14. Heritage Auctions Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Piece of the Wright Flyer Propeller, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG on May 11th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  15. Heritage Auctions Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Section of the Wright Flyer's Wing Fabric, Position #5, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Controlled Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Arms on May 11th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  16. Artcurial Nikopol - Tome 2 La Femme piège on April 27th Actual price: USD $104,832.
  17. Sothebys ESTELLE LEFÉBURE, KAREN ALEXANDER, RACHEL WILLIAMS, LINDA EVANGELISTA, TATJANA PATITZ, CHRISTY TURLINGTON' on May 16th Actual price: USD $96,000.
  18. Sothebys LOLIONDO LION CHARGE, FOR THE END OF THE GAME / LAST WORD FROM PARADISE' on May 16th Actual price: USD $96,000.
  19. Artcurial Una Ballata del Mare Salato on April 27th Actual price: USD $94,640.
  20. Artcurial Nikopol - Tome 2 La Femme piège on April 27th Actual price: USD $94,640.
  21. Heritage Auctions Apollo 11 Flown Largest Size American Flag Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG Certified. on May 11th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  22. Heritage Auctions Apollo 11 Flown Crew-Signed "Type One" Quarantine Cover, Hand-numbered NA-5 and Certified by Neil Armstrong, Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG Certified. on May 11th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  23. Sothebys A MAP OF THE BRITISH AND FRENCH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA. on May 14th Actual price: USD $88,688.
  24. Dorotheum Landschaft on May 15th Actual price: USD $84,336.
  25. Heritage Auctions Apollo 11 Flown and Crew-Signed Beta Cloth Mission Insignia Directly from the Personal Collection of Mission Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, Signed and Certified, with Hand-Signed CAG Certification. on May 11th Actual price: USD $81,250.


7 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration, Featuring the Armstrong Family Collection on May 11th: $4,567,627
Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on May 14th: $2,691,753
Artcurial. Comic Strips on April 27th: $2,321,154
Swann Galleries. Contemporary Art on May 16th: $1,399,657
Sothebys. Photographs on May 16th: $1,237,600
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on May 15th: $1,237,302
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on April 30th: $1,132,750

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

Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on May 15th: 363.24%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Militaria, Aviation, Maritime and Railway History on May 16th: 145.98%
Aste Bolaffi. Posters on May 9th: 124.67%
De Baecque and Associes. Prints on May 16th: 119.62%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on May 2nd: 118.01%
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on April 30th: 116.63%
Skinner. Fine Prints and Multiples, Fine Photographs on May 10th: 113.19%
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Antiquarian Books, Maps and Prints on March 6th: 107.18%
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration, Featuring the Armstrong Family Collection on May 11th: 101.41%


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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/5 on May 12th: 99.78%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 5/7 on May 14th: 99.50%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/7 on May 14th: 98.47%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/14 on May 12th: 98.46%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/5 on May 12th: 98.00%
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration, Featuring the Armstrong Family Collection on May 11th: 94.13%
Skinner. Fine Prints and Multiples, Fine Photographs on May 10th: 93.71%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on May 11th: 93.06%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on May 15th: 90.09%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on May 2nd: 89.12%
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on April 30th: 88.44%
Heritage Auctions. Manuscripts on May 14th: 88.03%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Militaria, Aviation, Maritime and Railway History on May 16th: 86.96%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on May 16th: 84.92%
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Literature on May 14th: 83.88%
Skinner. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Online - Bidstart 5/8 on May 16th: 82.94%
Swann Galleries. Contemporary Art on May 16th: 80.36%


37 total sales reported this week:

Eldreds. May Evening Sale - Prints on May 16th: 52.63%
PBA Galleries. Rare Golf Books, Clubs & Memorabilia on May 16th: 59.11%
De Baecque and Associes. Prints on May 16th: 73.53%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on May 16th: 84.92%
RR Auction. John Brennan Music Collection on May 16th: 67.30%
Sothebys. Photographs on May 16th: 60.50%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Militaria, Aviation, Maritime and Railway History on May 16th: 86.96%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on May 15th: 90.09%
Swann Galleries. Contemporary Art on May 16th: 80.36%
Skinner. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Online - Bidstart 5/8 on May 16th: 82.94%
Rossini. Books on May 14th: 49.38%
Dorotheum . Printmaking and Multiples on May 15th: 74.22%
Dorotheum . Photography on May 15th: 54.40%
Binoche et Giquello. Ancient and Modern Books on May 14th: 50.28%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/7 on May 14th: 98.47%
Heritage Auctions. Monthly Photographs Online - bidstart 4/24 on May 15th: 65.63%
Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on May 14th: 70.25%
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Literature on May 14th: 83.88%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 14th: 77.14%
Morton Subastas. Photographs on May 9th: 14.14%
Morton Subastas. PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTS, ANTIQUE AND CONTEMPORARY BOOKS on May 7th: 39.61%
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Antiquarian Books, Maps and Prints on March 6th: 73.46%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 5/7 on May 14th: 99.50%
Heritage Auctions. Manuscripts on May 14th: 88.03%
Skinner. Fine Prints and Multiples, Fine Photographs on May 10th: 93.71%
Zisska and Lacher. Books on May 11th: 62.98%
Case Antiques, Inc.. Books, Prints on April 27th: 77.27%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on May 11th: 52.08%
Aste Bolaffi. Posters on May 9th: 74.30%
Artcurial. Comic Strips on April 27th: 69.10%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/5 on May 12th: 98.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/5 on May 12th: 99.78%
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration, Featuring the Armstrong Family Collection on May 11th: 94.13%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/14 on May 12th: 98.46%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on May 2nd: 89.12%
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on April 30th: 88.44%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on May 11th: 93.06%

  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ian Fleming. <i>Casino Royale,</i> London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. <i>Winnie The Pooh,</i> United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000. <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> L. Frank Baum. <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,</i> Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Man Ray. <i>Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934,</i> Hartford, 1934. $7,860. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Pennant. <i>Zoologia Britannica,</i> Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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