Books and Works on Paper

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from August 11-30, 2020.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from August 4-20, 2020.

An exceptionally varied and very successful recent Scottish sale contained a great many letters and plenty of fascinating manuscript material.

Christie’s New York (25/20/13.5% buyer’s premium) recently staged two important book sales online that between them raised almost $3.38m, including premiums.

Unusual proof example of mid-19th century work was a copy which belonged to David Roberts.

Published in 1970, 'William the Lawless' marked the last appearance in full book form of Richmal Crompton’s much-loved schoolboy hero – almost 50 years on from the publication of the first, 'Just William' of 1922.

One of the “very earliest books printed in Arabic by means of moveable type” made £18,000 at Bloomsbury Auctions (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).

A letter in which Kenneth Grahame writes about the suicide of his son, Alastair, sold at East Bristol Auctions (18% buyer’s premium) for £1200.

Running to just 10 lots and held online Essential Genius: Ten Important Manuscripts for Modern Times was a Bonhams New York (27.5/25/20/13.9%) auction.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from July 21-Aug 1, 2020.

Rare early map of the region from three years before the Alamo has another saleroom outing

The gilt decorated blue cloth binding showed signs of age, but a copy of Rudyard Kipling’s 'Captains Courageous, A Story of the Grand Banks' offered in a Philadelphia sale bore the author’s signature on the title-page.

Bearing an estimate of just €100-150, a double-sided lot in a big Dutch sale attracted great international interest and ended up selling at €32,500 (£29,120).

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from July 14-29, 2020.

Though largely made up of books, the star turn in a US sale of 100 lots called ‘Churchill in Charge’ was a portrait by the photographer usually known simply as Karsh. The sale was inspired by the 80th anniversary of his assuming the office of Britain’s Prime Minister.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from July 7-23, 2020.

Presenting some 434 lots and with a total not far short of £1m, a recent sale held by Forum Auctions (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) included a rich enough string of successes to outshine a few of the more highly valued lots left unsold.

South Cerney sale of nearly 900 lots mirrors the huge offerings held in Germany

Our regular listing of British and Irish book sales.

The Paris auction centre Drouot opened its doors again last month in France following the lockdown.