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Charity auctions did well in June 2010, making both the top fiction and top nonfiction lists. In the fiction category, a signed Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone brought in $5,000 for the Chicago Girl Scouts, while another Harry Potter added $1,136 to
benefit the same group. In the non-fiction top 10, Flights Over Ancient Cities of Iran came in at #6, earning $1,400 for Books
for America.
eBay
Fiction Top 10
June 2010
| #1 |
$5,000.00 |
Signed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone *Charity* |
| #2 |
$1,342.69 |
NORTHERN LIGHTS / PHILIP PULLMAN - 1st / 1st ED HB |
| #3 |
$1,300.00 |
Ayn Rand signed Atlas Shrugged 10th Anniv LE/2000 |
| #4 |
$1,136.00 |
Signed Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets *Charity |
| #5 |
$1,113.88 |
A Clockwork Orange |
| #6 |
$925.00 |
Stephen King- Salems Lot/S/L Centipede Press One of 300 |
| #7 |
$915.50 |
Blood Meridian 1st Hardbound Ed. Cormac Mc Carthy |
| #8 |
$708.88 |
MacLean Norman *A River Runs Through It* 1976 1st 1st DJ |
| #9 |
$777.00 |
The Captain is Out to lunch-Crumb / Bukowski-Ltd-Signed |
| #10 |
$700.00 |
Dark Tower : The Gunslinger Stephen King |
#1
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling
320550760084
Sold to benefit the Girl Scouts of Chicago (as was #4 below), the Collector's Edition attracted 19 bids. It was signed by both Rowling and artist
Mary GrandPre.
Listed by a UK seller, the "rare HB His Dark Materials Volume i + Signed Bookplate" sold as a BO.
After a single bid, the 10th Anniversary Edition "hardcover with slipcase copy" sold for $1,300. It was #1681 of the limited edition and was signed
by Rand.
#4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling
320550763460
15 bids took this signed 1st edition to $1,136. The charity auction, along with #1 above, benefited Girl Scouts of Chicago.
Listed by a Swedish seller, the 1st edition attracted 7 bids.
1 of 300 of Centipede Press' signed limited edition, the like-new book sold after a single bid.
Described as in fine condition with a near fine dust jacket. the 1st edition sold for $915.50 after 5 bids.
The 1976 1st edition in a 1st edition dust jacket attracted 29 bids.
#9
The Captain is Out to Lunch
Charles Bukowski
290447188091
The signed 1st edition was #18 of 175.
The 1982 1st edition was described as in very good condition with a very good condition dust jacket. It sold as a BO.
eBay
Non-Fiction Top 10
June 2010
| #1 |
$2,650.00 |
EXILE by Dominique Tarle (Genesis Pub.) ROLLING STONES |
| #2 |
$1,666.00 |
The Art of Tim Butler - Deluxe Edition - Unopened / NIB
|
| #3 |
$1,520.00 |
Works of Puritan William Perkins (3 vols Lg Folio) RARE |
| #4 tie |
$1,500.00 |
Nexsus Theory for Guitar by Gene Leis |
| #4 tie |
$1,500.00 |
Porsche Carrera RS |
| #6 |
$1,400.00 |
Flights Over Ancient Cities of Iran - 1940 |
| #7 |
$1,300.00 |
Old Man & The Sea Hemingway 1952 1st in Jacket! |
| #8 |
$1,191.00 |
YOU'RE JOKING MR. FEYNMAN by Richard Feynman--INSCRIBED |
| #9 |
$1,000.00 |
Songs of the Soul (Signed by Author) |
| #10 |
$995.00 |
Limestone - Josef Koudelka Bk Lim Ed 500 |
The Genesis publication sold after 14 bids. It was described as in like new condition.
The deluxe edition unopened attracted 18 bids.
#3
The Works of William Perkins
William Perkins
130398768230
Complete in 3 volumes, the 1626 set was "originally found separate, but now newly professional rebound in matching full calf leather
with raised bands." Described as in excellent contition, it sold for $1,5020 after three bids.
The 1961 book in acceptable condition sold as a BIN.
#4 tie
Porsche Carrera RS
Thomas Gruber and Georg Konradsheim
220627095606
#2753 of 3000 in the limited edition, it sold on a single bid.
#6
Flights over Ancient Cities of Iran
Erich Schmidt
130362834609
Published in 1940, the book was sold in a charity auction to support Books for America.
Sold as a BO, the 1st edition in dust jacket was described as in very good condition.
#8
You're Joking Mr Feynman
Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard Feynman
390202168786
Signed by the author, the 1985 later printing was previously owned by Feynman's piano tuner.
Inscribed by the author, the 1923 book sold as a BO.
The accordian-style book was published in Paris. It is #436 of the limited edition of 500 and is housed in a clamshell cardboard box. It sold with a single bid.
19 sellers were from the USA
1 seller was from UK
1 seller was from Sweden
16 books were published during or after 1950
4 were published before 1950
4 sold as BIN
3 sold as BO
1 to 29 was the range of bids
Seller feedback ranged from 7 to 18203
16 books were sold by sellers with 100% positive feedback
*feedback is noted at the time the auction is viewed by BookThink.
eBay
Antiquarian & Collectible Top 5
June 2010
| #1 |
$8,099.99 |
1634 KING JAMES VERSION PULPIT FOLIO HOLY BIBLE EARLY! |
| #2 |
$8,000.00 |
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S 1st OFFICIAL BIBLE: LOUVAIN 1547 |
| #3 |
$7,900.00 |
Auth RARE ORIGINAL Wild Raspberries Andy Warhol 1959 |
| #4 |
$6,750.00 |
1714 NEWTON PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA Physics Math Mechanic |
| #5 |
$6,603.57 |
DER VERSEHUNGELEYB 1493 LAUFFENBEREG, GERMAN INCUNABLE |
Listed by a US seller, the "'First State of the King James Text'" was described as "very very rare." After 34 bids, it sold for $8,099.99.
Sold as a BO, it was described as "The first edition of the Latin Vulgate to appear after the Council of Trest declared the Latin
Vulgate to be the official Bible of the Catholic Church."
#3
Wild Raspberries
Andy Warhol and Susie Frankfurt
270588750573
The 1959 1st edition sold after 20 bids.
#4
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Isaac Newton
300435981766
Described as a "wonder and exceptional early manuscript on vellum," it sold after 32 bids.
#5
Der Versehungeleyb
[attributed to]
Heinrich von Lauffenberg
140419004340
Listed by an Argintinean seller, the 1493 volume attracted 24 bids.
#1
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling
320550760084
Sold to benefit the Girl Scouts of Chicago (as was #4 below), the Collector's Edition attracted 19 bids. It was signed by both Rowling and artist
Mary GrandPre.
Listed by a UK seller, the "rare HB His Dark Materials Volume i + Signed Bookplate" sold as a BO.
After a single bid, the 10th Anniversary Edition "hardcover with slipcase copy" sold for $1,300. It was #1681 of the limited edition and was signed
by Rand.
#4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling
320550763460
15 bids took this signed 1st edition to $1,136. The charity auction, along with #1 above, benefited Girl Scouts of Chicago.
Listed by a Swedish seller, the 1st edition attracted 7 bids.
1 of 300 of Centipede Press' signed limited edition, the like-new book sold after a single bid.
Described as in fine condition with a near fine dust jacket. the 1st edition sold for $915.50 after 5 bids.
The 1976 1st edition in a 1st edition dust jacket attracted 29 bids.
#9
The Captain is Out to Lunch
Charles Bukowski
290447188091
The signed 1st edition was #18 of 175.
The 1982 1st edition was described as in very good condition with a very good condition dust jacket. It sold as a BO.
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