Latest News Articles by Ian McKay
Declaration of Independence announcement and leaf from the Gutenberg Bible make six-figure sums at Heritage Auctions
09 August 2021A Texas sale generated six-figure sums for two very different lots.
British and Irish book auctions: August 10-28, 2021
09 August 2021Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.
Ornithological works prove high fliers at Sotheby’s
26 July 2021Set of urban views takes £220,000 in a sale where ornithological works also impressed
See what toucan do even with damage
26 July 2021Toucans were the avian best-sellers in a recent sale held by Freeman’s (26/20/12% buyer’s premium) of Philadelphia.
Thorburn’s birds of prey swoop down to Carlisle
26 July 2021A group of bird books were a feature of a sale held by Thomson Roddick (18% buyer’s premium) in Carlisle.
British and Irish book auctions: July 27-August 6, 2021
26 July 2021Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.
Illustrated works, early printed books and a stand-alone picture make for an eclectic mix in London sale
19 July 2021Among the earlier printed books, Bibles played their part in a wide-ranging auction held by Forum Auctions (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium), and none so financially well as a fine, clean example of Robert Estienne’s Greek text Bible of 1550.
British and Irish book auctions: July 20-August 5
19 July 2021Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions
Gems of the numismatic world
12 July 2021Gloucestershire sale offered ‘finest library of early numismatic books still in private hands’.
Harry Potter and the name error
12 July 2021Valued at £2000-4000 in an Entertainment, Memorabilia & Movie Props sale held by Ewbank’s (25% buyer’s premium) of Send on May 27 was an uncorrected 1997 proof copy of a book that was soon to make publishing, cinematic and marketing history: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
’Ullo John! Got an old Motor?
12 July 2021Books and periodicals from the John Warburton motoring library featured in a May 25 sale presented by Transport Collector Auctions & Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) in the latter’s Crewkerne salerooms.
British and Irish book auctions, July 13-31, 2021
12 July 2021Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.
Tom Cribb takes the prize, the pickpockets other purses
05 July 2021Bid online to a much higher than expected £3200 in a Dominic Winter (24% buyer’s premium) sale was a framed and glazed Thomas Rowlandson etching with contemporary colouring that depicts a famous 'Milling Match…' in 1811.
Lots large and little size up nicely in Chicago saleroom
05 July 2021Some lots in a recent Chicago sale were quite enormous – like a near-complete run of Limited Editions Club publications from the years 1929-2010.
British and Irish book auctions: July 6-16, 2021
05 July 2021Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.
Brooke, Bible and The Beano
05 July 2021Wide range of material offered in Cambridge generates an array of interesting results.
Catalogues sell for six-figure sums
28 June 2021Two lots offered as part of a Chinese works of art auction held by Christie’s (25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) brought matching bids of £110,000 – far, far in excess of their estimates.
British and Irish book auctions: June 29-July 9, 2021
28 June 2021Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.
Marketing – Middle Ages style
28 June 2021More manageable version of monumental Nuremberg Chronicle makes five-times top guide
Defective plan of New York still in demand
28 June 2021A copy of Ratzer’s 'Plan of the City of New York…' offered as part of a Doyle (26/21/15% buyer’s premium) sale in the spring left much to be desired.