Rare Book Monthly

Articles - July - 2004 Issue

Book Related Web Site Rankings for July

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Site Site Address 7/20/2004 Ranking 6/27/2004 Ranking
eBay www.ebay.com 8 1 8 1
Sotheby's www.sothebys.com 23,351 2 24,437 2
Christie's www.christies.com 26,555 3 27,530 3
Butterfield's www.butterfields.com 47,503 4 46,280 4
Skinner, Inc. www.skinnerinc.com 155,375 5 151,318 5
Bonham's www.bonhams.com 162,801 6 153,401 6
PBA (Pacific) www.pacificbook.com 190,006 7 174,821 7
Doyle, New York www.doylenewyork.com 203,897 8 209,773 8
PIASA http://www.artweb.fr/fr/etudes/piasa/home.html 227,333 9 258,514 10
Old World Auctions www.oldworldauctions.com 272,767 10 247,484 9
Freeman's www.freemansauction.com 370,160 11 411,830 13
Dorotheum www.dorotheum.com/ 373,158 12 352,450 11
Holabird 431,206 13 430,629 14
Eldred's 469,377 14 496,349 17
Sanford Alderfer www.sanfordalderfer.com 471,683 15 385,666 12
Swann 477,021 16 452,899 15
Heritage Map Museum www.carto.com n.r. 462,800 16
Bloomsbury www.bloomsbury-book-auct.com/ n.r. n.r.
Waverly Auctions www.waverlyauctions.com n.r. n.r.
John's Western Gallery www.johnswesterngallery.com n.r. n.r.
7/20/2004 Ranking 6/27/2004 Ranking
Amazon www.amazon.com 24 1 3 1
Barnes and Noble www.barnesandnoble.com 310 2 290 2
Alibris www.alibris.com 2,372 3 2,285 3
Alapage www.alapage.com 3,148 4 3,670 4
ABE Books www.abebooks.com 3,647 5 3,747 5
Powells www.powells.com 4,902 6 4,159 6
Chapters.Indigo.ca www.chapters.indigo.ca 5,415 7 5,413 7
Chapitre www.chapitre.com 23,681 8 19,293 8
Biblio www.biblio.com 27,427 9 24,742 9
ElephantBooks www.elephantbooks.com 46,508 10 44,571 10
Usedbookcentral www.usedbookcentral.com 68,561 11 60,012 11
TomFolio www.tomfolio.com 81,888 12 72,813 12
Antiqbook www.antiqbook.com 91,488 13 86,291 13
Choosebooks www.choosebooks.com 157,801 14 152,478 15
TheBookCellar www.thebookcellar.com 167,412 15 137,150 14
ABAA www.abaa.org 225,803 16 218,346
Biblion www.biblion.com 257,825 17 213,482 16
BaumanRareBooks www.baumanrarebooks.com 317,826 18 new
Maremagnum www.maremagnum.com 408,359 19 382,111 17
Oak Knoll Books www.oakknoll.com 415,817 20 new
Bibliodirect www.bibliodirect.com 417,852 21 417,351 18
Bookavenue www.bookavenue.com 444,409 22 430,408 19
ILAB-LILA www.ilab-lila.com 475,350 23 487,852
Bibliopoly www.bibliopoly.com n.r. 434,206 20
7/20/2004 Ranking 6/27/2004 Ranking
Bookfinder www.bookfinder.com 6,328 1 5,555 1
Add-all www.addall.com 13,912 2 11,679 2
Usedbooksearch.uk www.usedbooksearch.co.uk 204,229 3 217,769 3
Abooksearch www.abooksearch.com 354,500 4 369,715 4
7/20/2004 Ranking 6/27/2004 Ranking
Library of Congress www.loc.gov 1,075 1 920 1
Huntington Library www.huntington.org 71,665 2 68,133 2
Americanaexchange.com www.americanaexchange.com 254,634 3 259,830 3
American Antiquarian Soc. www.americanaantiquarian.org 313,024 4 292,600 4
Bibliographical Society of A. www.bibsocamer.org n.r. Not rated
Grolier Club www.grolierclub.org n.r. Not rated
Rarebooks.fr www.rarebooks.info n.r. Not rated
Antiquarian Booksellers of C. www.abac.org n.r.

Rare Book Monthly

  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000

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