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Articles - October - 2026 Issue

Here’s our fresh Weekly Auction Update released 10/18/26.

- by Bruce E. McKinney


 

For the week ended October 18, 116 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database of rare and collectible books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera: 2 denominated in Australian dollars, 19 in British pounds, 29 in euros, 1 in Mexican pesos, 1 in New Zealand dollars, 1 in Swedish krona, 2 in Swiss francs, and 61 in U.S. dollars.

 

 

Turnover was $51,117,737.59. The average lot brought $2,424.83. Twenty-seven thousand, five hundred and ninety-two lots were offered and 21,081 found new homes. For the week, 76.4% of all lots offered were sold.

 

 

This report includes this week’s Top 25s for 13 categories, full details for the past week’s auctions and a full listing of the upcoming week’s 110 sales.

 

 

Start by clicking the Category Headings for the Top 25s. Each category reflects different experiences. They are live!

Best wishes for a good week!

Bruce McKinney
 

 


 

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Rare Book Monthly

  • Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.

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