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M-Rare Book Hub: 85 Auctions Archived, another 77 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended 3 October, 85 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+: 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 2 in Swiss francs, 24 in euros, 13 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, 1 in New Zealand dollars, 3 in Polish zlotys, 2 in Swedish krona, and 37 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $43,805,204.90. The average lot brought $3,198.39.

 

This report included this past week’s Top 25s for a dozen categories as well as a full listing of the coming week’s 77 sales.

 

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Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys Reflections: Wimpy I on September 26th Actual price: USD $2,856,000.
  2. Sothebys Eclipse of the Sun II on September 26th Actual price: USD $2,576,000.
  3. Sothebys Entablature on September 26th Actual price: USD $1,331,000.
  4. Sothebys Nude (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $1,079,500.
  5. Sothebys Interior (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $1,079,500.
  6. Sothebys Nude with Bust (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $825,500.
  7. Sothebys The Sower (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $698,500.
  8. Sothebys Untitled Reflection on September 26th Actual price: USD $609,600.
  9. Sothebys Treetops Through the Fog (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $551,500.
  10. Sothebys La Sortie (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $508,000.
  11. Sothebys Thinking Nude, State I, from the Nudes series on September 26th Actual price: USD $508,000.
  12. Sothebys Reflections on Expressionist Painting (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $492,000.
  13. Sothebys Petite coups de pinceau on September 26th Actual price: USD $444,500.
  14. Christies Flowers on September 30th Actual price: USD $419,100.
  15. Sothebys Bull Profile Series on September 26th Actual price: USD $355,600.
  16. Sothebys Bobby Kennedy on September 26th Actual price: USD $355,600.
  17. Sothebys Reverie, from the 11 Pop Artists, Volume II portfolio on September 26th Actual price: USD $355,600.
  18. Sothebys The Gun in America on September 26th Actual price: USD $342,900.
  19. Heritage Auctions H.R. Giger - "The Tourist" Painting Original Art (ca. 1980). on September 26th Actual price: USD $325,000.
  20. Christies Draw/Provoke/Attract/Gain on September 30th Actual price: USD $317,500.
  21. Sothebys Forms in Space on September 26th Actual price: USD $317,500.
  22. Christies Untitled on September 30th Actual price: USD $279,400.
  23. Christies The Last Supper on September 30th Actual price: USD $279,400.
  24. Sothebys Brushstroke Still Life with Lamp on September 26th Actual price: USD $279,400.
  25. Sothebys Rain Forest (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $279,400.

 

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  • <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> These are the Times that Try Men's Souls, Thomas Paine. $80,000-$120,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> Manuscrpit from Aboard The Discovery, Signed by George Vancouver. $80,000-$120,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> Exceedingly Rare Holograph Fragment of James Cook's Logbook. $80,000-$120,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> Colonial America: The Collection of William Nesheim: Thomas Lechford: Important First-Hand Account of Life in New England. $40,000-$60,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> The First Expanded Edition of Common Sense, Thomas Paine. $30,000-$50,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin: Album of Exceptional California Lettersheets. $20,000-$30,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin: An Exceptional Group of Gold Rush Letters, c. 1849-1850. $20,000-$30,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> Colonial America: The Collection of William Nesheim: Mather's King Phillips War Tract 1639-1723. $15,000-$25,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> Colonial America: The Collection of William Nesheim: The First Contemporaneous Account of the Salem Witch Trials, Cotton Mather. $15,000-$25,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> Poor Richard's Almanack 1749, Benjamin Franklin. $15,000-$20,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin: Fruits of Mormonism by Nelson Slater. $15,000-$25,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin, Across the Plains in '49 by Emanuel Goughnour. $12,000-$18,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: These are the Times that Try Men's Souls, Thomas Paine. $80,000-$120,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: Manuscrpit from Aboard The Discovery, Signed by George Vancouver. $80,000-$120,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: Exceedingly Rare Holograph Fragment of James Cook's Logbook. $80,000-$120,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: Colonial America: The Collection of William Nesheim: Thomas Lechford: Important First-Hand Account of Life in New England. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: The First Expanded Edition of Common Sense, Thomas Paine. $30,000-$50,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin: Album of Exceptional California Lettersheets. $20,000-$30,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin: An Exceptional Group of Gold Rush Letters, c. 1849-1850. $20,000-$30,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: Colonial America: The Collection of William Nesheim: Mather's King Phillips War Tract 1639-1723. $15,000-$25,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: Colonial America: The Collection of William Nesheim: The First Contemporaneous Account of the Salem Witch Trials, Cotton Mather. $15,000-$25,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: Poor Richard's Almanack 1749, Benjamin Franklin. $15,000-$20,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin: Fruits of Mormonism by Nelson Slater. $15,000-$25,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin, Across the Plains in '49 by Emanuel Goughnour. $12,000-$18,000
  • <center><b>Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair<br>17 and 18 Oct</b><center> <center><b>Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair<br>17 and 18 Oct</b><center> <center><b>Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair<br>17 and 18 Oct</b><center>
    Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
    Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
    Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>By a Lady<br>1-15 October 2025</b> <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> Queen Elizabeth I. A queen’s defense of the realm, and the birth of the British Empire. $500,000 to $700,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> Vanessa Bell — [Virginia Woolf]. An exceptional encapsulation of the Bloomsbury Group. A striking tile created by Vanesa Bell for her sister, Virginia Woolf, ca. Christmas 1926. $25,000 to $35,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.
    Sotheby’s
    By a Lady
    1-15 October 2025
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Queen Elizabeth I. A queen’s defense of the realm, and the birth of the British Empire. $500,000 to $700,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Vanessa Bell — [Virginia Woolf]. An exceptional encapsulation of the Bloomsbury Group. A striking tile created by Vanesa Bell for her sister, Virginia Woolf, ca. Christmas 1926. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.