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Auction Update Review

M-Rare Book Hub: 108 Auctions Archived, another XX Upcoming this Week


11 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

26 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:

57 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

Best wishes for a good week!


Bruce Mckinney


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Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Superman #1 (DC, 1939) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. on November 22nd Actual price: USD $9,120,000.
  2. Sothebys Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki nami-ura), also known as The Great Wave, Edo period, 19th century on November 22nd Actual price: USD $2,793,248.
  3. Heritage Auctions Frank Frazetta Luana US Movie Poster / Vampirella #31 Cover Original Art (Capital Productions, 1973/Warren Publications, 1974). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $1,750,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions Neal Adams Superman #233 Cover Original Art (DC, 1971). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $1,500,000.
  5. Sothebys Sudden Rain beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), also known as Black Fuji, Edo period, 19th century on November 22nd Actual price: USD $914,411.
  6. Koller Auctions Buste de femme d'apres Cranach le Jeune. 1958. on November 27th Actual price: USD $745,034.
  7. Sothebys Fine Wind, Clear Weather (Gaifu kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, Edo period, 19th century on November 22nd Actual price: USD $734,795.
  8. Heritage Auctions Frank Frazetta The Moon Men Paperback Novel Cover Original Art (Ace, 1974). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $718,750.
  9. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. on November 24th Actual price: USD $378,657.
  10. Heritage Auctions Frank Frazetta ERB-dom #78 Centerfold Painting Original Art (Camille Cazedessus, 1974). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $350,000.
  11. Heritage Auctions Action Comics #15 (DC, 1939) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. on November 22nd Actual price: USD $264,000.
  12. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus. 2 Teile in 1 Band. on November 24th Actual price: USD $235,156.
  13. Koller Auctions Apple. 1985. on November 27th Actual price: USD $222,517.
  14. Heritage Auctions Todd McFarlane The Amazing Spider-Man #316 Story Page 7 Original Art (Marvel, 1989). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $218,750.
  15. Heritage Auctions Frank Frazetta - Leopard Painting Original Art (undated). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $212,500.
  16. Koller Auctions Grevy's Zebra. 1983. on November 27th Actual price: USD $206,623.
  17. Heritage Auctions Captain America Comics #1 (Timely, 1941) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages. on November 22nd Actual price: USD $204,000.
  18. Heritage Auctions Action Comics #12 (DC, 1939) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. on November 22nd Actual price: USD $204,000.
  19. Heritage Auctions Stagecoach (United Artists, 1939). Folded, Very Fine+. One Sheet (27" X 41"). on November 21st Actual price: USD $200,000.
  20. Swann Galleries (Album.) Autograph album containing 29 ALsS by each of the U.S. presidents from Washington to Coolidge. Vp, 1785-1945. on November 6th Actual price: USD $188,000.
  21. Heritage Auctions Gustaf Tenggren Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Movie Poster Illustration Original Art (Walt Disney, 1937). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $187,500.
  22. Heritage Auctions Sal Buscema The Defenders #11 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1973). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $175,000.
  23. Heritage Auctions Todd McFarlane Spider-Man #13 Black Costume Story Page 14 Original Art (Marvel, 1991). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $162,500.
  24. Galerie Bassenge Das Rhinozeros on November 26th Actual price: USD $155,748.
  25. Heritage Auctions Robert Williams Psychic Pedestrians On a Spiral Horizon (Barycenter) Painting Original Art (1971). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $150,000.
  • <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Feb 11):</b><br>Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000