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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 29 Auctions Archived, another 12 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended 26 December, 29 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+: 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in Swiss francs, 9 in euros, 1 in Mexican pesos,1 in Swedish krona, and 16 in US dollars.

 

 

 

Turnover was $26,203,809.60. The average lot brought $4,013.45. Seven thousand and seventy-six lots were offered and 6,529 found new homes. For the week, 92.27% of all lots offered were sold.

 

 

 

This report includes this past week’s Top 25s for 14 categories, full details for this past week’s sales, as well as a full listing of the upcoming week’s 12 sales.

 

 

 

Start by clicking on the tabs for the Top 25s. They are live! 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions 2003 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman -- All NBA Access Pass Patches - Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant #NBA-JB PSA EX-MT 6 - #'d 1/1. on December 21st Actual price: USD $3,172,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA NM-MT 8. on December 21st Actual price: USD $1,555,500.
  3. Heritage Auctions Period-Signed 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA Fair 1.5 Auto 8 - From The Golden Age Collection on December 21st Actual price: USD $945,500.
  4. Heritage Auctions 1962 Topps Baseball PSA Graded Master Set (691) - Ranked #4 Current Finest On The PSA Set Registry! on December 21st Actual price: USD $512,400.
  5. Heritage Auctions 1956 Topps Baseball PSA Graded Super Set (540) with Every Team and Stock Color Variation! on December 21st Actual price: USD $390,400.
  6. Heritage Auctions 1973 Topps Mike Schmidt - Rookie 3rd Basemen #615 PSA Gem Mint 10. on December 21st Actual price: USD $353,800.
  7. Heritage Auctions 1984 Michael Jordan NBA Debut Chicago Bulls Ticket Stub (Season Ticket Format), PSA NM-MT 8 - Population Two, None Superior! on December 21st Actual price: USD $341,600.
  8. Heritage Auctions 1993 SP Derek Jeter Foil Rookie #279 PSA Gem Mint 10. on December 21st Actual price: USD $280,600.
  9. Heritage Auctions 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan Rookie #57 PSA Gem Mint 10. on December 21st Actual price: USD $268,400.
  10. Heritage Auctions Period-Signed 1951 Bowman Willie Mays Rookie #305 PSA VG+ 3.5 Auto 10 - From The Golden Age Collection on December 21st Actual price: USD $219,600.
  11. Heritage Auctions 1977 Topps Baseball Near Set (658/660) - #2 Current Finest on the PSA Registry! -- With 419 Gem Mint 10s and a 10.32 GPA ! on December 21st Actual price: USD $213,500.
  12. Heritage Auctions Period-Signed 1948 Swell Sports Thrills Jackie Robinson (Dramatic Debut) #3 PSA VG+ 3.5, PSA/DNA Auto 9 - From The Golden Age Collection. on December 21st Actual price: USD $207,400.
  13. Heritage Auctions 1996 Upper Deck U.S. Olympic Champions Michael Jordan (Reflections of Gold-Signatures) #RG1 PSA EX-MT 6, PSA/DNA Auto 9 - Pop Two, Five Superior! on December 21st Actual price: USD $201,300.
  14. Heritage Auctions 1940 Gum Inc Superman (R145) Complete PSA Graded Set (72) - #4 Current Finest On The PSA Set Registry on December 21st Actual price: USD $195,200.
  15. Heritage Auctions 1955 Bowman Willie Mays #184 PSA Mint 9 - Pop Five, None Superior! on December 21st Actual price: USD $195,200.
  16. Heritage Auctions 1952 Topps Baseball PSA Graded Complete Set (407) - Plus One Extra. on December 21st Actual price: USD $195,200.
  17. Heritage Auctions 1939 Lou Gehrig Day (Luckiest Man Speech) New York Yankees Ticket Stub, PSA Fair 1.5. on December 21st Actual price: USD $164,700.
  18. Heritage Auctions Period-Signed 1948 Bowman George Mikan Rookie #69 PSA Good 2 Auto 9 - Only Two Superior - From The Golden Age Collection. on December 21st Actual price: USD $164,700.
  19. Heritage Auctions 1975 Topps Thurman Munson #20 PSA Gem Mint 10 - Pop Four. on December 21st Actual price: USD $164,700.
  20. Heritage Auctions 1975 Topps George Brett Rookie #228 PSA Gem Mint 10. on December 21st Actual price: USD $158,600.
  21. Heritage Auctions 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente Rookie #164 PSA NM-MT 8. on December 21st Actual price: USD $158,600.
  22. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 E90-1 American Caramel Joe Jackson Rookie SGC VG 3. on December 21st Actual price: USD $158,600.
  23. Heritage Auctions 1960 Topps Baseball PSA-Graded Complete Set (572) - All Cards PSA NM-MT 8 or Higher with One NM 7. on December 21st Actual price: USD $146,400.
  24. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal 350/30 Ty Cobb (Portrait-Red) PSA NM-MT 8. on December 21st Actual price: USD $140,300.
  25. Heritage Auctions Period-Signed 1952 Jackie Robinson #312 PSA Good 2 Auto 8 - From The Golden Age Collection. on December 21st Actual price: USD $134,200.

1 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Heritage Auctions. Winter Sports Catalog Auction on December 21st: $23,291,834

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

Vermot de Pas. Ana And James Melikian Collection, Part I: Armenia, Ethiopia, Greece, Russia on December 21st: 203.56%
Catawiki B. V.. Dutch Literature and Illustrated on December 14th: 202.06%
Bukowskis. Victor Vasarely - Prints on December 22nd: 135.90%
Aste Bolaffi. Rare Books and Autographs on December 17th: 131.74%
Du Mouchelles. December 2025 Auction - Day 2 on December 19th: 120.47%
Du Mouchelles. December 2025 Auction - Day 3 on December 20th: 103.35%


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

Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on December 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on December 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on December 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on December 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Animation and Anime Art, Disneyana and Disneyland Select Auction on December 23rd: 100.00%
Bukowskis. Victor Vasarely - Prints on December 22nd: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Dutch Literature and Illustrated on December 14th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on December 15th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp Magazine Select Auction on December 21st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on December 23rd: 99.78%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on December 21st: 99.53%
Heritage Auctions. Winter Sports Catalog Auction on December 21st: 97.97%
Du Mouchelles. December 2025 Auction - Day 3 on December 20th: 96.77%
Du Mouchelles. December 2025 Auction - Day 2 on December 19th: 88.46%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) on December 13th: 87.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) on December 15th: 86.49%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 20th: 85.33%
Koller Auctions. Prints and Multiples - Online Only on December 3rd: 81.52%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on December 17th: 80.17%


29 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on December 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on December 24th: 100.00%
Vermot de Pas. Ana And James Melikian Collection, Part I: Armenia, Ethiopia, Greece, Russia on December 21st: 68.03%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on December 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on December 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Animation and Anime Art, Disneyana and Disneyland Select Auction on December 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on December 23rd: 99.78%
Heritage Auctions. Winter Sports Catalog Auction on December 21st: 97.97%
Koller Auctions. Prints and Multiples - Online Only on December 3rd: 81.52%
Bukowskis. Victor Vasarely - Prints on December 22nd: 100.00%
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection Part 10 on December 21st: 63.20%
Morton Subastas. Saturday Sale on December 20th: 29.63%
Robert Siegel Galleries. The Magnolia Collection: Stamps and Postal History of Independent Mongolia on December 19th: 73.98%
Du Mouchelles. December 2025 Auction - Day 3 on December 20th: 96.77%
Du Mouchelles. December 2025 Auction - Day 2 on December 19th: 88.46%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps on December 17th: 70.97%
Aste Bolaffi. Rare Books and Autographs on December 17th: 79.89%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on December 13th: 62.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Dutch Literature and Illustrated on December 14th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) on December 13th: 87.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on December 17th: 80.17%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) on December 17th: 78.26%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) on December 15th: 86.49%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on December 15th: 100.00%
Clars Auction Gallery. The Warehouse Auction on December 20th: 54.05%
Clars Auction Gallery. December Gallery Auction on December 19th: 66.67%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp Magazine Select Auction on December 21st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on December 21st: 99.53%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 20th: 85.33%


For the week ahead 12 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Dec. 29th
Bertolami Fine Art . Rome. 20th Century Rare and Curious Books. 476 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lone Jack. 20th Annual Between-the-Holidays Auction. 81 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1700). 62 lots

Tue. Dec. 30th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction. 433 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction. 166 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Animation and Anime Art, Disneyana and Disneyland Select Auction. 107 lots

Wed. Dec. 31st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction. 349 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction. 110 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1700). 23 lots

Thu. Jan. 1st
John McInnis Auctioneers. Amesbury. New Year's Week Estates Auction 1.
Vogt Auction. San Antonio. New Year's Day Auction. 17 lots

Fri. Jan. 2nd
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Books in all Fields with Literature, Americana, Maps, Comic Books, Photographs, Art - Timed Online Auction.

Sat. Jan. 3rd
EV Stamps. Richmond. Sports, Trading Cards and Comic Books Auction. 86 lots
John McInnis Auctioneers. Amesbury. New Year's Week Estates Auction 3.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Exclusive Maps Auction. 22 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 151 lots

Sun. Jan. 4th
EV Stamps. Richmond. Stamps and Postal History. 63 lots
Antikvariat Bryggen AS. Skjeberg. New Year's Book Auction.
Lay's Auctioneers. Cornwall. The Timed Art Sale.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction. 242 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Pulp Magazine Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1700). 30 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Photography and Books Auction. 26 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
    1500-1800
    22nd July 2026
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 83 – Westall & Owen. Picturesque Tour of the River Thames, 1st edition, 1828. £2,000-3,000.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 88 – Blume. Rumphia, Botanicae de plantis Indiae Orientalis, 1835-1848. £2,000-3,000.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 101 – Michaux. Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1810-1812. £700-1,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
    1500-1800
    22nd July 2026
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 102 – Miller & Shaw. Cimelia Physica, 1796 [but c. 1816]. £3,000-5,000.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 104 – Parkinson. Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, London: Thomas Cotes, 1640. £800-1,200.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 159 – Plancius. Orbis Terrarum..., double hemisphere map, 1594-99. £5,000-8,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
    1500-1800
    22nd July 2026
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 217 – Illuminated Medieval Manuscript. From a Breviary, 14th/15th c. £3,000-4,000.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 224 – The newe Testament … By Wylliam Tyndall…, 1549. £3,000-5,000.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 238 – Douay-Rheims Bible. 3 volumes, 1582/1609/1610. £7,000-10,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
    1500-1800
    22nd July 2026
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 336 – Ashendene Press. A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle, 1903. £1,000-1,500.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 393 – Sassoon. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, signed limited edition, 1931. £800-1,200.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 402 – Dylan Thomas. Twenty-Five Poems, 1st edition in d.j., 1936. £400-600.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000
  • Case Auctions
    2026 Summer Auction
    August 1st and 2nd
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Timberlake, Henry: A DRAUGHT OF THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY on the West Side of the Twenty Four Mountains, Commonly Called "Over the Hills". $18,000 to $22,000.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Manuscript orderly book detailing day to day activities of multiple Virginia regiments in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary,1776-1777. $7,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper, Random House, New York, 1965. Signed 1st Edition. $3,800 to $4,200.
    Case Auctions
    2026 Summer Auction
    August 1st and 2nd
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Battle of Kings Mountain Pamphlet by Isaac Shelby, April 1823, Signed. $1,800 to $2,200.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Large Tintype CSA Lt. Col. Thomas Coke Johnson, 19th GA, w/ Southern Cross, Book. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare Civil War Ambrotype, 19th GA Infantry with Johnson Family of GA. $800 to $1,200.
    Case Auctions
    2026 Summer Auction
    August 1st and 2nd
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: A signed note written by Thomas Alva Edison to an unknown recipient, in which he shares his thoughts on Guglielmo Marconi, regarded as the inventor of the radio. $800 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare 1931 TN Grasslands Steeplechase Book, Gallatin. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: War of 1812 related Broadside, Petersburg Volunteers. $700 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: 2 World War I Posters, “Our Colored Fighters” and “No Slacker”. $800 to $1,000.