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Auction Update Review

M-Rare Book Hub: 27 Auctions Archived, another 30 Upcoming this Week

 

For the week ended 2 January, 27 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+: 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 10 in euros, and 16 in US dollars.

 

 

 

Turnover was $1,671,523.78. The average lot brought $444.44. Four thousand five hundred and seventy-one lots were offered and 3,761 found new homes. For the week, 82.28% 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 30 sales.

 

 

 

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

 

Best wishes for a good week!

 

 

Bruce McKinney

  

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Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Early American c. 1777 Revolutionary War Autograph Transmittal Address Sheet Signed, "G. Washington, endorsed by him On Public Service, with its Original Red Wax Personal Seal of GEORGE WASHINGTON fully intact, addressed to Brigadier General (William) Smallwood. on December 27th Actual price: USD $33,800.
  2. Heritage Auctions Rick Griffin "Moses" Illustration Original Art (undated). on December 31st Actual price: USD $27,500.
  3. Dirk Soulis Auctions ROSE O'NEILL (1874-1944) ORIGINAL OIL ILLUSTRATION on December 29th Actual price: USD $17,220.
  4. Early American September 9, 1783-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Rare Issue, The Connecticut Courant Newspaper, Edition No. 972, special heading reading: The Last Official Address of his Excellency General Washington - on December 27th Actual price: USD $14,300.
  5. Early American c. Jan. 9th, 1800 George Washington Mourning Broadside, Order of Performances / INSTRUMENTAL DIRGE. / PRAYER, By REV. DR. ECKLEY. / HYMN, / Written At The Request... Arrangement By Rev. John S. J. Gardner. on December 27th Actual price: USD $14,300.
  6. Heritage Auctions Kael Ngu Harley Quinn #7 Variant Cover Original Art (DC, 2021). on December 31st Actual price: USD $11,875.
  7. Early American May 23, 1778-Dated ,VALLEY FORGE, General Henry Knox 1778 Revolutionary War Letter Signed From Valley Forge Camp Regarding Resupplying the Army with Artillery, Wagons and Horses + More ... on December 27th Actual price: USD $10,400.
  8. Early American February 23, 1783-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Extraordinary Execution Order Signed by Major General Nathanael Greene, for the Execution of Thomas Nicholson, One of His Soldiers Ordered to be Shot to Death for Desertion. on December 27th Actual price: USD $10,400.
  9. Early American Joshua Humphreys, a.k.a. Father of the United States Navy, 1795 Regarding Designing + Constructing the First Frigates of the United States Navy Important Autograph Letter Signed on December 27th Actual price: USD $9,750.
  10. Heritage Auctions All-American Comics #16 Coverless / Incomplete (DC, 1940) CGC NG (No Grade) Off-White Pages. on December 30th Actual price: USD $9,600.
  11. Early American RICHARD VARICK Autograph Letter Signed Demanding Arms and Ammunition - Cannon and Grape Shott, at Albany, August 3rd, 1776 on December 27th Actual price: USD $8,450.
  12. John McInnis Auctioneers 1764 NEW and CORRECTED CHART of NEW ENGLAND on January 1st Actual price: USD $8,060.
  13. Heritage Auctions Giant-Size X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1975) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. on December 30th Actual price: USD $7,800.
  14. Early American c. 1860 Photograph Portrait of Abraham Lincoln on December 27th Actual price: USD $7,800.
  15. Early American October 19, 1776 Published, Rare Revolutionary War Date, Engraved Broadside titled, "Plan of New York Island... Engagement on Woody Heights of Long Island... 27 August 1776, between His Majestys Forces... General Howe... under General Putnam..." on December 27th Actual price: USD $7,150.
  16. Catawiki B. V. [Incunable] Decretalium on December 22nd Actual price: USD $6,600.
  17. Heritage Auctions Frank Thorne - Red Sonja Illustration Original Art (c. 1970). on December 31st Actual price: USD $6,563.
  18. Early American c 1793 Mezzotint Engraving titled: George Washington. President of the United States of America. From the Original Portrait Painted at the request of the Corporation of the University of Cambridge in Massachusetts. on December 27th Actual price: USD $6,500.
  19. Early American 1883-Dated SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, Handwritten and Signed First Four Stanzas of AMERICA, Patriotic Song, My Country Tis of Thee on December 27th Actual price: USD $6,500.
  20. Catawiki B. V. The Woorkes - Canterbury Tales on December 22nd Actual price: USD $6,407.
  21. Early American Treaty of Versailles. A True Copy Dated October 13th, 1923 from Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes, (Chief Clerk Signed for Hughes) with Red Embossed Department of State Seal attached by a Red Silk Ribbon on December 27th Actual price: USD $6,175.
  22. Catawiki B. V. [Incunable] Confessionale on December 22nd Actual price: USD $6,024.
  23. Catawiki B. V. Metamorphoseos (bound with):// M.T.Ciceronis Opera on December 19th Actual price: USD $5,967.
  24. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books De Bry - Map of Florida (Southeast North America, Cuba, Bahamas) on December 27th Actual price: USD $5,832.
  25. Catawiki B. V. Quotlibeta Doctoris Subtilis [Scoti Incunabolo, Incunable] on December 19th Actual price: USD $5,748.
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.