• Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: The ‘Saxe-Meiningen Psalter’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France or adjacent southern Netherlands, second half of the thirteenth century]. £30,000 - £50,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Crescenzi (Bartolomeo). Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, with rare engraved folding map, Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfadino, 1607. £15,000 - £20,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, Printed for the Translator... by Robert Wilks, 1807-12. £6,000-8,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Turing (Alan).- Alan Turing's Slide Rule, engraved initials "A.M.T. Noli Hoc Furari", alongside other ephemera, housed in early 20th-century letter box, [mid.1920s-40s]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri dell'Architettura, translated by Daniele Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556. £7,000-10,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, hardback issue, first printing, Bloomsbury, 1997. £50,000-70,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, later impressions, each vol. signed by the author, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1957-58. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, [1862]-73; plus a presentation copy of Gould's Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain (6). £35,000-45,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Galilei (Galileo). Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle Macchie Solari e loro accidenti, comprese in tre lettere scritte all’illustrissimo signor Marco Velseri Linceo, first edition, Rome, 1613. £15,000-20,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Gersdorff (Hans von). Feldtbuch der Wund-Arzney, enlarged edition, Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1540. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Kitchin (Thomas). A New Universal Atlas, first edition with maps in full original hand-colouring, Printed and Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1796. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Cassas (Louis François). Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse Egypte, 2 vol., first edition, [Paris], 1799. £10,000-15,000
  • Heritage, Dec. 9: Philip K. Dick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? First edition, author Brian Aldiss’ copy.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Robert A. Heinlein. Assignment in Eternity. First edition, inscribed by Heinlein to author “Doc” Smith.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Frank Herbert. Dune. First edition, inscribed by Herbert to his literary agent.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. First edition, first impression, in an unrestored dust jacket.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare, perhaps unique variant, English sheets bound in an American Osgood binding.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Isaac Asimov. The Naked Sun. First edition, inscribed by Asimov to Alex Berman, founder of Phantasia Press.
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 8. Mariette's Rare and Decorative Map of the World Based on the Work of Hondius (1642) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: L. Feininger, Collection of autograph letters to Alois J. Schardt, 1920-1955. Est: € 150,000-250,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Flemish book of hours, Ghent-Bruges School around 1480-1500. Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: F. de Wit, Atlas maior, um 1700. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: A. Stieglitz, Camera Work, 48 volumes, 1903-1914. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Merian & M. Zeiller, Sämtliche Topographien, 21 volumes, 1642-1736. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: R. Indiana and R. Creely, Numbers, 1968. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Salerno Breviarium, Latin manuscript on vellum, North Italy around 1470-1476. Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. S. Merian, Surinaamsche (&) europische Insecten, 1730. Est: € 30,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Beckmann, Jahrmarkt, Portfolio of 10 signed etchings, 1922. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Justinianus, Infortiatum, 1475. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: B. Besler, Hortus Eystettensis, um 1750. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: J. Gris and P. Reverdy, Au soleil du plafond, 1955. Est: € 3,000
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Auction Update Review

AuctionAta February 9th.
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21 Auctions Archived, 24 Upcoming

 

For the week ended Saturday 16 January  21 sales were archived to the RBH database; 7 denominated in euros, 5 in British pounds, and 9 in US dollars.  Turnover was $2,807,899 as 6,730 lots were offered and 5,551 sold for an 82% success rate.

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

Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Antiquarian Books, Maps and Prints on August 26th: 391.19% 
De Baecque and Associes. Equestrian Library - Mr. X on October 7th: 172.98% 
De Baecque and Associes. Reopening Sale: Prints on September 18th: 130.65% 
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers. New York Book Auction - Numismatic Books on January 9th: 126.41% 
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Antiques and Interiors - Books and Pictures on January 5th: 122.41% 
Lyon and Turnbull. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs on January 13th: 120.34% 

 

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

Michaans Auctions. January Estate Auction on January 9th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/7 on January 14th: 98.97% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 98.78% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 98.18% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints on December 13th: 91.30% 
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Antiques and Interiors - Books and Pictures on January 5th: 90.32% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art - Prints and Photography on October 24th: 90.00% 
Bloomsbury Auctions. Bibliophile on January 14th: 87.78% 
De Baecque and Associes. Equestrian Library - Mr. X on October 7th: 86.16% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Works on Paper - Prints on December 12th: 85.36% 
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Antiquarian Books, Maps and Prints on August 26th: 82.96% 
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers. New York Book Auction - Numismatic Books on January 9th: 82.86% 
Lyon and Turnbull. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs on January 13th: 81.02% 


21 total sales reported this week: 

PBA Galleries. Fine Literature - Science Fiction - Books in All Fields on January 14th: 79.41% 
Bloomsbury Auctions. Bibliophile on January 14th: 87.78% 
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/7 on January 14th: 98.97% 
De Baecque and Associes. Equestrian Library - Mr. X on October 7th: 86.16% 
De Baecque and Associes. Reopening Sale: Prints on September 18th: 56.12% 
De Baecque and Associes. Ancient and Modern Books on July 8th: 63.37% 
De Baecque and Associes. Ancient and Modern Books on November 26th: 70.03% 
Lyon and Turnbull. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs on January 13th: 81.02% 
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Antiquarian Books, Maps and Prints on August 26th: 82.96% 
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Antiques and Interiors - Books and Pictures on January 5th: 90.32% 
Bloomsbury Auctions. Interiors: Day 1 - Prints on January 12th: 54.55% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 12th: 75.47% 
Auctionata. Post War Prints on January 11th: 38.51% 
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers. New York Book Auction - Numismatic Books on January 9th: 82.86% 
Michaans Auctions. January Estate Auction on January 9th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 98.18% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 98.78% 
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Rare Books on December 15th: 67.75% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art - Prints and Photography on October 24th: 90.00% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints on December 13th: 91.30% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Works on Paper - Prints on December 12th: 85.36%

 

The Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood KORAN Illuminated manuscript on August 26th Actual price: USD $390,816.
  2. Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood Illustrations of China and its People. A Series of Two Hundred Photographs 4 vols on August 26th Actual price: USD $39,082.
  3. Lyon and Turnbull Vida y hechos des ingenioso cavallero Don Quixhote de la Mancha on January 13th Actual price: USD $30,600.
  4. Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood KORAN illuminated manuscript in filigree gold box on August 26th Actual price: USD $30,586.
  5. Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood Middlemarch EIGHT PARTS IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS on August 26th Actual price: USD $25,488.
  6. Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers An Investigation into the Laws of Thought on December 15th Actual price: USD $14,388.
  7. Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers AN ACCOUNT OF THE SALE OF COINS, MEDALS, &C., BELONGING TO CHARLES B. FOOTE, SOLD BY EDWARD COGAN, PHILADELPHIA, BETWEEN THE 7TH AND 14TH MARCH, 1859. on January 9th Actual price: USD $12,980.
  8. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 on January 10th Actual price: USD $11,353.
  9. Lyon and Turnbull To Mark Wood Esq. M.P., Colonel of the Army in India, Late Chief on January 13th Actual price: USD $10,800.
  10. Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers DE ASSE ET PARTIBUS EIUS LIBRI QUINQUE, GULIELMO BUDEO PARISIENSI, A SECRETIS REGIS FRANCIE, AUCTORE. on January 9th Actual price: USD $10,620.
  11. De Baecque and Associes Methode et invention nouvelle de dresser les chevaux. on October 7th Actual price: USD $9,720.
  12. Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers ILLUSTRIUM IMAGINES. (IMPERATORUM: & ILLUSTRIUM VIRORUM AC MULIERUM VULTUS EX ANTIQUIS NOMISMATIBUS EXPRESSI: EMENDATUM CORREPTUMQUE OPUS PER ANDREAM FULVIUM DILIGENTISSIMUM ANTIQUARIUM). on January 9th Actual price: USD $9,440.
  13. Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers JACK B. YEATS. A Broadside, complete. The full set of 84 monthly issues, June 1908 to May 1915, Vol. 1 no. 1 to Vol. 7 no. 12 on December 15th Actual price: USD $9,156.
  14. PBA Galleries The Land That Time Forgot on January 14th Actual price: USD $9,000.
  15. Auctionata Europaische Graphik VII on January 11th Actual price: USD $8,856.
  16. Auctionata Dark Black Heaven (Nite Time) on January 11th Actual price: USD $8,175.
  17. De Baecque and Associes 1 carton comprenant 21 pièces dont un dessin de Edmond Lajoux, représentant des chasseurs alpins en action. on September 18th Actual price: USD $8,165.
  18. Lyon and Turnbull Fac-simile of a Chinese plan of the Tatar, or inner City, Nuyching and the Imperial on January 13th Actual price: USD $7,920.
  19. Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Vol. I - Vol. XII, together 12 vols. plus Index to Vols. I - VII, together 13 vols. and 2 other Index vols. (wrappers). on December 15th Actual price: USD $7,848.
  20. Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers RECUEIL GÉNÉRAL DES PIÈCES OBSIDIONALES ET DE NÉCESSITÉ, GRAVÉES DANS L’ORDRE CHRONOLOGIQUE DES ÉVÉNEMENS.... on January 9th Actual price: USD $7,670.
  21. Rachel Davis Fine Arts ''Modele Contemplant un Groupe Sculpte'' (Bloch 175) on December 12th Actual price: USD $7,670.
  22. Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Pathological Anatomy - Illustrations of the Elementary Forms of Disease on December 15th Actual price: USD $7,586.
  23. De Baecque and Associes TRÈS NOBLES ET TRÈS VAILLANS CHEVALIERS. on November 26th Actual price: USD $7,128.
  24. Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LA COLLECTION DE MONNAIES ET MÉDAILLES DE M. CARLOS DE BEISTEGUI. on January 9th Actual price: USD $7,080.
  25. De Baecque and Associes Anatomia del cavallo, infermità, et svoi rimedii [...]. on October 7th Actual price: USD $6,998.


For the week ahead 24 sales are scheduled: 


Mon. Jan. 18th
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American History - Online bidstart 1/7. 185 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . January Sale. 54 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books. 44 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 91 lots

Tue. Jan. 19th
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. 2-Day Fine Art Sale - Prints. 27 lots
Sothebys. London. Of Royal and Noble Descent Including Works of Art from Palazzo Sacchetti, Rome. 17 lots
Morton Casa de Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Old Documents. 312 lots
Auctionata. New York. Cutting Edge: Pop and Contemporary Art for Beginning Collectors. 134 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Sale 49 - Part I: Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters. 393 lots

Wed. Jan. 20th
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . William Richards Chromogenic Color Photographs. 421 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Auction no. 49 - Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art. 211 lots

Thu. Jan. 21st
RR Auction. Amherst. Autographs and Artifacts - Internet bidstart 1/14. 101 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/14. 195 lots

Fri. Jan. 22nd
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Discovery - Books and Prints. 32 lots
Skinner. Boston. American and European Prints and Photography. 112 lots
Mid Hudson Auction Galleries. Cornwall-on-Hudson, . THE GILBERT JONAS LIBRARY SALE. - Online only. 237 lots
Sothebys. New York. Important Americana - Prints. 18 lots

Sat. Jan. 23rd
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Antiques and Accessories - Books and Prints. 23 lots
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Books. 859 lots
Case Antiques, Inc.. Knoxville. Case Winter Art and Antiques Auction. 57 lots
Mid Hudson Auction Galleries. Cornwall-on-Hudson, . Estate Sale - Prints, Books. - Online only. 53 lots

Sun. Jan. 24th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 1/17.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 1/17.
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026