Auction Update Review
31 Auctions Archived, 20 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Saturday, 25 July, 31 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 1 in Australian dollars, 14 in US dollars, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Hong Kong dollars, 1 in Swedish krona, and 11 in US dollars. Turnover was $12,792,014 as 10,307 lots were offered and 7,076 sold for a 68% success rate.
3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Sothebys. Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on June 21st: $2,653,350
Australian Book Auctions. Denis Joachim Collection on June 20th: $1,553,837
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on June 22nd: $1,336,046
1 auction saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Sothebys. Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on June 21st: 150.42%
4 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Sothebys. Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale on June 22nd: 100.00%
Sothebys. Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on June 21st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 6/12 on June 19th: 98.48%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 6/12 on June 19th: 96.47%
29 total sales reported this week:
Sothebys. Boundless: Contemporary Art on June 23rd: 76.92%
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts on June 21st: 75.80%
RJM Autographs and Antiques. Historic Letters, Documents, and Autographs of the 18th-19th Centuries on June 7th: 11.25%
Christies. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND on June 16th: 0.00%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on June 22nd: 72.97%
Sothebys. Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale on June 22nd: 100.00%
Dorotheum . Autographs on June 22nd: 70.93%
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Antiquarian Books on June 21st: 69.63%
Australian Book Auctions. Denis Joachim Collection on June 20th: 74.06%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 5/20 on June 15th: 64.06%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints on June 15th: 57.14%
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana on June 21st: 79.09%
Sothebys. Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on June 21st: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 21st: 79.63%
Vermot de Pas. Comic Strips and Original Boards, 3D, Japanese Animation on June 18th: 55.35%
Bolaffi Ambassador Auctions. Books and Autographs on June 16th: 62.57%
Bolaffi Ambassador Auctions. Books and Autographs on June 15th: 72.14%
Old World Auctions. Maps, Atlases - Internet bidstart 4/20 on May 4th: 71.88%
Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH. Old and Modern Art, Modern Photography, Antiques on June 17th: 31.62%
Dorotheum . Imperial Court Memorabilia and Historical Objects on June 20th: 60.00%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on June 19th: 53.70%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on June 18th: 72.96%
ALDE. Music - Part 2 on June 18th: 46.35%
ALDE. Music on June 17th: 58.82%
Vermot de Pas. Coca Cola Collections on June 15th: 59.54%
Auctionata. Circle of Life: Photographs on June 18th: 34.38%
Auctionata. Artworks of the Post-War Era on June 18th: 13.27%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 6/12 on June 19th: 96.47%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 6/12 on June 19th: 98.48%
For the week ahead 20 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Jun. 27th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . June Auction - Prints, Books. 47 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 72 lots
Tue. Jun. 28th
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Rolling Stone: Edition. 246 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. West Palm Beach, Florida . Palm Beach Marketplace Auction - Prints, Books. 25 lots
Wed. Jun. 29th
ALDE. Paris. Antiquarian and 19th Century Books. 280 lots
Bonhams. London. Entertainment Memorabilia. 254 lots
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. Antiques and Collectables -Books and Prints. 84 lots
Sothebys. London. Contemporary Art Day Auction - Prints. 20 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Fine Art - Prints. 96 lots
Thu. Jun. 30th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine and Rare Books - Art and Illustration. 450 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Books and Decorative Prints. 399 lots
ALDE. Paris. Original Edition, 19th-21st Centuries. 160 lots
Auctionata. Berlin. All Facets of Editions. 131 lots
Auctionata. Berlin. Collect Now - Post-War and Contemporary Art. 20 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Art of the Book: Book Binding Studio of Philip Smith. 217 lots
Sat. Jul. 2nd
Gibson Auction Inc.. Orange County. Rare Americana Books and Maps. 126 lots
Sun. Jul. 3rd
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. The Empire at Fontainebleau.
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Prints. 6 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 6/26.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 6/26.
Bruce McKinney
RBH and AE
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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: L. Feininger, Collection of autograph letters to Alois J. Schardt, 1920-1955. Est: € 150,000-250,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: Flemish book of hours, Ghent-Bruges School around 1480-1500. Est: € 40,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: F. de Wit, Atlas maior, um 1700. Est: € 50,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: A. Stieglitz, Camera Work, 48 volumes, 1903-1914. Est: € 60,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Merian & M. Zeiller, Sämtliche Topographien, 21 volumes, 1642-1736. Est: € 50,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: R. Indiana and R. Creely, Numbers, 1968. Est: € 4,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: Salerno Breviarium, Latin manuscript on vellum, North Italy around 1470-1476. Est: € 40,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. S. Merian, Surinaamsche (&) europische Insecten, 1730. Est: € 30,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Beckmann, Jahrmarkt, Portfolio of 10 signed etchings, 1922. Est: € 25,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: Justinianus, Infortiatum, 1475. Est: € 10,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: B. Besler, Hortus Eystettensis, um 1750. Est: € 28,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: J. Gris and P. Reverdy, Au soleil du plafond, 1955. Est: € 3,000 -
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.
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Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, 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 - £50,000Forum, Nov. 19: Crescenzi (Bartolomeo). Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, with rare engraved folding map, Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfadino, 1607. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Nov. 19: Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, Printed for the Translator... by Robert Wilks, 1807-12. £6,000-8,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, 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]. £6,000-8,000Forum, Nov. 19: Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri dell'Architettura, translated by Daniele Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556. £7,000-10,000Forum, Nov. 19: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, hardback issue, first printing, Bloomsbury, 1997. £50,000-70,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, 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. £15,000-20,000Forum, 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). £35,000-45,000Forum, 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. £15,000-20,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: Gersdorff (Hans von). Feldtbuch der Wund-Arzney, enlarged edition, Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1540. £20,000-30,000Forum, 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. £8,000-12,000Forum, 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 -
Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old 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 - $6,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

