Auction Update Review
Thirty-two Auctions Archived this week, 20 Sales Upcoming
For the week ended Saturday, February 18th, 32 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; one denominated in Danish krona, 15 in euros, 4 in British pounds, and 12 in US dollars. Turnover was $4,636,576 as 6,170 lots were offered and 4,716 sold for a 76% success rate. This is February for goodness sake. The spring looks promising.
For the week upcoming 20 Sales are scheduled.
One auction saw its total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Swann Galleries. Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks on February 14th: $1,582,852
8 auctions saw their total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 13 and 14: Interior Design - Prints on February 15th: 215.18%
Kedem Auction. Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters on February 7th: 160.61%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Three Day Books, Maps, Ephemera, Pictures & Prints Sale - Day 2. on February 9th: 150.75%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Remaining books from the Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching on February 15th: 145.67%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Three Day Books, Maps, Ephemera, Pictures & Prints Sale. - Day 3 on February 10th: 131.40%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 9 and 10: Interior Design and Books on February 13th: 128.92%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on February 14th: 120.73%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 5 and 6: Modern Art and Interior Design - Prints on February 9th: 108.55%
14 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Remaining books from the Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching on February 15th: 100.00%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Photographs, Prints on February 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 2/5 on February 12th: 99.88%
Forum Auctions in Italy. Fine Books and Works on Paper on February 7th: 98.92%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 2/5 on February 12th: 98.19%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 9 and 10: Interior Design and Books on February 13th: 91.67%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 5 and 6: Modern Art and Interior Design - Prints on February 9th: 91.43%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 13 and 14: Interior Design - Prints on February 15th: 89.47%
Freemans. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on February 17th: 89.12%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on February 14th: 83.16%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 15 and 16: Interior Design - Prints on February 16th: 82.61%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Three Day Books, Maps, Ephemera, Pictures & Prints Sale - Day 1. on February 8th: 81.66%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Three Day Books, Maps, Ephemera, Pictures & Prints Sale - Day 2. on February 9th: 81.50%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 7 and 8: Interior Design - Prints on February 10th: 81.25%
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32 total sales reported this week:
Freemans. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on February 17th: 89.12%
Kedem Auction. Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters on February 7th: 71.37%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 15 and 16: Interior Design - Prints on February 16th: 82.61%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 13 and 14: Interior Design - Prints on February 15th: 89.47%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 11 and 12: Interior Design - Prints on February 14th: 60.00%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 9 and 10: Interior Design and Books on February 13th: 91.67%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 7 and 8: Interior Design - Prints on February 10th: 81.25%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 5 and 6: Modern Art and Interior Design - Prints on February 9th: 91.43%
Il Ponte. Home Decor Modern Art, Modernism, Books - Session 1 and 2: Interior Design - Prints on February 7th: 79.55%
RR Auction. Autographs and Artifacts - Internet bidstart 1/20 on February 8th: 62.58%
Auctionata. From Chagall to Hockney: Prints and Editions on February 16th: 11.90%
Auctionata. The Spectrum of Artistic Expression on February 16th: 4.76%
Auctionata. The Spectrum of Artistic Expression: Art of the 20th & 21st Century on February 16th: 15.15%
Auctionata. Portraits - People as Seen by Artists on February 14th: 5.66%
Auctionata. Discover Nature on February 14th: 1.85%
Forum Auctions in Italy. Fine Books and Works on Paper on February 7th: 98.92%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on February 14th: 83.16%
Neal Auction Company. Winter Estate Auction on February 12th: 71.43%
Winter Associates. February Auction - Continental on February 13th: 61.11%
Swann Galleries. Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks on February 14th: 73.91%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Remaining books from the Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching on February 15th: 100.00%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Three Day Books, Maps, Ephemera, Pictures & Prints Sale. - Day 3 on February 10th: 67.37%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Three Day Books, Maps, Ephemera, Pictures & Prints Sale - Day 2. on February 9th: 81.50%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Three Day Books, Maps, Ephemera, Pictures & Prints Sale - Day 1. on February 8th: 81.66%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Books and Manuscripts on February 3rd: 38.24%
Artcurial. AUTOMOBILIA RÉTROMOBILE 2017 on February 11th: 79.31%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Photographs, Prints on February 10th: 100.00%
Michaans Auctions. February Estate Auction on February 11th: 66.67%
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fine Art, Asian and Antiques on February 10th: 72.34%
PBA Galleries. Rare Books and Manuscripts on February 12th: 63.64%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 2/5 on February 12th: 99.88%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 2/5 on February 12th: 98.19%
For the week ahead 20 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Feb. 20th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 65 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. NASA Photographs. 150 lots
Tue. Feb. 21st
Tooveys. West Sussex. Postcards, Autographs and Ephemera. 168 lots
ALDE. Paris. Collection Gerard Vidalenche - Artist's Books. 216 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Property of N. Flayderman & Co.. 107 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Documents. 269 lots
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. Print Pictures, Books. 17 lots
Wed. Feb. 22nd
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper.
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints. 25 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Weapons - War - Historical Memory. 155 lots
Winner's Auctions and Exhibitions. Jerusalem. Passover Haggadot - Online Auction. 528 lots
Thu. Feb. 23rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics. 1066 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography. 551 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Books and Works on Paper. 362 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Photography. 274 lots
Tajan. Paris. Interiors and Design - Prints, Photos. 14 lots
Fri. Feb. 24th
ALDE. Paris. XVth to XIXth Century Books. 304 lots
Sat. Feb. 25th
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Objects and Curiosities from Around the World - Manuscripts. 27 lots
Sun. Feb. 26th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 2/19.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 2/19.
Bruce McKinney
RBH and AE
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Forum
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
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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
November 18, 2026

