Auction Update Review
RBH: 34 Auctions Archived, 23 up this Week
For the week ended Saturday 5 May 2018 34 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 9 denominated in euros, 2 in British pounds, and 23 in US dollars. Turnover was $18,612,475 as 11,947 lots were offered and 9,923 sold for an exceptional 83% success rate. The buying spirits are alive in the rooms.
For the week ahead a fresh 23 auctions go under the hammer.
6 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Christies. Comic Strips and Illustrations on May 3rd: $3,003,000
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 2 on May 1st: $1,802,209
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 5 on May 1st: $1,666,206
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 4 on May 1st: $1,585,266
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on May 1st: $1,449,935
Kedem Auction. Rare and Important Items on April 24th: $1,244,637
4 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Sothebys. Collections - Prints, Books on May 3rd: 154.31%
ALDE. Maps and Plans - Travel on April 27th: 119.83%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on May 1st: 111.28%
Christies. Comic Strips and Illustrations on May 3rd: 102.98%
23 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Forum Auctions in Italy. No Reserve Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books on May 3rd: 100.00%
Sothebys. Collections - Prints, Books on May 3rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/22 on April 29th: 99.55%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 5 on May 1st: 99.05%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 6 on May 1st: 98.14%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/24 on May 1st: 97.71%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/1 on April 29th: 96.19%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 3 on May 1st: 96.08%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 8 on May 1st: 96.05%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/22 on April 29th: 95.21%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Property from the William D. Hutsell Trust - Books, Prints on April 28th: 94.12%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 4 on May 1st: 92.73%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 7 on May 1st: 92.44%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS World Currency Signature Auction - session 2 on April 30th: 91.52%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Fine Auction - Books and Prints on April 29th: 91.30%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 2 on May 1st: 89.70%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 1st: 89.02%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on May 1st: 87.65%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Comics on April 27th: 86.36%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 1 on May 1st: 83.23%
Cowans Auctions. Fine Books, Maps and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 4/19 on April 30th: 82.68%
Kedem Auction. Rare and Important Items on April 24th: 81.34%
One Of Kind Collectibles. Autographs, Manuscripts and Sports Memorabilia on April 26th: 80.92%
34 total sales reported this week:
PosterConnection Inc.. Posters on April 28th: 43.58%
One Of Kind Collectibles. Autographs, Manuscripts and Sports Memorabilia on April 26th: 80.92%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Comics on April 27th: 86.36%
Swann Galleries. Graphic Design on May 3rd: 64.57%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature and Books on May 3rd: 75.15%
Christies. Comic Strips and Illustrations on May 3rd: 78.49%
Sothebys. Collections - Prints, Books on May 3rd: 100.00%
Forum Auctions in Italy. No Reserve Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books on May 3rd: 100.00%
Cowans Auctions. Fine Books, Maps and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 4/19 on April 30th: 82.68%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/24 on May 1st: 97.71%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on May 1st: 87.65%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 1st: 89.02%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 2 on May 1st: 89.70%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 4 on May 1st: 92.73%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 3 on May 1st: 96.08%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 7 on May 1st: 92.44%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 1 on May 1st: 83.23%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 8 on May 1st: 96.05%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 6 on May 1st: 98.14%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS Currency Signature Auction - session 5 on May 1st: 99.05%
Galerie Bassenge. Valuable Books on April 17th: 52.06%
Kedem Auction. Rare and Important Items on April 24th: 81.34%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS World Currency Signature Auction - session 2 on April 30th: 91.52%
Heritage Auctions. CSNS World Currency Signature Auction - session 1 on April 26th: 77.87%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Fine Auction - Books and Prints on April 29th: 91.30%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Property from the William D. Hutsell Trust - Books, Prints on April 28th: 94.12%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. East Anglian Sale, Part 1 - including Books and Maps on April 27th: 70.18%
Artcurial. Books and Manuscripts on April 26th: 56.59%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Marine and Travel - Books, Prints, Maps on April 26th: 52.31%
ALDE. Russian Art on April 27th: 46.84%
ALDE. Maps and Plans - Travel on April 27th: 65.65%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/22 on April 29th: 99.55%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/1 on April 29th: 96.19%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/22 on April 29th: 95.21%
For the week ahead 7 sales are scheduled:
Mon. May. 7th
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Americana, Railroad, Mining and More! Day 1. 510 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 74 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Online Auction 13: Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Objects. 545 lots
Tue. May. 8th
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Leiden. Rare Books - Day 1. 568 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Old Master Through Modern Prints. 527 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Eretz Israel and Zionism, Postcards and Photographs, Numismatics, Posters, Maps, Judaica, Holy books. 423 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART INCLUDING FLASH: BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JEFFREY M. KAP. 61 lots
University Archives. Westport. Fantastic Selection of Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Photos, Books & Relics. 255 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Americana, Railroad, Mining and More! Day 2. 126 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/1. 438 lots
Wed. May. 9th
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 4/20. 1023 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Americana, Railroad, Mining and More! Day 3. 583 lots
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Leiden. Rare Books - Day 2. 590 lots
Jasper52. New York. Antique Civil War Books. 200 lots
Thu. May. 10th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics. 1692 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 141 lots
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Poster. 119 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Americana, Railroad, Mining and More! Day 4. 753 lots
Fri. May. 11th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Space Exploration. 562 lots
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Books. 466 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Premier Catalogue Auction - Prints, Books. 120 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Exposition Auction - Books and Prints. 19 lots
Sat. May. 12th
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs. 54 lots
Sun. May. 13th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/15. 215 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/6.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/6.
Bruce McKinney
RBH and AE
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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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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

