Auction Update Review
RBH: 32 Auctions archived, 44 fresh this week
For the week ended Saturday 26 May 2018 32 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 4 denominated in euros, 7 in British pounds, and 21 in US dollars. Turnover was $14,084,156 as 9,390 lots were offered and 7,084 sold for a 75% success rate.
For the week ahead 44 sales are scheduled. The auctions are alive and well.
Heritage Auctions. Sports Memorabilia on May 18th: $4,276,046
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on May 24th: $2,211,917
Sothebys. Fine Autograph Music: the Property of Helmut Nanz and Family on May 22nd: $1,523,413
Bonhams. Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples on May 22nd: $1,182,499
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Prints on May 23rd: $1,052,549
4 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Military, Aviation and Naval History on May 18th: 228.62%
Bonhams. Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples on May 22nd: 121.86%
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on May 24th: 107.47%
Robert Siegel Galleries. United States and Confederate States Postal History on May 22nd: 107.27%
11 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/13 on May 20th: 98.53%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/15 on May 22nd: 98.38%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Antique Prints and Rare Books on May 19th: 95.03%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/13 on May 20th: 95.01%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Memorabilia on May 18th: 94.38%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 22nd: 94.23%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Prints on May 23rd: 92.84%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/22 on May 20th: 92.31%
Robert Siegel Galleries. United States and Confederate States Postal History on May 22nd: 89.89%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Military, Aviation and Naval History on May 18th: 89.05%
Clars Auction Gallery. Art - Prints on May 20th: 80.77%
32 total sales reported this week:
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Rare Book and Collectors Sale on May 2nd: 64.25%
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on May 24th: 78.46%
Trafford Books. Books on May 23rd: 68.35%
Moreshet Auctions. Judaica on May 23rd: 43.81%
Eldreds. Online Only: Books and Prints on May 23rd: 57.14%
Christies. The Collector: Works of Art, Prints on May 23rd: 0.00%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Prints on May 23rd: 92.84%
PosterConnection Inc.. Small Decorative Art on May 22nd: 26.07%
Robert Siegel Galleries. United States and Confederate States Postal History on May 22nd: 89.89%
Profiles in History. Animation and Disneyana on May 5th: 66.43%
Neal Auction Company. Late Spring Estates Auction on May 19th: 52.63%
Neal Auction Company. Late Spring Estates Auction - Day 2 on May 20th: 50.00%
Bonhams. The Sporting Sale on May 22nd: 63.64%
Bonhams. Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples on May 22nd: 76.26%
Sothebys. Musical Manuscripts on May 22nd: 51.35%
Sothebys. Fine Autograph Music: the Property of Helmut Nanz and Family on May 22nd: 64.44%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 22nd: 94.23%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/15 on May 22nd: 98.38%
The Written Word Autographs. Entertainers and Sports Autographs on May 20th: 32.82%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/22 on May 20th: 92.31%
Clars Auction Gallery. Art - Prints on May 20th: 80.77%
Clars Auction Gallery. Art - Prints on May 19th: 76.83%
Eldreds. Antiques and Accessories - Books, Maps and Prints on May 19th: 70.27%
The Written Word Autographs. Spring 2018 - Guaranteed Authentic Autographs on May 19th: 39.30%
Dorotheum . Modern Prints on May 18th: 50.79%
Forum Auctions. Forum Auctions @ Artsy: More Than Words on May 18th: 39.39%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Military, Aviation and Naval History on May 18th: 89.05%
Skinner. Walker Evans Photographs online - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 18th: 56.88%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/13 on May 20th: 95.01%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/13 on May 20th: 98.53%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Memorabilia on May 18th: 94.38%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Antique Prints and Rare Books on May 19th: 95.03%
For the week ahead 44 sales are scheduled:
Mon. May. 28th
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Books, Manuscripts, Prints. 352 lots
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Valuable books Manuscripts · Autographs · Decorative Graphics. 100 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. 19th Annual Memorial Day Auction - Prints, Books. 107 lots
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Wertvolle Bücher Manuskripte · Autographen · Dekorative Graphik - Part 2. 447 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 80 lots
Tue. May. 29th
Artcurial. Paris. Limited Editions. 128 lots
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Rare Books Online Only. 85 lots
Christies. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 95 lots
Tajan. Paris. Prints. 274 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. France History and Regions. 476 lots
Forum Auctions in Italy. Roma. No Reserve Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books.
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Historical Documents. 397 lots
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Books: Bibliography and typography, Art reference, Children’s books, Varia, Literature, Indonesia. 1098 lots
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Books: Fine Printing, Illustrated books. 675 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/23. 557 lots
Wed. May. 30th
Bonhams. London. WASSENAAR ZOO A Dutch Private Library. 235 lots
ALDE. Paris. Modern Illustrated Books. 62 lots
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Old and Modern Books. 324 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Posters. 110 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Modern First Editions, Illustrated Books & Limited Editions. 225 lots
PIASA. Paris. Photographs, including a Large French Collection. 72 lots
Minerva Auctions Roma. Roma. Photographs. 326 lots
Rossini. Paris. Online Book Auction - Internet bidstart 5/17. 526 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints and Books - online only. 87 lots
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Books: History and topography, Natural history, Medicine, Science, Manuscripts, Autographs, Old and. 1121 lots
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Old and rare books (part 2). 622 lots
Thu. May. 31st
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. 344 lots
Charlton Hall. West Columbia, SC. 89th Anniversary Sale. 36 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana - Travel & Exploration - Manuscript Material - Cartography. 439 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Old and Modern Books. 138 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints and Books. 37 lots
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Modern Art: Prints, etc.. 425 lots
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Ex libris, Ceramics, Sculpture, Photographs, Japanese prints and drawings, Oriental and tribal art.
Fri. Jun. 1st
Forum Auctions. London. Photographs and Photobooks. 168 lots
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Varia, Posters, Drawings and watercolours, Catchpenny prints, Old master prints, Optical views, Maps. 808 lots
Sat. Jun. 2nd
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Fine Auction - Books and Prints. 108 lots
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Prints - Internet bidstart 5/25. 67 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. European Comic Art. 299 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. David and Janice Frent Collection of Presidential and Political Americana. 773 lots
Arader Galleries. New York City. June 2018 Auction. 175 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. Montana’s Best Early Western & Antique Auction.
Potomack Company. Alexandria. Fine Art and Antiques - Books, Prints. 8 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 164 lots
Sun. Jun. 3rd
Grogan and Company. Dedham. The Spring Auction. 70 lots
Rossini. Paris. Automobilia. 13 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 5/6. 170 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/27.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/27.
Bruce McKinney
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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
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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

