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9 Auctions Archived, 22 More This Week
For the week ending on Saturday, the 8th of September, 9 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database, 7 in U.S. dollars, and one each in British pounds and Mexican pesos. The number of reported auctions was low because of the Labor Day holiday in America. Total sales in U.S. currency were $1,310,642. There were 4,677 lots offered while 4,309 sold, for a 92% sell-through rate. The average lot price was $304. The high sell-through rate and low average order reflect the lower sample size.
No auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars.
1 auction saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Books, Maps, Prints and Ephemera on August 31st: 113.19%
7 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/19 on August 26th: 99.78%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 8/28 on September 4th: 99.72%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/26 on September 2nd: 99.36%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/26 on September 2nd: 98.49%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on September 1st: 98.21%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 7/29 on August 26th: 96.35%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 8/5 on September 2nd: 95.00%
9 total sales reported this week:
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 8/28 on September 4th: 99.72%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/26 on September 2nd: 99.36%
Morton Subastas. Sadi Carnot Opportunity Auction - Books, Prints on September 1st: 28.21%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Books, Maps, Prints and Ephemera on August 31st: 76.64%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/26 on September 2nd: 98.49%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 8/5 on September 2nd: 95.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 7/29 on August 26th: 96.35%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/19 on August 26th: 99.78%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on September 1st: 98.21%
For the week ahead 22 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Sep. 10th
Christies. Paris. Collection Juan de Beistegui - prints. 40 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 87 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. NASA Photographs. 200 lots
Tue. Sep. 11th
Sothebys. London. Irish Art - Prints. 2 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 9/4. 426 lots
Rossini. Paris. Art Objects - Fine Prints. 19 lots
Wed. Sep. 12th
Old World Auctions. Glen Allen. Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics - online bidstart 8/29. 823 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Dominic's 30th Anniversary Sale. 179 lots
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. Books, Maps and Prints Auction. 385 lots
Audap and Mirabaud. PARIS. Classic Sale - Books, Prints, Autographs. 6 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts; Featuring Royalty - bidstart 8/17. 1021 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Photographs and Photobooks. 126 lots
Thu. Sep. 13th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Books. 342 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. 14H: BOOKS & ART DOCUMENTATION - 19H: CONTEMPORARY ART. 185 lots
Fri. Sep. 14th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Books. 450 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Premier Catalogue Auction - Prints, Books. 195 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Online Only Fine Art Sale. 99 lots
Sat. Sep. 15th
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Important Estates Auction. 71 lots
Sun. Sep. 16th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/9.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/9.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 8/19. 204 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Asian, Furniture, Jewelry, Fine Art Auction - Prints. 61 lots
We can expect the number of auction sales to pick up shortly because in the fall, they always do.
Mike Stillman
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. -
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 -
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