Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 20 Auctions Archived, another 32 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Saturday 22 September 20 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 4 denominated in euros, 4 in British pounds, and 12 in US dollars. Turnover was $14,197,782 as 4,910 lots were offered and 3,990 sold for an 81% success rate. We are drifting into the high cotton.
Sothebys. The Erwin Tomash Library of Computing on September 19th: $4,786,803
Christies. Prints and Multiples on September 20th: $3,872,625
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Prints and Drawings on September 20th: $2,402,257
Sothebys. Made in Britain on September 18th: $1,132,659
5 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Books, Maps and Prints Auction on September 12th: 148.94%
Clars Auction Gallery. Asian, Furniture, Jewelry, Fine Art Auction - Prints on September 16th: 124.88%
Sothebys. Made in Britain on September 18th: 122.17%
Sothebys. The Erwin Tomash Library of Computing on September 19th: 109.78%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on September 20th: 100.40%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/9 on September 16th: 99.25%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on September 15th: 98.80%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/9 on September 16th: 98.76%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 8/19 on September 16th: 96.57%
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Books, Maps and Prints Auction on September 12th: 90.91%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on September 20th: 86.70%
Alaska Auction. Online only - Books, Prints on September 19th: 85.71%
Sothebys. Made in Britain on September 18th: 85.19%
Clars Auction Gallery. Online Only Fine Art Sale on September 14th: 83.84%
Brunk Auctions. Premier Catalogue Auction - Prints, Books on September 14th: 82.56%
Clars Auction Gallery. Asian, Furniture, Jewelry, Fine Art Auction - Prints on September 16th: 81.97%
20 total sales reported this week:
PIASA. Photographs by Casimir Zagourski Heart of Africa Pierre Loos Collection on September 18th: 28.28%
Alaska Auction. Online only - Books, Prints on September 19th: 85.71%
PBA Galleries. Ted Watkins Collection of Books and Manuscripts on September 20th: 67.96%
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Prints and Drawings on September 20th: 71.88%
Audap and Mirabaud. Historical Souvenirs - Prints and Manuscripts on September 19th: 75.61%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on September 20th: 86.70%
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Books, Maps and Prints Auction on September 12th: 90.91%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on September 20th: 76.35%
De Baecque and Associes. Prints on September 19th: 34.38%
Sothebys. The Erwin Tomash Library of Computing on September 19th: 66.53%
Sothebys. Made in Britain on September 18th: 85.19%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 8/19 on September 16th: 96.57%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on September 18th: 68.06%
Neal Auction Company. Important Estates Auction on September 16th: 71.83%
Clars Auction Gallery. Asian, Furniture, Jewelry, Fine Art Auction - Prints on September 16th: 81.97%
Clars Auction Gallery. Online Only Fine Art Sale on September 14th: 83.84%
Brunk Auctions. Premier Catalogue Auction - Prints, Books on September 14th: 82.56%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on September 15th: 98.80%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/9 on September 16th: 99.25%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/9 on September 16th: 98.76%
For the week ahead 32 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Sep. 24th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Books. 260 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Books, Documents, and maps including Voyages, Exploration and Travels, Ephemera, Australiana, Prin. 187 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Autographs. 62 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 104 lots
Tue. Sep. 25th
Bonhams. New York. Exploration and Travel, Featuring Americana. 304 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Books and Decorative Prints. 367 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Remarkable Rarities - bidstart 9/13. 54 lots
Tajan. Paris. Parisian Library. 520 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . September Quarterly Sale. 25 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 9/18. 743 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Documents on the History of Mexico. 449 lots
Wed. Sep. 26th
Forum Auctions. London. Editions and Works on Paper. 317 lots
Sothebys. London. Prints and Multiples. 194 lots
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fairfield. O'Connor's Americana Collection. 65 lots
University Archives. Westport. Outstanding Selection of Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Books & Relics. 288 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints, Photographs. 45 lots
Thu. Sep. 27th
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed and Manuscript Americana. 516 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books and Works on Paper. 363 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 479 lots
ALDE. Paris. Antiquarian Books from the 15th to the 19th Century. 441 lots
Rossini. Paris. Online Sale: Posters - bidstart 9/13.
Sothebys. Paris. Alias Daniel Cordier. 5 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Old and Modern Books.
Fri. Sep. 28th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Old Master Prints. 76 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. The Poster Sale. 174 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Old and Modern Books.
Sat. Sep. 29th
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Coin-Op and Advertising - Posters and Lithographs. 176 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. September 2018 Live Auction. 23 lots
Sun. Sep. 30th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/23.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/23.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 9/2. 228 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Feeling Good Collection, Part I Currency Auction Monthly Auction - Internet bidstart 9/1. 284 lots
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

