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Rare Book Hub: 32 Auctions Archived, another 36 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Saturday 19 January 32 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 3 denominated in euros, 3 in British pounds, and 26 in US dollars. Turnover was $17,971,636 as 18,587 lots were offered and 14,427 sold for a 78% success rate. The year is off to a strong start. The average lot brought $1,246.
Heritage Auctions. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando and Dallas on January 14th: $6,910,098
Heritage Auctions. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando and Dallas on January 14th: $2,391,697
Profiles in History. Hollywood Auction on December 15th: $1,982,700
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints on November 30th: $1,974,762
3 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Profiles in History. Icons and Legends of Hollywood - Day 4 on June 8th: 372.14%
Sothebys. Lady Blue Eyes: Property of Barbara and Frank Sinatra Online on December 7th: 327.41%
Profiles in History. Icons and Legends of Hollywood - Day 1 on June 5th: 139.05%
15 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Sothebys. Lady Blue Eyes: Property of Barbara and Frank Sinatra Online on December 7th: 100.00%
Profiles in History. Icons and Legends of Hollywood - Day 4 on June 8th: 100.00%
National Book Auctions. Books on January 13th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/6 on January 13th: 99.88%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/6 on January 13th: 97.10%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 1/8 on January 15th: 96.69%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 1/8 on January 15th: 95.76%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 12th: 94.71%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 12/16/18 on January 13th: 94.47%
Alaska Auction. Online auction - Books, Prints, Posters, Signs on January 9th: 93.02%
Heritage Auctions. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando and Dallas on January 14th: 92.07%
Profiles in History. Icons and Legends of Hollywood - Day 1 on June 5th: 88.89%
Heritage Auctions. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando and Dallas on January 14th: 86.05%
PBA Galleries. Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries, with the Glenn Todd Collection of Arion Press on January 10th: 85.68%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 15th: 83.33%
32 total sales reported this week:
Sothebys. A Collecting Legacy: Property from the Collection of Nelson & Happy Rockefeller on January 18th: 77.14%
RR Auction. Olympics - Featuring the Mason Dinehart Collection - online bidstart 1/10 on January 17th: 57.72%
Winter Associates. Prints on January 14th: 74.42%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints on January 16th: 57.14%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints on December 5th: 62.21%
Sothebys. Royal and Noble on January 17th: 33.33%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 1/8 on January 15th: 96.69%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 1/8 on January 15th: 95.76%
Heritage Auctions. Manuscripts on January 15th: 78.33%
Heritage Auctions. Online Photographs - Bidstart 2/26 on January 16th: 65.44%
Amadeus-Auktionshaus GmbH. Rare Books on December 8th: 33.96%
Goldberg Coins and Collectibles. Fall Manuscript Auction on November 18th: 76.90%
Goldberg Coins and Collectibles. Collectibles on December 9th: 72.91%
Profiles in History. Icons and Legends of Hollywood - Day 4 on June 8th: 100.00%
Profiles in History. Icons and Legends of Hollywood - Day 1 on June 5th: 88.89%
Profiles in History. Hollywood Auction on December 15th: 57.33%
Profiles in History. Essentially Marylin - The Auction on December 11th: 63.38%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 15th: 83.33%
National Book Auctions. Books on January 13th: 100.00%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints on November 30th: 68.99%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on January 12th: 30.95%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Art - Prints on January 12th: 69.66%
PBA Galleries. Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries, with the Glenn Todd Collection of Arion Press on January 10th: 85.68%
Trafford Books. Stamps & postal history, Photographs, Books, Postcards, and Ephemera. on January 9th: 60.32%
Alaska Auction. Online auction - Books, Prints, Posters, Signs on January 9th: 93.02%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 12/16/18 on January 13th: 94.47%
Heritage Auctions. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando and Dallas on January 14th: 86.05%
Heritage Auctions. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando and Dallas on January 14th: 92.07%
Sothebys. Lady Blue Eyes: Property of Barbara and Frank Sinatra Online on December 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/6 on January 13th: 99.88%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/6 on January 13th: 97.10%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 12th: 94.71%
For the week ahead 36 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Jan. 21st
Vermot de Pas. Paris. History and Regions of France. 603 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Eretz Israel and Zionism, Anti-semitism, World War II and refugees, .... 496 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 70 lots
Tue. Jan. 22nd
Il Ponte. Milan. Books and Manuscripts. 216 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Historical Documents. 230 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Rare Books & Fine Prints. 264 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera. 48 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 1/15. 644 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Objects. 349 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 1/15. 279 lots
Wed. Jan. 23rd
University Archives. Westport. Rare Autographs, Books. 260 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Rare Books and Works on Paper. 336 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Online| Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Objects. 307 lots
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. January Antiques and Collectibles. 82 lots
Thu. Jan. 24th
Sothebys. New York. Fine Manuscripts and Printed Americana. 177 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Art & Illustration, Children's Books & Miscellanea. 377 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. 1933 Goudey PSA Set Registry Catalog. 240 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. An Approach to the Graphic Work of Salvador Dali. 63 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Americana: Printed Material. 384 lots
Fri. Jan. 25th
Skinner. Boston. Fine Prints and Multiples, Fine Photographs. 150 lots
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 408 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Emporium Auction - Books, Prints. 43 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Treasures Galore - Day 2. 633 lots
Sat. Jan. 26th
Case Antiques, Inc.. Knoxville. Winter Auction - Fine Art, Antiques, and History. 59 lots
Arader Galleries. New York City. January Auction. 196 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Winter Estates Auction. 53 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. Automobilia - Books and Prints. 94 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Winter Gallery Auction. 66 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Premier Auction. 72 lots
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers. Gahanna. January Book Auction. 500 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Treasures Galore - Day 3. 487 lots
Sun. Jan. 27th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/20.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/20.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 12/30. 189 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Treasures Galore - Day 4. 530 lots
Bruce McKinney
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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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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
