Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 28 Auctions Archived, another 26 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Saturday 23 February, 2019 28 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 1 in Australian dollars, 4 in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, 18 in US dollars, and 1 in South African rand. Turnover was $11,288,771 as 7,510 lots were offered and 6,247 sold for a 83% success rate. Auctions in the rare book and collectible paper fields have become an international field.
Christies. Bibliothèque Marc Litzler on February 20th: $4,973,554
RR Auction. Sports - Internet Bidstart 2/7 on February 21st: $2,371,345
Swann Galleries. Photographs - Art and Visual Culture on February 21st: $1,356,695
6 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:
Tooveys. Antique and Collectible Books on February 12th: 148.27%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: An Art Reference Library on February 21st: 135.34%
Tooveys. Prints and Maps on February 20th: 121.79%
ALDE. Ancient and 19th Century Books on February 15th: 116.38%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints on February 16th: 108.25%
Christies. Bibliothèque Marc Litzler on February 20th: 106.81%
15 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Leland Little Auctions. Presidents' Weekend Sale - Books, Prints on February 16th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: An Art Reference Library on February 21st: 100.00%
Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC. Early 20th Century Design, Decor & More on February 2nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 2/10 on February 17th: 99.55%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 2/12 on February 19th: 99.32%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 2/12 on February 19th: 99.21%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 2/10 on February 17th: 99.11%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Friday Night Sale - prints, books on February 15th: 96.88%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 1/20 on February 17th: 93.94%
Tooveys. Antique and Collectible Books on February 12th: 92.02%
Aspire Auctions. February Sale - Internet bidstart 2/8 on February 16th: 91.84%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on February 16th: 89.94%
Christies. Bibliothèque Marc Litzler on February 20th: 85.48%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on February 19th: 83.33%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints on February 16th: 81.92%
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28 total sales reported this week:
PBA Galleries. Rare Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography on February 21st: 73.09%
RR Auction. Sports - Internet Bidstart 2/7 on February 21st: 79.67%
Morton Subastas. Auction of Ancient and Contemporary Books and Documents on February 19th: 47.04%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints on February 16th: 81.92%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints on February 17th: 75.00%
Swann Galleries. Photographs - Art and Visual Culture on February 21st: 70.90%
Stephan Welz & Co.. Cape Town | Fine Art & Design Auction - The Library of the Late Frikkie Botha. on February 5th: 67.92%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: An Art Reference Library on February 21st: 100.00%
Tooveys. Prints and Maps on February 20th: 78.79%
Christies. Bibliothèque Marc Litzler on February 20th: 85.48%
Michael Treloar. Signed Modern Firsts, and Australia - Online bidstart 1/25 on February 3rd: 67.04%
Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC. Early 20th Century Design, Decor & More on February 2nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Online Photographs - Bidstart 1/30 on February 20th: 78.69%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Old and Modern Books on February 19th: 56.59%
Tooveys. Antique and Collectible Books on February 12th: 92.02%
Aspire Auctions. February Sale - Internet bidstart 2/8 on February 16th: 91.84%
Alexander Historical Auctions. Winter Auction on February 18th: 73.92%
Leland Little Auctions. Presidents' Weekend Sale - Books, Prints on February 16th: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on February 19th: 83.33%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 2/12 on February 19th: 99.32%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 2/12 on February 19th: 99.21%
Eldreds. Winter Market Auction on February 16th: 73.77%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Friday Night Sale - prints, books on February 15th: 96.88%
ALDE. Ancient and 19th Century Books on February 15th: 64.84%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 1/20 on February 17th: 93.94%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 2/10 on February 17th: 99.55%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 2/10 on February 17th: 99.11%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on February 16th: 89.94%
For the week ahead 26 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Feb. 25th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Books, Prints. 47 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 95 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Select Modern and Contemporary Editions and Artists' Books. 184 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Treasures of the Civil War - Timed auction bidstart 2/14. 228 lots
Tue. Feb. 26th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 2/19. 515 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Books. 22 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 2/19. 252 lots
Wed. Feb. 27th
Christies. New York. Contemporary Editions. 177 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Rare Books and Works on Paper. 138 lots
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. Railwayana - signs, posters - books, prints. 85 lots
University Archives. Westport. Rare Autographs, Books. 266 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Banksy X Editions. 10 lots
Thu. Feb. 28th
Chiswick Auctions. London. Autographs and Memorabilia. 288 lots
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Mountain Memorabilia. 100 lots
Central Mass Auctions. Boston,. Antiques Estates Auction - books, prints.
Waverly Auctions. Falls Church. Waverly Rare Books Presidential & Americana Auction. 211 lots
Fri. Mar. 1st
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. Rare Books, Documents, Graphic Arts and Photographs. 226 lots
Christies. New York. Matisse on Paper: Prints and Drawings from the Estate of Jacquelyn Miller Matisse - Online bidstart. 28 lots
Sat. Mar. 2nd
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Important Spring Auction - Books, Prints. 47 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Multiple Estates Art and Antiques. 36 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Sporting Books and Art and Art Books. 288 lots
Skinner. Boston. American Furniture & Decorative Arts - Prints. 40 lots
Sun. Mar. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 2/3. 209 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 2/24.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 2/24.
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.
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

