Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 35 Auctions Archived, another 20 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Saturday 20 April 35 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 27 in US dollars, 3 in euros, and 5 in British pounds. Turnover was $19,418,649 as 8,310 lots were offered and 6,947 sold for a 84% success rate. Buying interest continues to be high.
4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Christies. Prints and Multiples on April 18th: $11,669,625
RR Auction. Space and Aviation - Internet bidstart 4/11 on April 18th: $1,369,233
Swann Galleries. Classic and Contemporary Photographs on April 18th: $1,237,780
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana on April 16th: $1,035,736
8 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Vintage Cameras and Photography on April 11th: 176.64%
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, & Ephemera on April 16th: 156.66%
Potomack Company. Live and Online - Prints, Books on April 13th: 151.61%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 18th: 138.24%
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana on April 16th: 106.61%
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Advertising Signs and Rural Bygones on April 10th: 105.96%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on April 18th: 100.38%
ALDE. Atlases - Maps - Travel Books on April 12th: 100.10%
22 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Alaska Auction. Prints, Books on April 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/7 on April 14th: 99.68%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/9 on April 16th: 99.60%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/17 on April 14th: 99.17%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/9 on April 16th: 98.56%
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, & Ephemera on April 16th: 98.31%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/7 on April 14th: 98.00%
Leland Little Auctions. April Gallery Auction on April 13th: 96.77%
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Advertising Signs and Rural Bygones on April 10th: 93.28%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 18th: 91.04%
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana on April 16th: 89.33%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on April 18th: 88.62%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on April 17th: 88.32%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints, Books on April 14th: 86.00%
Neal Auction Company. Spring Estates Auction on April 14th: 85.98%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 16th: 85.14%
Waverly Auctions. Rare and Important Books, Prints, and Maps on the Subject of Exploration, Travel, and the Natural Wo on April 4th: 83.97%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 13th: 83.91%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Vintage Cameras and Photography on April 11th: 82.14%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints, Books on April 13th: 81.86%
Potomack Company. Live and Online - Prints, Books on April 13th: 81.25%
One Of Kind Collectibles. Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Photography - Online Bidstart 4/4 on April 11th: 81.13%
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35 total sales reported this week:
PBA Galleries. Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography on April 18th: 68.27%
RR Auction. Space and Aviation - Internet bidstart 4/11 on April 18th: 75.31%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 18th: 91.04%
Swann Galleries. Classic and Contemporary Photographs on April 18th: 67.20%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. April Fine Art And Collectors' Passion on April 17th: 52.00%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on April 18th: 88.62%
Heritage Auctions. Monthly Photographs Online - bidstart 3/27 on April 17th: 77.00%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on April 17th: 88.32%
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, & Ephemera on April 16th: 98.31%
Neal Auction Company. Spring Estates Auction on April 14th: 85.98%
Cowans Auctions. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Timed - Bidstart 4/4 on April 15th: 75.83%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 16th: 85.14%
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Advertising Signs and Rural Bygones on April 10th: 93.28%
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana on April 16th: 89.33%
Eldreds. Americana Online - bidstart 4/1 on April 15th: 47.30%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints, Books on April 14th: 86.00%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/9 on April 16th: 99.60%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/9 on April 16th: 98.56%
Leland Little Auctions. April Gallery Auction on April 13th: 96.77%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on April 13th: 55.56%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints, Books on April 13th: 81.86%
Aspire Auctions. Prints - Online - Internet Bidstart 4/5 on April 13th: 66.67%
Potomack Company. Live and Online - Prints, Books on April 13th: 81.25%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/7 on April 14th: 99.68%
Waverly Auctions. Rare and Important Books, Prints, and Maps on the Subject of Exploration, Travel, and the Natural Wo on April 4th: 83.97%
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Illustrious Personalities, Holocaust & Anti-Semitism, Historic Documents, Art, Seforim, Letters from on April 8th: 75.00%
ALDE. Atlases - Maps - Travel Books on April 12th: 73.83%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. 2-Day Book and Ephemera Sale - Day 2 on April 12th: 51.70%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. 2-Day Book and Ephemera Sale - Day 1 on April 11th: 67.77%
Alaska Auction. Prints, Books on April 10th: 100.00%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Vintage Cameras and Photography on April 11th: 82.14%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/17 on April 14th: 99.17%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/7 on April 14th: 98.00%
One Of Kind Collectibles. Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Photography - Online Bidstart 4/4 on April 11th: 81.13%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 13th: 83.91%
For the week ahead 20 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Apr. 22nd
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 109 lots
Tue. Apr. 23rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/16. 258 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/16. 252 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Illustration Art. 559 lots
Wed. Apr. 24th
Heritage Auctions. Chicago. Central States Currency Auction. 1804 lots
Heritage Auctions. Chicago. Central States World Currency. 1147 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Fine Art - Prints. 9 lots
Thu. Apr. 25th
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Books - Internet Bidstart 4/18. 479 lots
ALDE. Paris. Guy Bigorie Library. 248 lots
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Prints and Photographs. 11 lots
Fri. Apr. 26th
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. East Anglian Sale, Part 1 - including Books and Maps. 12 lots
Sat. Apr. 27th
Artcurial. Paris. Comic Strips. 174 lots
Case Antiques, Inc.. Knoxville. Books, Prints. 66 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. The Magic Collection of Ray Goulet. 195 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. The Fine Sale - Prints.
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. Early Native American & Collector Firearms.
Sun. Apr. 28th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/21.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/21.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/31. 239 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

