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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% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies Angst, from Album des Peintres Graveurs on April 18th Actual price: USD $831,000.
  2. Christies Vampyr II (Vampire II) on April 18th Actual price: USD $507,000.
  3. Christies Jazz on April 18th Actual price: USD $495,000.
  4. Christies Madonna on April 18th Actual price: USD $399,000.
  5. Christies Im männlichen Gehirn (In the Man's Brain) on April 18th Actual price: USD $375,000.
  6. Christies Shadows II on April 18th Actual price: USD $300,000.
  7. Christies 11 Pop Artists, Volume III on April 18th Actual price: USD $300,000.
  8. Christies Madonna on April 18th Actual price: USD $262,500.
  9. Christies Quatre Lithographies on April 18th Actual price: USD $250,000.
  10. Christies Usuyuki on April 18th Actual price: USD $231,250.
  11. RR Auction Apollo 14 LM Simulator Computer Display and Keyboard (DSKY) from MIT Instrumentation Laboratory on April 18th Actual price: USD $210,261.
  12. Potomack Company THE BLOODY MASSACRE PERPETRATED IN KING STREET BOSTON ON MARCH 5th 1770 on April 13th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  13. Christies Superman, from Myths on April 18th Actual price: USD $181,250.
  14. Christies An Image of Celia, from Moving Focus on April 18th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  15. Christies The Book of Love on April 18th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  16. Christies Le Repas Frugal on April 18th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  17. Christies Minotaure aveugle guidé par une Fillette dans la nuit, from La Suite Vollard on April 18th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  18. Christies Portrait de Jacqueline de Face II on April 18th Actual price: USD $131,250.
  19. Christies Grace Kelly on April 18th Actual price: USD $131,250.
  20. Christies September on April 18th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  21. Dominic Winter Book Auctions China. A group of four personal photograph albums relating to the London Missionary Society and the creation of Peking Union Medical College on April 11th Actual price: USD $122,616.
  22. Christies Die Sünde (The Sin) on April 18th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  23. Christies Faune dévoilant une femme, from La Suite Vollard on April 18th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  24. Christies The Brooch. Eva Mudocci on April 18th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  25. Christies Sunset on April 18th Actual price: USD $112,500.



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

  • 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, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’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 November
    Forum, 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 - £50,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Crescenzi (Bartolomeo). Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, with rare engraved folding map, Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfadino, 1607. £15,000 - £20,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, Printed for the Translator... by Robert Wilks, 1807-12. £6,000-8,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, 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]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri dell'Architettura, translated by Daniele Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556. £7,000-10,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, hardback issue, first printing, Bloomsbury, 1997. £50,000-70,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, 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. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, 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). £35,000-45,000
    Forum, 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. £15,000-20,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Gersdorff (Hans von). Feldtbuch der Wund-Arzney, enlarged edition, Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1540. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, 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. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, 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 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old 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 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: L. Feininger, Collection of autograph letters to Alois J. Schardt, 1920-1955. Est: € 150,000-250,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Flemish book of hours, Ghent-Bruges School around 1480-1500. Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: F. de Wit, Atlas maior, um 1700. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: A. Stieglitz, Camera Work, 48 volumes, 1903-1914. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Merian & M. Zeiller, Sämtliche Topographien, 21 volumes, 1642-1736. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: R. Indiana and R. Creely, Numbers, 1968. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Salerno Breviarium, Latin manuscript on vellum, North Italy around 1470-1476. Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. S. Merian, Surinaamsche (&) europische Insecten, 1730. Est: € 30,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Beckmann, Jahrmarkt, Portfolio of 10 signed etchings, 1922. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Justinianus, Infortiatum, 1475. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: B. Besler, Hortus Eystettensis, um 1750. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: J. Gris and P. Reverdy, Au soleil du plafond, 1955. Est: € 3,000