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Auction Update Review

7 Auctions Archived, 21 More This Week

Only 7 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database this past week for technical reasons. We expect all those not included in this week's report will be added to the next 1-2 reports issued. We apologize for the delay.

 

2 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Heritage Auctions. Central States Currency Auction on April 29th: $4,278,943 
Heritage Auctions. Central States World Currency on April 29th: $1,990,714 

0 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale: 



7 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell: 

Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/23 on April 30th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/31 on April 28th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/23 on April 30th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 99.48% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 97.84% 
Heritage Auctions. Central States Currency Auction on April 29th: 94.96% 
Heritage Auctions. Central States World Currency on April 29th: 94.68% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2220-F $5,000 1928 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Very Fine 35. on April 29th Actual price: USD $156,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-E $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG About Uncirculated 55. on April 29th Actual price: USD $144,000.
  3. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2231-G $10,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG About Uncirculated 55. on April 29th Actual price: USD $114,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-G $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Very Fine 30. on April 29th Actual price: USD $72,000.
  5. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1220 $1,000 1922 Gold Certificate PMG Choice Very Fine 35 EPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $66,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions Banque de Syrie 1920 First and Second Issue Specimen Book with 12 Different Denominations of Each Side. on April 29th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  7. Heritage Auctions Fr. 320 $20 1891 Silver Certificate PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $50,400.
  8. Heritage Auctions T12 $5 1861 PF-1 Cr. 46 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $48,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1217 $500 1922 Gold Certificate PMG Choice Very Fine 35 EPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $43,200.
  10. Heritage Auctions Fr. 127 $20 1869 Legal Tender PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $40,800.
  11. Heritage Auctions Fr. 151 $50 1869 Legal Tender PMG Very Fine 20 EPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $38,400.
  12. Heritage Auctions T35 $5 1861 PF-1 Cr. 271 PCGS Very Fine 25. on April 29th Actual price: USD $38,400.
  13. Heritage Auctions Norfolk, VA - $5 1882 Brown Back Fr. 469 Norfolk NB Ch. # 3368 PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ S. on April 29th Actual price: USD $38,400.
  14. Heritage Auctions Egypt National Bank of Egypt 1 Pound 5.1.1899 Pick 2b PCGS Very Fine 30. on April 29th Actual price: USD $37,200.
  15. Heritage Auctions Sterling, CO - $10 1902 Red Seal Fr. 614 The Logan County NB Ch. # (W)7973 PMG Very Fine 30. on April 29th Actual price: USD $36,000.
  16. Heritage Auctions Oakland, CA - $20 Original Fr. 1158 The First National Gold Bank Ch. # 2248 PMG Very Fine 25. on April 29th Actual price: USD $36,000.
  17. Heritage Auctions T1 $1,000 1861 PF-1 Cr. 1 PMG Very Fine 30 Net. on April 29th Actual price: USD $33,600.
  18. Heritage Auctions T2 $500 1861 PF-1 Cr. 2 PMG Choice Very Fine 35. on April 29th Actual price: USD $32,400.
  19. Heritage Auctions DC-20S $1000 1911 Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. on April 29th Actual price: USD $31,200.
  20. Heritage Auctions Fr. 6 $10 1861 Demand Note PCGS Very Fine 35. on April 29th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  21. Heritage Auctions T2 $500 1861 PF-1 Cr. 2A PMG Very Fine 20. on April 29th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  22. Heritage Auctions Fayetteville, NC - $1 1875 Fr. 383 The Fayetteville NB Ch. # 1756 PCGS Apparent Very Fine 30. on April 29th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  23. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2405 $100 1928 Gold Certificate. PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $27,600.
  24. Heritage Auctions St. John, NB- Bank of New Brunswick $10 1.9.1903 Ch.# 515-18-08 PMG Extremely Fine 40 EPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $26,400.
  25. Heritage Auctions St. Stephen, NB- St. Stephens Bank $3 1.2.1886 Ch.# 675-20-04-18 PMG Choice About Unc 58. on April 29th Actual price: USD $26,400.




7 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/23 on April 30th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/23 on April 30th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/31 on April 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 97.84%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 99.48%
Heritage Auctions. Central States World Currency on April 29th: 94.68%
Heritage Auctions. Central States Currency Auction on April 29th: 94.96%


For the week ahead 21 sales are scheduled:

Mon. May. 6th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Prints. 50 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 76 lots

Tue. May. 7th
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Prints and Multiples. 196 lots
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Leiden. Books. 1272 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTS, ANTIQUE AND CONTEMPORARY BOOKS. 207 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/30. 461 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/30. 182 lots

Wed. May. 8th
Freemans. Philadelphia. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs. 59 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Featuring John F. Kennedy - Internet bidstart 4/19. 749 lots

Thu. May. 9th
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Posters. 249 lots
Zisska and Lacher. Munich. Books. 2072 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Photographs. 99 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Space Exploration, Featuring the Armstrong Family Collection. 1583 lots

Fri. May. 10th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Book Auction. 463 lots
Skinner. Boston. Fine Prints and Multiples, Fine Photographs. 143 lots

Sat. May. 11th
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs. 48 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 173 lots

Sun. May. 12th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/14. 195 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/5.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/5.
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.

Michael Stillman

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