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Rare Book Hub: 26 Auctions Archived, another 28 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 3 January 2020, 26 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 14 denominated in euros and 12 in US dollars. Six thousand eight hundred forty lots were offered and 5,669 sold for an 83% success rate. Turnover was above $3.0 million. We have descended briefly into the doldrums but recovery will be quick. There are best times to sell but no longer any quiet periods.
For the week ahead 28 sales are scheduled.
1 auction saw total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on December 18th: $1,216,086
4 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on December 18th: 132.29%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Monstrous Two-Ring Antique Auction on December 27th: 112.68%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Books and Prints - Session 2 on December 3rd: 103.32%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Books and Prints - Session 3 on December 4th: 101.26%
16 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Monstrous Two-Ring Antique Auction on December 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 12/1 on December 29th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 12/17 on December 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 12/24 on December 31st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 12/22 on December 29th: 99.68%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 10/1 on December 31st: 99.23%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 12/17 on December 24th: 98.46%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/22 on December 29th: 97.84%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 12/13 on December 24th: 96.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/15 on December 22nd: 95.99%
Alaska Auction. Prints, Photos, Books, Sports Cards on December 18th: 89.66%
Alaska Auction. Prints, Books, Sports cards on December 19th: 89.29%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 21st: 88.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 12/13 on December 23rd: 88.06%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 28th: 87.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 27th: 86.47%
26 total sales reported this week:
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Autographs, Photographs, Prints on December 14th: 61.59%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Monstrous Two-Ring Antique Auction on December 27th: 100.00%
Vermot de Pas. Sporlympic V : 100% Olympism on December 21st: 57.87%
Alaska Auction. Prints, Books, Sports cards on December 19th: 89.29%
Alaska Auction. Prints, Photos, Books, Sports Cards on December 18th: 89.66%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Books and Prints - Session 3 on December 4th: 78.65%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Books and Prints - Session 2 on December 3rd: 75.44%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Books and Prints - Session 1 on December 2nd: 74.96%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 12/24 on December 31st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 10/1 on December 31st: 99.23%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 28th: 87.50%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 12/1 on December 29th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/22 on December 29th: 97.84%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 12/22 on December 29th: 99.68%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 27th: 86.47%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 26th: 40.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 12/13 on December 24th: 96.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 12/13 on December 23rd: 88.06%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 12/13 on December 22nd: 68.52%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 12/17 on December 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 12/17 on December 24th: 98.46%
Bonhams. Entertainment Memorabilia on December 17th: 56.80%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on December 18th: 70.61%
Bonhams. Holiday Prints and Multiples on December 16th: 53.02%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/15 on December 22nd: 95.99%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 21st: 88.50%
For the week ahead 28 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Jan. 6th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 68 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly, session 2 Bidstart 12/29. 336 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 12/27. 53 lots
Tue. Jan. 7th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Currency Auction - bidstart 12/31. 176 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Weekly - online bidstart 12/31. 578 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 12/27. 29 lots
Wed. Jan. 8th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando - session 1. 768 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction, featuring Animation - online bidstart 12/13. 966 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Sports cards, Prints, Books. 68 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books. 194 lots
Hindman Auctions. West Palm Beach, Florida . Palm Beach Collections. 28 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Posters (online sale). 319 lots
Thu. Jan. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN World Paper Money - Session 1. 415 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Books and Works on Paper - Online. 206 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Art & Illustration - Occult & Hermeticism. 398 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando - session 2 - 6pm. 669 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Edgar Rice Burroughs Collection from the Estate of D. Peter Ogden Online. 256 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Sports Cards, etc.. 74 lots
Fri. Jan. 10th
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. 20th Century Fine Art Online. 59 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando - session 3 - 1pm. 295 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando - session 4 - 6pm. 253 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando - session 5 - 8:30pm. 386 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 1/3. 145 lots
Sat. Jan. 11th
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . January Gallery Auction. 38 lots
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. New Year's Collectors Sale. 73 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.
Sun. Jan. 12th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Weekly - Online bidstart 12/29. 128 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 1/3. 47 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