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Rare Book Hub: 23 Auctions Archived, another 25 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 10 January 2020, 23 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 6 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 16 in US dollars. Turnover was $1,995,816 as 5,031 lots were offered and 4,405 sold for an 88% sales rate. The percentage of lots sold is extraordinary, reflecting the world-wide interest in rare books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera.
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 31st: 107.99%
Moreshet Auctions. Judaica: Books and Manuscripts on January 1st: 107.48%
Hindman Auctions. Palm Beach Collections on January 8th: 106.71%
17 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Weekly - Online bidstart 12/8 on January 5th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Edgar Rice Burroughs Collection from the Estate of D. Peter Ogden Online on January 9th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Currency Auction - bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly, session 1 Bidstart 12/29 on January 5th: 99.58%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly, session 2 Bidstart 12/29 on January 6th: 97.62%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 12/29 on January 5th: 97.60%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Weekly - online bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 97.58%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 31st: 96.15%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Posters (online sale) on January 8th: 95.92%
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Annual New Year's Day Auction on January 1st: 95.83%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 29th: 94.59%
Hindman Auctions. Palm Beach Collections on January 8th: 92.86%
John McInnis Auctioneers. Americana - Books, Manuscripts, Prints on January 4th: 92.21%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 4th: 89.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 30th: 86.54%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 7th: 83.82%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 12/27 on January 3rd: 81.75%
23 total sales reported this week:
Trafford Books. Books on January 8th: 70.10%
Moreshet Auctions. Judaica: Books and Manuscripts on January 1st: 72.73%
Alaska Auction. Sports Cards, etc. on January 9th: 59.46%
Alaska Auction. Sports cards, Prints, Books on January 8th: 79.41%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Posters (online sale) on January 8th: 95.92%
Hindman Auctions. Palm Beach Collections on January 8th: 92.86%
RR Auction. Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction, featuring Animation - online bidstart 12/13 on January 8th: 61.39%
Heritage Auctions. The Edgar Rice Burroughs Collection from the Estate of D. Peter Ogden Online on January 9th: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 7th: 83.82%
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Annual New Year's Day Auction on January 1st: 95.83%
Leland Little Auctions. The New Year's Weekend Gallery Auction on January 4th: 77.27%
John McInnis Auctioneers. Americana - Books, Manuscripts, Prints on January 4th: 92.21%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Weekly - online bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 97.58%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Currency Auction - bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly, session 2 Bidstart 12/29 on January 6th: 97.62%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly, session 1 Bidstart 12/29 on January 5th: 99.58%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 4th: 89.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 12/27 on January 3rd: 81.75%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 31st: 96.15%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 30th: 86.54%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 12/20 on December 29th: 94.59%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 12/29 on January 5th: 97.60%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Weekly - Online bidstart 12/8 on January 5th: 100.00%
For the week ahead 25 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Jan. 13th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN World Paper Money - Session 2. 747 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Prints. 36 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando - session 6 - 10am. 1682 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 44 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/3. 40 lots
Revere Auctions. St. Paul. Online Only: Fine Books, Maps, and Manuscripts. 463 lots
Tue. Jan. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando - session 7 - 10am. 685 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Weekly - online bidstart 1/7. 632 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Currency Auction - bidstart 1/7. 212 lots
Wed. Jan. 15th
Saffronart. Mumbai. ANTIQUARIAN BOOK AUCTION. 100 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Collector's Passion Auction. 69 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Books. 58 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Sports cards, Prints, Books. 44 lots
Thu. Jan. 16th
RR Auction. Amherst. Olympics - online bidstart 1/9. 146 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The David Hall T206 Collection Part III Sports Card Catalog Auction. 570 lots
University Archives. Westport. Books. 284 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 72 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. New York. "K2" Online Sale: Hebrew and Judaic Printed Books. 276 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Sports cards, Prints, Books. 27 lots
Fri. Jan. 17th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 1/10. 162 lots
Sat. Jan. 18th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Fine Art - Prints. 152 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Sun. Jan. 19th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Fine Art - Prints. 38 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Pre-War Baseball Collectibles - online bidstart 1/5. 347 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 1/10. 44 lots
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