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Rare Book Hub: 35 Auctions Archived, another 24 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday 31 January 2020 35 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 9 denominated in euros, 6 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, and 18 in US dollars.  Turnover was $12,266,490 as 14,366 lots were offered and 11,543 sold for an 80% success rate.  It was another strong week.

  

For the week upcoming 24 auctions are scheduled.

 

3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Sothebys. Fine Manuscripts and Printed Americana on January 27th: $3,208,750 
Arader Galleries. Fine Art - Prints on January 25th: $2,618,047 
Bubb Kuyper. Books on November 29th: $1,619,137 

 

8 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

Case Antiques, Inc.. Winter Auction on January 26th: 170.23% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 1/10 on January 21st: 147.01% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, Documents on January 29th: 145.09% 
Chorley's. Spetchley Park - The Attic Sale - Books on January 28th: 137.72% 
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints on January 29th: 131.04% 
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Antiquarian Books on January 24th: 123.56% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/10 on January 20th: 114.14% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 1/17 on January 24th: 104.92% 


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

Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly on January 28th: 100.00% 
Leland Little Auctions. the Winter Gallery Auction on January 25th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 1/12 on January 26th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on January 27th: 99.91% 
Heritage Auctions. The 1952 Topps & 1953 Topps PSA Set Registry Auction on January 30th: 99.87% 
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Antiquarian Books on January 24th: 99.67% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on January 28th: 99.16% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 1/19 on January 26th: 98.35% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 1/10 on January 21st: 97.22% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/10 on January 20th: 96.72% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, Documents on January 29th: 92.81% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Vintage Posters on January 25th: 92.33% 
Case Antiques, Inc.. Winter Auction on January 26th: 91.40% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 25th: 88.00% 
Chorley's. Spetchley Park - The Attic Sale - Books on January 28th: 87.12% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 1/17 on January 24th: 85.37% 
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints on January 29th: 85.19% 
Freemans. Books and Manuscripts on January 30th: 85.02% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on January 30th: 83.66% 
OSENAT. Automobilia - Books and Prints on January 25th: 81.02% 
Chiswick Auctions. Printed Books and Manuscripts on January 28th: 80.85% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys John Hancock, manuscript letter signed, announcing the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, 6 July 1776 on January 27th Actual price: USD $1,040,000.
  2. Arader Galleries [World Map] Cosmographia Universalis ab Orontio olim descripta. on January 25th Actual price: USD $378,200.
  3. Sothebys The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles...London: 1627 on January 27th Actual price: USD $275,000.
  4. Arader Galleries [World Map] Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationi (A Universal Map of the Known World, Constructed by Means of Recent Observations) on January 25th Actual price: USD $268,400.
  5. Sothebys Autograph letter signed, to Joshua Reed Giddings, 21 May 1860 on January 27th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  6. Arader Galleries Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. - Parergon in quo Veteris Geographiae aliquot tabulae. - Nomenclator Ptolemaicus. on January 25th Actual price: USD $173,240.
  7. Sothebys AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (PLATE CCCXI) on January 26th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  8. Sothebys Autograph manuscript fragment from his undelivered first Inaugural Address on January 27th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  9. Arader Galleries Iceland or Jer Falcon, Plate 366. on January 25th Actual price: USD $134,200.
  10. Sothebys GREAT BLUE HERON (PLATE CCXI) on January 26th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  11. Heritage Auctions 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA NM 7. on January 30th Actual price: USD $111,000.
  12. Arader Galleries [Americas Map] Il Disegno Del Discoperto Della Nova Franza, il quale s'e hauuto ultimamente dalla nouissima nauigatione de' Franzesi in quel luogo. on January 25th Actual price: USD $103,700.
  13. Sothebys Manuscript letter signed, to the Citizens of New York, [26-27 November 1783] on January 27th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  14. Arader Galleries [World Map] . Untitled double-hemisphere map constructed on a polar projections, with each hemisphere cut into thirty-six gores, in the manner of printed globes. on January 25th Actual price: USD $91,500.
  15. Arader Galleries Common American Swan, Plate 411. on January 25th Actual price: USD $85,400.
  16. Sothebys The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke. Wilmington: Printed by James Adams, 1784 on January 27th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  17. Arader Galleries Reddish Egret or Purple Heron, Plate 256. on January 25th Actual price: USD $68,320.
  18. Arader Galleries NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PORTFOLIO; HUNTING SCENES AND AMUSEMENTS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND PRAIRIES OF AMERICA. on January 25th Actual price: USD $67,100.
  19. Arader Galleries A New Mapp of the Whole World. on January 25th Actual price: USD $66,040.
  20. Sothebys SNOWY OWL (PLATE CXXI) on January 26th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  21. Sothebys HOOPING CRANE (PLATE CCXXVI) on January 26th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  22. Freemans American White Pelican on January 30th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  23. Sothebys New-York: Hugh Gaine, ca. 1763–66 on January 27th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  24. Sothebys One autograph letter signed & 3 letters signed to General Alexander McDougall, September 1777 on January 27th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  25. Sothebys Six Nations document signed with the holograph totems of fourteen chiefs of the Six Nations, [Lancaster?], 28 July 1769 on January 27th Actual price: USD $62,500.



35 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. The 1952 Topps & 1953 Topps PSA Set Registry Auction on January 30th: 99.87%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on January 30th: 83.66%
Forum Auctions. Online Only - Select and Modern and Contemporary Editions and Works on Paper on January 28th: 45.16%
Rossini. Lithographs, Engravings on January 30th: 51.54%
Morton Subastas. Graphic Work and Photography on January 30th: 39.92%
Freemans. The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer - Part III on January 30th: 71.92%
Freemans. Books and Manuscripts on January 30th: 85.02%
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Chabad, Seforim, Hassidut, Glosses & Signatures, Postcards and Photo's, Holocaust and Antisemitism, on January 28th: 73.09%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints on January 29th: 85.19%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, Documents on January 29th: 92.81%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on January 28th: 99.16%
Morton Subastas. Book Auction of Explorers, Travelers, Maps, Views, Science and Religion on January 28th: 45.22%
Chorley's. Spetchley Park - The Attic Sale - Books on January 28th: 87.12%
Chiswick Auctions. Autographs and Memorabilia on January 28th: 57.19%
Chiswick Auctions. Printed Books and Manuscripts on January 28th: 80.85%
Bubb Kuyper. Books on November 29th: 70.44%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly on January 28th: 100.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Vintage Posters on January 25th: 92.33%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Antiquarian Books on January 24th: 99.67%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 28th: 75.25%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 1/19 on January 26th: 98.35%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 1/12 on January 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on January 27th: 99.91%
Sothebys. Important Americana on January 26th: 67.86%
Sothebys. Fine Manuscripts and Printed Americana on January 27th: 72.78%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 25th: 88.00%
OSENAT. Automobilia - Books and Prints on January 25th: 81.02%
Leland Little Auctions. the Winter Gallery Auction on January 25th: 100.00%
Arader Galleries. Fine Art - Prints on January 25th: 63.16%
Case Antiques, Inc.. Winter Auction on January 26th: 91.40%
Eldreds. Annual "Cabin Fever" Auction on January 25th: 72.94%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 1/17 on January 24th: 85.37%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 1/10 on January 21st: 97.22%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/10 on January 20th: 96.72%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 1/10 on January 19th: 79.55%

 


For the week ahead 24 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Feb. 3rd
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 60 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24. 51 lots

Tue. Feb. 4th
Christies. Paris. Paul Distribats - Avant Garde Library. 276 lots
Doyle New York. New York. Sporting & Travel Books From the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson - bidstart 1/23. 350 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24. 42 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 1/28. 155 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 1/28. 686 lots

Wed. Feb. 5th
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction - online bidstart 1/24. 887 lots

Thu. Feb. 6th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Books and Manuscripts at the Pasadena Book Fair. 168 lots
Ader. PARIS. Letters and Autograph Manuscripts. 413 lots

Fri. Feb. 7th
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Emporium Auction. 32 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Winter Market Auction. 59 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 1/31. 164 lots

Sat. Feb. 8th
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . February Gallery Auction. 25 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Important Winter Estates Auction. 74 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Disney. 25 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Works on Paper - Prints. 433 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Racing, Flying and Yachting. 40 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Premier Auction - Prints, Books. 12 lots
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. February Collectors Sale. 107 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots

Sun. Feb. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 1/26. 177 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 1/31. 55 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • 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