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Rare Book Hub: 33 Auctions Archived, another 54 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 12th March 2021, 33 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 2 denominated in Danish krone, 12 in euros, 4 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 14 in US dollars.
Turnover was $9,355,880 as 85% of all lots offered sold. Eight thousand five-hundred-ninety-five lots were posted and 7,298 changed hands.
For the week ahead 54 new sales are posted. Prepare your paddles!
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 10th: $1,697,875
Artcurial. Maurice Houdayer Library on March 9th: $1,584,339
Swann Galleries. Fine Photographs on March 11th: $1,412,802
13 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/19 on March 3rd: 230.18%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Kenn Back Polar Library, Napoleonic Manuscripts on March 10th: 195.55%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Old Prints on March 8th: 151.31%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Ephemera - online on March 10th: 147.95%
Artcurial. Maurice Houdayer Library on March 9th: 139.77%
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. The Collector's Sale on March 3rd: 124.13%
Carlsen Gallery. March Madness on March 7th: 118.36%
Sothebys. NOW! Online bidstart 3/4 on March 11th: 115.56%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 2/19 on February 28th: 110.03%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 9th: 107.01%
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 10th: 102.82%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 100.53%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 100.27%
21 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Artcurial. Maurice Houdayer Library on March 9th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 2/28 on March 8th: 99.72%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/21 on March 7th: 99.60%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 99.55%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/28 on March 7th: 98.72%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 97.45%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/19 on March 3rd: 97.33%
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. The Collector's Sale on March 3rd: 96.77%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 6th: 96.50%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Ephemera - online on March 10th: 95.48%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Kenn Back Polar Library, Napoleonic Manuscripts on March 10th: 93.79%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Old Prints on March 8th: 92.50%
Carlsen Gallery. March Madness on March 7th: 92.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 9th: 90.27%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 2/19 on March 1st: 87.14%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 2/19 on March 2nd: 85.71%
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 10th: 84.53%
Sothebys. NOW! Online bidstart 3/4 on March 11th: 83.87%
Skinner. Country Americana - bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 83.78%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Treasures Auction on March 10th: 82.54%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/26 on March 5th: 81.65%
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33 total sales reported this week:
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Ephemera - online on March 10th: 95.48%
Swann Galleries. Fine Photographs on March 11th: 78.33%
Sothebys. NOW! Online bidstart 3/4 on March 11th: 83.87%
Morton Subastas. Prints and Multiples on March 11th: 39.68%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books, Maps and Prints - bistart 3/4 on March 11th: 35.98%
Forum Auctions. Editions and Works on Paper 1500 - 2020 on March 11th: 69.60%
Trafford Books. Books and Postal History on March 10th: 78.00%
Skinner. Country Americana - bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 83.78%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Treasures Auction on March 10th: 82.54%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Kenn Back Polar Library, Napoleonic Manuscripts on March 10th: 93.79%
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. The Collector's Sale on March 3rd: 96.77%
Christies. Contemporary Editions on March 10th: 84.53%
Heritage Auctions. Photographs Monthly Online Auction on March 10th: 76.23%
Tajan. Modern and Contemporary Prints on March 2nd: 68.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 99.55%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 9th: 90.27%
Artcurial. Maurice Houdayer Library on March 9th: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Old Prints on March 8th: 92.50%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 97.45%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/28 on March 7th: 98.72%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 2/28 on March 8th: 99.72%
Carlsen Gallery. March Madness on March 7th: 92.00%
Vermot de Pas. SPORLYMPIQUE VI : MULTISPORTS, OLYMPISM, CYCLE POSTER COLLECTION, CYCLE AND AUTOMOBILE POSTER COLLEC on March 6th: 64.47%
PosterConnection Inc.. Winter Sale - Affordable Posters on March 6th: 68.66%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/26 on March 5th: 81.65%
Catawiki B. V.. Books - bidstart 2/19 on March 4th: 75.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/19 on March 3rd: 97.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 2/19 on March 2nd: 85.71%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 2/19 on March 1st: 87.14%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 2/19 on February 28th: 74.36%
Binoche et Giquello. LITTERATURE AND ARTS OF THE XXTH CENTURY - AVANT-GARDES on March 5th: 75.15%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 6th: 96.50%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/21 on March 7th: 99.60%
For the week ahead 54 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Mar. 15th
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters and Ceremonial Art. 414 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 3/5. 119 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 113 lots
Tue. Mar. 16th
Ader. PARIS. Letters and Manuscripts. 321 lots
Tajan. Paris. Old Books and Manuscripts. 197 lots
Sothebys. London. Made in Britain - bidstart 3/9. 141 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/9. 663 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/9. 170 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Chinese Contemporary Photographs and Works. 23 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Special Auction for Pessach and 11th Nissan: Honoring the Birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. 60 lots
Sothebys. Paris. Collection Pierre Le-Tan, Part I. 10 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 3/5. 26 lots
Old World Auctions. Richmond. Antique Maps, Charts, Atlases, Engravings, Historical Documents & Books. 187 lots
Wed. Mar. 17th
ALDE. Paris. Max Cointreau gastronomic & oenological library. 190 lots
Finarte. Milan. Photographs. 239 lots
Sothebys. London. Prints and Multiples. 166 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Antiquarian and Collector's Books. 182 lots
Sothebys. Paris. Collection Pierre Le-Tan, Part II - bidstart3/9. 44 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Studio Art - bidstart 3/9. 80 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints, Maps and Posters. 130 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 3/5. 130 lots
Litchfield County Auctions. Litchfield. Discovery Auction.
Thu. Mar. 18th
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Posters. 288 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Artsy X Forum Auctions. 33 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Maps and Atlases. 157 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Literature with Beats, Bukowski, and Counterculture. 416 lots
Sothebys. London. Banksy - bidstart 3/9. 49 lots
Ader. PARIS. Judaica. 118 lots
ALDE. Paris. Max Cointreau humanist library. 110 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Autographs and Manuscripts. 264 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports MonthlyShowcase. 389 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Spring Asian Art: Session II. 59 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Discovery Auction.
Fri. Mar. 19th
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. Americana Auction - Day 1. 27 lots
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Books, Prints, Autographs. 354 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - Featuring Music and Prince - bidstart 2/19. 857 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection. 267 lots
Sothebys. London. Otto Dix: Haunted Visions | Graphic Masterworks from an Important Private Collection - bidstart 3/9. 32 lots
Sothebys. New York. Prints and Multiples - bidstart 3/5. 90 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 3/12. 111 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books.
Sat. Mar. 20th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . A 50-Year Old Railroadiana Collection. 23 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Fine Art at Online Auction, featuring Cleveland School Artists. 146 lots
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Modern and contemporary Prints · Drawings · Multiples · Modern Books. 336 lots
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. Americana Auction - Day 2. 27 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Jewelry, Fine Art, Furniture and Decorative Art, Asian Art. 82 lots
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Windsor. Decorators and Designers Special Auction.
Sun. Mar. 21st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 3/14.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 3/14.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/7. 273 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Jewelry & Timepieces, Furniture & Design, Fine Art, Asian Art Auction. 40 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 3/12. 40 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Books - bidstart 3/12. 32 lots
Bruce McKinney
RBH and AE
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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 -
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.