Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 32 Auctions Archived, another 27 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 6 August 2021, 32 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 1 denominated in Danish krone, 10 in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 20 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $3,633,450 as 82% of all lots sold.  There were 8,355 offers posted and 6,830 changed hands.  The average lot sold for a slim $532.

 

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

Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/16 on July 28th: 199.37%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature on August 5th: 151.26%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 129.14%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 3rd: 119.01%
Neal Auction Company. UNRESERVED @Neal on August 4th: 115.60%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/16 on July 25th: 113.87%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Railroadiana - Travel Advertising and Ephemera on July 31st: 112.04%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Americana on August 5th: 102.71%


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

Heritage Auctions. Certified DC Comics Superhero Titles Showcase Auction on August 5th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 100.00%
Leland Little Auctions. August Estate Auction on August 5th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 7/25 on August 2nd: 99.76%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/18 on August 1st: 99.49%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 99.36%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 7/25 on August 1st: 98.76%
Neal Auction Company. UNRESERVED @Neal on August 4th: 98.48%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 7/28 on August 4th: 97.95%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only Variety Auction on August 3rd: 97.44%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature on August 5th: 97.41%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 97.06%
Heritage Auctions. The Colonial Valley Collection Part III Currency Showcase Auction on August 1st: 96.93%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 31st: 95.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/16 on July 28th: 94.64%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 3rd: 93.94%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Railroadiana - Travel Advertising and Ephemera on July 31st: 91.53%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Americana on August 5th: 90.48%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 7/16 on July 27th: 88.24%
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Swann Galleries KLEINE DADA SOIRÉE. 1922. on August 5th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC GD+ 2.5 White pages. on August 2nd Actual price: USD $30,000.
  3. Heritage Auctions X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages. on August 2nd Actual price: USD $25,200.
  4. Swann Galleries CICLI FIAT. Circa 1910. on August 5th Actual price: USD $21,250.
  5. Swann Galleries LES CIGARETTES MEKKA. 1919. on August 5th Actual price: USD $16,250.
  6. Heritage Auctions Giant-Size X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1975) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. on August 2nd Actual price: USD $14,400.
  7. Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH IESVS. Cartas que los Padres y Hermanos de la Compania de Iesus, que andan en los Reynos de Iapon escriuieron a los de la misma Compania, on July 30th Actual price: USD $12,917.
  8. Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH Oryctographiae Pedemontanae Specimen, exhibens corpora fossilia terrae adventitia. - on July 30th Actual price: USD $12,157.
  9. Swann Galleries THE JEWS THE WORLD OVER LOVE LIBERTY / HAVE FOUGHT FOR IT & WILL FIGHT FOR IT. Circa 1917. on August 5th Actual price: USD $11,875.
  10. Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #1 (Marvel, 1962) CGC FR/GD 1.5 Off-white to white pages. on August 2nd Actual price: USD $11,700.
  11. Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH Euklid The first six books of the elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners. Hrsg. v. Oliver Byrne. on July 30th Actual price: USD $11,397.
  12. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #5 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages. on August 2nd Actual price: USD $11,100.
  13. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages. on August 2nd Actual price: USD $10,800.
  14. Heritage Auctions Showcase #75 The Hawk and the Dove (DC, 1968) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages. on August 5th Actual price: USD $10,200.
  15. Dirk Soulis Auctions A C.&N.W.RY. SHORT LINE ADVERTISING BROADSIDE C. 1880s on July 31st Actual price: USD $10,030.
  16. Swann Galleries PREMIÈRE EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS MODERNES. 1902. on August 5th Actual price: USD $10,000.
  17. Swann Galleries LOADED? DON'T TAKE CHANCES WITH PICKUPS! / VD IS NOT VICTORY. Circa 1940s. on August 5th Actual price: USD $10,000.
  18. Swann Galleries "WHERE IS THIS BOWER BESIDE THE SILVER THAMES?" 1930. on August 5th Actual price: USD $9,375.
  19. Swann Galleries ERRY & MERRY. 1912. on August 5th Actual price: USD $8,750.
  20. Forum Auctions [The Lord of the Rings] on August 5th Actual price: USD $8,707.
  21. Swann Galleries PKZ / BURGER - KEHL & C. 1921. on August 5th Actual price: USD $8,125.
  22. Leland Little Auctions Louisiana History Printed in North Carolina Just After the Purchase - Du Prratz, Antoine. An Account of Louisiana Exhibiting a Compendious Sketch of Its Political and Natural History and Topography, with a Copious Appendix Containing Several Important Doc on August 5th Actual price: USD $7,800.
  23. Swann Galleries I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY. 1917. on August 5th Actual price: USD $7,500.
  24. Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH Napoleon I. Bonaparte Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift an den Polizeiminister Joseph Fouché (1759-1820). on July 30th Actual price: USD $7,294.
  25. Heritage Auctions Charles Sultan Yankee Comics #1 "Firebrand" Story Page 3 Original Art (Chesler/Dynamic Publ., 1941). on August 4th Actual price: USD $7,200.


32 total sales reported this week:

Swann Galleries. Vintage Posters on August 5th: 72.88%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Americana on August 5th: 90.48%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature - Beat and the Counterculture on August 5th: 74.61%
Leland Little Auctions. August Estate Auction on August 5th: 100.00%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction - General Americana on August 5th: 73.98%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature on August 5th: 97.41%
Dorotheum . Summer Auction on August 5th: 64.29%
Heritage Auctions. Certified DC Comics Superhero Titles Showcase Auction on August 5th: 100.00%
Neal Auction Company. UNRESERVED @Neal on August 4th: 98.48%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only Variety Auction on August 3rd: 97.44%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 7/28 on August 4th: 97.95%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 3rd: 93.94%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 97.06%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/27 on August 3rd: 99.36%
Winter Associates. Antiques and Fine Furnishings on August 2nd: 72.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 7/25 on August 2nd: 99.76%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/18 on August 1st: 99.49%
North American Auction Company. Western Americana Auction on July 31st: 77.60%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Railroadiana - Travel Advertising and Ephemera on July 31st: 91.53%
Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Rare Books, Prints, and Historic Photographs on July 30th: 42.46%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/23 on July 30th: 75.76%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books - bidstart 7/23 on July 29th: 54.55%
Catawiki B. V.. Cartography - Bidstart 7/23 on July 29th: 34.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/16 on July 28th: 94.64%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 7/16 on July 27th: 88.24%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 7/16 on July 26th: 78.13%
Catawiki B. V.. Books Auction: Arabic Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/16 on July 26th: 70.83%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/16 on July 25th: 78.95%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 31st: 95.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Colonial Valley Collection Part III Currency Showcase Auction on August 1st: 96.93%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 7/25 on August 1st: 98.76%


For the week ahead 27 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 9th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 59 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction - Books, Bargains and Dealers. 462 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 7/30. 57 lots

Tue. Aug. 10th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 8/3. 679 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 8/3. 140 lots
Pot of Gold Estate Liquidations DBA AZFirearms.com. Avondale. Militaria Books and Memorabilia. 404 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Antique & Contemporary Books. 200 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety. 73 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 7/30. 20 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 8/3. 43 lots

Wed. Aug. 11th
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Contemporary and Post-War Art | Prints and Multiples. 147 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - Featuring Sports bidstart 7/23. 1025 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps, Documents, 20th Century Photography, Vinyl Records & CDs. 327 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Depth of Field: Photographs. 199 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 7/30. 114 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 8/4. 309 lots

Thu. Aug. 12th
One Of A Kind Collectibles. Coral Gables. Autographs and Books. 206 lots

Fri. Aug. 13th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 8/6. 64 lots

Sat. Aug. 14th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Online Only Auction. 159 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction. 26 lots

Sun. Aug. 15th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 8/1. 460 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 8/8.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 8/8.
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. Eclectic Auction - Timed Online Only - bidstart 8/5.
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Online Only Auction. 53 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts -- bidstart 8/6. 35 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • 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