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Dominic Winter Auctioneers
2 October
Beatrix Potter:
The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta SchusterDominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st privately printed edition, 1901. £40,000-£60,000.Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea. £7,000-£10,000.Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. £8,000-£12,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
2 October
Beatrix Potter:
The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta SchusterDominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). A Happy Pair, 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920. £3,000-£5,000.Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, 1st (autographed limited) edition, 1929. £2,000-£3,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
2 October
Beatrix Potter:
The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta SchusterDominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, 1903, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £1,500-£2,000.Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, 1st deluxe edition, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £3,000-£5,000.Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st deluxe edition, 1903, rare trial binding. £2,000-£3,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
2 October
Beatrix Potter:
The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta SchusterDominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, December 1902. £2,000-£3,000.Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936. £2,000-£3,000.Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938. £1,500-£2,000. -
Gonnelli:
Auction 63
Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
October 7th-9th 2025Gonnelli: The Arabian Nights - Alf Laylah wa-Laylah. 1862. Starting price € 25.000Gonnelli: Depero futurista. 1927. Starting price € 9.000Gonnelli: Dalì, Alchimia dei Filosofi. 1976. Starting price € 3.800Gonnelli:
Auction 63
Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
October 7th-9th 2025Gonnelli: Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes. 1480. Starting price € 4.800Gonnelli: Cassini, De cometa. 1653. Starting price € 10.000Gonnelli: Cataldi, Trattato della quadratura del cerchio etc. 1612. Starting price € 8.000Gonnelli:
Auction 63
Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
October 7th-9th 2025Gonnelli: Cavalieri, Geometria indivisibilibus. 1635. Starting price € 15.000Gonnelli: Diophantus, Arithmeticorum libri sex. 1670. Starting price € 15.000Gonnelli: Fontana, Novae coelestium observationes. 1646. Starting price € 10.000Gonnelli:
Auction 63
Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
October 7th-9th 2025Gonnelli: Galileo, Sidereus nuncius. 1610. Starting price € 100.000Gonnelli: Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones nonagentae. 1532. Starting price € 7.000Gonnelli: Jansson's Waterworld. 1657. Starting price € 20.000 -
Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: The Corner-stone Document of Irish Freedom: 1916 PROCLAMATION OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC. €100,000 to €150,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Important 18th Century Gaelic Scribal Manuscript. Ceating (Dochtuir) [Keating, Dr. Geoffrey]. Forus Feasa ar Éirinn. €15,000 to €20,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Rare Irish Provincial Printed 18th Century Herbal. K'eogh (John). Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica, or, A General Irish Herbal, Calculated for this Kingdom… €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Somerville (E.OE.) The Discontented Little Elephant. Inscribed presentation copy. €700 to €1,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Broadside: “Great News from Dublin, Giving a True Account of the Seizing of a Ship coming from Ireland, with Fifty Commissions from the late King James…” €800 to €1,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Welch (Rbt.) Photographer: Six photographic prints of the Titanic. €800 to €1,200.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Rare Modern Irish Masterpiece. O’Brien (Flann). At Swim-Two-Birds. €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Newton (Sir Isaac). Opticks : or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: [Natural History] Donovan (Edward). The Natural History of British Birds; or a Selection of the Most Rare, Beautiful and Interesting Birds which Inhabit this Country. €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: The Authors First Publication. Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems. €1,000 to €1,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Heaney (Seamus). Remembering Malibu. €3,500 to €5,000.
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Sotheby’s
By a Lady
1-15 October 2025Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000.Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000.Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.
Auction Update Review


Rare Book Hub: 32 Auctions Archived, another 36 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 9 September 2022, 32 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 1 denominated in Danish krone, 8 in euros, 5 in British pounds, 1 in Norwegian krone, and 17 in US dollars.
Turnover this past week was $7,488,009.40 as 85% of all lots changed hands. There were 6,131 offered while 5,232 were sold. The average lot sold for $1,431.19.
The season arrives!
1 auction saw its total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples on September 8th: $1,199,057
5 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:
Artcurial. Four Seasons Hotel, George V, Paris on September 8th: 709.52%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books from the Maynard and Outram Smith Library on behalf of the Diocese of Worcester on September 8th: 204.73%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Playing Cards, Fine English & Continental Literature including Jane Austen on September 7th: 172.66%
Sothebys. James Bond on Bond Street - bidstart 8/25 on September 8th: 117.25%
Duke's. Interiors on September 8th: 105.77%
18 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 8/30 on September 6th: 100.00%
Artcurial. Four Seasons Hotel, George V, Paris on September 8th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books from the Maynard and Outram Smith Library on behalf of the Diocese of Worcester on September 8th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 8/30 on September 6th: 99.58%
Heritage Auctions. Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 8/28 on September 5th: 98.94%
Heritage Auctions. Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 8/31 on September 7th: 98.74%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Poster Weekly - bidstart 8/28 on September 4th: 95.68%
Sothebys. James Bond on Bond Street - bidstart 8/25 on September 8th: 95.16%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - bidstart 8/21 on September 4th: 93.13%
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Incunabula, Early Prints, Chassidut, Amulets, Segula Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical letters and Chab on September 5th: 92.00%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Playing Cards, Fine English & Continental Literature including Jane Austen on September 7th: 90.21%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 8/27 on September 3rd: 88.50%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial - Part 1 on September 6th: 87.94%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples on September 8th: 86.54%
Sothebys. Original Film Posters - bidstart 8/25 on September 6th: 84.66%
Eldreds. Marine and Americana on September 8th: 84.62%
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 8/31 on September 7th: 84.29%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 8/19 on August 29th: 83.02%
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32 total sales reported this week:
Sothebys. James Bond on Bond Street - bidstart 8/25 on September 8th: 95.16%
Rossini. Paintings, Sculptures, Lithographs XIX, Modern and Contemporary on September 9th: 67.39%
Rossini. Guy Gaulard Library: Books, Manuscripts and Historical Documents on September 8th: 16.86%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples on September 8th: 86.54%
PBA Galleries. PBA Platinum: Rare Books and Manuscripts on September 8th: 65.42%
Eldreds. Marine and Americana on September 9th: 70.83%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Antique, Modern and Contemporary Prints, Drawings and Paintings - bidstart 9/1 on September 8th: 64.46%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books from the Maynard and Outram Smith Library on behalf of the Diocese of Worcester on September 8th: 100.00%
Eldreds. Marine and Americana on September 8th: 84.62%
Duke's. Interiors on September 8th: 65.52%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Treasures Auction on September 8th: 72.55%
Artcurial. Four Seasons Hotel, George V, Paris on September 8th: 100.00%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Books, Autographs, and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/4 on July 14th: 76.35%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Playing Cards, Fine English & Continental Literature including Jane Austen on September 7th: 90.21%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Online Only - bidstart 9/2 on September 6th: 73.08%
Sothebys. Original Film Posters - bidstart 8/25 on September 6th: 84.66%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial - Part 2 on September 6th: 75.00%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial - Part 1 on September 6th: 87.94%
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 8/31 on September 7th: 84.29%
Heritage Auctions. Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 8/31 on September 7th: 98.74%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 8/30 on September 6th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 8/30 on September 6th: 99.58%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on September 6th: 79.22%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 8/19 on August 30th: 79.17%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 8/19 on August 29th: 83.02%
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Incunabula, Early Prints, Chassidut, Amulets, Segula Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical letters and Chab on September 5th: 92.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 8/19 on August 28th: 75.56%
Antikvariat Bryggen AS. Books - Online Auction on September 4th: 60.98%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - bidstart 8/21 on September 4th: 93.13%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Poster Weekly - bidstart 8/28 on September 4th: 95.68%
Heritage Auctions. Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 8/28 on September 5th: 98.94%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 8/27 on September 3rd: 88.50%
For the week ahead 36 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Sep. 12th
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Online Sales - Books. 700 lots
Finarte. Milan. Photographs - Time Auction bidstart 7/14. 240 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. Brooklyn. Auction of Fine Judaica. 207 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 9/2. 48 lots
Tue. Sep. 13th
ALDE. Paris. Original Editions. 354 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 9/6. 515 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 9/6. 132 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Auction of Old and Contemporary Books. 400 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 70 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 9/2. 19 lots
Wed. Sep. 14th
Old World Auctions. Richmond. Maps and Atlases - bidstart 8/31. 770 lots
Sothebys. London. Prints and Multiples - bidstart 9/8. 138 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 9/7. 358 lots
Christies. New York. ONLINE AUCTION The Herman Melville Collection of William S. Reese bidstart 9/1. 98 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 8/19. 937 lots
Moreshet Auctions. Jerusalem. books, kodesh books, manuscripts, letters, silver items, Judaika, eretz Israel. 266 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Depth of Field: Photographs. 198 lots
John McInnis Auctioneers. Amesbury. Online Only Baseball and Sports Memorabilia. 314 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Fine Art, Furniture and Design. 32 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Special Chabad Auction on the Occasion of the New Year and in Honor of Chai (18th) Elul – Birthday o. 70 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 7/22. 21 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 9/7. 127 lots
Thu. Sep. 15th
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 266 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. ANCIENT BOOKS - FOCILLON-BALTRUSAITIS AND FAGOT LIBRARIES, AND MISCELLANEOUS (PART I). 242 lots
Doyle New York. New York. The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation: Part II. 323 lots
Fri. Sep. 16th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Fall Modern + Contemporary Art + Design. 31 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. ANCIENT BOOKS - FOCILLON-BALTRUSAITIS AND FAGOT LIBRARIES, AND MISCELLANEOUS (PART 2). 235 lots
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Personal Property of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 22 lots
Sat. Sep. 17th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 9/10. 200 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Online Only - Fall Magic Auction. 82 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . September Gallery Auction. 59 lots
Sun. Sep. 18th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 9/11.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Poster Weekly - bidstart 9/11.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - bidstart 9/4. 415 lots
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. Anniversary Auction.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 9/9. 53 lots
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