Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 40 Auctions Archived, another 63 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 2 December 2022, 40 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 2 denominated in Canadian dollars, 1 in Swiss francs, 2 in Danish krone, 11 in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 20 in US dollars.
Turnover this past week was $15,653,818.04 as 72.52% of all lots changed hands. There were 14,780 offered and 10,718 changed hands. The average lot sold for $1,460.52.
Traditionally, significant material changes hands in December. May luck be in your favor!
4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Sothebys. The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Earl of Fairhaven, Part II on November 29th: $4,216,241
Heritage Auctions. Historical Platinum Session on December 1st: $1,666,125
Bubb Kuyper. Books and Graphics on November 25th: $1,310,160
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books on November 28th: $1,135,596
7 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Aguttes. 56 • VARIA • LETTRES & MANUSCRITS AUTOGRAPHES • PHILATÉLIE - ŒUVRES GRAPHIQUES on December 1st: 170.85%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Annual Thanksgiving Americana on November 25th: 144.98%
Sothebys. The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Earl of Fairhaven, Part II on November 29th: 132.74%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books From Valdemar's Castle on November 30th: 128.80%
Waverly Auctions. Quinns Rare Books, Prints and Autographs on November 29th: 112.85%
Christian Hesse Auktionen. Autumn Auction on November 26th: 104.38%
Artcurial. Limited Editions on November 29th: 101.70%
20 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Fox Comics Showcase Auction on December 1st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 11/23 on November 30th: 100.00%
Aguttes. 56 • VARIA • LETTRES & MANUSCRITS AUTOGRAPHES • PHILATÉLIE - ŒUVRES GRAPHIQUES on December 1st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 11/20 on November 28th: 99.69%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 11/19 on November 26th: 98.00%
New England Auctions. TRAVEL & EXPLORATION, HUNTING & FISHING BOOKS & EPHEMERA CATALOG - Part 2 on November 29th: 97.97%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 11/23 on November 30th: 97.76%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Annual Thanksgiving Americana on November 25th: 96.67%
Waverly Auctions. Quinns Rare Books, Prints and Autographs on November 29th: 96.42%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books From Valdemar's Castle on November 30th: 96.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 11/13 on November 27th: 94.01%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 11/20 on November 27th: 88.33%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on November 29th: 88.06%
Heritage Auctions. Texana on November 30th: 86.05%
Sloane Street Auctions. The Winter Fine Art, Old Masters, Antiques, and Antiquarian Books Sale Including the Contents of the on November 30th: 85.71%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper on December 1st: 83.63%
Sothebys. The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Earl of Fairhaven, Part II on November 29th: 81.82%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Fine and Outsider Art on December 1st: 81.74%
40 total sales reported this week:
Tajan. Prints on December 1st: 46.48%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Fine and Outsider Art on December 1st: 81.74%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature with Beats, Bukowski and the Counterculture on December 1st: 73.82%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Discovery Auction on December 1st: 63.64%
Koller Auctions. Prints and Multiples on December 1st: 78.82%
Heritage Auctions. Historical Platinum Session on December 1st: 69.57%
Heritage Auctions. Fox Comics Showcase Auction on December 1st: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper on December 1st: 83.63%
De Baecque and Associes. Ancient and Modern Books on December 1st: 74.26%
Bonhams. Space Photography Online - bidstart 11/22 on December 1st: 56.83%
Artcurial. Comic Strips Online - bidstart 11/25 on December 1st: 47.25%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Antiquarian Books - bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 20.97%
Aguttes. 56 • VARIA • LETTRES & MANUSCRITS AUTOGRAPHES • PHILATÉLIE - ŒUVRES GRAPHIQUES on December 1st: 100.00%
Sloane Street Auctions. The Winter Fine Art, Old Masters, Antiques, and Antiquarian Books Sale Including the Contents of the on November 30th: 85.71%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books From Valdemar's Castle on November 30th: 96.00%
Heritage Auctions. Texana on November 30th: 86.05%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 11/23 on November 30th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 11/23 on November 30th: 97.76%
Waverly Auctions. Quinns Rare Books, Prints and Autographs on November 29th: 96.42%
Sothebys. The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Earl of Fairhaven, Part II on November 29th: 81.82%
New England Auctions. TRAVEL & EXPLORATION, HUNTING & FISHING BOOKS & EPHEMERA CATALOG - Part 2 on November 29th: 97.97%
Morton Subastas. Ancient and Contemporary Books Auction on November 29th: 38.25%
Canada Book Auctions Limited. Art Reference, Decorative Arts and Photography Books on November 30th: 70.59%
Canada Book Auctions Limited. Important Birds Books from a Private Collection on November 29th: 50.81%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on November 29th: 88.06%
Artcurial. Limited Editions on November 29th: 76.92%
ALDE. Original Bindings & Modern Illustrated Books on November 29th: 56.39%
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. NRC Auctions on November 29th: 73.33%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 100.00%
Bubb Kuyper. Books and Graphics on November 25th: 66.37%
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Fine Autographs and Memorabilia on November 17th: 39.39%
Finarte. Photographs: Under IK on November 16th: 33.01%
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books on November 28th: 57.14%
Christian Hesse Auktionen. Autumn Auction on November 26th: 73.86%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Annual Thanksgiving Americana on November 25th: 96.67%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 11/19 on November 26th: 98.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 11/13 on November 27th: 94.01%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 11/20 on November 27th: 88.33%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 11/20 on November 28th: 99.69%
For the week ahead 63 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Dec. 5th
Christies. Rome. Un Folle Amour: The Agrati Collection - bidstart 11/23. 52 lots
Finarte. Rome. Prints and Multiples. 400 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety - Online Only. 22 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session I. Children's Books, Picture Books, Literature, Manuscripts, Old Books 16th-19th Cent., Ams. 542 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 11/25.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 11/25.
Tue. Dec. 6th
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. Books, Maps and Prints Auction. 548 lots
Finarte. Rome. Books, Autographs, and Prints. 594 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 11/29. 412 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 11/29. 151 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Eugène Atget Photographs Sold by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. 42 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Photographs. 135 lots
ALDE. Paris. Photography Books. 209 lots
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Kilkenny. Christmas Rare Books and Collectors' Sale. 1105 lots
Litchfield County Auctions. Litchfield. Books and Ephemera. 120 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Paper Money. 433 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Special Chabad Auction in Honor of Chag HaGeulah Yud-Tes Kislev. 91 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. SPORLYMPIC IX : ATHLETICS, AUTOMOBILE, BOXING, CYCLING, SOCCER, OLYMPIC GAMES, WRESTLING AND WEIGHTL. 361 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session II Cartography part 2, Comics, Photobooks & Photography, Asia and Asian Arts, Graphic Arts,. 458 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 46 lots
New England Auctions. South Deerfield. Fine Books and Ephemera List. 205 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 7/22.
Wed. Dec. 7th
Christies. New York. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 11/23. 244 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Estate Treasures Auction. 74 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 11/30. 332 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 11/30. 128 lots
Bonhams. London. Prints and Multiples. 275 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Photography of the 19th-21st Centuries. 582 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 11/18. 975 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Alternative Movie Posters Showcase Auction. 329 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Prints and Multiples - online only - bidstart 11/22. 85 lots
Bonhams. New York. Classic Hollywood Film and Television. 237 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session III Fine Arts (Typography, Reference Works, Ex Libris, Periodicals, Fashion), Erotica, Sport. 477 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 11/25.
Thu. Dec. 8th
Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers. Billinghurst, West Sussex. Printed Books, Manuscripts and Maps. 59 lots
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. PBA Comics: The Spidey Sale, Including The Steve Ditko Collection, Part I. 250 lots
Arenberg Auctions. BRUSSEL. Drawings, Prints, Rare Books, Manuscripts, Atlases. 1427 lots
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Stockholm. Books, Maps, Globes and Manuscripts. 224 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 291 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books. 275 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Key Comics. 142 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Photography - Online Only - bidstart 11/22. 120 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Asian Art - Day 3. 127 lots
Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Berlin-Schoneberg. Modern and Contemporary Art. 569 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Mid-Century, Modern, Contemporary Art and Design Online. 82 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. HISTORY, FASHION AND ENTERTAINMENT - AUTOGRAPHS, BOOKS, DOCUMENTS, MANUSCRIPTS, POSTERS - LIVE SALE. 342 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session 4 Adolph Friedländer Poster Auction Part II. 449 lots
Fri. Dec. 9th
Sothebys. London. Old Master Prints - bidstart 12/2. 83 lots
Sothebys. New York. Age of Wonder - bidstart 11/25. 44 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Art of All Things Disney Animation Art Signature Auction. 2024 lots
Alexander Historical Auctions. Chesapeake City. Fall Historical Militaria & Zeppelin Live Auction 2022. 156 lots
Bonhams. New York. Deck the Walls: Prints and Multiples - bidstart 11/29. 183 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. The Holiday Sale. 24 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session V Artists' books, Editions and Ephemera (late 20th cent.). 448 lots
Sat. Dec. 10th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/3. 200 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Winter Magic Auction. 269 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Winter Gallery Auction. 112 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction. 534 lots
Sun. Dec. 11th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/4.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/4.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 11/27. 285 lots
Stephenson's Auctioneers & Appraisers. Southampton. Rock Concert and Movie Posters.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/2. 70 lots
Bruce McKinney
RBH and AE
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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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ALDE
Livres anciens
Alchimie & Sciences occultes
November 4, 2026ALDE, Nov. 4: DU BELLAY (JOACHIM). Les Œuvres françoises. Reveuës, & de nouveau augmentées de plusieurs poësies non encores auparavant imprimées. Paris, 1569. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Nov. 4: PIRANESI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA). Carceri d'invenzione. [Paris, Firmin Didot, vers 1807-1835]. €25,000 to €35,000.ALDE, Nov. 4: PIRANESI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA). Vedute di Roma. Rome, chez l'auteur, s.d. [vers 1760-1778]. €50,000 to €60,000.ALDE, Nov. 4: RACINE (JEAN). Bérénice. Tragédie. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1671. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, Nov. 4: MAIER (MICHAEL). Arcana arcanissima, hoc est Hieroglyphica ægyptio-græca. S.l.n.d. [Londres, Thomas Creede, 1614]. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE
Livres anciens
Alchimie & Sciences occultes
November 4, 2026ALDE, Nov. 4: MAIER (MICHAEL). Atalanta fugiens, hoc est, emblemata nova de secretis naturæ chymica. Oppenheim, 1618. €20,000 to €30,000.ALDE, Nov. 4: [MANUSCRIT ALCHIMIQUE]. La Science divine. [Traité d’alchimie]. Manuscrit signé et date à Paris par Pierre de la Borde le douze décembre 1749. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Nov. 4: [MANUSCRIT ALCHIMIQUE]. Italie, XVIIe ou XVIIIe siècle. €1,500 to €2,000.ALDE, Nov. 4: PIGNORIA (LORENZO). Mensa Isiaca, qua sacrorum apud Ægyptios ratio et simulacra subjectis tabulis æneis simul exhibentur et explicantur. Amsterdam, Andreas Frisius, 1669. €1,000 to €1,200.ALDE, Nov. 4: TAISNIER (JEAN). Opus mathematicum octo libros complectens. Cologne, Johann Birckmann et Werner Richwin, 1562. €1,500 to €2,000. -
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: Shelley (Percy Bysshe). Adonais. An Elegy on the Death of John Keats, first edition in the original blue printed wrappers, Pisa, with the types of Didot, 1821. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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
