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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 21 Auctions Archived, another 26 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 6 January 2023, 21 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 1 denominated in Danish krone, 7 in euros, and 13 in US dollars.

 

Turnover this past week was $2,016,834.85 as 88.57% of all lots changed hands.  There were 4,952 offered and 4,386 transacted.  The average lot sold for $459.83.

 

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

Bruneau & Co. . The Andy Yanchus Collection, Part II on January 1st: 147.43%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/16 on December 25th: 127.74%


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

Bruneau & Co. . The Andy Yanchus Collection, Part II on January 1st: 100.00%
Leland Little Auctions. New Year Estate Auction on January 5th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/27 on January 3rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/27 on January 3rd: 99.74%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/18 on January 1st: 99.70%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/28 on January 4th: 99.29%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 2nd: 99.21%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/28 on January 4th: 99.17%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/24 on December 31st: 97.00%
PBA Galleries. Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana and Maps - bidstart 12/23 on January 5th: 96.25%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 1st: 95.29%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 3rd: 93.22%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/16 on December 25th: 87.50%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $37,200.
  2. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $36,000.
  3. Bruneau & Co. Marvel Comics Tales to Astonish #90 CGC 9.8 on January 1st Actual price: USD $18,125.
  4. Heritage Auctions X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $17,400.
  5. Heritage Auctions X-Men #1 UK Price Variant (Marvel, 1963) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $16,800.
  6. Heritage Auctions X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $9,840.
  7. Bruneau & Co. Marvel Comics Avengers #71 CGC 9.8 on January 1st Actual price: USD $8,750.
  8. Catawiki B. V. Beschryving van het dorp Broek on December 30th Actual price: USD $8,065.
  9. Heritage Auctions Al Jaffee Playboy Complete 2-Page Story Original Art (HMH, c. 1960-70s). on January 4th Actual price: USD $7,800.
  10. Heritage Auctions Paul Gulacy and Dan Adkins Master of Kung Fu #39 Story Page 2 Original Art (Marvel, 1976). on January 4th Actual price: USD $7,800.
  11. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC Apparent FN- 5.5 Slight/Moderate (C-2) Off-white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $7,800.
  12. Catawiki B. V. Signed wooden Book Humidor gifted to Ernesto Che Guevara on his 35th Birthday on December 30th Actual price: USD $7,604.
  13. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Mucha, Folio - Nectar, Liquor Advertisement. 14 on December 31st Actual price: USD $7,205.
  14. Bruneau & Co. Marvel Comics Silver Surfer #3 CGC 9.6 on January 1st Actual price: USD $7,188.
  15. Bruneau & Co. Gold Key Green Hornet #1 CGC 9.8 on January 1st Actual price: USD $7,188.
  16. Heritage Auctions World's Finest Comics #3 (DC, 1941) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $6,600.
  17. Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #181 (Marvel, 1974) CGC VF 8.0 White pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $6,600.
  18. Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #180 (Marvel, 1974) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $6,600.
  19. Heritage Auctions Giant-Size X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1975) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $6,600.
  20. Catawiki B. V. Graduel espagnol de la fin du XVIIe siècle on December 30th Actual price: USD $6,337.
  21. Bruneau & Co. Marvel Comics Marvel Premiere #28 CGC 9.8 on January 1st Actual price: USD $6,125.
  22. Bruneau & Co. Marvel Comics Marvel Spotlight #5 CGC 9.0 on January 1st Actual price: USD $6,000.
  23. Heritage Auctions 1944 Babe Ruth Signed Envelope, PSA/DNA Authentic. on January 1st Actual price: USD $6,000.
  24. Heritage Auctions Pokémon Unlimited Fossil Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999). on January 4th Actual price: USD $5,760.
  25. Heritage Auctions Werewolf by Night #32 (Marvel, 1975) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $5,760.



21 total sales reported this week:

AntiquarianAuctions.com. Antiquarian Books - bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 21.16%
PBA Galleries. Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana and Maps - bidstart 12/23 on January 5th: 96.25%
Leland Little Auctions. New Year Estate Auction on January 5th: 100.00%
Eldreds. Winter Break: Timed Auction - bidstart 12/21 on January 4th: 48.78%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 3rd: 93.22%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/27 on January 3rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/28 on January 4th: 99.29%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/28 on January 4th: 99.17%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/27 on January 3rd: 99.74%
Bruneau & Co. . The Andy Yanchus Collection, Part II on January 1st: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Cartography Auction - bidstart 12/21 on December 30th: 62.79%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Books and Maps Auction - bidstart 12/21 on December 30th: 50.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/21 on December 30th: 34.62%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/16 on December 28th: 77.78%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/16 on December 27th: 66.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/16 on December 26th: 69.23%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/16 on December 25th: 87.50%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/18 on January 1st: 99.70%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 1st: 95.29%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 2nd: 99.21%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/24 on December 31st: 97.00%

 

For the week ahead 26 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 9th
One Source Auctions. Canandaigua. 11th Annual New Year's Online Auction. 113 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/30. 69 lots

Tue. Jan. 10th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/3. 383 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/3. 178 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 64 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/30. 19 lots

Wed. Jan. 11th
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Contemporary and Post-War Art // Prints and Multiples. 103 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Prints and Multiples at LAMA. 275 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction. 1663 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/4. 132 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/4. 361 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts, Featuring Gangsters - bidstart 12/16. 870 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Depth of Field: Photographs. 199 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Unreserved@Neal Auction Day 1. 101 lots

Thu. Jan. 12th
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 292 lots
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Malaga. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts. 479 lots
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Antiquarian: Fine Bindings, Graphic Art & More. 413 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction. 1016 lots

Sat. Jan. 14th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 1/7. 200 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Entertainment and Music Memorabilia Showcase Auction. 486 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/6. 25 lots

Sun. Jan. 15th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/8.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/8.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 1/1. 312 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Douglas Gregory Collection: Currency Showcase Auction. 322 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/6. 50 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • 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
  • ALDE
    Livres anciens
    Alchimie & Sciences occultes
    November 4, 2026
    ALDE, 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, 2026
    ALDE, 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 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: 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. £10,000-15,000
    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