Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 32 Auctions Archived, another 48 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 13 January 2023, 32 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 1 denominated in Danish krone, 8 in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 19 in US dollars.
Turnover this past week was $5,885,054.28 as 77.43% of all lots changed hands. There were 9,771 offered and 7,566 transacted. The average lot sold for $777.83.
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples at LAMA on January 11th: $1,406,673
7 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/23 on January 1st: 228.14%
Lyon and Turnbull. The Ski Sale on January 12th: 167.77%
Eldreds. Asian Art: Property of a Private Collector on January 12th: 142.72%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 4th: 142.02%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on January 12th: 116.94%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on January 12th: 112.72%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Items from the Collection of Dr. Howard A. Tin, Springfield, Il., and Americana from Various Collect on January 7th: 102.11%
22 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 100.00%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on January 8th: 100.00%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Items from the Collection of Dr. Howard A. Tin, Springfield, Il., and Americana from Various Collect on January 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/1 on January 9th: 99.91%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 99.74%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera List on January 10th: 98.56%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 11th: 97.78%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 8th: 97.71%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 10th: 96.88%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 96.50%
One Source Auctions. 11th Annual New Year's Online Auction on January 9th: 94.69%
Neal Auction Company. Unreserved@Neal Auction Day 1 on January 11th: 94.06%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/1 on January 8th: 92.04%
Eldreds. Asian Art: Property of a Private Collector on January 12th: 91.53%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on January 12th: 91.10%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/23 on January 1st: 90.20%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 11th: 90.15%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on January 12th: 90.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples at LAMA on January 11th: 89.82%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 4th: 89.47%
Lyon and Turnbull. The Ski Sale on January 12th: 85.11%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 2nd: 82.00%
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32 total sales reported this week:
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on January 12th: 90.00%
PBA Galleries. Antiquarian: Fine Bindings, Graphic Art & More on January 12th: 69.25%
Lyon and Turnbull. The Ski Sale on January 12th: 85.11%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on January 12th: 91.10%
Eldreds. Asian Art: Property of a Private Collector on January 12th: 91.53%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts, Featuring Gangsters - bidstart 12/16 on January 11th: 64.71%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples at LAMA on January 11th: 89.82%
Neal Auction Company. Unreserved@Neal Auction Day 1 on January 11th: 94.06%
Lyon and Turnbull. Contemporary and Post-War Art // Prints and Multiples on January 11th: 71.84%
Heritage Auctions. Depth of Field: Photographs on January 11th: 50.75%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 11th: 97.78%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 11th: 90.15%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 4th: 89.47%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/23 on January 3rd: 78.79%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 2nd: 82.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/23 on January 1st: 90.20%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 3 on December 17th: 59.75%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 2 on December 16th: 57.08%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 1 on December 15th: 59.50%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera List on January 10th: 98.56%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 10th: 96.88%
One Source Auctions. 11th Annual New Year's Online Auction on January 9th: 94.69%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/1 on January 9th: 99.91%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 99.74%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on January 8th: 100.00%
Arenberg Auctions. Collectables - bidstart 12/22 on January 8th: 76.17%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity Auction on January 7th: 62.67%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Items from the Collection of Dr. Howard A. Tin, Springfield, Il., and Americana from Various Collect on January 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 8th: 97.71%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/1 on January 8th: 92.04%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 96.50%
32 total sales reported this week:
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on January 12th: 90.00%
PBA Galleries. Antiquarian: Fine Bindings, Graphic Art & More on January 12th: 69.25%
Lyon and Turnbull. The Ski Sale on January 12th: 85.11%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on January 12th: 91.10%
Eldreds. Asian Art: Property of a Private Collector on January 12th: 91.53%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts, Featuring Gangsters - bidstart 12/16 on January 11th: 64.71%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples at LAMA on January 11th: 89.82%
Neal Auction Company. Unreserved@Neal Auction Day 1 on January 11th: 94.06%
Lyon and Turnbull. Contemporary and Post-War Art // Prints and Multiples on January 11th: 71.84%
Heritage Auctions. Depth of Field: Photographs on January 11th: 50.75%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 11th: 97.78%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/4 on January 11th: 90.15%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 4th: 89.47%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/23 on January 3rd: 78.79%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23 on January 2nd: 82.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/23 on January 1st: 90.20%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 3 on December 17th: 59.75%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 2 on December 16th: 57.08%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 1 on December 15th: 59.50%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera List on January 10th: 98.56%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 10th: 96.88%
One Source Auctions. 11th Annual New Year's Online Auction on January 9th: 94.69%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/1 on January 9th: 99.91%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/3 on January 10th: 99.74%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on January 8th: 100.00%
Arenberg Auctions. Collectables - bidstart 12/22 on January 8th: 76.17%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity Auction on January 7th: 62.67%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Items from the Collection of Dr. Howard A. Tin, Springfield, Il., and Americana from Various Collect on January 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 8th: 97.71%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/1 on January 8th: 92.04%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/31 on January 7th: 96.50%
For the week ahead 48 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Jan. 16th
Hake's Auctions. York. Hake/s Online Auction - bidstart 1/2. 1575 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 1/6. 57 lots
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. Ultimo. Old books for a newfangled new year A90. 658 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Online Sale - Books. 820 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . January 2023 Auction. 64 lots
Tue. Jan. 17th
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. Winter Sale. 39 lots
Rossini. Paris. 19th C. Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Sculptures, and Lithographs. 98 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/10. 529 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/10. 138 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Old and Contemporary Books. 267 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 1/6. 36 lots
Ader. PARIS. Photography Books Online. 179 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 78 lots
New England Auctions. South Deerfield. Antiques and Decorative Art. 155 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety Auction Online - bidstart 1/11. 18 lots
Wed. Jan. 18th
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journa. 625 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/11. 127 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/11. 336 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints, Maps and Posters. 137 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 1/6. 16 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Scientific Instruments, Optical Toys & Photographica including an Important London Collection. 15 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Erotica, Objects of Desire. 121 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. The Collected Home. 34 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Online Sale - Books. 781 lots
Thu. Jan. 19th
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Marvel DC Mashup. 233 lots
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Prints And Multiples - Live Online. 178 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 297 lots
Rossini. Paris. Posters, Lithographs, Works on Paper, Paintings. 564 lots
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Carlisle. Antiquarian and Collectable Books, and Related Items. 265 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Olympic Memorabilia - bidstart 12/16. 86 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Pike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More. 298 lots
Du Mouchelles. Detroit. The January Auctions - Day 1. 15 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. Brooklyn. Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts and Fine Art. 118 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Auction of Graphic Work and Photography. 285 lots
Fri. Jan. 20th
Christies. New York. Important Americana. 10 lots
Du Mouchelles. Detroit. The January Auctions - Day 2. 104 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . January Gallery Auction. 37 lots
One Source Auctions. Canandaigua. Antique Shop Online Liquidation Auction. 105 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Pike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More. 144 lots
Sat. Jan. 21st
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 1/14. 200 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Historical Memories. 131 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Pike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More. 288 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/13. 11 lots
Sun. Jan. 22nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/15.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/15.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 1/8. 337 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Pike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More. 39 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/13. 45 lots
Bruce McKinney
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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 -
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.