Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 44 Auctions Archived, another 56 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday 13 October, 44 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 2 in Swiss francs, 1 in Danish krone, 7 in euros, 4 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 28 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $21,989,823.00 as 86.33% of all lots changed hands.  There were 12,777 offered and 11,030 transacted.  The average lot sold for $1,993.64.

 

5 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

SothebysBibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. Magnificent Books and Bindings on October 12th: $4,715,002
Heritage AuctionsInternational Comic Art and Anime Signature Auction on October 8th: $3,596,571
SothebysBibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. Magnificent Books and Bindings on October 11th: $3,392,043
Arader GalleriesOctober 2023 Auction on October 7th: $1,535,210
Heritage AuctionsIllustration Art Signature Auction on October 6th: $1,265,558

 


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

Gonnelli Casa DAsteAuction 46: I & II - Photographs and Autographs, Manuscripts, Music, Futurism, Modern books, Interna on October 3rd: 216.37%
Gonnelli Casa DAsteAuction 46: III & IV - Travel books, Books on Italian History, Botany, chemistry and pharmacy, Medic on October 4th: 164.05%
Dominic Winter Book AuctionsBooks, Prints & Playing Cards, Natural History, Maps & Atlases on October 11th: 142.04%
SwordersBooks and Maps on October 10th: 127.36%
De Baecque and AssociesLibrary of a Marseillaise Humanist (Last Part) on September 14th: 126.88%
AguttesManuscripts - Part 1 on October 10th: 118.25%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 9/22 on September 30th: 115.02%
Stair Auctioneers and AppraisersThursday Morning at Stair on October 12th: 104.59%


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

Heritage AuctionsThe Wa Wa Collection Part III Comics - Showcase Auction on October 12th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on October 10th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on October 11th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsPulp Magazine Showcase Auction: Adventure & Jungle Featuring the Jack and Joanie Kump Collection on October 12th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsInternational Comic Art and Anime Signature Auction on October 8th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsSunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on October 10th: 99.70%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on October 8th: 99.33%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday US Currency Select Auction on October 10th: 99.07%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on October 11th: 98.18%
New England Book AuctionsFine Books and Ephemera List on October 10th: 97.17%
Heritage AuctionsIllustration Art Signature Auction on October 6th: 96.21%
Stair Auctioneers and AppraisersThursday Morning at Stair on October 12th: 95.00%
Heritage AuctionsGarbage Pail Kids & Wacky Packs Trading Card Games Showcase Auction on October 12th: 94.74%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 9/30 on October 7th: 94.71%
William H. Bunch Auctions and AppraisalsEclectic Variety Auction on October 10th: 94.59%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Movie Posters Select Auction on October 8th: 92.62%
Dominic Winter Book AuctionsBooks, Prints & Playing Cards, Natural History, Maps & Atlases on October 11th: 91.50%
One Of A Kind CollectiblesRare Autograph and Sports Auction on October 12th: 88.02%
Swann GalleriesEarly Printed Books on October 12th: 87.73%
Case Antiques, Inc.Fall Fine Art & Antiques Auction - Day 2 on October 7th: 87.67%
SwordersBooks and Maps on October 10th: 86.70%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 9/22 on September 30th: 86.44%
Potter and Potter AuctionsLieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1912: The Important Collection o on October 12th: 86.02%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 9/22 on September 30th: 85.34%
Gonnelli Casa DAsteAuction 46: I & II - Photographs and Autographs, Manuscripts, Music, Futurism, Modern books, Interna on October 3rd: 85.20%
Purcell Auctioneersc.680 Lots to Include a Collection of Signed, First & Rare Editions, Fine Antiquarian Books, Maps, I on October 11th: 84.91%
De Baecque and AssociesLibrary of a Marseillaise Humanist (Last Part) on September 14th: 84.08%
AguttesManuscripts - Part 1 on October 10th: 83.47%
Ripley AuctionsFine Art Auction featuring 20th Century American Modernism on October 7th: 82.28%
EV StampsSports Card and Comic Book Auction - bistart 6/29 on October 7th: 80.16%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys Trattato della pittura, manuscript on paper on October 11th Actual price: USD $635,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #3 Story Page 45-46 Iconic Joker Death Original Art (DC, 1986). on October 8th Actual price: USD $550,000.
  3. Sothebys Petri Criniti Libri de poetis Latinis. on October 12th Actual price: USD $533,400.
  4. Sothebys Il terzo libro; Regole generali on October 11th Actual price: USD $482,600.
  5. Sothebys Hypnerotomachia Poliphili : ubi humana omnia non nisisomnium esse docet atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam digna commemorat [Latin and Italian] on October 12th Actual price: USD $381,000.
  6. Sothebys Carmina, manuscript on vellum on October 11th Actual price: USD $355,600.
  7. Sothebys A wax relief portrait of Pius V, in a red morocco book-form box by the Vatican bindery on October 11th Actual price: USD $304,800.
  8. Sothebys Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldessar Castiglione. Nuovamente ristampato on October 12th Actual price: USD $279,400.
  9. Sothebys Divina proportione; Euclid Opera on October 11th Actual price: USD $266,700.
  10. Sothebys Athenaeus Naucratita. on October 12th Actual price: USD $241,300.
  11. Arader Galleries Snowy Owl, Plate 121. on October 7th Actual price: USD $216,000.
  12. Sothebys M.T.C. Epistolae familiares. on October 12th Actual price: USD $203,200.
  13. Sothebys Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, on October 12th Actual price: USD $203,200.
  14. Sothebys Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldesar Castiglione. on October 12th Actual price: USD $203,200.
  15. Sothebys Petri Bembi de Aetna ad Angelum Chabrielem liber on October 12th Actual price: USD $190,500.
  16. Arader Galleries Leith Harbour [Edinburgh, Scotland]. on October 7th Actual price: USD $180,000.
  17. Heritage Auctions On The Internet, Nobody Knows You're A Dog, The New Yorker cartoon, July 1993 on October 6th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  18. Arader Galleries Carolina Parrot, Plate 26. on October 7th Actual price: USD $168,000.
  19. Arader Galleries Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium...Dissertation sur la Generation et les Transformations des Insectes de Surinam. on October 7th Actual price: USD $156,000.
  20. Sothebys L'anthropologia di Galeazzo Capella secretario dell'illustrissimo signor duca di Milano on October 12th Actual price: USD $152,400.
  21. Heritage Auctions John Romita Sr. and Mike Esposito Amazing Spider-Man #52 Story Page 16 Kingpin Original Art (Marvel, 1967). on October 8th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  22. Sothebys Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum in septem libros. [Device] on October 12th Actual price: USD $127,000.
  23. Heritage Auctions Dave Gibbons Watchmen #1 Story Page 3 Original Art The Comedian's Death with Matching Color Guide (DC, 1986). on October 8th Actual price: USD $115,625.
  24. Sothebys Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ubi humana omnia non nisisomnium esse docet atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam digna commemorat on October 12th Actual price: USD $114,300.
  25. Arader Galleries A Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami). on October 7th Actual price: USD $108,000.

 


44 total sales reported this week:

Sothebys. Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. Magnificent Books and Bindings on October 12th: 78.59%
Swann Galleries. Early Printed Books on October 12th: 87.73%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on October 12th: 95.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1912: The Important Collection o on October 12th: 86.02%
Forum Auctions. Editions and Works on Paper 1500-2022 on October 12th: 61.82%
One Of A Kind Collectibles. Rare Autograph and Sports Auction on October 12th: 88.02%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 9/25 on October 11th: 74.33%
Sothebys. Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. Magnificent Books and Bindings on October 11th: 68.89%
Copley Fine Art Auctions. Fall Sporting Discovery Auction on October 12th: 78.48%
Purcell Auctioneers. c.680 Lots to Include a Collection of Signed, First & Rare Editions, Fine Antiquarian Books, Maps, I on October 11th: 84.91%
Heritage Auctions. Garbage Pail Kids & Wacky Packs Trading Card Games Showcase Auction on October 12th: 94.74%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp Magazine Showcase Auction: Adventure & Jungle Featuring the Jack and Joanie Kump Collection on October 12th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Wa Wa Collection Part III Comics - Showcase Auction on October 12th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction on October 11th: 61.54%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on October 11th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on October 11th: 98.18%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Books, Prints & Playing Cards, Natural History, Maps & Atlases on October 11th: 91.50%
Arader Galleries. October 2023 Auction on October 7th: 50.48%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on October 10th: 94.59%
Sworders. Books and Maps on October 10th: 86.70%
New England Book Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera List on October 10th: 97.17%
Chiswick Auctions. Autographs and Memorabilia on October 10th: 54.10%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on October 10th: 74.42%
Aguttes. Manuscripts - Part 1 on October 10th: 83.47%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on October 10th: 99.70%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on October 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on October 10th: 99.07%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on October 8th: 92.62%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on October 8th: 99.33%
Koller Auctions. Prints and Drawings Online Only on September 27th: 73.08%
Koller Auctions. Books and Autographs - Online Only on September 27th: 60.31%
De Baecque and Associes. Library of a Marseillaise Humanist (Last Part) on September 14th: 84.08%
Ripley Auctions. Fine Art Auction featuring 20th Century American Modernism on October 7th: 82.28%
Morton Subastas. Discovery Auction on October 7th: 45.35%
EV Stamps. Sports Card and Comic Book Auction - bistart 6/29 on October 7th: 80.16%
Case Antiques, Inc.. Fall Fine Art & Antiques Auction - Day 2 on October 7th: 87.67%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Auction 46: III & IV - Travel books, Books on Italian History, Botany, chemistry and pharmacy, Medic on October 4th: 78.65%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Auction 46: I & II - Photographs and Autographs, Manuscripts, Music, Futurism, Modern books, Interna on October 3rd: 85.20%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 9/30 on October 7th: 94.71%
Heritage Auctions. International Comic Art and Anime Signature Auction on October 8th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art Signature Auction on October 6th: 96.21%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 9/22 on September 30th: 85.34%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 9/22 on September 30th: 86.44%
Australian Book Auctions. Australian Book Auction on October 4th: 71.54%

 


For the week ahead 56 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Oct. 16th
Gorringes. Lewes. Book and Weekly. 89 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sci-Fi Trading Card Showcase Auction, Featuring the Greg Jein Collection. 218 lots
Stephan Welz & Co.. Constantia. Cape Town Premium Auction. 86 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 5/26. 90 lots

Tue. Oct. 17th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction. 607 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction. 143 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Important Items from the Gross Family Collection. 63 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Rare and Important Items. 82 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Photographs Signature Auction. 347 lots
Cotswold Auction Company. Cirencester. Pictures, Antiques and Interiors - Two Day Sale. 37 lots
The Book Merchant Jenkins. West End. An Antiquarian Booksellers' Miscellany. 230 lots
The Ross Art Group Inc. Boca Raton. Original Vintage Posters. 367 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. At the Book Auction to Start a Collection. Includes Section of the Engineer Don Lorenzo Zambrano Lib. 287 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 30 lots

Wed. Oct. 18th
Duke's. Dorchester. The Autumn Auction. 88 lots
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Paintings and Works on Paper. 39 lots
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Comics. 407 lots
Sothebys. New York. The Leslie & Johanna Garfield Collection: A Celebration of Prints Evening Sale. 53 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Collector's Cards. 270 lots
Finarte. Rome. Books, Autographs, and Prints. 283 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction. 275 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction. 164 lots
University Archives. Wilton. Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Sports Memorabilia. 402 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. 20th and 21st Century Art and Design. 70 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Unreserved@Neal Auction Day 1. 63 lots
New England Auctions. Branford. Day 1: Private Collection of Coins, Numismatic, Historical, Ephemera, Autographs, Medical, Books and. 44 lots
Fairhill Auction. Elkton. October Militaria, Vintage Posters, and Negro League Baseball Auction. 538 lots
Bonhams. London. Pop X Culture. 200 lots

Thu. Oct. 19th
Christies. New York. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana - bidstart 10/5. 357 lots
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Rare and Antiquarian. 389 lots
Sothebys. New York. The Leslie & Johanna Garfield Collection: A Celebration of Prints Day Sale. 129 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 240 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Fiction House Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction. 249 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Space Exploration and Aviation - bidstart 9/24. 205 lots
Everard Auctions. Savannah. The Anglophile and the Professor. 410 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Asian Art Auction. 20 lots
Doyle New York. New York. Old Master and 19th Century Paintings, Drawings and Prints. 8 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Works on Paper. 85 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Unreserved@Neal Auction Day 2. 13 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Fall Modern and Contemporary Sale. 76 lots

Fri. Oct. 20th
Bonhams. London. Marvellously Revolting Recipes Illustrations Sold to Benefit Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Char. 33 lots
Bonhams. Paris. Prints and Multiples online - bidstart 10/13. 214 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . October Gallery Auction. 38 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Art of Anime and Everything Cool - Part IV. 2117 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Photography | Modern Art and Design Auction. 144 lots
Du Mouchelles. Detroit. The October 2023 Auctions: Day 2. 83 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Trading Card Games Featuring Funko Pop! Signature Auction. 253 lots

Sat. Oct. 21st
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 10/14. 171 lots
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Harrisonburg. Fall Fine and Decorative Arts: Day 2. 36 lots
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Windsor. Fall Americana, Chinese and Antiquities Sale. 38 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Fine Art at Auction. 72 lots
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. Hauntingly Good Times Auction - session 1. 528 lots

Sun. Oct. 22nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction. 301 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction.
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. Hauntingly Good Times Auction - session 2. 461 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

 

  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000