• Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
  • June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
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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:

Sothebys. Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. Magnificent Books and Bindings on October 12th: $4,715,002
Heritage Auctions. International Comic Art and Anime Signature Auction on October 8th: $3,596,571
Sothebys. Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. Magnificent Books and Bindings on October 11th: $3,392,043
Arader Galleries. October 2023 Auction on October 7th: $1,535,210
Heritage Auctions. Illustration 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 DAste. Auction 46: I & II - Photographs and Autographs, Manuscripts, Music, Futurism, Modern books, Interna on October 3rd: 216.37%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Auction 46: III & IV - Travel books, Books on Italian History, Botany, chemistry and pharmacy, Medic on October 4th: 164.05%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Books, Prints & Playing Cards, Natural History, Maps & Atlases on October 11th: 142.04%
Sworders. Books and Maps on October 10th: 127.36%
De Baecque and Associes. Library of a Marseillaise Humanist (Last Part) on September 14th: 126.88%
Aguttes. Manuscripts - Part 1 on October 10th: 118.25%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 9/22 on September 30th: 115.02%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on October 12th: 104.59%


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

Heritage Auctions. The Wa Wa Collection Part III Comics - Showcase Auction on October 12th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on October 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on October 11th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp Magazine Showcase Auction: Adventure & Jungle Featuring the Jack and Joanie Kump Collection on October 12th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. International Comic Art and Anime Signature Auction on October 8th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on October 10th: 99.70%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on October 8th: 99.33%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on October 10th: 99.07%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on October 11th: 98.18%
New England Book Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera List on October 10th: 97.17%
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art Signature Auction on October 6th: 96.21%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Thursday Morning at Stair on October 12th: 95.00%
Heritage Auctions. Garbage Pail Kids & Wacky Packs Trading Card Games Showcase Auction on October 12th: 94.74%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 9/30 on October 7th: 94.71%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on October 10th: 94.59%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on October 8th: 92.62%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Books, Prints & Playing Cards, Natural History, Maps & Atlases on October 11th: 91.50%
One Of A Kind Collectibles. Rare Autograph and Sports Auction on October 12th: 88.02%
Swann Galleries. Early Printed Books on October 12th: 87.73%
Case Antiques, Inc.. Fall Fine Art & Antiques Auction - Day 2 on October 7th: 87.67%
Sworders. Books and Maps on October 10th: 86.70%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 9/22 on September 30th: 86.44%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Lieutenant 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 DAste. Auction 46: I & II - Photographs and Autographs, Manuscripts, Music, Futurism, Modern books, Interna on October 3rd: 85.20%
Purcell Auctioneers. c.680 Lots to Include a Collection of Signed, First & Rare Editions, Fine Antiquarian Books, Maps, I on October 11th: 84.91%
De Baecque and Associes. Library of a Marseillaise Humanist (Last Part) on September 14th: 84.08%
Aguttes. Manuscripts - Part 1 on October 10th: 83.47%
Ripley Auctions. Fine Art Auction featuring 20th Century American Modernism on October 7th: 82.28%
EV Stamps. Sports 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

 

  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Palm-reading, astrology, and more. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Rare 3-Paper Offprint Identifying the Double Helix Structure of DNA, Signed by Crick, Wilkins, Wilson, Stokes and Gosling. Estimate: $40,000 - 60,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph book and Report from the Thirtieth Indian National Congress, featuring the signatures of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000