Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 16 Auctions Archived, another 26 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended, Friday 5, January, 16 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in Danish krone and 14 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $950,610.56 as 90.56% of all lots changed hands.  The average lot sold for $362.83.

 

The market will quickly reemerge.

 

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


Heritage AuctionsThe WaWa Collection Part IV Comics Showcase Auction on January 4th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsThe Zits Comic Art Showcase Auction on January 4th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on January 2nd: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on January 3rd: 99.38%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday US Currency Select Auction on January 2nd: 99.24%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on December 31st: 98.95%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on January 3rd: 96.43%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/23 on December 30th: 95.43%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Movie Posters Select Auction on December 31st: 94.90%
Nadeau's Auction GalleryJanuary 2024 Annual New Year's Sale on January 1st: 86.36%
Vogt AuctionNew Years Day Auction on January 1st: 85.71%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/15 on December 25th: 85.59%
EldredsCabin Fever Auction - session 1 on January 4th: 85.00%
Bruun RasmussenModern Art and Design - Prints on January 2nd: 80.36%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Thomas, 1986 on January 1st Actual price: USD $25,600.
  2. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Set of eight hand colored and illustrated copperplate botanical engravings from Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, on January 1st Actual price: USD $15,360.
  3. Nadeau's Auction Gallery A New and Exact Map of America Laid Down from the Latest Observations and Discoveries, circa 1750 on January 1st Actual price: USD $12,800.
  4. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Tennis on January 1st Actual price: USD $11,520.
  5. Heritage Auctions Pokemon 1st Edition Jungle Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $11,250.
  6. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio, circa 1595 on January 1st Actual price: USD $8,960.
  7. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Le Bestiaire De La Fontaine Dalinise on January 1st Actual price: USD $8,320.
  8. Heritage Auctions Gerald Brom "Red Hand" Painting Original Art (1994). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $7,200.
  9. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Self Portrait Holding the Name 'Hirschfeld' on January 1st Actual price: USD $7,040.
  10. Heritage Auctions Magic: The Gathering Revised Edition Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1994). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $6,875.
  11. Nadeau's Auction Gallery La Dame Aux Camelias circa 1896 on January 1st Actual price: USD $6,400.
  12. Catawiki B. V. Opera Omnia on December 25th Actual price: USD $4,892.
  13. Heritage Auctions Chuck Jones Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas Storyboard Original Art (MGM, 1966). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $4,800.
  14. Heritage Auctions Michael Bair and Geof Isherwood Star Brand #7 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1987). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $4,800.
  15. Heritage Auctions Sy Barry The Phantom Sunday Comic Strip Original Art Group of 3 (King Features Syndicate, 1977). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $4,560.
  16. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Maris Pacifici, circa 1603 on January 1st Actual price: USD $4,480.
  17. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Hortensias, 1953 on January 1st Actual price: USD $4,480.
  18. Heritage Auctions Chuck Jones Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas Storyboard #287 Original Art (MGM, 1966). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $4,320.
  19. Heritage Auctions Superman "The Underground World" Storyboard Original Art Signed by Robert Little (Famous Studios, 1943). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $4,080.
  20. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Audubon's Birds of America, First Ed - Volume 2 with 70 Lithographs on December 30th Actual price: USD $3,905.
  21. Catawiki B. V. Cruydt-Boeck on December 25th Actual price: USD $3,759.
  22. Heritage Auctions Don Perlin and Joe Sinnott Defenders #105 Splash Page 1 Original Art (Marvel, 1982). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $3,720.
  23. Heritage Auctions Australia Commonwealth of Australia Reserve Bank Group Lot of 7 Replacement Examples PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45; Choice Very Fine 35; Very Fine 30 (5). on January 2nd Actual price: USD $3,600.
  24. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Depicting exotic birds on rice or tissue paper in hand painted Chinoiserie frames, circa 1840 on January 1st Actual price: USD $3,520.
  25. Catawiki B. V. Les singuliers et nouveaux pourtraicts, du seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, pourtouttes fortes on December 25th Actual price: USD $3,365.


16 total sales reported this week:

Eldreds. Cabin Fever Auction - session 1 on January 4th: 85.00%
The Book Merchant Jenkins. Antiquarian Bookseller's Moving Sale - Part 1 on January 3rd: 65.63%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Books - bidstart 12/15 on December 27th: 18.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/15 on December 25th: 85.59%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on January 3rd: 96.43%
Heritage Auctions. The WaWa Collection Part IV Comics Showcase Auction on January 4th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Zits Comic Art Showcase Auction on January 4th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on January 3rd: 99.38%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 2nd: 80.36%
Vogt Auction. New Years Day Auction on January 1st: 85.71%
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. January 2024 Annual New Year's Sale on January 1st: 86.36%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on January 2nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on January 2nd: 99.24%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on December 31st: 94.90%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on December 31st: 98.95%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/23 on December 30th: 95.43%

 

For the week ahead 26 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 8th
One Source Auctions. Canandaigua. 12TH ANNUAL POST NEW YEARS QUALITY ANTIQUES & COLECTIBLES ONLINE AUCTION. 160 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/29. 64 lots

Tue. Jan. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction. 523 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 55 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction. 194 lots

Wed. Jan. 10th
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Contemporary and Post-War Art // Prints and Multiples. 150 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Prints and Multiples. 262 lots
Tennants Auctioneers. Leyburn. Stamps, Postcards and Postal History. 34 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. History and Regions of France: Manuscripts, Documents, Plates and Archives. 534 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 12/15. 652 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction. 1936 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction. 335 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction. 129 lots
University Archives. Wilton. Rare, Signed Manuscripts, Books, Photos and Relics. 380 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Star Wars Holiday Movie Posters Showcase Auction. 221 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction. 84 lots

Thu. Jan. 11th
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper. 236 lots
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. The Ski Sale. 81 lots
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Rare & Antiquarian: Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books. 308 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Golden Age and Pre-Code Horror: The Comic Book Collection of Stephen J. Farber. 269 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction. 1178 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. Brooklyn. Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts. 179 lots

Sat. Jan. 13th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 173 lots

Sun. Jan. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction. 213 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • 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