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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 28 Auctions Archived, another 21 Upcoming this Week

 For the week ended 27 December, 28 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database; 16 denominated in euros, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 11 in US dollars.

 

Four thousand and fifty-nine lots were offered and 3,492 sold for an 86.03% win rate.

 

Turnover was a slim $1,445,884.55. The average lot sold for $414.06

 

A fresh 21 auctions are posted that will complete this week.

 

 

1 auction saw its total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:

Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on December 17th: 102.31%


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

Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on December 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on December 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on December 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp Magazine Select Auction on December 22nd: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on December 17th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on December 16th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Books Auction on December 16th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on December 16th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on December 24th: 99.60%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 21st: 99.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on December 17th: 97.83%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on December 25th: 96.15%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on December 22nd: 94.53%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on December 22nd: 90.96%

Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Books and Manuscripts on December 19th: 84.94% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages. on December 24th Actual price: USD $33,600.
  2. Catawiki B. V. La Divine Comedie [One of 10 'ad personam' Deluxe Editions, with double drawing and dedication] on December 15th Actual price: USD $17,061.
  3. Heritage Auctions Pokemon Unlimited Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999). on December 25th Actual price: USD $16,250.
  4. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Foujita's A Book of Cats - 20 Cat Illustrations and Poems on December 21st Actual price: USD $15,895.
  5. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #48 (Marvel, 1966) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. on December 24th Actual price: USD $14,400.
  6. Catawiki B. V. Histoire universelle des Indes occidentales et orientales on December 18th Actual price: USD $14,217.
  7. Catawiki B. V. Zelfbiografie [Origineel handschrift] on December 15th Actual price: USD $12,511.
  8. Heritage Auctions Steve Rude Nexus #2 Story Page 12 Original Art (Capital Comics, 1982). on December 25th Actual price: USD $11,400.
  9. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Light tan to off-white pages. on December 24th Actual price: USD $9,600.
  10. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Arrowsmith - Important Map of Texas compiled from Surveys recorded in the Law Office of Texas, and other Official Surveys on December 21st Actual price: USD $9,460.
  11. Heritage Auctions The Avengers #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. on December 24th Actual price: USD $9,000.
  12. Heritage Auctions John Romita Sr. - Spider-Man Sketch Original Art (undated). on December 25th Actual price: USD $8,400.
  13. Heritage Auctions Pokemon Unlimited Fossil Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999). on December 25th Actual price: USD $7,500.
  14. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Off-white pages. on December 24th Actual price: USD $7,200.
  15. Clars Auction Gallery Two Blues, on December 20th Actual price: USD $6,550.
  16. Heritage Auctions Sara Richard Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #1 Cover Original Art (IDW, 2018). on December 25th Actual price: USD $5,760.
  17. Heritage Auctions Josie #1-104 Near Complete Run File Copies Bound Volume Group of 16 (Archie, 1963-81). on December 24th Actual price: USD $5,280.
  18. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Karl Bodmer - The Interior of the Hut of a Mandan Chief on December 21st Actual price: USD $4,730.
  19. Catawiki B. V. Nouvelles fleurs du mal [tire a part de la 5e livraison du Parnasse ; poesies inedites] on December 15th Actual price: USD $4,720.
  20. Heritage Auctions Troy Little Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #2 Cover Original Art (IDW, 2018). on December 25th Actual price: USD $4,560.
  21. Heritage Auctions Strange Tales #167 Rocky Mountain Pedigree (Marvel, 1968) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages. on December 24th Actual price: USD $4,440.
  22. Heritage Auctions Bernie Wrightson House of Mystery #213 Cover Preliminary Original Art (DC, 1973). on December 25th Actual price: USD $4,320.
  23. Heritage Auctions Jackson "Butch" Guice AAFES 12th Edition [Captain America The First Avenger] #12 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 2011). on December 25th Actual price: USD $4,320.
  24. Catawiki B. V. A new and accurat map of the world. on December 14th Actual price: USD $4,265.
  25. Heritage Auctions Andrew Loomis and Tim Brough - Illustration Original Art Group of 3 (c. 1940s/2006). on December 25th Actual price: USD $4,080.



28 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on December 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on December 25th: 96.15%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on December 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on December 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on December 24th: 99.60%
Morton Subastas. Saturday Sale on December 21st: 48.00%
Clars Auction Gallery. The Warehouse | December on December 21st: 47.32%
Clars Auction Gallery. Furniture, Art, Jewelry & Fine Asian Auction | December on December 20th: 63.33%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Books and Manuscripts on December 20th: 45.38%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Books and Manuscripts on December 19th: 84.94%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 21st: 99.33%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp Magazine Select Auction on December 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on December 22nd: 94.53%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on December 22nd: 90.96%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on December 18th: 40.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on December 17th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on December 17th: 97.83%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on December 16th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Books Auction on December 16th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on December 16th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on December 15th: 50.00%
Catawiki B. V.. French Literature and Illustrated on December 15th: 46.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Historical Memorabilia on December 15th: 37.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Dutch Literature and Illustrated on December 15th: 77.27%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on December 15th: 69.23%
Catawiki B. V.. Art and Photography Books on December 15th: 25.53%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books on December 14th: 72.94%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Maps Auction on December 14th: 50.00%


For the week ahead 21 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Dec. 30th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts. 54 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Exclusive Books Auction. 23 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700). 101 lots

Tue. Dec. 31st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction. 407 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction. 118 lots

Wed. Jan. 1st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction. 310 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction. 60 lots
Vogt Auction. San Antonio. The New Year's Day Auction. 34 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700). 41 lots
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Windsor. January 2025 Annual New Year's Day Auction. 17 lots

Sat. Jan. 4th
EV Stamps. Richmond. Sports Auction. 136 lots
John McInnis Auctioneers. Amesbury. Important Estates Collections. 46 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Saturday Sale. 152 lots

Sun. Jan. 5th
Tabula Auctions Ltd. London. Antique Maps and Prints -- online 12/19. 135 lots
Schilb Antiquarian. Columbia. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium. 104 lots
Antikvariat Bryggen AS. Skjeberg. New Years Auction. 135 lots
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. 132 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Pulp Magazine Select Auction.

Best wishes for 2025!

 

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • <b><center>DOYLE<BR>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>July 23, 2025</center></b> <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> WALL, BERNHARDT. <i>Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples.</i> Estimate $300-500 <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. <i>The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909.</i> New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000 <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800 <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. <i>Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions.</i> San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000. <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. <i>Anna Karénina ... in eight parts.</i> New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600 <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> ROWLING, J.K. <i>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.</i> London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Estimate $1,200-1,800
    DOYLE
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    July 23, 2025
    DOYLE, July 23: WALL, BERNHARDT. Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples. Estimate $300-500
    DOYLE, July 23: STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000
    DOYLE, July 23: [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800
    DOYLE, July 23: [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions. San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000.
    DOYLE, July 23: TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. Anna Karénina ... in eight parts. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600
    DOYLE, July 23: ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Estimate $1,200-1,800
  • <center><b>Freeman’s | Hindman<br>Western Manuscripts and Miniatures<br>July 8, 2025</b></center> <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> FRANCESCO PETRARCH (b. Arezzo, 20 July 1304; d. Arqua Petrarca, 19 July 1374). $20,000-30,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF THE VITAE IMPERATORUM (active Milan, 1431-1459). $15,000-20,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> CIRCLE OF ATTAVANTE DEGLI ATTAVANTI (GABRIELLO DI VANTE) (active Florence, c. 1452-c. 1520/25). $15,000-20,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> FOLLOWER OF HERMAN SCHEERE (active London, c. 1405-1425). $15,000-20,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> An exceptionally rare, illuminated music leaf from a Mozarabic Antiphonal with sister leaves mostly in museum collections. $11,500-14,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> Exceptional leaf from a prestigious Antiphonary by a leading illuminator of the late Duecento. $11,500-14,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF MS REID 33 and SELWERD ABBEY SCRIPTORIUM (AGNES MARTINI?) (active The Netherlands, Groningen, c. 1468-1510). $10,000-15,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> Previously unknown illumination from one of the most renowned Gothic Choir Book sets of the Middle Ages. $6,000-8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman
    Western Manuscripts and Miniatures
    July 8, 2025
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. FRANCESCO PETRARCH (b. Arezzo, 20 July 1304; d. Arqua Petrarca, 19 July 1374). $20,000-30,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF THE VITAE IMPERATORUM (active Milan, 1431-1459). $15,000-20,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. CIRCLE OF ATTAVANTE DEGLI ATTAVANTI (GABRIELLO DI VANTE) (active Florence, c. 1452-c. 1520/25). $15,000-20,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. FOLLOWER OF HERMAN SCHEERE (active London, c. 1405-1425). $15,000-20,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. An exceptionally rare, illuminated music leaf from a Mozarabic Antiphonal with sister leaves mostly in museum collections. $11,500-14,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. Exceptional leaf from a prestigious Antiphonary by a leading illuminator of the late Duecento. $11,500-14,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF MS REID 33 and SELWERD ABBEY SCRIPTORIUM (AGNES MARTINI?) (active The Netherlands, Groningen, c. 1468-1510). $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. Previously unknown illumination from one of the most renowned Gothic Choir Book sets of the Middle Ages. $6,000-8,000.
  • <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper <br> 17th July 2025</center></b> <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Lucianus Samosatensis. <i>Dialogoi, editio princeps,</i> second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Boccaccio (Giovanni). <i>Il Decamerone,</i> Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Bible, English. <i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New,</i> Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Bond (Michael). <i>A Bear Called Paddington,</i> first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper <br> 17th July 2025</center></b> <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Yeats (William Butler). <i>The Secret Rose,</i> first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). <i>Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,</i> bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). <i>Fraternity,</i> one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. <i>De gli Elementi,</i> Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli Elementi, Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern<br>Now through July 10, 2025</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> Book of Hours by the Masters of Otto van Moerdrecht, Use of Sarum, in Latin, Southern Netherlands (Bruges), c.1450. £20,000 to £30,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> Albert Einstein. Autograph letter signed, to Attilio Palatino, on his research into General Relativity, 12 May 1929. £12,000 to £18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> John Gould. <i>The Birds of Europe,</i> [1832-] 1837, 5 volumes, contemporary half morocco, subscriber’s copy. £40,000 to £60,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern<br>Now through July 10, 2025</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> Ian Fleming. A collection of James Bond first editions, 8 volumes in all. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> J.K. Rowling. <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> 1997, first edition, hardback issue. £50,000 to £70,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> J.R.R. Tolkien. Autograph letter signed, to Amy Ronald, on Pauline Baynes's map of Middle Earth, 1970. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
    Now through July 10, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Book of Hours by the Masters of Otto van Moerdrecht, Use of Sarum, in Latin, Southern Netherlands (Bruges), c.1450. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Albert Einstein. Autograph letter signed, to Attilio Palatino, on his research into General Relativity, 12 May 1929. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: John Gould. The Birds of Europe, [1832-] 1837, 5 volumes, contemporary half morocco, subscriber’s copy. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
    Now through July 10, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Ian Fleming. A collection of James Bond first editions, 8 volumes in all. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: J.R.R. Tolkien. Autograph letter signed, to Amy Ronald, on Pauline Baynes's map of Middle Earth, 1970. £7,000 to £10,000.
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