• Freeman’s, May 15: William Shakespeare’s Fourth Folio, Printed by Robert Roberts, Robert Everingham, and John Macock for Henry Herringman, 1685. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, May 14: Tolkien, J.R.R.. The Lord of the Rings trilogy. All First Editions and First Impressions. 1955. $15,000 – 20,000.
    Freeman’s, May 15: A significant archive of works on communications theory, comprising foundational texts by leading mathematicians. $20,000 – 30,000.
    Freeman’s, May 15: ALS, Albert Einstein to President Hoover, Berlin, 1929. “I alone am but a grain-of-dust in the development of the human spirit.” $15,000 – 20,000.
    Freeman’s, May 14: William Shakespeare’s As You Like It and The Taming of the Shrew. First Printings of Two Complete Plays From Shakespeare's First Folio. 1623. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, May 14: Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949. First Edition with the Rare Publisher’s Printed Wrap-Around Band. $8,000 – 12,000.
    Freeman’s, May 15: Complete Set of 52 Tinted Lithographed Plates Containing Pre-Fire Chicago City Views by Louis Kurz and the Chicago Lithographing Company. $10,000 – 15,000.
    Freeman’s, May 14: Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia. First London Edition. $10,000 – 15,000.
    Freeman’s, May 15: A significant archive of works on game theory, comprising foundational texts by leading mathematicians. $20,000 – 30,000.
    Freeman’s, May 14: Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven" in The American Review. Volume I, number II. February 1845. First Printing in Original Wrappers. $8,000 – 12,000.
    Freeman’s, May 14: Stoker, Bram. Dracula. First Edition, First Issue. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s, May 15: A group of artifacts relating to the Pre-Fire Chicago courthouse bell, ca 1871-1877. $800 – 1,200.
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 18th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 18: Linschoten, Navigatio ac itinerarium. 1599. Est: € 80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 18: Basilius Besler, Hortus Eystettensis, 1640. Est: € 180,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 18: Alberto Giacometti, Paris sans fin, 1969. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 18th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 18:
    J. Glogoviensis, Introductorium compendiosum in tractatum spere, 1513. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 18:
    G. W. Knorr, Verlustiging der oogen en van den geest, 1717-50. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 18: Albert Einstein, Signifcant scientific letter to his Princeton colleague E. G. Straus, 1945. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 18th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 18: Ostrog Bible, 1581. Est: € 18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 18: PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 18: Kurt Schwitters, Merz 11, 1924. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 18th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 18: H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 35,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 18: A.-E. Gautier d’Agoty, Cours complet d’anatomie, 1773. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 18: Ch. Bukowski & K. Price, Heat Wave, 1995. Est: € 5,000
  • Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.
    Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.
    Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
  • Sotheby’s
    Original Film Posters
    Open for bidding 5-20 May
    Sotheby’s, May 5-20: King Kong (1933). Rare Czech poster for King Kong, 1933. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Sotheby’s, May 5-20: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). British One Sheet for Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Sotheby’s, May 5-20: Goldfinger (1964). British Quad for Goldfinger, signed by Shirley Bassey, 1964. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Sotheby’s, May 5-20: Alice in Wonderland / Alice au Pays des Merveilles (1951). French Grande for Alice in Wonderland / Alice au Pays des Merveilles, 1951. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Sotheby’s, May 5-20: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). US poster for Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1961. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, May 5-20: Star Wars (1977). British Quad for Star Wars, 1977. £5,000 to £8,000.

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No Sale Number Auction House Sale Name Date of Auction Archived Date Total Lots Lots Sold % Lots Sold CURR Exch. Rate Low Est. Lots Sold High Est. Lots Sold High Est. All Lots Total Sales Total Sales In $ % Total Sales / High Est.
1 #51226 William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals Eclectic Variety Auction May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 25 17.0 68.00% GBP 1.348 1,760.00 3,380.00 4,480.00 1,787.50 2,419.23 39.90%
2 #6425 Artcurial Archeology and Oriental Arts May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 16 9.0 56.25% EUR 1.17 29,000.00 39,700.00 61,100.00 57,991.00 68,066.47 94.91%
3 #939 Aste Bolaffi Modern and Contemporary Art May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 91 63.0 69.23% EUR 1.17 86,750.00 143,600.00 334,100.00 134,016.00 157,300.22 40.11%
4 #4305 Crafoord Auktioner Lars Nilssons Collection of Photographic Literatur III May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 248 148.0 59.68% EUR 1.17 11,945.00 11,945.00 23,535.00 12,161.38 14,274.19 51.67%
5 #51226 Duke's Avenue Auction May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 95 58.0 61.05% GBP 1.348 2,790.00 4,910.00 7,880.00 5,219.50 7,064.10 66.24%
6 #142619 Heritage Auctions Tuesday US Currency Select Auction May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 380 379.0 99.74% USD 1.0 98,140.00 147,210.00 147,810.00 154,105.66 154,105.66 104.26%
7 #282619 Heritage Auctions Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 180 180.0 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 87,299.68 87,299.68
8 #342619 Heritage Auctions Tuesday Animation and Anime Art, Disneyana and Disneyland Select Auction May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 100 100.0 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 23,441.00 23,441.00
9 #1939 Dunbar Sloane Collectable and Estate Auction May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 70 66.0 94.29% NZD 0.588 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,302.00 2,557.95
10 #51226 Hake's Auctions Political and Historical Online Exclusive Auction May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 36 13.0 36.11% USD 1.0 1,000.00 2,000.00 2,400.00 1,400.00 1,400.00 58.33%
11 #51226 International Autograph Auctions Europe SL Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Timed Auction May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 465 103.0 22.15% EUR 1.17 91,710.00 125,610.00 431,010.00 304,787.50 357,741.93 70.71%
12 #108 Kedem Auctions Ltd. Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 241 237.0 98.34% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 473,175.00 473,175.00
13 #416883 Los Angeles Estate Auction Vintage Comics, Art & Collectibles Auction May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 265 246.0 92.83% USD 1.0 12,250.00 24,445.00 25,990.00 12,697.46 12,697.46 48.86%
14 #51226 PIASA Art + Design from Private European Collection May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 28 13.0 46.43% EUR 1.17 26,300.00 39,900.00 155,100.00 42,705.00 50,124.64 27.53%
15 #51226b PIASA Post-War Art - International Abstraction-Figuration May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 22 7.0 31.82% EUR 1.17 44,500.00 61,000.00 577,000.00 70,460.00 82,701.86 12.21%
16 #51226 Rago Arts and Auctions From Alpha to Now, Magic: The Gathering May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 303 298.0 98.35% USD 1.0 351,400.00 546,900.00 548,700.00 586,588.00 586,588.00 106.91%
17 #179396 Rossini Photo Themes 13 May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 200 52.0 26.00% EUR 1.17 6,920.00 9,270.00 38,670.00 7,470.32 8,768.16 19.32%
18 #179592 Tessier & Sarrou and Associates Online Sale - Movie Posters May 12, 2026 May 13, 2026 609 455.0 74.71% EUR 1.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 21,556.60 25,301.88
19 #32016 Bonhams Asian Art May 11, 2026 May 13, 2026 19 13.0 68.42% GBP 1.348 18,000.00 27,000.00 43,400.00 42,816.00 57,947.45 98.65%
20 #51126 One Source Auctions Quality Antiques and Collectibles Online Auction May 11, 2026 May 13, 2026 88 69.0 78.41% PLN 0.276 400.00 800.00 2,050.00 2,655.95 733.19 129.56%
21 #11392 Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers Weekly Auction of Antiques, Collectables, Furniture etc May 11, 2026 May 13, 2026 24 15.0 62.50% GBP 1.348 0.00 0.00 0.00 261.65 354.09
22 #51126 John McInnis Auctioneers Onsite Moving Auction, Byfield, MA May 11, 2026 May 13, 2026 22 22.0 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 877.92 877.92
23 #110526 Gorringes House and Garden Sale May 11, 2026 May 13, 2026 25 13.0 52.00% GBP 1.348 870.00 1,200.00 2,700.00 1,222.00 1,653.86 45.26%
24 #15020 amelia jeffers Weekly Collectors' Warehouse Treasure Auction May 11, 2026 May 13, 2026 31 29.0 93.55% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 363.40 363.40
25 #51126 Desa Unicum Contemporary Prints May 11, 2026 May 13, 2026 118 67.0 56.78% PLN 0.276 208,300.00 297,100.00 588,200.00 255,720.00 70,604.57 43.48%
26 #1924 Dunbar Sloane Vintage Automobilia - Day 2 May 10, 2026 May 13, 2026 39 26.0 66.67% NZD 0.588 740.00 2,520.00 3,880.00 642.60 382.13 16.56%
27 #733300 EV Stamps Stamps & Postal History Auction May 10, 2026 May 13, 2026 17 17.0 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,282.62 1,282.62
28 #9629 Cotswold Auction Company Treasures in Boxes, Books & Household items May 10, 2026 May 13, 2026 32 27.0 84.38% GBP 1.348 605.00 1,100.00 1,280.00 1,090.94 1,476.51 85.23%
29 #122619 Heritage Auctions Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction May 10, 2026 May 13, 2026 774 743.0 95.99% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 481,409.24 481,409.24
30 #162619 Heritage Auctions Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction May 10, 2026 May 13, 2026 350 346.0 98.86% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 46,992.50 46,992.50
31 #352619 Heritage Auctions Pulp Magazine Select Auction May 10, 2026 May 13, 2026 71 71.0 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 18,747.40 18,747.40
32 #62432 Heritage Auctions Spring Obsolete Currency Showcase Auction May 10, 2026 May 13, 2026 380 362.0 95.26% USD 1.0 127,700.00 191,550.00 202,170.00 174,801.56 174,801.56 86.46%
33 #45165 Heritage Auctions Concert Posters & Music Memorabilia Showcase Auction May 10, 2026 May 13, 2026 420 418.0 99.52% USD 1.0 168,489.00 1,252,732.00 1,253,932.00 215,304.25 215,304.25 17.17%
34 #152619 Heritage Auctions Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction May 10, 2026 May 13, 2026 333 331.0 99.40% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 191,751.82 191,751.82
35 #9053 Robert Siegel Galleries U.S. & Hawaii Postal History May 09, 2026 May 13, 2026 231 161.0 69.70% USD 1.0 28,315.00 39,815.00 47,800.00 34,485.50 34,485.50 72.15%
36 #1333 Morton Subastas Saturday Sale May 09, 2026 May 13, 2026 64 37.0 57.81% MXN 0.057 145,400.00 238,200.00 432,200.00 193,375.00 11,220.93 44.74%
37 #50926 Hansons Newark May Auction of Antiques & Collectables May 09, 2026 May 13, 2026 23 9.0 39.13% GBP 1.348 380.00 600.00 2,220.00 448.12 606.49 20.19%
38 #40317 Heritage Auctions The Heartbeat of a Cartoon - The Art of Vintage Disney Animation Drawings IV Animation Art Showcase Auction May 09, 2026 May 13, 2026 986 986.0 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 659,200.64 659,200.64
39 #50926 Blackwell Auctions May Exceptional Estates Auction May 09, 2026 May 13, 2026 68 49.0 72.06% USD 1.0 34,300.00 68,600.00 121,000.00 39,604.50 39,604.50 32.73%
40 #50926 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper May 09, 2026 May 13, 2026 147 130.0 88.44% USD 1.0 129,900.00 243,000.00 327,400.00 66,949.90 66,949.90 20.45%
41 #7466 Heritage Auctions Comic Art Signature® Auction May 08, 2026 May 13, 2026 806 801.0 99.38% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 12,151,880.00 12,151,880.00
42 #9187 Doyle New York The Rabb Goldberg Collection, Boston, Massachusetts May 08, 2026 May 13, 2026 13 13.0 100.00% USD 1.0 26,700.00 42,000.00 42,000.00 36,043.00 36,043.00 85.82%
43 #6498 Freeman's | Hindman Interiors, Including the Estate of Bliss Edmund Hebert May 08, 2026 May 13, 2026 17 17.0 100.00% USD 1.0 8,100.00 13,000.00 13,000.00 12,544.00 12,544.00 96.49%
44 #50826 Hansons Hertfordshire - May Jewellery & Watches, Silver, Antiques & Collectables May 08, 2026 May 13, 2026 16 9.0 56.25% GBP 1.348 1,070.00 1,590.00 5,540.00 1,205.97 1,632.17 21.77%
45 #14323 Tennants Auctioneers Antiques & Interiors, to include a Section of Silver May 08, 2026 May 13, 2026 29 20.0 68.97% GBP 1.348 720.00 1,280.00 2,130.00 3,766.72 5,097.89 176.84%
46 #7465 Heritage Auctions Comic Books Signature® Auction May 07, 2026 May 13, 2026 360 360.0 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,233,710.14 10,233,710.14
47 #50726 Desa Unicum Old Masters and Modern Prints May 07, 2026 May 13, 2026 103 74.0 71.84% PLN 0.276 263,300.00 420,000.00 599,200.00 310,920.00 85,845.35 51.89%
48 #50226 Arader Galleries May 2026 Auction May 02, 2026 May 11, 2026 184 84.0 45.65% USD 1.0 1,721,600.00 2,433,200.00 6,236,200.00 1,716,498.75 1,716,498.75 27.52%
TOTAL VALUES 9,164 7,763 84.71% $28,435,029.20
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th May 2026
    Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th May 2026
    Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th May 2026
    Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th May 2026
    Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000
    Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000
  • Lion Heart Autographs
    Landmark Auction of Rare & Important Autograph Letters & Manuscripts—Fresh to the Market and Unseen for Decades
    May 20, 2026
    Lion Heart, Ending May 20: Dr. King will “follow Christ to death” for Racial Equality & “the health of Democracy”. $12,000 to $14,000.
    Lion Heart, Ending May 20: 1775 George Washington Naval DS for a “Freind [sic.] to American Liberty”. $15,000 to $18,000.
    Lion Heart, Ending May 20: Marie Antoinette Orders Payment for Swiss Guard’s Elite “Cent-Suisses”. $10,000 to $12,000.
    Lion Heart Autographs
    Landmark Auction of Rare & Important Autograph Letters & Manuscripts—Fresh to the Market and Unseen for Decades
    May 20, 2026
    Lion Heart, Ending May 20: Einstein On the Mystery of the Unbelievable. $3,250 to $3,500.
    Lion Heart, Ending May 20: Brahms Signed Autograph Musical Manuscript Last Auctioned in 1938. $42,000 to $45,000.
    Lion Heart, Ending May 20: John Adams Signed Land Grant for the Army’s Quartermaster General. $3,500 to $4,000.
    Lion Heart Autographs
    Landmark Auction of Rare & Important Autograph Letters & Manuscripts—Fresh to the Market and Unseen for Decades
    May 20, 2026
    Lion Heart, Ending May 20: Darwin Letter Referring to a Photograph. $3,000 to $3,500.
    Lion Heart, Ending May 20: Rare Ltd. Ed. of Alfred Dreyfus’ Memoir Inscribed to French Politician and Dreyfusard. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Lion Heart, Ending May 20: Unique, Ten Year Post WWII Jazz Archive Including Brubeck, Desmond, Feather, Kenton, Paul, Taylor, Yaged, and Many Others. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Lion Heart Autographs
    Landmark Auction of Rare & Important Autograph Letters & Manuscripts—Fresh to the Market and Unseen for Decades
    May 20, 2026
    Lion Heart, Ending May 20: Detailed 8-Page Mendelssohn ALS Mentioning the Completion of his "Violin Concerto". $2,600 to $2,800.
    Lion Heart, Ending May 20: Rare, Signed Book from Susan B. Anthony’s Library with Remarkable Associations. $2,200 to $2,400.
    Lion Heart, Ending May 20: Unique Puccini ALS to His Lover Mentioning Five Operas and Two Great Sopranos. $2,200 to $2,500.