Trends In Book Auction Prices

12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Price
2023-09-01 0:00AM 301.7816666666667
2023-10-01 0:00AM 298.7816666666667
2023-11-01 0:00AM 295.5275
2023-12-01 0:00AM 292.6075
2024-01-01 0:00AM 293.77416666666664
2024-02-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-03-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-04-01 0:00AM 294.1983333333333
2024-05-01 0:00AM 291.3241666666667
2024-06-01 0:00AM 288.3241666666667
2024-07-01 0:00AM 289.35833333333335
2024-08-01 0:00AM 290.1091666666667
2024-09-01 0:00AM 287.90166666666664
2024-10-01 0:00AM 290.9966666666666
2024-11-01 0:00AM 288.89000000000004
2024-12-01 0:00AM 290.5491666666667
2025-01-01 0:00AM 289.3825
2025-02-01 0:00AM 287.8158333333333
2025-03-01 0:00AM 284.5533333333333
2025-04-01 0:00AM 285.9316666666667
2025-05-01 0:00AM 286.91166666666663
2025-06-01 0:00AM 284.9116666666667
2025-07-01 0:00AM 284.8283333333334
2025-08-01 0:00AM 285.99500000000006
2025-09-01 0:00AM 284.2441666666667
2025-10-01 0:00AM 286.29583333333335
2025-11-01 0:00AM 287.6566666666667
2025-12-01 0:00AM 288.20416666666665
2026-01-01 0:00AM 288.7208333333333
2026-02-01 0:00AM 292.1708333333333
2026-03-01 0:00AM 293.28333333333325
2026-04-01 0:00AM 292.5225
2026-05-01 0:00AM 294.3583333333333
2026-06-01 0:00AM 296.7991666666666
2026-07-01 0:00AM 297.695
2026-08-01 0:00AM 298.6116666666666
2026-09-01 0:00AM 301.96166666666664

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date Average
2024-09-01 0:00AM -13.880000000000052
2024-10-01 0:00AM -7.785000000000082
2024-11-01 0:00AM -6.637499999999932
2024-12-01 0:00AM -2.058333333333337
2025-01-01 0:00AM -4.3916666666666515
2025-02-01 0:00AM -3.4583333333333712
2025-03-01 0:00AM -6.72083333333336
2025-04-01 0:00AM -8.266666666666652
2025-05-01 0:00AM -4.41250000000008
2025-06-01 0:00AM -3.4125000000000227
2025-07-01 0:00AM -4.529999999999973
2025-08-01 0:00AM -4.11416666666662
2025-09-01 0:00AM -3.6574999999999704
2025-10-01 0:00AM -4.700833333333264
2025-11-01 0:00AM -1.2333333333333485
2025-12-01 0:00AM -2.3450000000000273
2026-01-01 0:00AM -0.6616666666666902
2026-02-01 0:00AM 4.355000000000018
2026-03-01 0:00AM 8.729999999999961
2026-04-01 0:00AM 6.590833333333308
2026-05-01 0:00AM 7.446666666666658
2026-06-01 0:00AM 11.887499999999932
2026-07-01 0:00AM 12.866666666666617
2026-08-01 0:00AM 12.61666666666656
2026-09-01 0:00AM 17.717499999999973

12 Month Moving Average of Sell Through Rate
Date Rate
2023-09-01 0:00AM 0.8095166666666668
2023-10-01 0:00AM 0.8068666666666666
2023-11-01 0:00AM 0.8059916666666668
2023-12-01 0:00AM 0.8040249999999999
2024-01-01 0:00AM 0.8036833333333333
2024-02-01 0:00AM 0.80075
2024-03-01 0:00AM 0.8012916666666666
2024-04-01 0:00AM 0.8000249999999999
2024-05-01 0:00AM 0.8018083333333333
2024-06-01 0:00AM 0.8037249999999999
2024-07-01 0:00AM 0.80025
2024-08-01 0:00AM 0.8007750000000001
2024-09-01 0:00AM 0.7983250000000001
2024-10-01 0:00AM 0.8044666666666668
2024-11-01 0:00AM 0.8007583333333335
2024-12-01 0:00AM 0.8038333333333333
2025-01-01 0:00AM 0.8016666666666666
2025-02-01 0:00AM 0.8001916666666666
2025-03-01 0:00AM 0.799725
2025-04-01 0:00AM 0.7991
2025-05-01 0:00AM 0.796925
2025-06-01 0:00AM 0.7960916666666668
2025-07-01 0:00AM 0.79745
2025-08-01 0:00AM 0.7989999999999999
2025-09-01 0:00AM 0.7995
2025-10-01 0:00AM 0.7975500000000001
2025-11-01 0:00AM 0.8000166666666667
2025-12-01 0:00AM 0.7965749999999999
2026-01-01 0:00AM 0.7958833333333334
2026-02-01 0:00AM 0.7996666666666666
2026-03-01 0:00AM 0.80015
2026-04-01 0:00AM 0.799975
2026-05-01 0:00AM 0.8030083333333332
2026-06-01 0:00AM 0.8040166666666666
2026-07-01 0:00AM 0.8027416666666665
2026-08-01 0:00AM 0.8016166666666668
2026-09-01 0:00AM 0.8000250000000001
12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Price
2023-09-01 0:00AM 301.7816666666667
2023-10-01 0:00AM 298.7816666666667
2023-11-01 0:00AM 295.5275
2023-12-01 0:00AM 292.6075
2024-01-01 0:00AM 293.77416666666664
2024-02-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-03-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-04-01 0:00AM 294.1983333333333
2024-05-01 0:00AM 291.3241666666667
2024-06-01 0:00AM 288.3241666666667
2024-07-01 0:00AM 289.35833333333335
2024-08-01 0:00AM 290.1091666666667
2024-09-01 0:00AM 287.90166666666664
2024-10-01 0:00AM 290.9966666666666
2024-11-01 0:00AM 288.89000000000004
2024-12-01 0:00AM 290.5491666666667
2025-01-01 0:00AM 289.3825
2025-02-01 0:00AM 287.8158333333333
2025-03-01 0:00AM 284.5533333333333
2025-04-01 0:00AM 285.9316666666667
2025-05-01 0:00AM 286.91166666666663
2025-06-01 0:00AM 284.9116666666667
2025-07-01 0:00AM 284.8283333333334
2025-08-01 0:00AM 285.99500000000006
2025-09-01 0:00AM 284.2441666666667
2025-10-01 0:00AM 286.29583333333335
2025-11-01 0:00AM 287.6566666666667
2025-12-01 0:00AM 288.20416666666665
2026-01-01 0:00AM 288.7208333333333
2026-02-01 0:00AM 292.1708333333333
2026-03-01 0:00AM 293.28333333333325
2026-04-01 0:00AM 292.5225
2026-05-01 0:00AM 294.3583333333333
2026-06-01 0:00AM 296.7991666666666
2026-07-01 0:00AM 297.695
2026-08-01 0:00AM 298.6116666666666
2026-09-01 0:00AM 301.96166666666664

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date Average
2024-09-01 0:00AM -13.880000000000052
2024-10-01 0:00AM -7.785000000000082
2024-11-01 0:00AM -6.637499999999932
2024-12-01 0:00AM -2.058333333333337
2025-01-01 0:00AM -4.3916666666666515
2025-02-01 0:00AM -3.4583333333333712
2025-03-01 0:00AM -6.72083333333336
2025-04-01 0:00AM -8.266666666666652
2025-05-01 0:00AM -4.41250000000008
2025-06-01 0:00AM -3.4125000000000227
2025-07-01 0:00AM -4.529999999999973
2025-08-01 0:00AM -4.11416666666662
2025-09-01 0:00AM -3.6574999999999704
2025-10-01 0:00AM -4.700833333333264
2025-11-01 0:00AM -1.2333333333333485
2025-12-01 0:00AM -2.3450000000000273
2026-01-01 0:00AM -0.6616666666666902
2026-02-01 0:00AM 4.355000000000018
2026-03-01 0:00AM 8.729999999999961
2026-04-01 0:00AM 6.590833333333308
2026-05-01 0:00AM 7.446666666666658
2026-06-01 0:00AM 11.887499999999932
2026-07-01 0:00AM 12.866666666666617
2026-08-01 0:00AM 12.61666666666656
2026-09-01 0:00AM 17.717499999999973

12 Month Moving Average of Sell Through Rate
Date Rate
2023-09-01 0:00AM 0.8095166666666668
2023-10-01 0:00AM 0.8068666666666666
2023-11-01 0:00AM 0.8059916666666668
2023-12-01 0:00AM 0.8040249999999999
2024-01-01 0:00AM 0.8036833333333333
2024-02-01 0:00AM 0.80075
2024-03-01 0:00AM 0.8012916666666666
2024-04-01 0:00AM 0.8000249999999999
2024-05-01 0:00AM 0.8018083333333333
2024-06-01 0:00AM 0.8037249999999999
2024-07-01 0:00AM 0.80025
2024-08-01 0:00AM 0.8007750000000001
2024-09-01 0:00AM 0.7983250000000001
2024-10-01 0:00AM 0.8044666666666668
2024-11-01 0:00AM 0.8007583333333335
2024-12-01 0:00AM 0.8038333333333333
2025-01-01 0:00AM 0.8016666666666666
2025-02-01 0:00AM 0.8001916666666666
2025-03-01 0:00AM 0.799725
2025-04-01 0:00AM 0.7991
2025-05-01 0:00AM 0.796925
2025-06-01 0:00AM 0.7960916666666668
2025-07-01 0:00AM 0.79745
2025-08-01 0:00AM 0.7989999999999999
2025-09-01 0:00AM 0.7995
2025-10-01 0:00AM 0.7975500000000001
2025-11-01 0:00AM 0.8000166666666667
2025-12-01 0:00AM 0.7965749999999999
2026-01-01 0:00AM 0.7958833333333334
2026-02-01 0:00AM 0.7996666666666666
2026-03-01 0:00AM 0.80015
2026-04-01 0:00AM 0.799975
2026-05-01 0:00AM 0.8030083333333332
2026-06-01 0:00AM 0.8040166666666666
2026-07-01 0:00AM 0.8027416666666665
2026-08-01 0:00AM 0.8016166666666668
2026-09-01 0:00AM 0.8000250000000001
12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Price
2023-09-01 0:00AM 301.7816666666667
2023-10-01 0:00AM 298.7816666666667
2023-11-01 0:00AM 295.5275
2023-12-01 0:00AM 292.6075
2024-01-01 0:00AM 293.77416666666664
2024-02-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-03-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-04-01 0:00AM 294.1983333333333
2024-05-01 0:00AM 291.3241666666667
2024-06-01 0:00AM 288.3241666666667
2024-07-01 0:00AM 289.35833333333335
2024-08-01 0:00AM 290.1091666666667
2024-09-01 0:00AM 287.90166666666664
2024-10-01 0:00AM 290.9966666666666
2024-11-01 0:00AM 288.89000000000004
2024-12-01 0:00AM 290.5491666666667
2025-01-01 0:00AM 289.3825
2025-02-01 0:00AM 287.8158333333333
2025-03-01 0:00AM 284.5533333333333
2025-04-01 0:00AM 285.9316666666667
2025-05-01 0:00AM 286.91166666666663
2025-06-01 0:00AM 284.9116666666667
2025-07-01 0:00AM 284.8283333333334
2025-08-01 0:00AM 285.99500000000006
2025-09-01 0:00AM 284.2441666666667
2025-10-01 0:00AM 286.29583333333335
2025-11-01 0:00AM 287.6566666666667
2025-12-01 0:00AM 288.20416666666665
2026-01-01 0:00AM 288.7208333333333
2026-02-01 0:00AM 292.1708333333333
2026-03-01 0:00AM 293.28333333333325
2026-04-01 0:00AM 292.5225
2026-05-01 0:00AM 294.3583333333333
2026-06-01 0:00AM 296.7991666666666
2026-07-01 0:00AM 297.695
2026-08-01 0:00AM 298.6116666666666
2026-09-01 0:00AM 301.96166666666664

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date Average
2024-09-01 0:00AM -13.880000000000052
2024-10-01 0:00AM -7.785000000000082
2024-11-01 0:00AM -6.637499999999932
2024-12-01 0:00AM -2.058333333333337
2025-01-01 0:00AM -4.3916666666666515
2025-02-01 0:00AM -3.4583333333333712
2025-03-01 0:00AM -6.72083333333336
2025-04-01 0:00AM -8.266666666666652
2025-05-01 0:00AM -4.41250000000008
2025-06-01 0:00AM -3.4125000000000227
2025-07-01 0:00AM -4.529999999999973
2025-08-01 0:00AM -4.11416666666662
2025-09-01 0:00AM -3.6574999999999704
2025-10-01 0:00AM -4.700833333333264
2025-11-01 0:00AM -1.2333333333333485
2025-12-01 0:00AM -2.3450000000000273
2026-01-01 0:00AM -0.6616666666666902
2026-02-01 0:00AM 4.355000000000018
2026-03-01 0:00AM 8.729999999999961
2026-04-01 0:00AM 6.590833333333308
2026-05-01 0:00AM 7.446666666666658
2026-06-01 0:00AM 11.887499999999932
2026-07-01 0:00AM 12.866666666666617
2026-08-01 0:00AM 12.61666666666656
2026-09-01 0:00AM 17.717499999999973

12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Rate
2023-09-01 0:00AM 0.8095166666666668
2023-10-01 0:00AM 0.8068666666666666
2023-11-01 0:00AM 0.8059916666666668
2023-12-01 0:00AM 0.8040249999999999
2024-01-01 0:00AM 0.8036833333333333
2024-02-01 0:00AM 0.80075
2024-03-01 0:00AM 0.8012916666666666
2024-04-01 0:00AM 0.8000249999999999
2024-05-01 0:00AM 0.8018083333333333
2024-06-01 0:00AM 0.8037249999999999
2024-07-01 0:00AM 0.80025
2024-08-01 0:00AM 0.8007750000000001
2024-09-01 0:00AM 0.7983250000000001
2024-10-01 0:00AM 0.8044666666666668
2024-11-01 0:00AM 0.8007583333333335
2024-12-01 0:00AM 0.8038333333333333
2025-01-01 0:00AM 0.8016666666666666
2025-02-01 0:00AM 0.8001916666666666
2025-03-01 0:00AM 0.799725
2025-04-01 0:00AM 0.7991
2025-05-01 0:00AM 0.796925
2025-06-01 0:00AM 0.7960916666666668
2025-07-01 0:00AM 0.79745
2025-08-01 0:00AM 0.7989999999999999
2025-09-01 0:00AM 0.7995
2025-10-01 0:00AM 0.7975500000000001
2025-11-01 0:00AM 0.8000166666666667
2025-12-01 0:00AM 0.7965749999999999
2026-01-01 0:00AM 0.7958833333333334
2026-02-01 0:00AM 0.7996666666666666
2026-03-01 0:00AM 0.80015
2026-04-01 0:00AM 0.799975
2026-05-01 0:00AM 0.8030083333333332
2026-06-01 0:00AM 0.8040166666666666
2026-07-01 0:00AM 0.8027416666666665
2026-08-01 0:00AM 0.8016166666666668
2026-09-01 0:00AM 0.8000250000000001
12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Price
2023-09-01 0:00AM 301.7816666666667
2023-10-01 0:00AM 298.7816666666667
2023-11-01 0:00AM 295.5275
2023-12-01 0:00AM 292.6075
2024-01-01 0:00AM 293.77416666666664
2024-02-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-03-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-04-01 0:00AM 294.1983333333333
2024-05-01 0:00AM 291.3241666666667
2024-06-01 0:00AM 288.3241666666667
2024-07-01 0:00AM 289.35833333333335
2024-08-01 0:00AM 290.1091666666667
2024-09-01 0:00AM 287.90166666666664
2024-10-01 0:00AM 290.9966666666666
2024-11-01 0:00AM 288.89000000000004
2024-12-01 0:00AM 290.5491666666667
2025-01-01 0:00AM 289.3825
2025-02-01 0:00AM 287.8158333333333
2025-03-01 0:00AM 284.5533333333333
2025-04-01 0:00AM 285.9316666666667
2025-05-01 0:00AM 286.91166666666663
2025-06-01 0:00AM 284.9116666666667
2025-07-01 0:00AM 284.8283333333334
2025-08-01 0:00AM 285.99500000000006
2025-09-01 0:00AM 284.2441666666667
2025-10-01 0:00AM 286.29583333333335
2025-11-01 0:00AM 287.6566666666667
2025-12-01 0:00AM 288.20416666666665
2026-01-01 0:00AM 288.7208333333333
2026-02-01 0:00AM 292.1708333333333
2026-03-01 0:00AM 293.28333333333325
2026-04-01 0:00AM 292.5225
2026-05-01 0:00AM 294.3583333333333
2026-06-01 0:00AM 296.7991666666666
2026-07-01 0:00AM 297.695
2026-08-01 0:00AM 298.6116666666666
2026-09-01 0:00AM 301.96166666666664

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date Average
2024-09-01 0:00AM -13.880000000000052
2024-10-01 0:00AM -7.785000000000082
2024-11-01 0:00AM -6.637499999999932
2024-12-01 0:00AM -2.058333333333337
2025-01-01 0:00AM -4.3916666666666515
2025-02-01 0:00AM -3.4583333333333712
2025-03-01 0:00AM -6.72083333333336
2025-04-01 0:00AM -8.266666666666652
2025-05-01 0:00AM -4.41250000000008
2025-06-01 0:00AM -3.4125000000000227
2025-07-01 0:00AM -4.529999999999973
2025-08-01 0:00AM -4.11416666666662
2025-09-01 0:00AM -3.6574999999999704
2025-10-01 0:00AM -4.700833333333264
2025-11-01 0:00AM -1.2333333333333485
2025-12-01 0:00AM -2.3450000000000273
2026-01-01 0:00AM -0.6616666666666902
2026-02-01 0:00AM 4.355000000000018
2026-03-01 0:00AM 8.729999999999961
2026-04-01 0:00AM 6.590833333333308
2026-05-01 0:00AM 7.446666666666658
2026-06-01 0:00AM 11.887499999999932
2026-07-01 0:00AM 12.866666666666617
2026-08-01 0:00AM 12.61666666666656
2026-09-01 0:00AM 17.717499999999973

12 Month Moving Average of Sell Through Rate
Date Rate
2023-09-01 0:00AM 0.8095166666666668
2023-10-01 0:00AM 0.8068666666666666
2023-11-01 0:00AM 0.8059916666666668
2023-12-01 0:00AM 0.8040249999999999
2024-01-01 0:00AM 0.8036833333333333
2024-02-01 0:00AM 0.80075
2024-03-01 0:00AM 0.8012916666666666
2024-04-01 0:00AM 0.8000249999999999
2024-05-01 0:00AM 0.8018083333333333
2024-06-01 0:00AM 0.8037249999999999
2024-07-01 0:00AM 0.80025
2024-08-01 0:00AM 0.8007750000000001
2024-09-01 0:00AM 0.7983250000000001
2024-10-01 0:00AM 0.8044666666666668
2024-11-01 0:00AM 0.8007583333333335
2024-12-01 0:00AM 0.8038333333333333
2025-01-01 0:00AM 0.8016666666666666
2025-02-01 0:00AM 0.8001916666666666
2025-03-01 0:00AM 0.799725
2025-04-01 0:00AM 0.7991
2025-05-01 0:00AM 0.796925
2025-06-01 0:00AM 0.7960916666666668
2025-07-01 0:00AM 0.79745
2025-08-01 0:00AM 0.7989999999999999
2025-09-01 0:00AM 0.7995
2025-10-01 0:00AM 0.7975500000000001
2025-11-01 0:00AM 0.8000166666666667
2025-12-01 0:00AM 0.7965749999999999
2026-01-01 0:00AM 0.7958833333333334
2026-02-01 0:00AM 0.7996666666666666
2026-03-01 0:00AM 0.80015
2026-04-01 0:00AM 0.799975
2026-05-01 0:00AM 0.8030083333333332
2026-06-01 0:00AM 0.8040166666666666
2026-07-01 0:00AM 0.8027416666666665
2026-08-01 0:00AM 0.8016166666666668
2026-09-01 0:00AM 0.8000250000000001


  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: L. Feininger, Collection of autograph letters to Alois J. Schardt, 1920-1955. Est: € 150,000-250,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Flemish book of hours, Ghent-Bruges School around 1480-1500. Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: F. de Wit, Atlas maior, around 1700. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: A. Stieglitz, Camera Work, 48 volumes, 1903-1914. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Merian & M. Zeiller, Sämtliche Topographien, 21 volumes, 1642-1736. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: R. Indiana and R. Creely, Numbers, 1968. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Salerno Breviarium, Latin manuscript on vellum, North Italy around 1470-1476. Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. S. Merian, Surinaamsche (&) europische Insecten, 1730. Est: € 30,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Beckmann, Jahrmarkt, Portfolio of 10 signed etchings, 1922. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Justinianus, Infortiatum, 1475. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: B. Besler, Hortus Eystettensis, around 1750. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: J. Gris and P. Reverdy, Au soleil du plafond, 1955. Est: € 3,000
  • Heritage, Dec. 9: Philip K. Dick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? First edition, author Brian Aldiss’ copy.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Robert A. Heinlein. Assignment in Eternity. First edition, inscribed by Heinlein to author “Doc” Smith.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Frank Herbert. Dune. First edition, inscribed by Herbert to his literary agent.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. First edition, first impression, in an unrestored dust jacket.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare, perhaps unique variant, English sheets bound in an American Osgood binding.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Isaac Asimov. The Naked Sun. First edition, inscribed by Asimov to Alex Berman, founder of Phantasia Press.
  • Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: The ‘Saxe-Meiningen Psalter’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France or adjacent southern Netherlands, second half of the thirteenth century]. £30,000 - £50,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Crescenzi (Bartolomeo). Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, with rare engraved folding map, Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfadino, 1607. £15,000 - £20,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, Printed for the Translator... by Robert Wilks, 1807-12. £6,000-8,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Turing (Alan).- Alan Turing's Slide Rule, engraved initials "A.M.T. Noli Hoc Furari", alongside other ephemera, housed in early 20th-century letter box, [mid.1920s-40s]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri dell'Architettura, translated by Daniele Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556. £7,000-10,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, hardback issue, first printing, Bloomsbury, 1997. £50,000-70,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, later impressions, each vol. signed by the author, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1957-58. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, [1862]-73; plus a presentation copy of Gould's Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain (6). £35,000-45,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Galilei (Galileo). Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle Macchie Solari e loro accidenti, comprese in tre lettere scritte all’illustrissimo signor Marco Velseri Linceo, first edition, Rome, 1613. £15,000-20,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Gersdorff (Hans von). Feldtbuch der Wund-Arzney, enlarged edition, Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1540. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Kitchin (Thomas). A New Universal Atlas, first edition with maps in full original hand-colouring, Printed and Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1796. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Cassas (Louis François). Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse Egypte, 2 vol., first edition, [Paris], 1799. £10,000-15,000
  • ALDE, Nov. 25: BERTIUS (PETRUS). Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri septem. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1618. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Nov. 25: BLAEU (WILHEM ET JOHAN). Toonneel des aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas. Tweede deel. [Amsterdam, Blaeu, vers 1650]. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Nov. 25: VAN NOORT (OLIVIER). Description du pénible voyage faict entour de l'Univers ou globe terrestre. Amsterdam, Cornelis de Claesz, 1602. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Nov. 25: STUART (JAMES) ET NICHOLAS REVETT. The Antiquities of Athens. Londres, John Haberkorn [puis John Nichols, et J. Taylor], 1762-1816. 4 vol. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Nov. 25: Description de l’Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. Paris, 1820-1830. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Nov. 25: [MANUSCRIT ALCHIMIQUE]. AL-JALDAKI (‘IZZ AL-DĪN ‘ALĪ IBN MUḤAMMAD AYDAMIR). Kitab al-Misbah fi ‘Ilm al-Miftah [Le Livre de la Lampe sur les secrets de la Science des Clés]. 1717. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Nov. 25: NICOLAY (NICOLAS DE). Le Navigationi et viaggi, fatti nella Turchia. Venise, Francesco Ziletti, 1580. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Nov. 25: [PÉROU]. Colleción de yaravíes peruanos [Collection de yaravís péruviens]. Manuscrit daté de Lima le 8 février 1854. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Nov. 25: BROWN (PETER). New illustrations of zoology... Londres, Benjamin White, 1776. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Nov. 25: BULLIARD (PIERRE). Herbier de la France, ou collection complète des plantes indigènes de ce royaume. Paris, A. J. Dugour & Durand, 1780-[1793]. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Nov. 25: [DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE (ANTOINE-JOSEPH)]. L'Histoire naturelle éclaircie dans une de ses parties principales, la Conchyliologie… Paris, De Bure l'aîné, 1757. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Nov. 25: RIEDEL (GOTTLIEB FRIEDRICH). [Tabulæ regni animalis].: Augsbourg, Negot. Academia Cæs. Franc. s.d. [1780]. €2,000 to €3,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026