Trends In Book Auction Prices

12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Price
2023-04-01 0:00AM 308.6408333333333
2023-05-01 0:00AM 306.55333333333334
2023-06-01 0:00AM 307.97249999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM 306.2291666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM 303.395
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 293.5824999999999
2026-04-01 0:00AM 292.82166666666666

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date Average
2024-04-01 0:00AM -14.442499999999995
2024-05-01 0:00AM -15.229166666666629
2024-06-01 0:00AM -19.648333333333255
2024-07-01 0:00AM -16.870833333333337
2024-08-01 0:00AM -13.2858333333333
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 9.02916666666664
2026-04-01 0:00AM 6.889999999999986

12 Month Moving Average of Sell Through Rate
Date Rate
2023-04-01 0:00AM 0.8119166666666667
2023-05-01 0:00AM 0.8140416666666668
2023-06-01 0:00AM 0.8104333333333334
2023-07-01 0:00AM 0.8107000000000001
2023-08-01 0:00AM 0.8086333333333334
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 0.7997000000000001
2026-04-01 0:00AM 0.799525
12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Price
2023-04-01 0:00AM 308.6408333333333
2023-05-01 0:00AM 306.55333333333334
2023-06-01 0:00AM 307.97249999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM 306.2291666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM 303.395
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 293.5824999999999
2026-04-01 0:00AM 292.82166666666666

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date Average
2024-04-01 0:00AM -14.442499999999995
2024-05-01 0:00AM -15.229166666666629
2024-06-01 0:00AM -19.648333333333255
2024-07-01 0:00AM -16.870833333333337
2024-08-01 0:00AM -13.2858333333333
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 9.02916666666664
2026-04-01 0:00AM 6.889999999999986

12 Month Moving Average of Sell Through Rate
Date Rate
2023-04-01 0:00AM 0.8119166666666667
2023-05-01 0:00AM 0.8140416666666668
2023-06-01 0:00AM 0.8104333333333334
2023-07-01 0:00AM 0.8107000000000001
2023-08-01 0:00AM 0.8086333333333334
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 0.7997000000000001
2026-04-01 0:00AM 0.799525
12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Price
2023-04-01 0:00AM 308.6408333333333
2023-05-01 0:00AM 306.55333333333334
2023-06-01 0:00AM 307.97249999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM 306.2291666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM 303.395
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 293.5824999999999
2026-04-01 0:00AM 292.82166666666666

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date Average
2024-04-01 0:00AM -14.442499999999995
2024-05-01 0:00AM -15.229166666666629
2024-06-01 0:00AM -19.648333333333255
2024-07-01 0:00AM -16.870833333333337
2024-08-01 0:00AM -13.2858333333333
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 9.02916666666664
2026-04-01 0:00AM 6.889999999999986

12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Rate
2023-04-01 0:00AM 0.8119166666666667
2023-05-01 0:00AM 0.8140416666666668
2023-06-01 0:00AM 0.8104333333333334
2023-07-01 0:00AM 0.8107000000000001
2023-08-01 0:00AM 0.8086333333333334
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 0.7997000000000001
2026-04-01 0:00AM 0.799525
12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Price
2023-04-01 0:00AM 308.6408333333333
2023-05-01 0:00AM 306.55333333333334
2023-06-01 0:00AM 307.97249999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM 306.2291666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM 303.395
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 293.5824999999999
2026-04-01 0:00AM 292.82166666666666

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date Average
2024-04-01 0:00AM -14.442499999999995
2024-05-01 0:00AM -15.229166666666629
2024-06-01 0:00AM -19.648333333333255
2024-07-01 0:00AM -16.870833333333337
2024-08-01 0:00AM -13.2858333333333
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 9.02916666666664
2026-04-01 0:00AM 6.889999999999986

12 Month Moving Average of Sell Through Rate
Date Rate
2023-04-01 0:00AM 0.8119166666666667
2023-05-01 0:00AM 0.8140416666666668
2023-06-01 0:00AM 0.8104333333333334
2023-07-01 0:00AM 0.8107000000000001
2023-08-01 0:00AM 0.8086333333333334
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 0.7997000000000001
2026-04-01 0:00AM 0.799525


  • Sotheby’s
    Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
    Live Sale 24 June
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.
  • Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] 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: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000