Sources in the Rare Book Transaction History

The following is a list of auction records, bibliographies, and certain historically important bookseller catalogues in the Rare Book Transaction History database, followed by the number of records in each source.
Click the source name for a description of that particular resource.

# Source Name Total Records
1 25 Blythe Road 282
2 A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals 1459
3 Adams Amsterdam Auctions 5600
4 Adams Amsterdam Book and Print Auctions 1178
5 Addison and Sarova 14961
6 Ader 82467
7 Aguttes 23732
8 Ahlers & Ogletree 1460
9 Alain and Evelyne Morel de Westgaver 18221
10 Alaska Auction 5473
11 ALDE 84126
12 Alderfer Auction Company 1218
13 Alex Cooper 6
14 Alexander Autographs 10515
15 Alexander Historical Auctions 47287
16 AltaCal OL 250
17 Amadeus-Auktionshaus GmbH 212
18 American Art Association 100564
19 American Bibles 1480
20 American Book Auction Catalogues 57511
21 Americana Beginnings 679
22 Anderson Galleries 731702
23 Anderson Galleries 1604 0
24 Anderson Galleries 1642 0
25 Anderson Galleries 1685 0
26 Anderson Galleries 1686 0
27 Anderson Galleries 70 Nuggets 0
28 Angling Auctions 245
29 Antikvariat Bryggen AS 5229
30 Antiquarian Auctions 11643
31 AntiquarianAuctions.com 41272
32 Antiquariat Peter Kiefer 4571
33 Antiques Estate Auctioneers Appraisers 980
34 Arader Galleries 11429
35 Archives International Auctions 15643
36 Arenberg Auctions 31138
37 Art + Object 338
38 Artcurial 58011
39 Artoria S.A. 368
40 Ashcroft and Moore 440
41 Asher 367
42 Aspire Art Auctions 1144
43 Aspire Auctions 3928
44 Aste Bolaffi 20781
45 Auction Explorer Books 17337
46 Auctionata 11343
47 Audap and Mirabaud 5875
48 Australian Book Auctions 29717
49 Autographes Encheres 1198
50 Auxerre Encheres Estimations 4639
51 Bakker Boccelli Fine Art 1
52 Baltimore Book Auction 8796
53 Bangs 709230
54 Bauer 0
55 Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood 14628
56 Beaussant Lefevre 5790
57 Bent White Mountains 823
58 Bernard Quaritch 25960
59 Bertolami Fine Art 4398
60 Bibliopathos 568
61 Bibliotheca Munselliana 2331
62 Blacksparrow 990
63 Blackwell Auctions 1120
64 Blanchard's Auction Service 2
65 Bloomsbury Auctions 172638
66 Bloomsbury Book Auctions 100235
67 Bogota Auction 4336
68 Boisgirard Provence Cote DAzur 346
69 Bolaffi SPA 758
70 Bonhams 200512
71 Books by the Falls 667
72 Boon 3137
73 Booth & Williams 352
74 Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians & Associates, LLC 29
75 Bradford 6213
76 Braislin 0
77 Brinley 1
78 Britannic Auctions 622
79 Britwell Court 1916 493
80 Bruneau & Co. 9475
81 Brunk Auctions 5274
82 Bruun Rasmussen 63177
83 Bubb Kuyper 226063
84 Bukowskis 697
85 Burgersdijk and Niermans 53858
86 Butterfield 1319
87 Canada Book Auctions Limited 3236
88 Carlsen Gallery 837
89 Casco Bay Auctions 64
90 Case Antiques, Inc. 2729
91 Castner Auction 29
92 Catawiki B. V. 90738
93 CD David 128
94 CDowning Auctions 293
95 CF Libbie 233699
96 Charles Hamilton 29959
97 Charles Heartman 3033
98 Charles Wood 33965
99 Charlton Hall 1742
100 Check List American Railroads 2707
101 Chinese Question 498
102 Chiswick Auctions 30614
103 Chorley's 2883
104 Christian Hesse Auktionen 15509
105 Christies 299992
106 Church 1433
107 Clars Auction Gallery 22159
108 Claude Aguttes 233
109 CNY Book Auctions 219
110 Cohasco 263
111 Collection MC 0
112 Comic Connect 100
113 Connecticut Book Auctions 175
114 Copley Fine Art Auctions 1783
115 Cornette de Saint Cyr 2351
116 Cotswold Auction Company 2585
117 Cottone 115
118 Coutau Begarie 4984
119 Couton Veyrac Jamault 28
120 Cowans Auctions 36503
121 Cowans Historic Americana Auctions 1902
122 Dallas Auction Gallery 123
123 Damien Voglaire 7851
124 Dargate Auction Galleries 420
125 Dawson Book Shop 1189
126 De Baecque and Associes 27259
127 Decker 11230
128 Delvaux 348
129 Desa Unicum 311
130 Dirk Soulis Auctions 11772
131 Dominic Winter Book Auctions 175541
132 Donald Heald Auctions 410
133 Dora Hood 85126
134 Dorotheum 55186
135 Dorothy Sloan Rare Books 6344
136 Doyle New York 36388
137 Dreweatts 797
138 Drouot Estimations 96
139 DSloan 4295
140 Du Mouchelles 3027
141 Duke's 784
142 Dunbar Sloane 2331
143 Dupont 0
144 Dush 863
145 Early American 10444
146 Eaton Hudson 302
147 Eberstadt 21456
148 Edward Lefkowicz 1402
149 EinZwei 200
150 Eldreds 17423
151 ERA Encheres 1798
152 EV Stamps 6304
153 EV Thompson 614
154 Evans 32214
155 Everard Auctions 904
156 Fairhill Auction 6481
157 Ferraton 43591
158 Field 1703
159 Field Auction 4879
160 Finarte 25995
161 Fleischer's Auctions 1393
162 Florence Number Nine 49
163 Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers 24289
164 Forum Auctions 85421
165 Forum Auctions in Italy 4173
166 Francis Edwards 166736
167 Francis Harper 73
168 FRAYSSE & Associés 1
169 Freeman's | Hindman 451
170 Freemans 29808
171 Freemans Historic USS Constitution Colors 13
172 Galerias Louis Morton 6161
173 Galerie Bassenge 159201
174 Galerie Koller Auctions 9901
175 Gallery EinsZwei 250
176 Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers 2828
177 Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers, Inc. 3
178 Gateway Gallery Auction 1268
179 Genazym 2217
180 George Littlefield 16134
181 Gibson Auction Inc. 404
182 Giquello 1875
183 Goelet 895
184 Goldberg Coins and Collectibles 8558
185 Goldschmidt 49633
186 Gonnelli Casa DAste 31002
187 Goodspeed 233888
188 Gorringes 3164
189 Gowans 309
190 Grant Zahajko Auctions 4110
191 Grays Auctioneers 6785
192 Grogan and Company 924
193 Gros & Delettrez 199
194 Guernseys 8160
195 Guillaumot Richard 402
196 Gulf Coast Book Auctions 394
197 H. A. Cobb 182
198 Hake's Auctions 22886
199 Hansons 1436
200 Harmsworth 5068
201 Hartung and Hartung 31862
202 Hauff and Auvermann 39415
203 Hauswedell and Nolte 24873
204 HBradley Martin 0
205 Henkels 369754
206 Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions 17747
207 Heritage Auction Galleries 24901
208 Heritage Auctions 1904462
209 Heritage Map Museum 109
210 Hessney Auction Company 2
211 Hindman Auctions 42
212 HNestler 3022
213 Hodgson & Co. 35745
214 Holabird Associates 1527
215 Holabird Western Americana Collections 107447
216 Holliday 0
217 Hôtel des Ventes Mosan 33
218 Howell 8059
219 Howes US IANA 11600
220 HRS Alabama 1807 to 1840 345
221 HRS Arizona 1860 to 1890 161
222 HRS California 489
223 HRS Chicago Ante Fire 1877
224 HRS Idaho 1839 to 1890 180
225 HRS Iowa 1837 to 1860 195
226 HRS Kansas 1854 to 1876 2034
227 HRS Kentucky 1787 to 1810 812
228 HRS Kentucky Imprints 591
229 HRS Minnesota 1849 to 1865 656
230 HRS Missouri 1808 to 1850 705
231 HRS Nebraska 1847 to 1876 503
232 HRS Nevada 1859 to 1890 522
233 HRS Nevada 1859 to 1890 Add 9
234 HRS New Mexico 1784 to 1876 300
235 HRS Ohio 1796 to 1820 591
236 HRS Tennessee 1793 to 1840 469
237 HRS TN Nashville 481
238 HRS TN Nashville AppA 4
239 HRS TN Nashville AppB 20
240 HRS TN Nashville AppC 10
241 HRS TN Pamphlets and Broadsides 797
242 HRS Utica NY 1799 to 1830 572
243 HRS West Virginia 1791 to 1830 106
244 HRS Wisconsin 569
245 HRS Wisconsin 1850 to 1854 549
246 HRS Wisconsin 1855 to 1858 724
247 HRS Wisconsin 1859 to 1863 712
248 HRS Wisconsin 1864 to 1869 931
249 HRS Wyoming 1866 to 1890 168
250 Huntington1269 0
251 Huntington1309 0
252 Huntington1406 0
253 Huntington1698 0
254 HV Jones Sale 0
255 HVJones 304
256 HVJones Check List 1746
257 Il Ponte 18607
258 International Autograph Auctions Europe SL 22144
259 JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung 9310
260 Jacksons Auction 1355
261 James D Cyr Auctioneer 1311
262 James D Julia Auctioneers 3240
263 JandS 13489
264 Jasper52 2609
265 Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates 3381
266 JellyFishTree 2992
267 Jenkins 628
268 Jeschke Greve and Hauff 823
269 Jeschke Hauff und Auvermann 13821
270 Jeschke Jadi Auctions Berlin GmbH 8391
271 Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH 18659
272 Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH 28725
273 JMW Auction Gallery 2617
274 John Bellman Auctioneers 1489
275 John Howell Books Americana 718
276 John McInnis Auctioneers 10327
277 Johns Western Gallery 2826
278 Johnson 1415
279 Kapandji Morhange 13221
280 KC Auction Company 279
281 Kedem Auctions Ltd. 32528
282 Kenneth Karmiole 12221
283 Kenneth Nebenzahl 5907
284 Keno Auctions 15
285 Kestenbaum and Company 11003
286 Ketterer Kunst 222
287 Ketterer Kunst Doerling 44981
288 Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers 96827
289 Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen 391538
290 KLeach 5502
291 Knotty Pine Auction Service 8648
292 Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers 15354
293 Koller Auctions 20063
294 Kraus 569
295 L'Autographe Auctions 2977
296 Laird Park 0
297 Lang's Auction, Inc. 630
298 Lathrop Harper 14598
299 Laurence Witten Rare Books 1645
300 Lawrences Auctioneers 1917
301 Lay's Auctioneers 3757
302 Le Libraire Alain Ferraton 29331
303 Leavitt & Co. 49644
304 Leavitt, Strebeigh 24353
305 Leekley 373
306 Leland Little Auctions 7173
307 Leonard and Company 9669
308 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers 43819
309 LF Robinson 1304 0
310 Librairie des Elephants 163
311 Librairie Loeb Larocque 1459
312 Light Horse Auctions 169
313 Lion Heart Autographs 1718
314 Litchfield County Auctions 1853
315 Littell 0
316 Longs 11280
317 Loon Estates 431
318 Los Angeles Estate Auction 8888
319 Ludewig 1220
320 Lyon and Turnbull 27421
321 MacManus 65020
322 Macon Brothers Auctioneers 199
323 Madigan 213
324 Maggs 259836
325 Maggs VI 542
326 Mallams 277
327 Map World 422
328 Marathon Auction Services 104
329 Marc van de Wiele Auctions 33719
330 Marshall 0
331 Mayfair Book Auctions 70
332 McLemore Auction Company 63
333 Mealys Auctioneers 13093
334 Mennonite Life 2792
335 Merwin Clayton Sales Company 279031
336 Merwin Sales Company NY 5492
337 Michaans Auctions 5862
338 Michael Brown 781
339 Michael Treloar 3368
340 Mid Hudson Auction Galleries 4473
341 Midland 64251
342 Minerva Auctions Roma 15228
343 Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers 21384
344 Montreal Book Auctions 32959
345 Moreshet Auctions 9854
346 Morphy Auctions 19224
347 Morton Casa de Subastas 14491
348 Morton Subastas 46244
349 Mossgreen 948
350 MS Rare Books 34295
351 Murphy 0
352 Nadeau's Auction Gallery 1807
353 NAMagazines 255
354 Nate D. Sanders Auctions 6821
355 National Art Galleries 1932 157
356 National Book Auctions 66576
357 Neal Auction Company 6810
358 New England Auctions 11794
359 New England Book Auctions 24300
360 Norris 4311
361 North American Auction Company 6937
362 Northeast Auctions 1898
363 Northrow Gallery Auctions Ltd. 57
364 Nosbüsch & Stucke 39705
365 Nye & Company Auctioneers 6326
366 OGER et CAMPER 720
367 OGER et DUMONT 100
368 OGER et SEMONT 531
369 Old World Auctions 77921
370 Olympia Auctions 267
371 One Of A Kind Collectibles 2911
372 One Of Kind Collectibles 2278
373 One Source Auctions 9256
374 OSENAT 10609
375 OShaughnessy 26643
376 Otto Lange 23114
377 Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC 934
378 Paige Auction 1122
379 Pandolfini 3459
380 Parke Bernet 250148
381 Paulo Adams Auction Service 118
382 PBA Galleries 229382
383 PC Petersburg 1786 to 1876 637
384 Pennypacker943 6707
385 Penrose 0
386 Peter Arnold 4620
387 Philobiblon Auctions 2551
388 PIASA 43038
389 Picard Audap Solanet Velliet Teissedre 424
390 Pierre Berge and Associes 14801
391 Pilling 5532
392 Plaza Art Auction Galleries 129
393 Poster Auctions International, Inc. 4680
394 PosterConnection Inc. 10951
395 Pot of Gold Estate Liquidations DBA AZFirearms.com 729
396 Potomack Company 4218
397 Potter and Potter Auctions 57028
398 Poulin Antiques Auctions 1077
399 Profiles in History 29592
400 Propstore 6086
401 Purcell Auctioneers 38488
402 Quagga Rare Books and Art 437
403 Quinn's Auction Galleries 2009
404 Rachel Davis Fine Arts 19543
405 Rago Arts and Auctions 18398
406 Ralph Kristiansen 966
407 Randall and Windle 4447
408 Reiss and Sohn 59367
409 Remy Le Fur and Associes 197
410 RENAUD GIQUELLO ASSOCIES 374
411 Revere Auctions 3996
412 Rice 0
413 Richard Opfer Auctioneering, Inc. 254
414 Ripley Auctions 4920
415 RJM Autographs and Antiques 630
416 RM Smythe 923
417 Robert Brown 163
418 Robert Hayman 9117
419 Robert Siegel Galleries 26844
420 Robinson 9390
421 Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions 48643
422 Rosenbach 8252
423 Rossini 36277
424 Royka Auctioneers Appraisers 176
425 RR Auction 178370
426 Rulon-Miller Books 409
427 RW Olivers 550
428 Sabin 106729
429 Sabin Handy Bib 995
430 Saffronart 293
431 Santa Fe Art Auction 2786
432 Sarasota Estate Auction 2606
433 Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting 663
434 Sawyer 34396
435 Schilb Antiquarian 6689
436 Scott & O'Shaughnessy 4087
437 Scribner 14048
438 Second Story Books 1104
439 Setdart 706
440 Shapiro Auctioneers 35
441 Shapiro Auctions 184
442 Sheppards Irish Auction House 1153
443 Siebert 1084
444 SJ Winslow Associates 5949
445 Skinner 26418
446 Sloane Street Auctions 683
447 Soler Y Llach 20377
448 Soliday 5224
449 Sotheby Parke Bernet 107473
450 Sothebys 1214629
451 Southern 9651
452 Spink Shreves Galleries 2643
453 Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers 7751
454 Stephan Welz & Co. 3099
455 Stephenson's Auctioneers & Appraisers 1832
456 Stockholms Auktionsverk 6609
457 Streeter 0
458 Sunstone Auction House 403
459 Swaen Map Auction 10376
460 Swann Galleries 590882
461 Sworders 2262
462 Sydney Rare Book Auctions 33542
463 Tabula Auctions Ltd 0
464 Tajan 20514
465 Tennants Auctioneers 3274
466 Terry Part I 0
467 Terry Part II 0
468 Terry Part III 0
469 Tessier & Sarrou and Associates 48297
470 The Antiquarian Book 57
471 The Book Merchant Jenkins 2065
472 The Ohio Company 149
473 The Ross Art Group Inc 4092
474 The Written Word Autographs 7015
475 Thomas Scheler 116
476 Thomaston Place Auction Galleries 4874
477 Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers 14346
478 Three Rivers Auction Company 437
479 TN Luther Books 35327
480 Tooveys 28831
481 Toronto Book Auctions 364
482 Trafford Books 11416
483 Treadway Toomey Auctions 699
484 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books 67302
485 Trotting Hill Park Books 267
486 Turner Auctions & Appraisals 13
487 University Archives 21225
488 UP James 6491
489 Valley Auctions 453
490 Venator and Hanstein 38584
491 Vermot de Pas 70053
492 Vinson 112
493 Vogt Auction 1442
494 Waddingtons 877
495 Walpole Galleries 53757
496 Watkins Americana 184
497 Waverly Auctions 130580
498 Webbs 546
499 Weiss Auctions 0
500 William Allen 13871
501 William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals 8535
502 William Parkinson 4284
503 William Salloch 11786
504 William Schab 4827
505 Winner's Auctions Ltd 15718
506 Winners Auctions and Exhibitions 0
507 Winter Associates 3768
508 Withington Auctions, Inc. 173
509 Witten 109
510 Woolley and Wallis 1128
511 Wright Howes 12365
512 Yeshiva Ahavas Torah Baranovich 355
513 Zamorano Eighty 80
514 Zisska and Kistner 22702
515 Zisska and Lacher 38612
516 Zisska and Schauer 28797
517 Zwiggelaar Auctions 25040
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    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
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    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
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  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.