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 1834
3 Adams Amsterdam Auctions 6296
4 Adams Amsterdam Book and Print Auctions 1178
5 Addison and Sarova 16689
6 Ader 93759
7 Ageless Literature 0
8 Aguttes 27667
9 Ahlers & Ogletree 2155
10 Alain and Evelyne Morel de Westgaver 18221
11 Alaska Auction 5473
12 ALDE 89572
13 Alderfer Auction Company 1218
14 Alex Cooper 6
15 Alexander Autographs 10515
16 Alexander Historical Auctions 52109
17 AltaCal OL 250
18 Amadeus-Auktionshaus GmbH 212
19 amelia jeffers 819
20 American Art Association 100564
21 American Bibles 1480
22 American Book Auction 46892
23 American Book Auction Catalogues 10619
24 Americana Beginnings 679
25 Anderson Galleries 731702
26 Anderson Galleries 1604 0
27 Anderson Galleries 1642 0
28 Anderson Galleries 1685 0
29 Anderson Galleries 1686 0
30 Anderson Galleries 70 Nuggets 0
31 Angling Auctions 319
32 Antikvariat Bryggen AS 7093
33 Antiquarian Auctions 11643
34 AntiquarianAuctions.com 44025
35 Antiquariat Peter Kiefer 4571
36 Antiques Estate Auctioneers Appraisers 980
37 Arader Galleries 13572
38 Archives International Auctions 15643
39 Arenberg Auctions 35183
40 Art + Object 1384
41 Artcurial 60826
42 Artoria S.A. 368
43 Ashcroft and Moore 717
44 Asher 367
45 Aspire Art Auctions 1641
46 Aspire Auctions 4558
47 Aste Bolaffi 25137
48 Auction Explorer Books 17337
49 Auctionata 11343
50 Audap and Mirabaud 5875
51 Auktionshaus Dr. Eder 0
52 Auktionshaus Schramm 1206
53 Australian Book Auctions 30002
54 Autographes Encheres 1198
55 Auxerre Encheres Estimations 4639
56 Bakker Boccelli Fine Art 1
57 Baltimore Book Auction 8796
58 Bangs 709230
59 Bauer 0
60 Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood 16072
61 Beaussant Lefevre 6709
62 Bent White Mountains 823
63 Bernard Quaritch 25960
64 Bertolami Fine Art 8261
65 Bibliopathos 568
66 Bibliotheca Munselliana 2331
67 Blacksparrow 990
68 Blackwell Auctions 2134
69 Blanchard's Auction Service 2
70 Bloomsbury Auctions 173930
71 Bloomsbury Book Auctions 100235
72 Bogota Auction 5870
73 Boisgirard Provence Cote DAzur 346
74 Bolaffi SPA 758
75 Bonhams 213317
76 Books by the Falls 667
77 Boon 3137
78 Booth & Williams 352
79 Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians & Associates, LLC 29
80 Bradford 6213
81 Braislin 0
82 Brinley 1
83 Britannic Auctions 927
84 Britwell Court 1916 493
85 Bruneau & Co. 9475
86 Brunk Auctions 6083
87 Bruun Rasmussen 63177
88 Bubb Kuyper 237865
89 Bukowskis 2495
90 Burgersdijk and Niermans 56174
91 Butterfield 1319
92 California Book Auction Galleries 73039
93 Canada Book Auctions Limited 3831
94 Carlsen Gallery 863
95 Casco Bay Auctions 64
96 Case Antiques, Inc. 3247
97 Castner Auction 29
98 Catawiki B. V. 113913
99 CatchAll 222
100 CD David 128
101 CDowning Auctions 293
102 CF Libbie 233699
103 Charles Hamilton 29959
104 Charles Heartman 3033
105 Charles Wood 33965
106 Charlton Hall 1783
107 Check List American Railroads 2707
108 Chinese Question 498
109 Chiswick Auctions 38135
110 Chorley's 4592
111 Christian Hesse Auktionen 16824
112 Christies 330670
113 Church 1433
114 Clars Auction Gallery 24575
115 Claude Aguttes 233
116 CNY Book Auctions 219
117 Cohasco 6387
118 Collection MC 0
119 Comic Connect 100
120 Common Crow Books 306
121 Connecticut Book Auctions 175
122 Copley Fine Art Auctions 1994
123 Cornette de Saint Cyr 2351
124 Cotswold Auction Company 3387
125 Cottone 115
126 Coutau Begarie 4984
127 Couton Veyrac Jamault 28
128 Cowans Auctions 36503
129 Cowans Historic Americana Auctions 1902
130 Crafoord Auktioner 449
131 Dallas Auction Gallery 123
132 Damien Voglaire 11341
133 Dargate Auction Galleries 420
134 Dawson Book Shop 1189
135 De Baecque and Associes 30267
136 Decker 11230
137 Delvaux 348
138 Desa Unicum 2926
139 Dirk Soulis Auctions 12450
140 Dominic Winter Book Auctions 184166
141 Donald Heald Auctions 410
142 Dora Hood 85126
143 Dorotheum 55186
144 Dorothy Sloan Rare Books 6344
145 Doyle New York 38912
146 Dreweatts 1582
147 Drouot Estimations 96
148 DSloan 4295
149 Du Mouchelles 4247
150 Duke's 3565
151 Dunbar Sloane 6892
152 Dupont 0
153 Dush 863
154 Early American 11241
155 Eaton Hudson 302
156 Eberstadt 20644
157 Edward Lefkowicz 1402
158 EinsZwei 3527
159 Eldreds 18652
160 ERA Encheres 1798
161 EV Stamps 11174
162 EV Thompson 614
163 Evans 32214
164 Everard Auctions 1305
165 Fairhill Auction 10304
166 Ferraton 43591
167 Field 1703
168 Field Auction 4879
169 Finarte 33343
170 Fleischer's Auctions 2786
171 Florence Number Nine 49
172 Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers 26371
173 Forum Auctions 96396
174 Forum Auctions in Italy 4173
175 Francis Edwards 166736
176 Francis Harper 73
177 FRAYSSE & Associés 1
178 Freeman's | Hindman 6615
179 Freemans 29808
180 Freemans Historic USS Constitution Colors 13
181 Galerias Louis Morton 6161
182 Galerie Bassenge 165316
183 Galerie Koller Auctions 9901
184 Gallery EinsZwei 250
185 Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers 2828
186 Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers, Inc. 3
187 Gateway Gallery Auction 1268
188 Genazym 2433
189 George Littlefield 16134
190 Gibson Auction Inc. 404
191 Giquello 4838
192 Goelet 895
193 Goldberg Coins and Collectibles 9783
194 Goldschmidt 49633
195 Gonnelli Casa DAste 34767
196 Goodspeed 233888
197 Gorringes 4541
198 Gowans 309
199 Grant Zahajko Auctions 13910
200 Grays Auctioneers 7383
201 Grogan and Company 1009
202 Gros & Delettrez 2734
203 Guernseys 8160
204 Guillaumot Richard 402
205 Gulf Coast Book Auctions 394
206 H. A. Cobb 182
207 Hake's Auctions 28430
208 Hansons 6187
209 Harmsworth 5068
210 Hartung and Hartung 31862
211 Hauff and Auvermann 39415
212 Hauswedell and Nolte 24873
213 HBradley Martin 0
214 Henkels 369754
215 Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions 17747
216 Heritage Auction Galleries 24901
217 Heritage Auctions 2181537
218 Heritage Map Museum 2418
219 Hessney Auction Company 2
220 Hindman Auctions 42
221 HNestler 3022
222 Hodgson & Co. 35745
223 Holabird Associates 1527
224 Holabird Western Americana Collections 119634
225 Holliday 0
226 Holmes 7343
227 Hôtel des Ventes Mosan 33
228 Howell 8059
229 Howes US IANA 11600
230 HRS Alabama 1807 to 1840 345
231 HRS Arizona 1860 to 1890 161
232 HRS California 489
233 HRS Chicago Ante Fire 1877
234 HRS Idaho 1839 to 1890 180
235 HRS Iowa 1837 to 1860 195
236 HRS Kansas 1854 to 1876 2034
237 HRS Kentucky 1787 to 1810 812
238 HRS Kentucky Imprints 591
239 HRS Minnesota 1849 to 1865 656
240 HRS Missouri 1808 to 1850 705
241 HRS Nebraska 1847 to 1876 503
242 HRS Nevada 1859 to 1890 522
243 HRS Nevada 1859 to 1890 Add 9
244 HRS New Mexico 1784 to 1876 300
245 HRS Ohio 1796 to 1820 591
246 HRS Tennessee 1793 to 1840 469
247 HRS TN Nashville 481
248 HRS TN Nashville AppA 4
249 HRS TN Nashville AppB 20
250 HRS TN Nashville AppC 10
251 HRS TN Pamphlets and Broadsides 797
252 HRS Utica NY 1799 to 1830 572
253 HRS West Virginia 1791 to 1830 106
254 HRS Wisconsin 569
255 HRS Wisconsin 1850 to 1854 549
256 HRS Wisconsin 1855 to 1858 724
257 HRS Wisconsin 1859 to 1863 712
258 HRS Wisconsin 1864 to 1869 931
259 HRS Wyoming 1866 to 1890 168
260 Huntington1269 0
261 Huntington1309 0
262 Huntington1406 0
263 Huntington1698 0
264 HV Jones Sale 0
265 HVJones 304
266 HVJones Check List 1746
267 Il Ponte 21308
268 International Autograph Auctions Europe SL 30537
269 JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung 10054
270 Jacksons Auction 1449
271 James D Cyr Auctioneer 1311
272 James D Julia Auctioneers 3240
273 JandS 13489
274 Jasper52 2609
275 Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates 4889
276 JellyFishTree 2992
277 Jenkins 628
278 Jeschke Greve and Hauff 823
279 Jeschke Hauff und Auvermann 13821
280 Jeschke Jadi Auctions Berlin GmbH 13372
281 Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH 18659
282 Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH 28725
283 JMW Auction Gallery 2617
284 John Bellman Auctioneers 1489
285 John Howell Books Americana 718
286 John McInnis Auctioneers 11362
287 Johns Western Gallery 2826
288 Johnson 1415
289 Kapandji Morhange 13221
290 KC Auction Company 812
291 Kedem Auctions Ltd. 35635
292 Kenneth Karmiole 12221
293 Kenneth Nebenzahl 6000
294 Keno Auctions 15
295 Kestenbaum and Company 12382
296 Ketterer Kunst 222
297 Ketterer Kunst Doerling 45822
298 Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers 103741
299 Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen 411651
300 KLeach 5502
301 Knotty Pine Auction Service 8648
302 Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers 19454
303 Koller Auctions 21454
304 Kraus 569
305 L'Autographe Auctions 3830
306 Laird Park 0
307 Lang's Auction, Inc. 763
308 Lathrop Harper 14598
309 Laurence Witten Rare Books 1645
310 Lawrences Auctioneers 1917
311 Lay's Auctioneers 7447
312 Le Libraire Alain Ferraton 29331
313 Leavitt & Co. 49644
314 Leavitt, Strebeigh 24353
315 Leekley 373
316 Leland Little Auctions 8830
317 Leonard and Company 9669
318 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers 43840
319 LF Robinson 1304 0
320 Librairie des Elephants 163
321 Librairie Loeb Larocque 1459
322 Light Horse Auctions 169
323 Lion Heart Autographs 1959
324 Litchfield County Auctions 2346
325 Littell 0
326 Longs 11280
327 Loon Estates 431
328 Los Angeles Estate Auction 16481
329 Ludewig 1220
330 Lyman & Rawdon 3174
331 Lyon and Turnbull 29545
332 MacManus 65020
333 Macon Brothers Auctioneers 199
334 Madigan 213
335 Maggs 259836
336 Maggs VI 542
337 Mallams 277
338 Map World 422
339 Marathon Auction Services 104
340 Marc van de Wiele Auctions 36219
341 Marion Antique Auctions 196
342 Marshall 0
343 Mayfair Book Auctions 70
344 McLemore Auction Company 63
345 Mealys Auctioneers 13093
346 Mennonite Life 3589
347 Merwin Clayton Sales Company 279031
348 Merwin Sales Company NY 5492
349 Michaans Auctions 8215
350 Michael Brown 781
351 Michael Treloar 3625
352 Mid Hudson Auction Galleries 4473
353 Midland 64251
354 Minerva Auctions Roma 15228
355 Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers 21384
356 Montreal Book Auctions 32959
357 Moreshet Auctions 11145
358 Morphy Auctions 25193
359 Morton Casa de Subastas 14491
360 Morton Subastas 51995
361 Mossgreen 948
362 MS Rare Books 34295
363 Murphy 0
364 Nadeau's Auction Gallery 2722
365 NAMagazines 255
366 Nate D. Sanders Auctions 8232
367 National Art Galleries 1932 157
368 National Book Auctions 66576
369 Neal Auction Company 7328
370 New England Auctions 12546
371 New England Book Auctions 30502
372 New World Cartographic 143
373 Norris 4311
374 North American Auction Company 8869
375 Northeast Auctions 1898
376 Northrow Gallery Auctions Ltd. 57
377 Nosbüsch & Stucke 43085
378 Nye & Company Auctioneers 7303
379 OGER et CAMPER 720
380 OGER et DUMONT 100
381 OGER et SEMONT 531
382 Old World Auctions 138139
383 Olympia Auctions 717
384 One Of A Kind Collectibles 3784
385 One Of Kind Collectibles 2278
386 One Source Auctions 12683
387 OSENAT 12314
388 OShaughnessy 26643
389 Otto Lange 23114
390 Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC 934
391 Paige Auction 1122
392 Pandolfini 3975
393 Parke Bernet 250141
394 Paulo Adams Auction Service 118
395 PBA Galleries 249533
396 PC Petersburg 1786 to 1876 637
397 Pennypacker943 6707
398 Penrose 0
399 Peter Arnold 5041
400 Philobiblon Auctions 2551
401 PIASA 43567
402 Picard Audap Solanet Velliet Teissedre 424
403 Pierre Berge and Associes 16045
404 Pilling 5532
405 Plaza Art Auction Galleries 129
406 Poster Auctions International, Inc. 4680
407 PosterConnection Inc. 12863
408 Pot of Gold Estate Liquidations DBA AZFirearms.com 729
409 Potomack Company 5044
410 Potter and Potter Auctions 67598
411 Poulin Antiques Auctions 1077
412 Profiles in History 29592
413 Propstore 11618
414 Purcell Auctioneers 48148
415 Quagga Rare Books and Art 437
416 Quinn's Auction Galleries 5438
417 Rachel Davis Fine Arts 21259
418 Rago Arts and Auctions 32372
419 Ralph Kristiansen 966
420 Randall and Windle 4447
421 Reiss and Sohn 59367
422 Remy Le Fur and Associes 197
423 RENAUD GIQUELLO ASSOCIES 374
424 Revere Auctions 6205
425 Rice 0
426 Richard Opfer Auctioneering, Inc. 254
427 Ripley Auctions 8971
428 RJM Autographs and Antiques 630
429 RM Smythe 923
430 Robert Brown 163
431 Robert Hayman 9117
432 Robert Siegel Galleries 31874
433 Robinson 9390
434 Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions 48643
435 Rosenbach 8252
436 Rossini 47556
437 Royka Auctioneers Appraisers 176
438 RR Auction 190868
439 Rulon-Miller Books 409
440 RW Olivers 550
441 Sabin 106729
442 Sabin Handy Bib 995
443 Saffronart 293
444 Sandwich Auction House 366
445 Santa Fe Art Auction 3726
446 Sarasota Estate Auction 4434
447 Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting 2023
448 Sawyer 34396
449 Schilb Antiquarian 8659
450 Scott & O'Shaughnessy 4087
451 Scribner 14048
452 SD Auctions 586
453 Second Story Books 1104
454 Setdart 2218
455 Shapiro Auctioneers 35
456 Shapiro Auctions 184
457 Sheppards Irish Auction House 1153
458 Siebert 1084
459 SJ Winslow Associates 5949
460 Skinner 26418
461 Sloane Street Auctions 1069
462 Soler Y Llach 23109
463 Soliday 5224
464 Sotheby Parke Bernet 107473
465 Sothebys 1251253
466 Southern 9651
467 Spink Shreves Galleries 2643
468 Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers 8534
469 Stephan Welz & Co. 5022
470 Stephenson's Auctioneers & Appraisers 1846
471 Stockholms Auktionsverk 7329
472 Streeter 0
473 Sunstone Auction House 403
474 Swaen Map Auction 10376
475 Swann Galleries 637460
476 Sworders 4607
477 Sydney Rare Book Auctions 46465
478 Tabula Auctions Ltd 466
479 Tajan 21569
480 Tennants Auctioneers 4544
481 Terry Part I 0
482 Terry Part II 0
483 Terry Part III 0
484 Tessier & Sarrou and Associates 63827
485 The Antiquarian Book 57
486 The Book Merchant Jenkins 3663
487 The Ohio Company 149
488 The Peace Committed 222
489 The Ross Art Group Inc 5102
490 The Written Word Autographs 7015
491 Thomas Scheler 116
492 Thomaston Place Auction Galleries 5620
493 Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers 18626
494 Three Rivers Auction Company 437
495 TN Luther Books 35327
496 Tooveys 31160
497 Toronto Book Auctions 525
498 Trafford Books 13357
499 Treadway Toomey Auctions 699
500 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books 76756
501 Trotting Hill Park Books 267
502 Turner Auctions & Appraisals 13
503 University Archives 25747
504 UP James 6491
505 Valley Auctions 453
506 Venator and Hanstein 40535
507 Vermot de Pas 89172
508 Vinson 112
509 Vogt Auction 2779
510 Waddingtons 877
511 Walpole Galleries 53757
512 Watkins Americana 184
513 Waverly Auctions 130580
514 Webbs 546
515 Weiss Auctions 3439
516 William Allen 13871
517 William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals 9091
518 William Parkinson 4284
519 William Salloch 11786
520 William Schab 4827
521 Winner's Auctions Ltd 16730
522 Winners Auctions and Exhibitions 0
523 Winter Associates 4373
524 Withington Auctions, Inc. 173
525 Witten 109
526 Woolley and Wallis 1128
527 Wright Howes 12365
528 Yeshiva Ahavas Torah Baranovich 355
529 Zamorano Eighty 80
530 Zisska and Kistner 22702
531 Zisska and Lacher 44253
532 Zisska and Schauer 28797
533 Zwiggelaar Auctions 29908
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
  • Books & Autographs
    Wednesday 25 March
    Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000
    Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.