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THE WEEK THAT WAS AT THE AUCTIONS ending Nov. 21, 2025

THE WEEK THAT WAS AT THE AUCTIONS ending Nov. 21, 2025

For the week ended November 21, 2025, 124 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub’s database. Turnover was $44,618,922. The average lot brought $2,963; almost three times total value realized the prior week.Ten auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:Sothebys.Contemporary Day Auction on November 19th: $9,902,835Christies.Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale on November 20th: $4,789,170Christies.From the Collection of Léon Parcé on November 19th: $2,610,041Christies.21st Century Evening Sale Featuring Works from the Edlis | Neeson Collection on November 19th:...

Rare Book Monthly

  • Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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