Rare Book Monthly

Articles - September - 2020 Issue

Scale Matters: Rare Book Hub Pricing

We have long felt our primary database, these days called Transactions+, will become the cornerstone that future dealers, institutions, and collectors will rely on to get past the many roadblocks to quick and certain knowledge about collectible book and paper history. 

 

Only recently we reached the goal we set 3 years ago to provide ten million records.  In line with this level of service we are now raising our subscription rates effective 25 September, 2020.

 

Research:  $425

Octavo:  $575

Folio:  $825

 

Visitor 10 Days:  $50

Visitor 30 Days:  $75

 

Any subscriptions paid by the year before 24 September 2020 can be paid at current rates for up to 2 years.

 

As well, this month we are recasting the plan to build T+ out to 12 million records with increasing images while simultaneously providing fraction of a second responsiveness.  This next project should take about 2 years.

 

If you wish to sign-up click here.

 

To renew, sign into your current account and then click on My Account to renew or extend your subscription.

 

If you have any questions you can call us at 877.323.7273 or 415.823.6678.  Or to email me at bmckinney@rarebookhub.com.

 

Bruce McKinney

Managing Partner

RBH/AE

 

Rare Book Monthly

  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.

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