MatchMaker Saves Time and avoids Missed Opportunities
- by Bruce E. McKinney
MatchMaker Saves Time and avoids Missed Opportunities
Buying and Selling online has been quickly evolving.
These days the number of auctions continues to increase. Ninety a month is common. Recently on Rare Book Hub we were following 38 auctions completing on a single day. Identifying individual sales and relevant lots is easily done but because the number of auctions is overwhelming, it’s increasingly necessary to use software.
For Rare Book Hub members we provide MatchMaker in which you embed search terms that reflect your interests. We then match them against the 2,000 to 5,000 new lots that are posted every day. Overnight, when we find matches, you get a single email telling you what we’ve found.
So how can you do this?
When logged in, look for MatchMaker on our primary toolbar.
Then add your first terms. By the next day you’ll have your first report.
After several weeks and numerous tweaks, you’ll understand how your collecting interests move through the market.
It all starts on the primary toolbar. Then click Matchmaker!
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.
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [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.")