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Auction Update Review

M-Rare Book Hub: 85 Auctions Archived, another 77 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended 3 October, 85 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+: 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 2 in Swiss francs, 24 in euros, 13 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, 1 in New Zealand dollars, 3 in Polish zlotys, 2 in Swedish krona, and 37 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $43,805,204.90. The average lot brought $3,198.39.

 

This report included this past week’s Top 25s for a dozen categories as well as a full listing of the coming week’s 77 sales.

 

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Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys Reflections: Wimpy I on September 26th Actual price: USD $2,856,000.
  2. Sothebys Eclipse of the Sun II on September 26th Actual price: USD $2,576,000.
  3. Sothebys Entablature on September 26th Actual price: USD $1,331,000.
  4. Sothebys Nude (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $1,079,500.
  5. Sothebys Interior (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $1,079,500.
  6. Sothebys Nude with Bust (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $825,500.
  7. Sothebys The Sower (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $698,500.
  8. Sothebys Untitled Reflection on September 26th Actual price: USD $609,600.
  9. Sothebys Treetops Through the Fog (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $551,500.
  10. Sothebys La Sortie (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $508,000.
  11. Sothebys Thinking Nude, State I, from the Nudes series on September 26th Actual price: USD $508,000.
  12. Sothebys Reflections on Expressionist Painting (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $492,000.
  13. Sothebys Petite coups de pinceau on September 26th Actual price: USD $444,500.
  14. Christies Flowers on September 30th Actual price: USD $419,100.
  15. Sothebys Bull Profile Series on September 26th Actual price: USD $355,600.
  16. Sothebys Bobby Kennedy on September 26th Actual price: USD $355,600.
  17. Sothebys Reverie, from the 11 Pop Artists, Volume II portfolio on September 26th Actual price: USD $355,600.
  18. Sothebys The Gun in America on September 26th Actual price: USD $342,900.
  19. Heritage Auctions H.R. Giger - "The Tourist" Painting Original Art (ca. 1980). on September 26th Actual price: USD $325,000.
  20. Christies Draw/Provoke/Attract/Gain on September 30th Actual price: USD $317,500.
  21. Sothebys Forms in Space on September 26th Actual price: USD $317,500.
  22. Christies Untitled on September 30th Actual price: USD $279,400.
  23. Christies The Last Supper on September 30th Actual price: USD $279,400.
  24. Sothebys Brushstroke Still Life with Lamp on September 26th Actual price: USD $279,400.
  25. Sothebys Rain Forest (Study) on September 26th Actual price: USD $279,400.

 

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  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    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
  • <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.