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M-Rare Book Hub: 90 Auctions Archived, another 118 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended 13 November, 90 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+: 2 denominated in Australian dollars, 19 in euros, 15 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, 1 New Zealand dollars, 1 in Swedish krona and 50 in US dollars.

 

 

Turnover was $14,858,204.31. The average lot brought $1,065.94.

 

 

This report includes this past week’s Top 25s for 14 categories, full details for this past week’s sales, as well as a full listing of the upcoming week’s 118 sales. YES, that's 118 auctions upcoming THIS week.

 

 

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Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Rago Arts and Auctions Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) on November 12th Actual price: USD $1,514,000.
  2. Freeman's | Hindman Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. The Third Impression on November 13th Actual price: USD $121,150.
  3. Heritage Auctions Grateful Dead 1965 Can You Pass the Acid Test? Palo Alto, CA Poster w/Venue Info (AOR 2.4). on November 7th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  4. Heritage Auctions FD-26 Grateful Dead 1966 "Skeleton & Roses" Concert Poster Signed by Stanley Mouse, Graded 9.6. on November 7th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  5. Freeman's | Hindman Three Stories and Ten Poems on November 13th Actual price: USD $83,050.
  6. Freeman's | Hindman Louisiana Heron (Plate CCXVII) on November 13th Actual price: USD $76,700.
  7. Bonhams A fine, large calligraphic composition, copied by al-Hajj Ahmad al-Kamil (1868-1941), in a carved wood frame signed by the maker, Kalkandelenli Halid on November 12th Actual price: USD $75,527.
  8. Heritage Auctions Victor Moscoso 1967 Work-Up Art for FD-40 "Hippie Santa Claus" Grateful Dead Concert Poster. on November 7th Actual price: USD $57,500.
  9. Giquello MIRROR OF BULLFIGHTING. on November 7th Actual price: USD $56,333.
  10. Bonhams Rubaiyat. on November 13th Actual price: USD $56,320.
  11. Heritage Auctions Buddy Holly & The Crickets, Everly Brothers, Eddie Cochran 1958 Buffalo, NY Jumbo Globe Concert Poster. on November 7th Actual price: USD $55,000.
  12. Nosbüsch & Stucke Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament. on November 13th Actual price: USD $54,971.
  13. Rago Arts and Auctions New York Post, Front Page (Judge Blasts Lynch) on November 12th Actual price: USD $53,340.
  14. Freeman's | Hindman Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies on November 13th Actual price: USD $51,200.
  15. Nosbüsch & Stucke Lateinische, streckenweise auch deutsche Handschrift auf Papier. on November 13th Actual price: USD $50,259.
  16. Freeman's | Hindman Dune on November 13th Actual price: USD $48,000.
  17. Finarte Dante Alighieri - Cristoforo Landino (Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321) - Commentary by Christophoro Landino Fiorentino on the Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Florentine poet, 1481 <br> on November 12th Actual price: USD $45,534.
  18. Heritage Auctions BG-134 Grateful Dead, Santana 1968 Fillmore West Poster Graded a Unique 10 Gem Mint. on November 7th Actual price: USD $45,000.
  19. Aguttes PETER PETZ - Giddy Kiddy Carousel 1890 with 3 horses on November 12th Actual price: USD $44,843.
  20. Bonhams Untitled, 1985 on November 13th Actual price: USD $44,675.
  21. RR Auction Queen Mary I Rare Letter Signed (1556) on November 12th Actual price: USD $41,825.
  22. Freeman's | Hindman [CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT]. SANGORSKI, Alberto, calligrapher and illuminator. -- Le Morte d'Arthur on November 13th Actual price: USD $41,600.
  23. Freeman's | Hindman Autograph letter signed ("Robt. Burns"), to Frances Dunlop (addressed as "Mrs. Dunlop") on November 13th Actual price: USD $41,600.
  24. Heritage Auctions The Rolling Stones 1965 Melbourne, Australia Day-Glo Concert Poster. on November 7th Actual price: USD $40,000.
  25. Finarte Giambattista Vico - Principles of new science, 1725top <br> <br> on November 12th Actual price: USD $39,463.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.