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Auction Update Review

M-Rare Book Hub: 108 Auctions Archived, another XX Upcoming this Week


11 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

26 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:

57 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

Best wishes for a good week!


Bruce Mckinney


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Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Superman #1 (DC, 1939) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. on November 22nd Actual price: USD $9,120,000.
  2. Sothebys Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki nami-ura), also known as The Great Wave, Edo period, 19th century on November 22nd Actual price: USD $2,793,248.
  3. Heritage Auctions Frank Frazetta Luana US Movie Poster / Vampirella #31 Cover Original Art (Capital Productions, 1973/Warren Publications, 1974). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $1,750,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions Neal Adams Superman #233 Cover Original Art (DC, 1971). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $1,500,000.
  5. Sothebys Sudden Rain beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), also known as Black Fuji, Edo period, 19th century on November 22nd Actual price: USD $914,411.
  6. Koller Auctions Buste de femme d'apres Cranach le Jeune. 1958. on November 27th Actual price: USD $745,034.
  7. Sothebys Fine Wind, Clear Weather (Gaifu kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, Edo period, 19th century on November 22nd Actual price: USD $734,795.
  8. Heritage Auctions Frank Frazetta The Moon Men Paperback Novel Cover Original Art (Ace, 1974). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $718,750.
  9. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. on November 24th Actual price: USD $378,657.
  10. Heritage Auctions Frank Frazetta ERB-dom #78 Centerfold Painting Original Art (Camille Cazedessus, 1974). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $350,000.
  11. Heritage Auctions Action Comics #15 (DC, 1939) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. on November 22nd Actual price: USD $264,000.
  12. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus. 2 Teile in 1 Band. on November 24th Actual price: USD $235,156.
  13. Koller Auctions Apple. 1985. on November 27th Actual price: USD $222,517.
  14. Heritage Auctions Todd McFarlane The Amazing Spider-Man #316 Story Page 7 Original Art (Marvel, 1989). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $218,750.
  15. Heritage Auctions Frank Frazetta - Leopard Painting Original Art (undated). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $212,500.
  16. Koller Auctions Grevy's Zebra. 1983. on November 27th Actual price: USD $206,623.
  17. Heritage Auctions Captain America Comics #1 (Timely, 1941) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages. on November 22nd Actual price: USD $204,000.
  18. Heritage Auctions Action Comics #12 (DC, 1939) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. on November 22nd Actual price: USD $204,000.
  19. Heritage Auctions Stagecoach (United Artists, 1939). Folded, Very Fine+. One Sheet (27" X 41"). on November 21st Actual price: USD $200,000.
  20. Swann Galleries (Album.) Autograph album containing 29 ALsS by each of the U.S. presidents from Washington to Coolidge. Vp, 1785-1945. on November 6th Actual price: USD $188,000.
  21. Heritage Auctions Gustaf Tenggren Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Movie Poster Illustration Original Art (Walt Disney, 1937). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $187,500.
  22. Heritage Auctions Sal Buscema The Defenders #11 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1973). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $175,000.
  23. Heritage Auctions Todd McFarlane Spider-Man #13 Black Costume Story Page 14 Original Art (Marvel, 1991). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $162,500.
  24. Galerie Bassenge Das Rhinozeros on November 26th Actual price: USD $155,748.
  25. Heritage Auctions Robert Williams Psychic Pedestrians On a Spiral Horizon (Barycenter) Painting Original Art (1971). on November 23rd Actual price: USD $150,000.
  • <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>University Archives<br>Rare Autographs & Books Including Lincoln & Space Exploration<br>January 7, 2026</center></b> <b>University Archives, Jan. 7:</b> Jefferson's Owned & Signed "Plutarch's Morals" Vol. 4. - 1st Time At Auction In Nearly 200 Years! <b>University Archives, Jan. 7:</b> Flown NASA Hasselblad 203S Space Camera On Endeavour STS-111, With Components, Data Module & Flown Film Magazine! <b>University Archives, Jan. 7:</b> One Of The Finest Lincoln Assassination Letters Extant, April 15, 1865 - Illustrated & Beyond Dramatic! 8pp. <b><center>University Archives<br>Rare Autographs & Books Including Lincoln & Space Exploration<br>January 7, 2026</center></b> <b>University Archives, Jan. 7:</b> Isaac Newton Highly Important Religious Manuscript With 85+ Words In His Hand, Ex-Bonhams <b>University Archives, Jan. 7:</b> Marilyn Monroe Gorgeous Signed & Inscribed Photograph, PSA Authenticated <b>University Archives, Jan. 7:</b> Rare Ernest Hemingway, 1 Of 10 Signed Presentation Copies Of "Farewell To Arms" <b><center>University Archives<br>Rare Autographs & Books Including Lincoln & Space Exploration<br>January 7, 2026</center></b> <b>University Archives, Jan. 7:</b> Ayn Rand 11pp Revised AMS "The Cold Civil War" For LA Times Newspaper- 900+ Words In Her Hand! <b>University Archives, Jan. 7:</b> Mary Todd Lincoln Calls Abe A "great & good man, who loved & served his country so well" <b>University Archives, Jan. 7:</b> Abraham Lincoln Gives Rebel Woman Pass To Visit Prisoner Of War Husband, Showing A Very Human Lincoln! <b><center>University Archives<br>Rare Autographs & Books Including Lincoln & Space Exploration<br>January 7, 2026</center></b> <b>University Archives, Jan. 7:</b> Babe Ruth PSA Type II Signed Conlon Photo, With Ruth Miniature Louisville Slugger, 16.25" <b>University Archives, Jan. 7:</b> Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin Signed Photo - Prime Crew Apollo 11 - PSA Authenticated <b>University Archives, Jan. 7:</b> Huge Abraham Lincoln Hesler Photo, Ca. 1880 - As If He Were In The Room!
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs & Books Including Lincoln & Space Exploration
    January 7, 2026
    University Archives, Jan. 7: Jefferson's Owned & Signed "Plutarch's Morals" Vol. 4. - 1st Time At Auction In Nearly 200 Years!
    University Archives, Jan. 7: Flown NASA Hasselblad 203S Space Camera On Endeavour STS-111, With Components, Data Module & Flown Film Magazine!
    University Archives, Jan. 7: One Of The Finest Lincoln Assassination Letters Extant, April 15, 1865 - Illustrated & Beyond Dramatic! 8pp.
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs & Books Including Lincoln & Space Exploration
    January 7, 2026
    University Archives, Jan. 7: Isaac Newton Highly Important Religious Manuscript With 85+ Words In His Hand, Ex-Bonhams
    University Archives, Jan. 7: Marilyn Monroe Gorgeous Signed & Inscribed Photograph, PSA Authenticated
    University Archives, Jan. 7: Rare Ernest Hemingway, 1 Of 10 Signed Presentation Copies Of "Farewell To Arms"
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs & Books Including Lincoln & Space Exploration
    January 7, 2026
    University Archives, Jan. 7: Ayn Rand 11pp Revised AMS "The Cold Civil War" For LA Times Newspaper- 900+ Words In Her Hand!
    University Archives, Jan. 7: Mary Todd Lincoln Calls Abe A "great & good man, who loved & served his country so well"
    University Archives, Jan. 7: Abraham Lincoln Gives Rebel Woman Pass To Visit Prisoner Of War Husband, Showing A Very Human Lincoln!
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs & Books Including Lincoln & Space Exploration
    January 7, 2026
    University Archives, Jan. 7: Babe Ruth PSA Type II Signed Conlon Photo, With Ruth Miniature Louisville Slugger, 16.25"
    University Archives, Jan. 7: Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin Signed Photo - Prime Crew Apollo 11 - PSA Authenticated
    University Archives, Jan. 7: Huge Abraham Lincoln Hesler Photo, Ca. 1880 - As If He Were In The Room!