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The Respite Simmers, the Dragons Stir

For the week ended Saturday August 29th 15 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 3 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos and 10 in US dollars.  Turnover was $979,612 as 4,783 lots were offered and 3,522 sold for a 74% success rate.  The fall season is on the near horizon.


1 auction saw their total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

Bloomsbury Auctions. Interiors - Prints on August 27th: 494.10% 


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

Bloomsbury Auctions. Interiors - Prints on August 27th: 100.00% 
Alaska Auction. Prints on August 19th: 100.00% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on August 23rd: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 8/16 on August 23rd: 98.49% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/15 on August 23rd: 98.11% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on August 22nd: 98.08% 
National Book Auctions. Chemistry, Civil War, Exploration on August 23rd: 89.22% 
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 8/20 on August 27th: 85.71% 


15 total sales reported this week: 

Bloomsbury Auctions. Interiors - Prints on August 27th: 100.00% 
Alaska Auction. Prints on August 19th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 8/20 on August 27th: 85.71% 
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers. Important Numismatic Literature on August 22nd: 64.72% 
Auctionata. Erotica on August 27th: 35.58% 
Auctionata. Photography on August 25th: 38.15% 
Morton Casa de Subastas. Photography, Documents, Prints, Antiquarian and Contemporary Books on August 25th: 50.00% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Maps on August 25th: 65.95% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 25th: 76.19% 
Archives International Auctions. U.S. & Worldwide Banknotes, Coins, Scripophily, Historic Ephemera & Security Printing Ephemera. on August 4th: 54.49% 
National Book Auctions. Chemistry, Civil War, Exploration on August 23rd: 89.22% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on August 23rd: 100.00% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on August 22nd: 98.08% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/15 on August 23rd: 98.11% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 8/16 on August 23rd: 98.49%

 

The Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Bruun Rasmussen Hergé: The Adventures of Tintin: Original drawing in ink. on August 25th Actual price: USD $25,156.
  2. Auctionata X Portfolio on August 27th Actual price: USD $21,250.
  3. Auctionata ‘Untitled (Watches)’ on August 27th Actual price: USD $16,250.
  4. Clars Auction Gallery "Pop Shop Quad IV," on August 23rd Actual price: USD $11,900.
  5. Bloomsbury Auctions Hasui Kawase : Six Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints after Hasui, in inks on paper on August 27th Actual price: USD $10,503.
  6. Auctionata ‘Untitled (Locker Room)’ on August 27th Actual price: USD $10,000.
  7. Bruun Rasmussen "Le Chien Roi" on August 25th Actual price: USD $8,841.
  8. Auctionata 'Gunilla Bergström at Eiffel Tower' on August 27th Actual price: USD $8,750.
  9. Auctionata ‘Untitled (Reclining Figure)’ on August 27th Actual price: USD $7,485.
  10. Morton Casa de Subastas Maximiliano y Carlota Emperadores. on August 25th Actual price: USD $6,624.
  11. National Book Auctions Index testarum conchyliorum quae adservantur in Museo Nicolai Gualtieri Philosophi et Medici Collegiati Florentini, Regiae Botanices Florentinae Academiae Socii in Pisano Athenaeo Medicinae Professoris emeriti et methodice exhibentur tabulis CX on August 23rd Actual price: USD $6,463.
  12. Bruun Rasmussen John Lennon Memorabilia: John and Yoko Calender 1970. on August 25th Actual price: USD $5,750.
  13. Auctionata ‘Untitled (Working Drawing)’ on August 27th Actual price: USD $5,444.
  14. Auctionata Untitled on August 27th Actual price: USD $5,444.
  15. Auctionata Pin. A fancy on August 25th Actual price: USD $5,000.
  16. Auctionata ‘Marilyn Monroe Crucifix’ on August 27th Actual price: USD $5,000.
  17. Auctionata ‘The Singers’ on August 27th Actual price: USD $5,000.
  18. National Book Auctions Tomoyoshi CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE ART OF THE FUTURE 1925 Antique Japanese Culture Plates Chemise & Slipcase on August 23rd Actual price: USD $4,700.
  19. Bruun Rasmussen Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen: A. Petermann: Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt [...]. on August 25th Actual price: USD $4,600.
  20. Morton Casa de Subastas Historia Real Sagrada, Luz de Príncipes, y Súbditos. on August 25th Actual price: USD $4,464.
  21. Bruun Rasmussen Denmark's greatest storyteller: Important collection of letters from Karen Blixen to Viggo Kjær Petersen. on August 25th Actual price: USD $4,241.
  22. Clars Auction Gallery "Celestine Maja et Grotesques," on August 23rd Actual price: USD $4,165.
  23. Bruun Rasmussen Rousseau's works: Oeuvres completes. on August 25th Actual price: USD $4,025.
  24. Auctionata ‘SUMO’ on August 27th Actual price: USD $3,750.
  25. Morton Casa de Subastas Conquista dell' Indie Occidentali. on August 25th Actual price: USD $3,744.

 

For the week ahead 12 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 31st
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Prints. 25 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 77 lots

Wed. Sep. 2nd
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs. 403 lots

Thu. Sep. 3rd
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Books - Internet Bidstart 8/27. 438 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Books. 300 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 8/27. 410 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. CollectioMania II : Posters, Mai 68 Posters, Abstract and Contemporary Paintings and Prints, Tribal. 188 lots

Fri. Sep. 4th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Autographs and Memorabilia. 210 lots

Sat. Sep. 5th
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Prints - Online - Internet Bidstart 8/28. 35 lots
Ferraton. Bruxelles. SPECIAL PUBLIC SALE Africa - Oceania - Pre-Columbian America BOOKS AND ARTICLES. 257 lots

Sun. Sep. 6th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 8/30.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/30.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • <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.