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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 40 Auctions Archived, another 26 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday 31 July 2020, 40 completed auctions have been archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction+ Database; 1 denominated in Danish krona, 7 in euros, 5 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, and 25 in US dollars.  Turnover was $16,430,217 as 11,708 lots were offered and 8,892 sold for a 76% rate of sale.

 

For the week ahead 26 sales are searchable.

  

8 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 
 

Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on July 28th: $2,421,204 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on July 26th: $2,349,549 
Sothebys. Contemporary Prints and Multiples - bidstart 7/1/ on July 28th: $1,555,250 
Christies. Valuable Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/9 on July 30th: $1,530,000 
Zisska and Lacher. Books, Works on Paper on July 23rd: $1,291,492 
Arader Galleries. Summer Auction on July 25th: $1,095,276 
Christies. Contemporary Edition - Online bidstart 7/16 on July 30th: $1,028,000 
Sothebys. The Library of a Greek Bibliophile: Travel Books, Aldines and an Important Qur’an on July 28th: $1,004,659 
 

9 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/10 on July 19th: 150.80% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Travel, Atlases and Maps, Autographs and Documents on July 29th: 141.36% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on July 28th: 134.67% 
Sothebys. Contemporary Prints and Multiples - bidstart 7/1/ on July 28th: 123.34% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Fine Art, etc. - Old Master Prints on July 30th: 122.20% 
Forum Auctions. Online only: Books and Works on Paper on July 30th: 120.92% 
Christies. Contemporary Edition - Online bidstart 7/16 on July 30th: 112.97% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24 on July 20th: 112.17% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/21 on July 28th: 100.63% 


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

Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/21 on July 28th: 100.00% 
Leland Little Auctions. The Mid-Summer Estates Auction - Prints on July 30th: 100.00% 
Sothebys. Legends, Landscapes, and Lovelies - bidstart 7/22 on July 28th: 100.00% 
Carlsen Gallery. Summer Potpourri on July 26th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/21 on July 28th: 99.80% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/12 on July 26th: 99.46% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on July 27th: 99.26% 
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Online Only: Railroad Travel Ephemera, China and Books on July 29th: 98.21% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins - Part 4 on July 25th: 97.85% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints on July 28th: 95.65% 
Sothebys. Contemporary Prints and Multiples - bidstart 7/1/ on July 28th: 95.00% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Travel, Atlases and Maps, Autographs and Documents on July 29th: 94.63% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on July 26th: 94.44% 
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/10 on July 19th: 94.29% 
University Archives. Manuscripts and Autographs - Books on June 24th: 93.84% 
PBA Galleries. Literature & Books in All Fields: Timed Online Auction - No Reserve - bidstart 7/20 on July 30th: 93.53% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 25th: 93.00% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on July 28th: 92.41% 
John McInnis Auctioneers. The Billie and Dottie Haughton Online Auction on July 27th: 92.31% 
Winter Associates. Prints, Books on July 27th: 90.91% 
Forum Auctions. Online only: Books and Works on Paper on July 30th: 88.85% 
Christies. Contemporary Edition - Online bidstart 7/16 on July 30th: 88.06% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on July 22nd: 85.00% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24 on July 20th: 84.00% 
Purcell Auctioneers. Auction Of Irish Interest Books, Maps, Posters, Interesting Ephemera Etc. To Include An Entire Colle on July 29th: 83.88% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on July 21st: 82.76% 
University Archives. The Kennedys on June 10th: 82.71% 
Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on July 28th: 80.93% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys Description de l'Égypte. Paris, 1809-1822, first edition, 23 volumes, housed in a custom made cabinet on July 28th Actual price: USD $562,639.
  2. Arader Galleries The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. on July 25th Actual price: USD $295,000.
  3. Sothebys GRAPES (F. & S. II.190-195) on July 28th Actual price: USD $275,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions The Invisible Man (Universal, 1933). Fine/Very Fine on Linen. One Sheet (27" X41") Style A Teaser, Gene Schwalm Artwork. on July 26th Actual price: USD $228,000.
  5. Arader Galleries Louisiana Heron, Plate CCXVII (217). on July 25th Actual price: USD $171,100.
  6. Zisska and Lacher KOPERNIKUS, N., De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $164,491.
  7. Sothebys Qur'an. copied by Ahmad al-Nayrizi, illuminated. Persia, Safavid and Qajar. 1122 AH/1710 AD on July 28th Actual price: USD $153,594.
  8. Christies Medusa Head on July 30th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  9. Swann Galleries An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. on July 30th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  10. Sothebys IMAGE OF GREGORY (MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, TOKYO 276) on July 28th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  11. Sothebys Keulen. De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Werelt. 1685, fine hand-colouring on July 28th Actual price: USD $113,175.
  12. Christies Principia mathematica. on July 30th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  13. Heritage Auctions M (Nero-Film AG, 1931). Fine+ on Linen. German Poster (37.5" X 55.75"). on July 26th Actual price: USD $108,000.
  14. Christies Wuthering Heights. A Novel. By Ellis Bell. Agnes Grey. A Novel, by Acton Bell. on July 30th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  15. Heritage Auctions Horror of Dracula (Universal International, 1958). Folded, Fine+. Italian 2 - Fogli (39.5" X 55.25"). on July 26th Actual price: USD $84,000.
  16. Christies BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in French and Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum on July 30th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  17. Sothebys Dupre. Voyage a Athenes et a Constantinople. Paris, 1825. folio, colour plates, twentieth-century blue half morocco gilt on July 28th Actual price: USD $80,839.
  18. Heritage Auctions Casablanca: Café Chair (Warner Bros., 1942). Fine+. Screen-Used Prop Chairs (2) (34" X 15" X 15"). on July 26th Actual price: USD $78,000.
  19. Sothebys KATE MOSS (PORTFOLIO) on July 28th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  20. Sothebys MICK JAGGER (F. & S. II.142) on July 28th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  21. Christies MAO ZEDONG (1893-1976). Signed photo album, memento of the visit to China by the Soviet delegation led by Nikita Khrushchev in 1954. on July 30th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  22. Arader Galleries Long-billed Curlew, Plate 231. on July 25th Actual price: USD $70,800.
  23. Sothebys MICK JAGGER (F. & S. II.146) on July 28th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  24. Sothebys SUNFLOWERS I on July 28th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  25. Christies Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en géné ral. Traduit de l'Anglois. on July 30th Actual price: USD $68,750.



40 total sales reported this week:

Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Valuable Books, Photographs, Prints on July 31st: 44.59%
Eldreds. Summer Sale - signs, prints, books on July 31st: 69.57%
Swann Galleries. Fine Books and Manuscripts on July 30th: 77.83%
PBA Galleries. Literature & Books in All Fields: Timed Online Auction - No Reserve - bidstart 7/20 on July 30th: 93.53%
Leland Little Auctions. The Mid-Summer Estates Auction - Prints on July 30th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online only: Books and Works on Paper on July 30th: 88.85%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Fine Art, etc. - Old Master Prints on July 30th: 77.44%
Christies. Contemporary Edition - Online bidstart 7/16 on July 30th: 88.06%
Christies. Valuable Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/9 on July 30th: 66.17%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Travel, Atlases and Maps, Autographs and Documents on July 29th: 94.63%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Online Only: Railroad Travel Ephemera, China and Books on July 29th: 98.21%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Living Contemporary on July 29th: 70.73%
Purcell Auctioneers. Auction Of Irish Interest Books, Maps, Posters, Interesting Ephemera Etc. To Include An Entire Colle on July 29th: 83.88%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on July 28th: 92.41%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints on July 28th: 95.65%
Sothebys. Contemporary Prints and Multiples - bidstart 7/1/ on July 28th: 95.00%
Sothebys. Legends, Landscapes, and Lovelies - bidstart 7/22 on July 28th: 100.00%
Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on July 28th: 80.93%
Sothebys. The Library of a Greek Bibliophile: Travel Books, Aldines and an Important Qur’an on July 28th: 79.83%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/21 on July 28th: 99.80%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/21 on July 28th: 100.00%
Winter Associates. Prints, Books on July 27th: 90.91%
John McInnis Auctioneers. The Billie and Dottie Haughton Online Auction on July 27th: 92.31%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on July 27th: 99.26%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/12 on July 26th: 99.46%
University Archives. The Kennedys on June 10th: 82.71%
University Archives. Manuscripts and Autographs - Books on June 24th: 93.84%
Carlsen Gallery. Summer Potpourri on July 26th: 100.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins - Part 4 on July 25th: 97.85%
Morton Subastas. Photography on July 25th: 26.73%
Morton Subastas. Weekly Timed Auction - Books, Prints on July 25th: 67.11%
Michaans Auctions. July Gallery Auction on July 25th: 50.00%
Zisska and Lacher. Books, Works on Paper on July 23rd: 60.17%
Arader Galleries. Summer Auction on July 25th: 46.39%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on July 26th: 94.44%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on July 22nd: 85.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on July 21st: 82.76%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 1/24 on July 20th: 84.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/10 on July 19th: 94.29%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 25th: 93.00%


For the week ahead 26 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 3rd
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 96 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Signature Auction. 99 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/24. 50 lots

Tue. Aug. 4th
Sothebys. London. Books and Manuscripts: A Summer Miscellany -bidstart 7/28. 194 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/28. 366 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/28. 135 lots
Stephan Welz & Co.. Constantia. Fine Art Prints, Books and Maps. 101 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Documents Auction from a Mexicanista Library (Denegre). 232 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 7/24. 33 lots

Thu. Aug. 6th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. William R. Bronson Collection of Ornithological Books. 197 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography. 335 lots
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Carlisle. Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction. 274 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The David Hall T206 Collection Part V Sports Catalog Auction. 630 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Asian Arts and Modern Art and Design - Prints.
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints.

Fri. Aug. 7th
Bonhams. New York. Conflicts of the 19th and 20th Centuries - Online bidstart 7/28. 50 lots
Bruneau & Co. . Cranston. DiscoverIt Comic and Toy.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 7/31. 130 lots

Sat. Aug. 8th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Entertainment & Music Memorabilia. 792 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Online Auction - Books, Prints. 112 lots

Sun. Aug. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/26. 144 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Online Auction - Books, Prints. 70 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 8/2.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 8/2.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/31. 32 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.