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Rare Book Hub: 29 Auctions Archived, another 28 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 4 September 2020, 29 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transactions+ Database; 1 in Columbian pesos, 1 in Danish krona, 6 in euros, 2 in British pounds, 1 in Swedish krona and 18 in US dollars. Turnover was $8,293,009 as 5,248 lots offered and 4,639 sold at the white hot rate of 88%. Bless the bidders!
Heritage Auctions. Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectible Catalog Auction on August 30th: $4,574,759
Forum Auctions. Only Banksy on September 4th: $2,023,673
4 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Gamla Kassan on August 23rd: 220.67%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Private Press & Illustrated Books on September 3rd: 142.44%
Forum Auctions. Only Banksy on September 4th: 126.83%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 8/14 on August 24th: 104.89%
18 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 8/25 on September 1st: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Only Banksy on September 4th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/25 on September 1st: 99.81%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 8/23 on August 31st: 99.41%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 8/23 on August 30th: 98.24%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 8/14 on August 24th: 98.00%
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Gamla Kassan on August 23rd: 97.92%
Heritage Auctions. Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectible Catalog Auction on August 30th: 97.14%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Private Press & Illustrated Books on September 3rd: 96.82%
Cowans Auctions. Unreserved Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints and Books - bidstart 8/20 on August 31st: 96.49%
Heritage Auctions. The Adem Karisik Collection of Canada World Paper Money Online Auction on August 31st: 94.87%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 29th: 94.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Coin-Op and Advertising - Posters and Prints on August 29th: 92.12%
Addison and Sarova. Summer Rare Books and Ephemera on August 29th: 90.79%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. A Partial Gentleman's Library: Important Books from Around the World on September 2nd: 90.00%
Bogota Auction. Prints and Multiples on June 24th: 88.17%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on September 1st: 84.42%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 8/21 on August 28th: 84.00%
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29 total sales reported this week:
Bogota Auction. Prints and Multiples on June 24th: 88.17%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Fine Art - Prints on July 21st: 54.05%
Bonhams. Seeing Out of the Box - Conceptural Photographs Online - bidstart 8/26 on September 4th: 37.07%
Bonhams. Nothing But Soul (Photographs) - bidstart 8/26 on September 4th: 21.88%
Forum Auctions. Only Banksy on September 4th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Private Press & Illustrated Books on September 3rd: 96.82%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. A Partial Gentleman's Library: Important Books from Around the World on September 2nd: 90.00%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Treasures Auction on September 2nd: 76.54%
Eldreds. Summer Online Only on September 2nd: 57.14%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/25 on September 1st: 99.81%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 8/25 on September 1st: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on September 1st: 84.42%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Great Americana Pow Wow - Session 5 on August 31st: 73.32%
Cowans Auctions. Unreserved Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints and Books - bidstart 8/20 on August 31st: 96.49%
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Gamla Kassan on August 23rd: 97.92%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 8/23 on August 31st: 99.41%
Heritage Auctions. Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectible Catalog Auction on August 30th: 97.14%
Heritage Auctions. The Adem Karisik Collection of Canada World Paper Money Online Auction on August 31st: 94.87%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 8/23 on August 30th: 98.24%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Coin-Op and Advertising - Posters and Prints on August 29th: 92.12%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Great Americana Pow Wow - Session 4 on August 30th: 54.22%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Great Americana Pow Wow - Session 3 on August 29th: 75.59%
Addison and Sarova. Summer Rare Books and Ephemera on August 29th: 90.79%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 29th: 94.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 8/21 on August 28th: 84.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Cartography - Online Bidstart 8/21 on August 28th: 42.22%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 8/14 on August 25th: 71.43%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 8/14 on August 24th: 98.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 8/14 on August 23rd: 78.57%
For the week ahead 28 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Sep. 7th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 54 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 8/28. 70 lots
Tue. Sep. 8th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 9/1. 472 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 9/1. 148 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. AUCTION OF BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF MEXICO, THE FIRST EMPIRE AND THE FIRST REPUBLI. 252 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 8/28. 27 lots
Wed. Sep. 9th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The David Wilson Library of Natural History (Pt II), Military Books. 761 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. Civil War Postal History, featuring the 'Ambassador' Collection. 326 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Hollywood - online bidstart 8/21. 1221 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Photographs Monthly Online Auction. 139 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Tukachinsky Archive. 132 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 90920. 140 lots
Thu. Sep. 10th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. ComicsComics & Comic Art Signature Auction. 1079 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. PBA Platinum: Rare Books & Manuscripts. 103 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The partnerone Collection Sports Card Catalog Auction. 1110 lots
One Of A Kind Collectibles. Coral Gables. Rare Autographs, Books and Sports. 282 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Irresistible - Unreserved - bidstart 9/1. 33 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 91020. 34 lots
Fri. Sep. 11th
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Fall Estates Auction. 88 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 9/4. 90 lots
Sat. Sep. 12th
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Online Magic Auction - bidstart 8/13. 182 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Remarkable Rarities - bidstart 8/21. 84 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . SINGLE OWNER AUCTION - THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM N. BANKS, JR. - NEWNAN, GEORGIA. 56 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Sun. Sep. 13th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 9/6.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 9/6.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 8/30. 252 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts. 40 lots
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Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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. -
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, 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]. £20,000-30,000Forum, 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]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, 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]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, 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 -
Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 MarchKoller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.