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Rare Book Hub: 39 Auctions Archived, another 48 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 18 September 2020, 39 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transactions+ Database; 2 denominated in Danish krona, 3 in euros, 5 in British pounds, and 29 in US dollars. Turnover was $26,166,120 as 11,670 lots were offered and 9,831 sold at the rate of 84%. Across the auction world the thunder is rolling!
4 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Heritage Auctions. ComicsComics & Comic Art Signature Auction on September 13th: $9,509,226
Heritage Auctions. The partnerone Collection Sports Card Catalog Auction on September 10th: $4,711,646
Sothebys. Banksy - bidstart 9/9 on September 18th: $2,710,041
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples - bidstart 9/10 on September 17th: $2,580,822
15 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. John Richardson: A Scholar Collects DAY ONE on September 17th: 344.59%
Sothebys. Banksy - bidstart 9/9 on September 18th: 330.88%
Witherell's. Part II-Luxury Asset Auction: Featuring Property from the Estate of C. K. McClatchy, Sacramento, CA on September 17th: 208.75%
Brunk Auctions. SINGLE OWNER AUCTION - THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM N. BANKS, JR. - NEWNAN, GEORGIA on September 12th: 164.42%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction on September 17th: 154.88%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books on September 16th: 145.41%
Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC. The World War II Library of John R. Elliot on September 17th: 134.49%
Sothebys. Hip Hop on September 15th: 129.21%
Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers. Classic Sale - Books, Prints on September 16th: 126.49%
Sothebys. A Scholar, an Artist, and a Rock Star: From the Collection of John Richardson on September 18th: 126.00%
Heritage Auctions. Americana and Political Signature Auction on September 15th: 111.19%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on September 15th: 109.29%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Online Magic Auction - bidstart 8/13 on September 12th: 107.67%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples - bidstart 9/10 on September 17th: 106.63%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on September 17th: 103.10%
28 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Sothebys. A Scholar, an Artist, and a Rock Star: From the Collection of John Richardson on September 18th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 8/30 on September 13th: 100.00%
Brunk Auctions. SINGLE OWNER AUCTION - THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM N. BANKS, JR. - NEWNAN, GEORGIA on September 12th: 100.00%
Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC. The World War II Library of John R. Elliot on September 17th: 100.00%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. John Richardson: A Scholar Collects DAY ONE on September 17th: 100.00%
Witherell's. Part II-Luxury Asset Auction: Featuring Property from the Estate of C. K. McClatchy, Sacramento, CA on September 17th: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books on September 16th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The partnerone Collection Sports Card Catalog Auction on September 10th: 99.91%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 9/8 on September 15th: 99.80%
Heritage Auctions. ComicsComics & Comic Art Signature Auction on September 13th: 99.54%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Online Magic Auction - bidstart 8/13 on September 12th: 99.47%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 9/8 on September 15th: 99.38%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 9/6 on September 14th: 99.36%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction on September 17th: 98.72%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 9/6 on September 13th: 98.72%
Sothebys. Banksy - bidstart 9/9 on September 18th: 95.83%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on September 12th: 94.00%
Witherell's. Part I-Luxury Asset Auction: Featuring Property from the Estate of C. K. McClatchy, Sacramento, CA ( on September 16th: 93.75%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on September 15th: 93.18%
Sothebys. Hip Hop on September 15th: 92.94%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on September 17th: 92.53%
Heritage Auctions. Americana and Political Signature Auction on September 15th: 91.88%
Addison and Sarova. Summer Rare Books and Ephemera on August 29th: 90.79%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples - bidstart 9/10 on September 17th: 88.35%
Eldreds. Asian Art - Day1 on September 17th: 87.50%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, and Rabbinical Letters on September 15th: 84.84%
Cowans Auctions. American Historical Ephemera and Photography: Timed Auction - online bidstart 9/4 on September 14th: 83.52%
Eldreds. Asian Art - Day 2 on September 18th: 82.54%
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39 total sales reported this week:
Sothebys. A Scholar, an Artist, and a Rock Star: From the Collection of John Richardson on September 18th: 100.00%
Sothebys. Banksy - bidstart 9/9 on September 18th: 95.83%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples - bidstart 9/10 on September 17th: 88.35%
Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC. The World War II Library of John R. Elliot on September 17th: 100.00%
Eldreds. Asian Art - Day 2 on September 18th: 82.54%
Christies. Nourishment for the Soul: The Herrmann Collection of Prints by Pablo Picasso on September 18th: 73.53%
Witherell's. Part II-Luxury Asset Auction: Featuring Property from the Estate of C. K. McClatchy, Sacramento, CA on September 17th: 100.00%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction on September 17th: 98.72%
PBA Galleries. Final Frontier: Space Exploration & Flight Through the Ages - Fact & Fiction. Timed Auction - bidsta on September 17th: 66.67%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on September 17th: 92.53%
Eldreds. Asian Art - Day1 on September 17th: 87.50%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Online bidstart 9/10 on September 17th: 47.30%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. John Richardson: A Scholar Collects DAY ONE on September 17th: 100.00%
Witherell's. Part I-Luxury Asset Auction: Featuring Property from the Estate of C. K. McClatchy, Sacramento, CA ( on September 16th: 93.75%
Rossini. Lithographs, Fine Art Prints on September 16th: 30.22%
Old World Auctions. Maps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 9/2 on September 16th: 55.53%
Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers. Classic Sale - Books, Prints on September 16th: 76.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books on September 16th: 100.00%
Aste Bolaffi. Advertising Posters on September 16th: 50.83%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on September 15th: 93.18%
Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers. Science Books from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. Part I on September 15th: 64.90%
Cowans Auctions. American Historical Ephemera and Photography: Timed Auction - online bidstart 9/4 on September 14th: 83.52%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, and Rabbinical Letters on September 15th: 84.84%
Sothebys. Hip Hop on September 15th: 92.94%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 9/8 on September 15th: 99.38%
Heritage Auctions. Americana and Political Signature Auction on September 15th: 91.88%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 9/8 on September 15th: 99.80%
Winter Associates. Prints, Ephemera on September 14th: 77.08%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 9/6 on September 14th: 99.36%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 9/6 on September 13th: 98.72%
RR Auction. Remarkable Rarities - bidstart 8/21 on September 12th: 61.90%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Online Magic Auction - bidstart 8/13 on September 12th: 99.47%
Brunk Auctions. SINGLE OWNER AUCTION - THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM N. BANKS, JR. - NEWNAN, GEORGIA on September 12th: 100.00%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on September 12th: 94.00%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Hollywood - online bidstart 8/21 on September 9th: 60.85%
Addison and Sarova. Summer Rare Books and Ephemera on August 29th: 90.79%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 8/30 on September 13th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. ComicsComics & Comic Art Signature Auction on September 13th: 99.54%
Heritage Auctions. The partnerone Collection Sports Card Catalog Auction on September 10th: 99.91%
For the week ahead 48 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Sep. 21st
Dorotheum . Vienna. Books and Decorative Graphics. 236 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Currency Signature Auction. 715 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Australia and the Pacific, Voyages and Travels, Maps, Ephemera, Literature, Natural History includin. 213 lots
Stephan Welz & Co.. Constantia. Fine, Decorative and African Art, Books and Maps. 176 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Online Only: Eclectic Variety. 46 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 77 lots
Tue. Sep. 22nd
Artcurial. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 236 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Books and Manuscripts. 270 lots
Christies. London -South Kensington. Prints and Multiples: Modern to Pop - online bidstart 9/10. 126 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 9/15. 613 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 9/15. 160 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Annual Clearance Sale - Part 1. 317 lots
Wed. Sep. 23rd
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Manuscripts and Autographs - Books. 200 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Banksy: I can't believe you morons actually buy this sh*t - Online bidstart 9/10. 22 lots
Revere Auctions. St. Paul. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc.. 137 lots
Christies. London -South Kensington. Contemporary Editions - online bidstart 9/10. 122 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Discovery/Interiors - Prints, Books - bidstart 9/15. 59 lots
Guernseys. New York, NY. The Legendary Vladi Collection of Historical Maps. 287 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Annual Clearance Sale - Part 2. 274 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books, Prints, Photos. 200 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints, Books. 85 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Books.
Thu. Sep. 24th
Forum Auctions. London. A further selection of 16th and 17th century English books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library. 340 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography. 437 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed and Manuscript Americana. 367 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Fine Prints and Photographs - bidstart 9/14. 101 lots
Revere Auctions. St. Paul. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc. - Day 2. 79 lots
Christies. London -South Kensington. Snowdon: A Life in Art and Objects - online bidstart 9/4. 35 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints, Books. 27 lots
Finarte. Rome. Prints and Multiples: Works from the Collection. 180 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Chinese and Southeast Works of Art - Books and Prints. 76 lots
Fri. Sep. 25th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Old Master Prints. 34 lots
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Books - Graphic - Autographs. 288 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. 233 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Japanese and Korean Works of Art - Prints. 50 lots
Sat. Sep. 26th
PosterConnection Inc.. Clayton. End-of-Summer Sale. 495 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints.
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . September Gallery Auction. 49 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Circus, Sideshow and Oddities - online bidstart 8/31. 413 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Shooting Gallery Auction - Catalogs and Ephemera. 54 lots
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Windsor. Books, Prints.
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Modern and Contemporary Graphics - Modern Books. 605 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Opportunity - Books, Prints - bidstart 9/16. 72 lots
Sun. Sep. 27th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 9/20.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 9/20.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 9/13. 212 lots
Bonhams. New York. Leaves of Wisdom Tibetan Illuminated Manuscripts from American Collections - bidstart 9/20.
Bruce McKinney
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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.