Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 34 Auctions Archived, another 32 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 30 July 2021, 34 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 7 in euros, 2 in British pounds, 22 in US dollars, and 2 in South African rand.
Turnover was $23,006,710 as 89% of all lots sold. There were 10,083 offers posted and 8,976 changed hands. The average lot sold for $2,563.
The very definition of collectible paper is changing.
Heritage Auctions. Summer Sports Card Catalogue Auction on July 24th: $13,726,784
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Signature Auction on July 25th: $3,473,102
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Signature Auction on July 25th: $2,383,877
6 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Ephemera on July 28th: 286.79%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/9 on July 21st: 177.90%
Case Antiques, Inc.. Summer 2021 Auction on July 25th: 168.15%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/20 on July 27th: 128.70%
Eldreds. The Summer Sale - session 3 on July 30th: 123.30%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on July 29th: 111.76%
23 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Signature Auction on July 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 7/20 on July 27th: 100.00%
Eldreds. The Summer Sale - session 3 on July 30th: 100.00%
Sothebys. Bette Davis Eyes and Other Natural Phenomena: Photographs at No Reserve - bidstart 7/21 on July 28th: 100.00%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - bidstart 7/21 on July 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/20 on July 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 7/18 on July 26th: 99.65%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/11 on July 25th: 99.26%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 24th: 99.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/20 on July 27th: 98.58%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Ephemera on July 28th: 98.10%
Heritage Auctions. Summer Sports Card Catalogue Auction on July 24th: 98.06%
New England Auctions. EARLY PRINTING, AMERICANA, SCIENCE, PRINTS & EPHEMERA - bidstart 6/12 on July 27th: 95.43%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Signature Auction on July 25th: 95.38%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on July 29th: 91.84%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/9 on July 21st: 91.35%
Case Antiques, Inc.. Summer 2021 Auction on July 25th: 91.28%
Eldreds. The Summer Sale - session 2 on July 29th: 86.67%
Early American. Early American Currency and Ephemera on July 24th: 85.33%
Revere Auctions. Day 2: Fine Jewelry with a Collection of Fine Modern & Contemporary Art on July 28th: 83.51%
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. Literature, history, science, exploration, art and Australiana on July 30th: 80.32%
Revere Auctions. Decorative Arts of the World on July 27th: 80.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/9 on July 18th: 80.00%
34 total sales reported this week:
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. Literature, history, science, exploration, art and Australiana on July 30th: 80.32%
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Fine Autographs and Memorabilia on July 29th: 20.65%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on July 29th: 91.84%
Eldreds. The Summer Sale - session 3 on July 30th: 100.00%
Eldreds. The Summer Sale - session 2 on July 29th: 86.67%
Bonhams. TCM Presents ... The Estate of Stanley Simon, Part II on July 29th: 66.03%
Stephan Welz & Co.. Premium Hybrid-Live Auction on July 29th: 59.02%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Ephemera on July 28th: 98.10%
Sothebys. Bette Davis Eyes and Other Natural Phenomena: Photographs at No Reserve - bidstart 7/21 on July 28th: 100.00%
Revere Auctions. Day 2: Fine Jewelry with a Collection of Fine Modern & Contemporary Art on July 28th: 83.51%
Eldreds. The Summer Sale - session 1 on July 28th: 66.67%
Vermot de Pas. Sporlympics on July 22nd: 36.07%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety - bidstart 7/21 on July 27th: 100.00%
Revere Auctions. Decorative Arts of the World on July 27th: 80.00%
New England Auctions. EARLY PRINTING, AMERICANA, SCIENCE, PRINTS & EPHEMERA - bidstart 6/12 on July 27th: 95.43%
Aspire Art Auctions. X PLP African Photography on July 27th: 34.65%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/20 on July 27th: 98.58%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/20 on July 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 7/20 on July 27th: 100.00%
Moreshet Auctions. Books, Kodesh books, Hassidic books, Rabbinical letters, Manuscripts, Judaika, Art, Israeliana and m on July 26th: 70.08%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/11 on July 25th: 99.26%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 7/18 on July 26th: 99.65%
Case Antiques, Inc.. Summer 2021 Auction on July 25th: 91.28%
Early American. Early American Currency and Ephemera on July 24th: 85.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/16 on July 23rd: 71.05%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/9 on July 21st: 91.35%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 7/9 on July 20th: 72.41%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 7/9 on July 19th: 74.55%
Catawiki B. V.. Books - bidstart 7/9 on July 18th: 27.27%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/9 on July 18th: 80.00%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 24th: 99.00%
Heritage Auctions. Summer Sports Card Catalogue Auction on July 24th: 98.06%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Signature Auction on July 25th: 95.38%
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Signature Auction on July 25th: 100.00%
For the week ahead 32 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Aug. 2nd
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 66 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Antiques and Fine Furnishings. 25 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 7/23. 35 lots
Tue. Aug. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 7/27. 627 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/27. 143 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 7/23. 18 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 7/27. 34 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Online Only Variety Auction. 39 lots
Wed. Aug. 4th
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. UNRESERVED @Neal. 66 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/23. 77 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 7/28. 341 lots
Thu. Aug. 5th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Literature - Beat and the Counterculture. 445 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Vintage Posters. 365 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Book Sale.
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Modern Literature. 270 lots
Dorotheum . Salzburg. Summer Auction. 28 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. August Estate Auction. 41 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Americana. 21 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Certified DC Comics Superhero Titles Showcase Auction. 140 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction - General Americana. 342 lots
Fri. Aug. 6th
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction - Railrodaiana, Air, Auto, Philatelic. 586 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Animation Art Signature Auction. 1713 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . /Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 7/30. 59 lots
Sat. Aug. 7th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction - Native American, Military, Firearms. 244 lots
Ripley Auctions. Indianapolis. August Sports and Entertainment Memorabilia Auction. 294 lots
Sun. Aug. 8th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 7/25. 457 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 8/1.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 8/1.
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. Single Owner Americana - bidstart 7/29. 12 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction - Cowboy, Art, Mining, Stocks, Numismatic. 268 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts -- bidstart 8/30. 31 lots
Bruce McKinney
RBH and AE
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Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.