Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 19 Auctions Archived, another 28 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday 31 December 2021, 19 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+, 9 denominated in euros, and 10 in US dollars.
Turnover was $2,713,914 as 80% of all lots sold. There were 6,511 lots posted and 5,185 changed hands. The average lot sold for $523.
May 2022 be all that you wish!
5 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/10 on December 22nd: 164.79%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 10/1 on December 24th: 154.78%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/10 on December 21st: 121.70%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/10 on December 19th: 118.41%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 112.85%
13 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/22 on December 29th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 99.63%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 12/19 on December 27th: 99.62%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 12/19 on December 26th: 98.66%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/12 on December 26th: 98.37%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 26th: 97.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/10 on December 22nd: 91.43%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/10 on December 19th: 84.78%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jewish and Iraeli History, Culture and Art on December 21st: 84.26%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/10 on December 20th: 82.28%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 10/1 on December 24th: 81.52%
19 total sales reported this week:
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/22 on December 29th: 100.00%
Withington Auctions, Inc.. Outstanding Country Estate Auction on December 29th: 76.92%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 99.63%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on December 18th: 53.87%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Photographs on December 21st: 16.07%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jewish and Iraeli History, Culture and Art on December 21st: 84.26%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 26th: 97.50%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 12/19 on December 26th: 98.66%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 12/19 on December 27th: 99.62%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 10/1 on December 24th: 81.52%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books - bidstart 12/17 on December 23rd: 69.23%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/10 on December 22nd: 91.43%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/10 on December 21st: 75.76%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/10 on December 20th: 82.28%
Catawiki B. V.. Books - bidstart 12/10 on December 19th: 33.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/10 on December 19th: 84.78%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/12 on December 26th: 98.37%
For the week ahead 28 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Jan. 3rd
One Source Auctions. Canandaigua. 10TH ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S QUALITY ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES AUCTION. 149 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/26. 72 lots
Tue. Jan. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/28. 648 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/28. 165 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 12/28. 86 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 83 lots
Pot of Gold Estate Liquidations DBA AZFirearms.com. Avondale. High End Antique, Coin-op, Gun, Coin, Jewelry, Art. 25 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Online Only - Timed Eclectic Variety. 17 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/24. 35 lots
Wed. Jan. 5th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando. 1185 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/29. 257 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Unlimited - Part 1. 110 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Unlimited - Part 2. 358 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Online Sale - Books. 986 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/24. 150 lots
Thu. Jan. 6th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Books in All Fields with Americana & Maps - Timed Online Auction - bidstart 12/24. 471 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN World Paper Money Signature® Auction - Orlando. 468 lots
University Archives. Wilton. Rare Autographs, Photographs & Books. 535 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. The New Years Estate Auction. 28 lots
Fri. Jan. 7th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 1/1. 90 lots
Sat. Jan. 8th
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. Petroliana - Advertising - Country Store - with Amanda Auction Gallery. 94 lots
Tennants Auctioneers. Leyburn. Antiques and Interiors, to include Affordable Modern and Contemporary Art. 56 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 1/1. 200 lots
Sun. Jan. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 1/2.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 1/2.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/26. 394 lots
Schilb Antiquarian. Columbia. RARE BOOKS With NO RESERVE NO BUYERS PREMIUM!.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts -- bidstart 1/1. 33 lots
Bruce McKinney
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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.