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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%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  2. Heritage Auctions Albedo #2 (Thoughts and Images, 1984) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $24,000.
  3. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen La Cosmographie universelle de Tout le Monde recueillie de chasque bon authevr et approvve, tant des Historiens, comme de ceux qui ont descrit les lieux particuliers. 2 Bde. on December 18th Actual price: USD $22,276.
  4. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Cosmographia. Beschreibung aller Lender, in welcher begriffen Aller völcker Herrschafften Stetten und namhafftiger flecken herkommen... on December 18th Actual price: USD $18,099.
  5. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC PR 0.5 Cream to off-white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $17,400.
  6. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Atlas historique, ou nouvelle introduction a l'histoire, a la chronologie & a la geographie ancienne & moderne. 7 Bde. on December 18th Actual price: USD $16,707.
  7. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Off-white to white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $15,072.
  8. Heritage Auctions Journey Into Mystery #83 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $14,400.
  9. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen (Costumes of the Various Countries). Komplette Serie des Trachten- und Uniformwerkes in 7 Bänden. on December 18th Actual price: USD $13,227.
  10. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Der Dudelsackpfeifer. on December 18th Actual price: USD $12,530.
  11. Heritage Auctions Police Comics #1 (Quality, 1941) CGC GD+ 2.5 Cream to off-white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $11,400.
  12. Heritage Auctions Giant-Size X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1975) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $11,400.
  13. Heritage Auctions The Marvel Family #1 (Fawcett Publications, 1945) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white to white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $10,800.
  14. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Piper Verlag. Dem Verlag R. Piper & Co. zum 19. Mai 1924. on December 18th Actual price: USD $10,442.
  15. Heritage Auctions José "Pepe" Gonzalez - Vampirella Illustration Original Art (2003). on December 29th Actual price: USD $10,200.
  16. Heritage Auctions Special Marvel Edition #15 Master of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1973) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $10,200.
  17. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #19 (Marvel, 1963) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $10,200.
  18. Heritage Auctions X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC GD 2.0 Off-white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $9,960.
  19. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Die Kreuzigung - kleine Platte. on December 18th Actual price: USD $9,746.
  20. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen De praestigiis daemonum, et incantationibus, ac ueneficijs, libri V. on December 18th Actual price: USD $9,050.
  21. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #12 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $8,700.
  22. Heritage Auctions Giant-Size X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1975) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $8,400.
  23. Heritage Auctions The Avengers #4 (Marvel, 1964) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $8,400.
  24. Heritage Auctions Edge of Spider-Verse #2 Variant Edition (Marvel, 2014) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages. on December 27th Actual price: USD $8,100.
  25. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Eh. Brief mit Unterschrift "Frederic". In französischer Sprache. on December 18th Actual price: USD $8,075.



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

RBH and AE

  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Dramatic Works,</i> 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>Troilus and Criseyde,</i> one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Borges (Jorge Luis). <i>Luna de Enfrente,</i> first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Nolli (Giovanni Battista). <i>Nuova Pianta di Roma,</i> Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Roberts (David). <i>The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Blacker (William). <i>Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing,</i> Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.