Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 48 Auctions Archived, another 48 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 25 November 2022, 48 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 2 denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in Danish krone, 11 in euros, 6 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, 26 in US dollars, and 1 in South African rands.
Turnover this past week was $51,105,914.84 as 82.86% of all lots changed hands. There were 16,684 offered and 13,825 changed hands. The average lot sold for $3,696.63.
Be well through these uncertain times.
6 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Heritage Auctions. Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction on November 17th: $18,589,015
Heritage Auctions. Fall Sports Catalogue Auction on November 19th: $16,353,449
Sothebys. The John Golden Library: Book Illustration in the Age of Scientific Discovery on November 22nd: $2,253,762
Christies. Rare Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 11/9 on November 21st: $2,207,573
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Signature Auction on November 20th: $2,016,012
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Rare and Important Items on November 22nd: $1,825,500
11 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Sporting and Collectors' Sale on November 23rd: 202.94%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. 43rd Semi-Annual Premier Americana Auction - Day 3 on November 19th: 149.68%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Books, Autographs, and Manuscripts on October 12th: 140.97%
Il Ponte. Prints, Multiples and Modern Art on November 24th: 123.71%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on November 23rd: 117.55%
Damien Voglaire. Modern and Contemporary Art on November 19th: 117.19%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. 19th and 20th Century Photography, Cameras and Accessories on November 24th: 116.28%
Neal Auction Company. Louisiana Purchase Auction - Day 2 on November 19th: 112.33%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 11/15 on November 22nd: 101.49%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Rare and Important Items on November 22nd: 100.58%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on November 23rd: 100.08%
30 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. 43rd Semi-Annual Premier Americana Auction - Day 3 on November 19th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 11/15 on November 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 11/15 on November 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 11/16 on November 23rd: 100.00%
Bonhams. Scott of the Antarctic - An Heroic Farewell on November 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 11/16 on November 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. A Century of Greatness: George Burke, Charles Conlon and the Legends of Baseball, A Photography Arc on November 18th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction on November 17th: 99.72%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 11/13 on November 21st: 99.46%
Neal Auction Company. Louisiana Purchase Auction - Day 2 on November 19th: 98.94%
Heritage Auctions. Fall Sports Catalogue Auction on November 19th: 96.90%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 11/6 on November 20th: 96.48%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 11/12 on November 19th: 95.50%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on November 20th: 95.50%
Heritage Auctions. Hirschfeld Celebrity Autograph Charity Auction to Benefit Broadway Cares and The Al Hirschfeld Found on November 20th: 95.24%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Rare and Important Items on November 22nd: 95.07%
New England Auctions. Travel & Exploration, Hunting & Fishing Books & Ephemera Catalog on November 22nd: 95.00%
Revere Auctions. Dwell in Beauty on November 18th: 94.74%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Signature Auction on November 20th: 94.73%
Purcell Auctioneers. Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journa on November 23rd: 92.53%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on November 23rd: 90.24%
Sothebys. The John Golden Library: Book Illustration in the Age of Scientific Discovery on November 22nd: 88.00%
Australian Book Auctions. Australian Book Auction on November 23rd: 87.32%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on November 22nd: 86.89%
Ashcroft and Moore. The Last Gotham Gorey Sale on November 21st: 86.25%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. 19th and 20th Century Photography, Cameras and Accessories on November 24th: 85.45%
Damien Voglaire. Modern and Contemporary Art on November 19th: 84.38%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on November 22nd: 84.29%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Books, Autographs, and Manuscripts on October 12th: 81.30%
Il Ponte. Prints, Multiples and Modern Art on November 24th: 80.47%
48 total sales reported this week:
Old World Auctions. Maps and Atlases - bidstart 11/2 on November 16th: 78.73%
Il Ponte. Prints, Multiples and Modern Art on November 24th: 80.47%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. 19th and 20th Century Photography, Cameras and Accessories on November 24th: 85.45%
Chiswick Auctions. 19th and 20th Century Photographs on November 24th: 53.95%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on November 23rd: 90.24%
Purcell Auctioneers. Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journa on November 23rd: 92.53%
Bonhams. Scott of the Antarctic - An Heroic Farewell on November 22nd: 100.00%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on November 23rd: 77.93%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 11/16 on November 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 11/16 on November 23rd: 100.00%
Australian Book Auctions. Australian Book Auction on November 23rd: 87.32%
ALDE. Original Editions XIXth and XXth century on November 23rd: 70.79%
Stephan Welz & Co.. Johannesburg Premium Auction on November 24th: 57.84%
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Sporting and Collectors' Sale on November 23rd: 53.25%
Sothebys. The John Golden Library: Book Illustration in the Age of Scientific Discovery on November 22nd: 88.00%
New England Auctions. Travel & Exploration, Hunting & Fishing Books & Ephemera Catalog on November 22nd: 95.00%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Rare and Important Items on November 22nd: 95.07%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on November 22nd: 84.29%
Christies. A Graphic Century including French Impressions: Prints from Ambroise Vollard and Henri M. Petiet on November 22nd: 79.31%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on November 22nd: 86.89%
Bertolami Fine Art . Ancient and Modern Prints, Geographical Maps on November 22nd: 27.21%
Vermot de Pas. HISTORY AND REGIONS OF FRANCE: MANUSCRIPTS, DOCUMENTS, MAPS, PRINTS, ARCHIVES, PLACARDS - LIVE SALE on November 21st: 17.94%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. American Historical Ephemera and Photography - bidstart 11/11 on November 21st: 71.18%
Christies. Rare Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 11/9 on November 21st: 69.03%
Ashcroft and Moore. The Last Gotham Gorey Sale on November 21st: 86.25%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Posters on November 22nd: 56.16%
Arader Galleries. November Auction on November 19th: 47.88%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Books, Autographs, and Manuscripts on October 12th: 81.30%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 11/15 on November 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 11/15 on November 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 11/13 on November 21st: 99.46%
Heritage Auctions. A Century of Greatness: George Burke, Charles Conlon and the Legends of Baseball, A Photography Arc on November 18th: 100.00%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on November 20th: 95.50%
Neal Auction Company. Louisiana Purchase Auction - Day 2 on November 19th: 98.94%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity Auction on November 19th: 36.00%
Michaans Auctions. November Gallery Auction on November 19th: 42.67%
Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Modern Art and Book Auction on November 19th: 71.38%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. 43rd Semi-Annual Premier Americana Auction - Day 3 on November 19th: 100.00%
Damien Voglaire. Modern and Contemporary Art on November 19th: 84.38%
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. Dustjackets to die for and posters to decorate your life 88 on November 18th: 46.88%
Revere Auctions. Dwell in Beauty on November 18th: 94.74%
Du Mouchelles. The November Auctions: Day 2 on November 18th: 74.22%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 11/12 on November 19th: 95.50%
Heritage Auctions. Hirschfeld Celebrity Autograph Charity Auction to Benefit Broadway Cares and The Al Hirschfeld Found on November 20th: 95.24%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 11/6 on November 20th: 96.48%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Signature Auction on November 20th: 94.73%
Heritage Auctions. Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction on November 17th: 99.72%
Heritage Auctions. Fall Sports Catalogue Auction on November 19th: 96.90%
For the week ahead 48 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Nov. 28th
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Rare Books. 350 lots
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. Amsterdam. NRC Auctions. 135 lots
Tue. Nov. 29th
Artcurial. Paris. Limited Editions. 130 lots
ALDE. Paris. Original Bindings & Modern Illustrated Books. 266 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 11/22. 426 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 11/22. 157 lots
Sothebys. London. The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Earl of Fairhaven, Part II. 264 lots
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Firenze. Ancient, modern and contemporary art. 501 lots
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Malaga. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Two Day Sale. 650 lots
Canada Book Auctions Limited. Toronto. Important Birds Books from a Private Collection. 124 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Ancient and Contemporary Books Auction. 400 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 67 lots
Waverly Auctions. Falls Church. Quinns Rare Books, Prints and Autographs. 447 lots
Wed. Nov. 30th
Zisska and Lacher. Munich. Books and Art. 1805 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 11/23. 402 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 11/23. 115 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Texana. 86 lots
Canada Book Auctions Limited. Toronto. Art Reference, Decorative Arts and Photography Books. 68 lots
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Malaga. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Two Day Sale - Day 2. 650 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Books From Valdemar's Castle. 50 lots
Sloane Street Auctions. London. The Winter Fine Art, Old Masters, Antiques, and Antiquarian Books Sale Including the Contents of the. 245 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Prints from the 15th to 19th Centuries. 720 lots
Thu. Dec. 1st
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Prints and Multiples. 85 lots
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Constantia. Antiquarian Books - bidstart 11/24. 472 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Ancient and Modern Books. 505 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Comic Strips Online - bidstart 11/25. 182 lots
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Space Photography Online - bidstart 11/22. 139 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper. 446 lots
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Fine Literature with Beats, Bukowski and the Counterculture. 489 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Fine and Outsider Art. 115 lots
Tajan. Paris. Prints. 142 lots
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Firenze. Photographs. 200 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Fox Comics Showcase Auction. 173 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Historical Platinum Session. 46 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Discovery Auction.
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Drawn on Paper - Engraved in Copper. 41 lots
Fri. Dec. 2nd
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Ancient Books. 93 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Trading Card Games. 241 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Graphics and Multiples. 237 lots
Sat. Dec. 3rd
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 11/26. 200 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Signature Winter Auction. 47 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. SS Central America Shipwreck Artifacts Auction, Part I. 250 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Seeley Family Presidential Christmas Collection Americana & Political. 208 lots
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers. Gahanna. Important Numismatic Literature. 454 lots
Sun. Dec. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 11/28.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 11/27.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 11/20. 298 lots
Schilb Antiquarian. Columbia. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium. 111 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.
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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.
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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.

