Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 54 Auctions Archived, another 16 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 23 December 2022, 54 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 2 denominated in Swiss francs, 1 in Danish krone, 25 in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 22 in US dollars.
Turnover this past week was $11,425,615.77 as 75.01% of all lots changed hands. There were 15,330 offered and 11,499 transacted. The average lot sold for $993.62.
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4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on December 17th: $1,685,153
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Comic Books and Originals on December 3rd: $1,302,660
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration on December 16th: $1,069,994
Galerie Bassenge. Prints from the 15th to 19th Centuries on November 30th: $1,015,276
10 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Zero / Fluxus / Pop / New Music - The Schaffernicht Collection on November 12th: 208.12%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/2 on December 14th: 168.66%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/2 on December 12th: 152.13%
Artcurial. Books, Paintings, Works of Art and Furniture on November 24th: 145.39%
Galerie Bassenge. Drawn on Paper - Engraved in Copper on December 1st: 143.04%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Children's Book Collection Renata Knorr on November 10th: 131.48%
Gorringes. Winter Fine Sale on December 12th: 117.45%
Sothebys. The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure | Part II - bidstart12/6 on December 20th: 115.80%
Galerie Bassenge. Witches, Death and Devil on October 11th: 115.02%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Modern Literature, Erotica and Posters on November 12th: 111.17%
22 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/13 on December 20th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/11 on December 19th: 99.91%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera on December 20th: 99.51%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/14 on December 21st: 99.38%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/14 on December 21st: 99.25%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/13 on December 20th: 99.13%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on December 18th: 99.11%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on December 17th: 98.63%
Galerie Bassenge. Witches, Death and Devil on October 11th: 98.35%
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration on December 16th: 97.84%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/4 on December 18th: 97.42%
New England Auctions. Antique & Decorative Arts Auction on November 10th: 96.70%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/17 on December 23rd: 94.50%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/11 on December 18th: 93.56%
Sothebys. The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure | Part II - bidstart12/6 on December 20th: 90.91%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/10 on December 17th: 89.00%
Heritage Auctions. Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction on December 17th: 88.68%
Artcurial. Books, Paintings, Works of Art and Furniture on November 24th: 88.46%
Mennonite Life. Rare and Used Book Auction on November 11th: 85.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/2 on December 14th: 85.37%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on December 20th: 83.82%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Zero / Fluxus / Pop / New Music - The Schaffernicht Collection on November 12th: 83.55%
54 total sales reported this week:
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/17 on December 23rd: 94.50%
Galerie Bassenge. Witches, Death and Devil on October 11th: 98.35%
Galerie Bassenge. Valuable Books on October 11th: 57.76%
New England Auctions. Antique & Decorative Arts Auction on November 10th: 96.70%
Mennonite Life. Rare and Used Book Auction on November 11th: 85.50%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Zero / Fluxus / Pop / New Music - The Schaffernicht Collection on November 12th: 83.55%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Modern Literature, Erotica and Posters on November 12th: 57.42%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Modern Art and Photography on November 11th: 54.58%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Library Dr. Georg Fischer on November 10th: 51.91%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Autographs, Books, Travel Photography, Decorative Prints on November 10th: 53.79%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Children's Book Collection Renata Knorr on November 10th: 71.92%
Rossini. General Sale on November 22nd: 74.07%
Artcurial. Books, Paintings, Works of Art and Furniture on November 24th: 88.46%
Trafford Books. Books, Ephemera, Cigarette and Trade Cards, Autographs, Photographs, Postcards, Stamps and Postal Hi on December 21st: 72.73%
Sothebys. The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure | Part II - bidstart12/6 on December 20th: 90.91%
PIASA. Editions: prints, illustrated books, multiples on December 20th: 71.75%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera on December 20th: 99.51%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on December 20th: 83.82%
ALDE. Antiquarian and 19th Century Books on December 20th: 50.00%
Dorotheum . Autographs, Manuscripts and Documents on December 19th: 74.94%
Morphy Auctions. Fine and Decorative Arts on December 20th: 64.15%
Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Valuable Books, Decorative Graphics, Historical Photographs on December 15th: 51.37%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. 2-Day Book Sale on December 16th: 60.44%
Gorringes. Winter Fine Sale on December 12th: 63.41%
Vermot de Pas. HISTORY, FASHION AND ENTERTAINMENT - AUTOGRAPHS, BOOKS, DOCUMENTS, MANUSCRIPTS, POSTERS - LIVE SALE on December 8th: 37.43%
Koller Auctions. Photography - Online Only - bidstart 11/22 on December 8th: 55.83%
Koller Auctions. Prints and Multiples - online only - bidstart 11/22 on December 7th: 70.59%
Soler Y Llach. Books, Maps, and Collectibles on November 29th: 37.91%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Comic Books and Originals on December 3rd: 63.92%
Galerie Bassenge. Photography of the 19th-21st Centuries on December 7th: 46.39%
Galerie Bassenge. Prints from the 15th to 19th Centuries on November 30th: 68.47%
Galerie Bassenge. Graphics and Multiples on December 2nd: 73.00%
Galerie Bassenge. Drawn on Paper - Engraved in Copper on December 1st: 65.85%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/14 on December 21st: 99.25%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/14 on December 21st: 99.38%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/13 on December 20th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/13 on December 20th: 99.13%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on December 18th: 99.11%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Eclectic Auction - bidstart 12/8 on December 18th: 73.81%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity Auction on December 17th: 41.18%
Michaans Auctions. December Gallery Auction on December 17th: 61.70%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Americana Holiday Auction - Day 2 on December 18th: 68.85%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Americana Holiday Auction - Day 1 on December 17th: 47.13%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/2 on December 14th: 85.37%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/2 on December 13th: 76.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/2 on December 12th: 77.36%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/2 on December 11th: 72.86%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/10 on December 17th: 89.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/4 on December 18th: 97.42%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/11 on December 18th: 93.56%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/11 on December 19th: 99.91%
Heritage Auctions. Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction on December 17th: 88.68%
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration on December 16th: 97.84%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on December 17th: 98.63%
For the week ahead 16 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Dec. 26th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/16. 65 lots
Tue. Dec. 27th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/20. 317 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/20. 143 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/16. 51 lots
Wed. Dec. 28th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/21. 386 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/21. 155 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/16. 36 lots
Fri. Dec. 30th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/21. 26 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Exclusive Books and Maps Auction - bidstart 12/21. 44 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Exclusive Cartography Auction - bidstart 12/21. 43 lots
Sat. Dec. 31st
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/24. 200 lots
Sun. Jan. 1st
Bruneau & Co. . Cranston. The Andy Yanchus Collection, Part II. 564 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/25.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/25.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/18. 328 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/23. 51 lots
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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.
