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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 12 Auctions Archived, another 19 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 30 December 2022, 12 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 5 denominated in euros and 7 in US dollars.

 

Turnover this past week was $1,269,695.61 as 97.03% of all lots changed hands.  There were 3,067 offered and 2,976 transacted.  The average lot sold for $426.65.

 

May 2023 be all that you want.

 

 

No auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars


No auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered



10 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/20 on December 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/18 on December 26th: 99.75%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/20 on December 27th: 99.68%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 99.22%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/18 on December 25th: 97.23%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/11 on December 25th: 95.99%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/9 on December 18th: 86.21%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/9 on December 20th: 83.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/9 on December 19th: 80.95%


12 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 99.22%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/20 on December 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/20 on December 27th: 99.68%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/18 on December 26th: 99.75%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/9 on December 20th: 83.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/9 on December 19th: 80.95%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Books and Maps Auction - bidstart 12/9 on December 18th: 26.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/9 on December 18th: 86.21%
Catawiki B. V.. Art and Photography Books Auction - bidstart 12/9 on December 17th: 26.67%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/11 on December 25th: 95.99%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/18 on December 25th: 97.23%

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC Apparent VF/NM 9.0 Slight (P) Off-white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $52,800.
  2. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC VG 4.0 White pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $26,400.
  3. Heritage Auctions Journey Into Mystery #83 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $9,600.
  4. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC GD 2.0 Cream to off-white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $9,600.
  5. Heritage Auctions Jim Starlin and Alex Niño Rampaging Hulk #4 Double Splash Page 21-22 Original Art (Marvel, 1977). on December 28th Actual price: USD $9,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #1 (Marvel, 1962) CGC Apparent FN 6.0 Moderate (A-3) Cream to off-white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $9,000.
  7. Heritage Auctions Pokémon 1st Edition Fossil Set Sealed Booster Box (The Pokémon Company, 1999). on December 28th Actual price: USD $8,700.
  8. Heritage Auctions Adventure Comics #247 (DC, 1958) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $7,800.
  9. Heritage Auctions Scott McDaniel Batman #601 Cover Original Art (DC, 2002). on December 28th Actual price: USD $6,600.
  10. Heritage Auctions Mike Manley Darkhawk #18 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1992). on December 28th Actual price: USD $6,300.
  11. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #51 UK Edition (Marvel, 1967) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $6,300.
  12. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC Apparent FN 6.0 Slight (B-1) Off-white to white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $5,520.
  13. Heritage Auctions 1956 Topps Baseball Near Set (333/340). on December 25th Actual price: USD $5,520.
  14. Heritage Auctions Celso "Sonny" Trinidad Son of Satan #7 Partial Story "Mirror of Judgement" Original Art Group of 11 (Marvel, 1976). on December 28th Actual price: USD $5,040.
  15. Heritage Auctions Jackson "Butch" Guice Black Bolt #1 Variant Cover Original Art (Marvel, 2017). on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,800.
  16. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #14 Signature Series: Stan Lee (Marvel, 1964) CGC FN+ 6.5 White pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $4,560.
  17. Heritage Auctions Pokémon Charizard #4 1st Edition Base Set PSA Trading Card Game EX 5.0 (The Pokémon Company, 1999) Holo Rare, Holo. on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,320.
  18. Heritage Auctions Wizards Elfin Army Pan Production Drawing by Mike Ploog Original Art (Ralph Bakshi, 1977). on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,320.
  19. Heritage Auctions Milton Caniff Terry and the Pirates Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 5-14-35 (Chicago Tribune, 1935). on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,320.
  20. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #10 (Marvel, 1964) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $4,320.
  21. Heritage Auctions Tales to Astonish #44 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $4,213.
  22. Heritage Auctions Dave Cockrum Superboy and The Legion of Super-Heroes #198 Story Page 14 Original Art (DC, 1973). on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,200.
  23. Heritage Auctions Jim Lee, Al Milgrom, Don Hudson The Punisher War Journal #19 Story Page 12 Original Art (Marvel, 1990). on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,080.
  24. Heritage Auctions Jim Lee and Scott Williams The Punisher Annual #2 Story Page 2 Original Art (Marvel, 1989). on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,080.
  25. Heritage Auctions X-Men #4 UK Edition (Marvel, 1964) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $4,080.

 

For the week ahead 19 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 2nd
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23. 50 lots

Tue. Jan. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/27. 386 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/27. 149 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 59 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/23. 33 lots

Wed. Jan. 4th
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Winter Break: Timed Auction - bidstart 12/21. 41 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/28. 121 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/28. 280 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23. 19 lots

Thu. Jan. 5th
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana and Maps - bidstart 12/23. 506 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. New Year Estate Auction. 41 lots

Sat. Jan. 7th
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. Items from the Collection of Dr. Howard A. Tin, Springfield, Il., and Americana from Various Collect. 7 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/31.
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Opportunity Auction. 75 lots

Sun. Jan. 8th
Schilb Antiquarian. Columbia. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium. 102 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/1.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/1.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/25. 349 lots
Arenberg Auctions. BRUSSEL. Collectables - bidstart 12/22. 298 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
  • Books & Autographs
    Wednesday 25 March
    Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000
    Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.