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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 21 Auctions Archived, another 26 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 6 January 2023, 21 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 1 denominated in Danish krone, 7 in euros, and 13 in US dollars.

 

Turnover this past week was $2,016,834.85 as 88.57% of all lots changed hands.  There were 4,952 offered and 4,386 transacted.  The average lot sold for $459.83.

 

2 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:

Bruneau & Co. . The Andy Yanchus Collection, Part II on January 1st: 147.43%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/16 on December 25th: 127.74%


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

Bruneau & Co. . The Andy Yanchus Collection, Part II on January 1st: 100.00%
Leland Little Auctions. New Year Estate Auction on January 5th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/27 on January 3rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/27 on January 3rd: 99.74%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/18 on January 1st: 99.70%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/28 on January 4th: 99.29%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 2nd: 99.21%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/28 on January 4th: 99.17%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/24 on December 31st: 97.00%
PBA Galleries. Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana and Maps - bidstart 12/23 on January 5th: 96.25%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 1st: 95.29%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 3rd: 93.22%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/16 on December 25th: 87.50%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $37,200.
  2. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $36,000.
  3. Bruneau & Co. Marvel Comics Tales to Astonish #90 CGC 9.8 on January 1st Actual price: USD $18,125.
  4. Heritage Auctions X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $17,400.
  5. Heritage Auctions X-Men #1 UK Price Variant (Marvel, 1963) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $16,800.
  6. Heritage Auctions X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $9,840.
  7. Bruneau & Co. Marvel Comics Avengers #71 CGC 9.8 on January 1st Actual price: USD $8,750.
  8. Catawiki B. V. Beschryving van het dorp Broek on December 30th Actual price: USD $8,065.
  9. Heritage Auctions Al Jaffee Playboy Complete 2-Page Story Original Art (HMH, c. 1960-70s). on January 4th Actual price: USD $7,800.
  10. Heritage Auctions Paul Gulacy and Dan Adkins Master of Kung Fu #39 Story Page 2 Original Art (Marvel, 1976). on January 4th Actual price: USD $7,800.
  11. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC Apparent FN- 5.5 Slight/Moderate (C-2) Off-white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $7,800.
  12. Catawiki B. V. Signed wooden Book Humidor gifted to Ernesto Che Guevara on his 35th Birthday on December 30th Actual price: USD $7,604.
  13. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Mucha, Folio - Nectar, Liquor Advertisement. 14 on December 31st Actual price: USD $7,205.
  14. Bruneau & Co. Marvel Comics Silver Surfer #3 CGC 9.6 on January 1st Actual price: USD $7,188.
  15. Bruneau & Co. Gold Key Green Hornet #1 CGC 9.8 on January 1st Actual price: USD $7,188.
  16. Heritage Auctions World's Finest Comics #3 (DC, 1941) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $6,600.
  17. Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #181 (Marvel, 1974) CGC VF 8.0 White pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $6,600.
  18. Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #180 (Marvel, 1974) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $6,600.
  19. Heritage Auctions Giant-Size X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1975) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $6,600.
  20. Catawiki B. V. Graduel espagnol de la fin du XVIIe siècle on December 30th Actual price: USD $6,337.
  21. Bruneau & Co. Marvel Comics Marvel Premiere #28 CGC 9.8 on January 1st Actual price: USD $6,125.
  22. Bruneau & Co. Marvel Comics Marvel Spotlight #5 CGC 9.0 on January 1st Actual price: USD $6,000.
  23. Heritage Auctions 1944 Babe Ruth Signed Envelope, PSA/DNA Authentic. on January 1st Actual price: USD $6,000.
  24. Heritage Auctions Pokémon Unlimited Fossil Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999). on January 4th Actual price: USD $5,760.
  25. Heritage Auctions Werewolf by Night #32 (Marvel, 1975) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. on January 2nd Actual price: USD $5,760.



21 total sales reported this week:

AntiquarianAuctions.com. Antiquarian Books - bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 21.16%
PBA Galleries. Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana and Maps - bidstart 12/23 on January 5th: 96.25%
Leland Little Auctions. New Year Estate Auction on January 5th: 100.00%
Eldreds. Winter Break: Timed Auction - bidstart 12/21 on January 4th: 48.78%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 3rd: 93.22%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/27 on January 3rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/28 on January 4th: 99.29%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/28 on January 4th: 99.17%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/27 on January 3rd: 99.74%
Bruneau & Co. . The Andy Yanchus Collection, Part II on January 1st: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Cartography Auction - bidstart 12/21 on December 30th: 62.79%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Books and Maps Auction - bidstart 12/21 on December 30th: 50.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/21 on December 30th: 34.62%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/16 on December 28th: 77.78%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/16 on December 27th: 66.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/16 on December 26th: 69.23%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/16 on December 25th: 87.50%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/18 on January 1st: 99.70%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 1st: 95.29%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/25 on January 2nd: 99.21%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/24 on December 31st: 97.00%

 

For the week ahead 26 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 9th
One Source Auctions. Canandaigua. 11th Annual New Year's Online Auction. 113 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/30. 69 lots

Tue. Jan. 10th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 1/3. 383 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 1/3. 178 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 64 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/30. 19 lots

Wed. Jan. 11th
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Contemporary and Post-War Art // Prints and Multiples. 103 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Prints and Multiples at LAMA. 275 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction. 1663 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 1/4. 132 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 1/4. 361 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts, Featuring Gangsters - bidstart 12/16. 870 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Depth of Field: Photographs. 199 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Unreserved@Neal Auction Day 1. 101 lots

Thu. Jan. 12th
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 292 lots
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Malaga. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts. 479 lots
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Antiquarian: Fine Bindings, Graphic Art & More. 413 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction. 1016 lots

Sat. Jan. 14th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 1/7. 200 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Entertainment and Music Memorabilia Showcase Auction. 486 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/6. 25 lots

Sun. Jan. 15th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/8.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/8.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 1/1. 312 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Douglas Gregory Collection: Currency Showcase Auction. 322 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/6. 50 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.