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%
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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
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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. -
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. -
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.