Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 53 Auctions Archived, another 38 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended 28 April 2023, 53 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 2 in Swiss francs, 1 in Danish krone, 11 in euros, 6 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 31 in US dollars.
Turnover this past week was $15,560,929.81 as 83.27% of all lots changed hands. There were 12,335 offered and 10,271 transacted. The average lot sold for $1,515.04.
Spring is in the air!
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Signature Auction on April 22nd: $2,429,210
Arader Galleries. April 2023 Auction on April 22nd: $2,130,031
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art Signature Auction on April 25th: $1,688,799
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples on April 26th: $1,181,889
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on April 25th: $1,159,452
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on April 22nd: $1,148,428
10 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Sothebys. Ex Libris: The Wolf Family Collection Art Reference Library on April 25th: 236.75%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on April 28th: 164.05%
Il Ponte. Prints, Multiples, and Modern Art on April 28th: 144.17%
Aguttes. Letters and Manuscripts on April 27th: 114.07%
Lyon and Turnbull. Vintage Posters on April 26th: 106.34%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 4/7 on April 18th: 104.97%
Christies. The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples: Online - bidstar on April 25th: 104.24%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 27th: 104.11%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art, Furniture and Decor on April 26th: 102.94%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Collection of Prints and Design on April 21st: 101.70%
29 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Sothebys. Ex Libris: The Wolf Family Collection Art Reference Library on April 25th: 100.00%
Christies. The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples: Online - bidstar on April 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 4/19 on April 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Showcase Auction on April 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. GEM MINT Trading Card Games Showcase Auction on April 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 4/18 on April 25th: 100.00%
John McInnis Auctioneers. Notre Dame Football Man Cave on April 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 4/16 on April 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 4/19 on April 26th: 99.75%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 4/18 on April 25th: 99.71%
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Signature Auction on April 22nd: 99.61%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 4/9 on April 23rd: 99.09%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on April 22nd: 98.66%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Online Sale: Books on Decorative Arts and Architecture on April 24th: 97.44%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on April 25th: 96.77%
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art Signature Auction on April 25th: 96.62%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 4/15 on April 22nd: 96.00%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on April 28th: 95.96%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art, Furniture and Decor on April 26th: 95.24%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 3/12 on April 23rd: 93.45%
Il Ponte. Prints, Multiples, and Modern Art on April 28th: 93.43%
Aguttes. Letters and Manuscripts on April 27th: 93.10%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples on April 26th: 92.11%
Purcell Auctioneers. Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journa on April 19th: 91.76%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/7 on April 15th: 88.24%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 27th: 88.18%
Lyon and Turnbull. Vintage Posters on April 26th: 88.16%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/7 on April 16th: 86.05%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 4/7 on April 18th: 81.82%
53 total sales reported this week:
Koller Auctions. Italian 16th-19th Century Books and Art - Online Only - bidstart 3/21 on April 6th: 66.98%
Koller Auctions. Books and Autographs - Online Only - bidstart 3/21 on April 6th: 59.52%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Treasures Auction on April 28th: 54.17%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on April 28th: 95.96%
Il Ponte. Prints, Multiples, and Modern Art on April 28th: 93.43%
Aguttes. Letters and Manuscripts on April 27th: 93.10%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Collection of Prints and Design on April 21st: 60.00%
North American Auction Company. Fine Montana Collector Sale on April 22nd: 66.89%
Swann Galleries. Fine Photographs on April 27th: 63.38%
Sloane Street Auctions. The Spring Fine Art and Antiques Sale. Old Masters, Modern British, as well as Private Collections o on April 27th: 67.14%
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Fine Autographs and Memorabilia on April 27th: 21.43%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 27th: 88.18%
The Ohio Company. Spring Auction on April 26th: 79.78%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples on April 26th: 92.11%
Lyon and Turnbull. Vintage Posters on April 26th: 88.16%
Los Angeles Estate Auction. Hollywood Entertainment Memorabilia Auction on April 26th: 40.65%
John McInnis Auctioneers. Notre Dame Football Man Cave on April 26th: 100.00%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art, Furniture and Decor on April 26th: 95.24%
Forum Auctions. Spring Selection: Modern and Contemporary Editions on April 26th: 43.11%
Fairhill Auction. April Militaria and Collectibles Auction on April 26th: 65.53%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 4/16 on April 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. GEM MINT Trading Card Games Showcase Auction on April 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Showcase Auction on April 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 4/19 on April 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 4/19 on April 26th: 99.75%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on April 25th: 96.77%
Sothebys. Ex Libris: The Wolf Family Collection Art Reference Library on April 25th: 100.00%
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on April 25th: 77.33%
Christies. The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples: Online - bidstar on April 25th: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on April 25th: 73.68%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Online Sale: Books on Decorative Arts and Architecture on April 24th: 97.44%
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. Voyaging to Vaillant on April 24th: 69.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 4/18 on April 25th: 99.71%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 4/18 on April 25th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art Signature Auction on April 25th: 96.62%
Moreshet Auctions. Part 2 Kodesh books, letters, privileged copies and much more on April 23rd: 52.06%
Moreshet Auctions. Part 1: Biography, bibliography and facsimiles, polemic, Land of Israel and Zionism, paperwork and m on April 23rd: 52.63%
PosterConnection Inc.. Poster Auction on April 22nd: 67.01%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. 2 Day Book Sale on April 21st: 71.78%
Purcell Auctioneers. Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journa on April 19th: 91.76%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity Auction on April 22nd: 50.00%
Arader Galleries. April 2023 Auction on April 22nd: 45.00%
Rossini. Books on April 21st: 61.77%
Heritage Auctions. Trading Card Games Signature Auction on April 22nd: 99.61%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on April 22nd: 98.66%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 4/9 on April 23rd: 99.09%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 3/12 on April 23rd: 93.45%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 4/15 on April 22nd: 96.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 4/7 on April 18th: 81.82%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 4/7 on April 17th: 72.73%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/7 on April 17th: 2.94%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/7 on April 16th: 86.05%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/7 on April 15th: 88.24%
For the week ahead 38 sales are scheduled:
Mon. May. 1st
Sothebys. New York. Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Eveni. 56 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/21. 34 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 3/17. 69 lots
Tue. May. 2nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 4/25. 380 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 4/25. 107 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Photographs. 156 lots
Sothebys. New York. Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Day S. 132 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Rare and Important Items. 108 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 4/21. 41 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Part 2: Rare and Important Manuscripts and Items of the Gross Family Collection. 74 lots
Wed. May. 3rd
Freemans. Philadelphia. Books and Manuscripts. 170 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Ancient and Modern Books. 430 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 4/26. 279 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 4/26. 120 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Popular Culture, Music, Film and Sporting Memorabilia. 163 lots
Doyle New York. New York. American Paintings and Prints. 23 lots
Bonhams. Marlborough. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 234 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. The Yellowstone Collection of 1847 Issue Covers. 127 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. CSNS US Currency Signature Auction. 1481 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books, Ephemera, Autographs, Photographs, Postcards, Cigarette Cards, Stamps and Postal History.. 60 lots
Thu. May. 4th
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Fine Literature - with Beats, and the Counterculture. 551 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Early Printed Books. 308 lots
Sothebys. London. The Coronation Sale. 30 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Happy and Glorious: God Save the King. 78 lots
Bonhams. New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 4/24. 186 lots
Early American. Rancho Santa Fe. History Auction at Early American. 129 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Discovery in the Backyard - Online only sale. 36 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The MLJ Heroes Showcase Auction. 150 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Star Wars Franchise Movie Posters. 299 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. May Estate Auction. 45 lots
Fri. May. 5th
Vermot de Pas. Paris. LIBRARY OF GASTRONOMY, OENOLOGY AND TOBACCOOLOGY - PART TWO. 317 lots
Sat. May. 6th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 4/29. 200 lots
Grogan and Company. Dedham. Fine Art. 39 lots
EV Stamps. Richmond. Monthly Sports Cards and Comic Books Auction. 225 lots
Sun. May. 7th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 4/30.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 4/30.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 4/23. 362 lots
John McInnis Auctioneers. Amesbury. DAY FOUR MAY 7TH OF FOUR DAY SALE.
Bruce McKinney
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Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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. -
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, 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]. £20,000-30,000Forum, 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]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, 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]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, 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 MarchKoller, 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 14,000-20,000Koller, 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.