Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 17 Auctions Archived, another 48 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended 23 June, 17 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 8 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 8 in US dollars.
Turnover was a slim $1,189,459.82 as 84.68% of all lots changed hands. There were 2,356 offered and 1,995 transacted. The average lot sold for $596.22. It was a bargain hunter’s holiday!
4 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/2 on June 12th: 212.25%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 6/2 on June 12th: 182.28%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. 43rd Semi-Annual Premier Americana Auction on June 17th: 167.97%
Forum Auctions. A fourth selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library on June 15th: 100.42%
10 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. The Modern Props Science Fiction Collection Movie Posters Showcase Auction on June 17th: 99.80%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 6/2 on June 12th: 98.81%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Summer Magic Auction on June 17th: 96.15%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. 43rd Semi-Annual Premier Americana Auction on June 17th: 95.12%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 6/11 on June 18th: 93.53%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 6/10 on June 17th: 92.50%
Holabird Kagin Americana. High Grade Sale - Phlatelics, Sports, and Numismatics on June 18th: 89.87%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/2 on June 12th: 86.67%
Blackwell Auctions. June Exceptional Estates Auction on June 17th: 84.62%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/2 on June 10th: 84.00%
16 total sales reported this week:
Potter and Potter Auctions. Summer Magic Auction on June 17th: 96.15%
Holabird Kagin Americana. High Grade Sale - Phlatelics, Sports, and Numismatics on June 18th: 89.87%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 6/11 on June 18th: 93.53%
Holabird Kagin Americana. High Grade Sale - Native Americana, Mining and Ingots, Bottles on June 17th: 64.79%
Blackwell Auctions. June Exceptional Estates Auction on June 17th: 84.62%
Heritage Auctions. The Modern Props Science Fiction Collection Movie Posters Showcase Auction on June 17th: 99.80%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. 43rd Semi-Annual Premier Americana Auction on June 17th: 95.12%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 6/10 on June 17th: 92.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 6/2 on June 13th: 71.43%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 6/2 on June 12th: 98.81%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/2 on June 12th: 86.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Cartography Auction - bidstart 6/2 on June 11th: 47.73%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Books and Maps Auction - bidstart 6/2 on June 11th: 75.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/2 on June 11th: 26.76%
Catawiki B. V.. Art and Photography Books - bidstart 6/2 on June 11th: 37.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/2 on June 10th: 84.00%
Forum Auctions. A fourth selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library on June 15th: 75.15%
For the week ahead 44 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Jun. 26th
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Sports Memorabilia. 392 lots
Bertolami Fine Art . Rome. PRINTS, RARE BOOKS AND MAPS Including a large selection of Views of Rome: prints and drawings from 1. 497 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/16. 45 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 6/16. 88 lots
Tue. Jun. 27th
Bonhams. London. Prints and Multiples. 93 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 6/20. 421 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 6/20. 141 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Autographs and Manuscripts - Old and Modern Books. 300 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Autographs and Collection - 100% Live Sale.
New England Book Auctions. South Deerfield. Early Printing Americana Cartography Catalogue. 198 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 6/16. 42 lots
Bonhams. London. Greetings from Marc Chagall: A Collection of Cards and Exhibition Posters - bidstart 6/19. 56 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 54 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Online Only - Asian Art. 22 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Rebbes of Satmar, Sighet and Bobov - Books, Objects, Letters and Manuscripts, Broadsides and Printed.
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Online Sale - Posters.
Wed. Jun. 28th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Prints and Multiples - Online Only.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 6/21. 381 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 6/21. 122 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples. 323 lots
University Archives. Wilton. Rare Autographs, Photographs, Books, PLUS PSA Slabbed. 388 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 6/16. 25 lots
Blackwell Auctions. Clearwater. Collectibles Countdown Auction. 150 lots
Thu. Jun. 29th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Photography - Online Only.
Sothebys. Cologne. Prints and Multiples. 35 lots
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Elite Americana – Travel – Maps – Audubon: A PBA Platinum Auction. 113 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 356 lots
Ader. PARIS. Post-war and Contemporary Prints. 236 lots
Du Mouchelles. Detroit. The June 2023 Auctions - Day 1. 40 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Doug's Dell & Gold Key Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction. 334 lots
Dreweatts. Newbury. Space Exploration Photography and Ephemera. 333 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Vintage Goods.
Lark Mason Associates. New Braunfels. Paintings, Prints and other Fine and Decorative Works of Art - bidstart 6/15.
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Los Angeles. Story Musgrave Auction.
Sloane Street Auctions. London. The Important Summer Sale - Including Old Master Drawings, Paintings, Silver and Ceramics.
Fri. Jun. 30th
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Cincinnati. American Historical Ephemera and Photography - Online.
Du Mouchelles. Detroit. The June 2023 Auctions - Day 2. 69 lots
Bonhams. London. Midwifery and Medicine: the Library of the late Prof. John Studd - bidstart 6/21.
Sat. Jul. 1st
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 6/24. 200 lots
Early American. Rancho Santa Fe. Early American Auction.
EV Stamps. Richmond. Monthly Sports Cards and Comic Books Auction.
Ripley Auctions. Indianapolis. Summer Great Estates Modern Art and Design. 100 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/23. 22 lots
Sun. Jul. 2nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction. 248 lots
Schilb Antiquarian. Columbia. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/23. 26 lots
Bruce McKinney
RBH and AE
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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.