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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 30 Auctions Archived, another 37 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended 18 August 30 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 2 in Danish krone, 4 in euros, 4 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 18 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $4,520,628.31 as 88.49% of all lots changed hands.  There were 7,214 offered and 6,384 transacted.  The average lot sold for $708.12.
  

6 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:

Tooveys. Postcards; Cigarette and Trade Cards; Photographs, Autographs, and Ephemera on August 16th: 242.28%
Gorringes. Book and Weekly Auction on August 14th: 156.29%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on August 16th: 143.73%
Heritage Auctions. Albert Vargas Showcase Auction on August 17th: 128.68%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 7/28 on August 7th: 105.01%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 8th: 104.41%


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

Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on August 15th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on August 15th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Matt Baker Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction on August 17th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Art of the Animated Super-Hero Animation Art Showcase Auction on August 17th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Albert Vargas Showcase Auction on August 17th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on August 15th: 99.83%
Gorringes. Book and Weekly Auction on August 14th: 99.05%
Revere Auctions. Anders Zorn: A Lifetime of Etchings on August 16th: 98.31%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on August 16th: 98.08%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on August 13th: 98.06%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on August 16th: 97.09%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 7/28 on August 5th: 95.56%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on August 13th: 94.60%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on August 13th: 94.55%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 8/5 on August 12th: 94.22%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/28 on August 5th: 91.89%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 8th: 91.55%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on August 16th: 90.79%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 7/28 on August 8th: 90.32%
Tooveys. Postcards; Cigarette and Trade Cards; Photographs, Autographs, and Ephemera on August 16th: 89.29%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books, and Related Items on August 17th: 89.06%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 7/28 on August 7th: 88.10%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 15th: 87.93%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs and Maps on August 15th: 84.47%
Swann Galleries. LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History on August 17th: 80.65%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 7/27 on August 16th: 80.47%
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. RR Auction Hollywood Autograph Collection of (6,500+) on August 16th Actual price: USD $124,781.
  2. Swann Galleries Silence = Death. on August 17th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  3. RR Auction Queen Signed Debut Album on August 16th Actual price: USD $39,178.
  4. Swann Galleries Untitled (Buffaloes). on August 17th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  5. Swann Galleries Shoe for Elizabeth. on August 17th Actual price: USD $31,200.
  6. RR Auction George Washington Autograph Letter Signed as President with Free Frank to Nephew on August 16th Actual price: USD $27,453.
  7. Bonhams Eleuthera on August 14th Actual price: USD $25,600.
  8. Swann Galleries A suite of 5 photographs from DeSana's Suburban series on August 17th Actual price: USD $21,250.
  9. Swann Galleries Roger Koch. on August 17th Actual price: USD $20,000.
  10. Heritage Auctions Seven Seas Comics #4 on August 17th Actual price: USD $19,200.
  11. Heritage Auctions Like My New Hat? study Watercolor and on August 17th Actual price: USD $18,751.
  12. RR Auction Marie Antoinette Handwritten Letter to Austrain Ambassador on August 16th Actual price: USD $18,750.
  13. Bonhams La danse à la campagne, 2e planche (Dance in the Country, 2nd Plate) on August 14th Actual price: USD $17,920.
  14. Bonhams Fish on August 14th Actual price: USD $17,920.
  15. RR Auction George Washington Signature on August 16th Actual price: USD $13,288.
  16. Gorringes a set of seven 19th century aquatints, Canadian landscapes and two others of Granada, largest 57 x 36cm on August 14th Actual price: USD $13,261.
  17. Swann Galleries Five erotic pencil studies. on August 17th Actual price: USD $12,500.
  18. Heritage Auctions Criminals on the Run V5#2 Mile High Pedigree (Novelty Press, 1949) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. on August 15th Actual price: USD $12,000.
  19. Heritage Auctions Seated Nude with Headband, preliminary study on August 17th Actual price: USD $11,875.
  20. Heritage Auctions Startling Terror Tales #11 (Star Publications, 1952) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages. on August 15th Actual price: USD $10,800.
  21. RR Auction Prince Signed and Personally-Owned Album on August 16th Actual price: USD $10,664.
  22. Swann Galleries Enema, from the series Submission. on August 17th Actual price: USD $10,625.
  23. Swann Galleries Gay Liberation on August 17th Actual price: USD $10,625.
  24. RR Auction President James A. Garfield Document Signed Nine Days Before His Assassination on August 16th Actual price: USD $10,208.
  25. RR Auction Walt Disney (2) Typed Letters Signed on Snow White and Ferdinand the Bull on August 16th Actual price: USD $10,068.



30 total sales reported this week:

Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Antiquarian and Collectable Books, and Related Items on August 17th: 89.06%
Swann Galleries. LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History on August 17th: 80.65%
Tooveys. Postcards; Cigarette and Trade Cards; Photographs, Autographs, and Ephemera on August 16th: 89.29%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 7/27 on August 16th: 80.47%
Revere Auctions. Anders Zorn: A Lifetime of Etchings on August 16th: 98.31%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on August 16th: 90.79%
Morton Subastas. Book Auction to Start a Collection on August 15th: 40.59%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs and Maps on August 15th: 84.47%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 15th: 87.93%
Heritage Auctions. Albert Vargas Showcase Auction on August 17th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Matt Baker Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction on August 17th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Art of the Animated Super-Hero Animation Art Showcase Auction on August 17th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on August 16th: 97.09%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on August 16th: 98.08%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on August 15th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on August 15th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on August 15th: 99.83%
Gorringes. Book and Weekly Auction on August 14th: 99.05%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples: Summer Splash - bidstart 8/4 on August 14th: 65.63%
Schilb Antiquarian. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium on August 13th: 98.06%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on August 13th: 94.55%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on August 13th: 94.60%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 8/5 on August 12th: 94.22%
The Book Merchant Jenkins. Rare Australian Books & Antiquarian Artefacts on August 12th: 68.93%
Fairhill Auction. Timed Estate Collectible Auction on August 10th: 43.22%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 8th: 91.55%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 7/28 on August 8th: 90.32%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 7/28 on August 7th: 88.10%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 7/28 on August 5th: 95.56%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 7/28 on August 5th: 91.89%

 

For the week ahead 37 sales are scheduled:


Mon. Aug. 21st
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 8/11. 41 lots

Tue. Aug. 22nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction. 490 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction. 200 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Auction - bidstart 8/16. 46 lots
Bonhams. New York. Online Books and Manuscripts Featuring the Distinguished Collection of Delmer and Mary Lou Daves. 191 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 51 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 8/11. 18 lots

Wed. Aug. 23rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction. 309 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction. 101 lots

Thu. Aug. 24th
Chiswick Auctions. London. Books and Works on Paper. 345 lots
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Rare & Antiquarian: Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books & More. 502 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 400 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Apple, Jobs and Computer Hardware - bidstart 7/22. 75 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Pulp Magazine Showcase Auction: War & Aviation Featuring the Jack and Joanie Kump Collection. 233 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Uncut Sheets Trading Card Games Showcase Auction. 46 lots
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Constantia. Antiquarian Books - bidstart 8/17. 362 lots
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. "Raise a Glass to Yesteryear" 2023 August Auction - session 1. 184 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. End of Summer Estate Sale. 47 lots

Fri. Aug. 25th
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Harrisonburg. Summer Americana Auction - Day 2. 29 lots
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. Grandeur - 2023 - Day 1. 78 lots
Fairhill Auction. Elkton. August Militaria and Collectibles Auction. 408 lots
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. "Raise a Glass to Yesteryear" 2023 August Auction - session 2. 427 lots

Sat. Aug. 26th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 8/19. 170 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Vintage and Modern Magic. 165 lots
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. "Raise a Glass to Yesteryear" 2023 August Auction - session 3. 56 lots
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. Grandeur - 2023 - Day 2. 19 lots
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Harrisonburg. Summer Americana Auction - Day 3. 89 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 8/18. 44 lots

Sun. Aug. 27th
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. 301 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Elul Early Prints, Chassidut, Belongings of Tzaddikim, Amulets, Segula Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinica. 252 lots
Holabird Western Americana Collections. Reno. "Raise a Glass to Yesteryear" 2023 August Auction - session 4. 153 lots
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. Grandeur - 2023 - Day 3. 52 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 8/18. 53 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction. 41 lots
Los Angeles Estate Auction. Glendale. Hollywood Entertainment Comic Art Auction.

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
  • 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.