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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 32 Auctions Archived, another 32 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended 1 September 32 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in Columbian pesos, 1 in Danish krone, 3 in euros, 2 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 23 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $4,738,795.93 as 84.72% of all lots changed hands.  There were 6,337 offered and 5,369 transacted.  The average lot sold for $882.62.  The fall season begins.

 

 

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


Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 8/11 on August 20th: 231.83%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Summer Americana Auction - Day 3 on August 26th: 191.71%
Tennants Auctioneers. Stamps, Postal History and Postcards on August 30th: 156.60%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Vintage and Modern Magic on August 26th: 137.96%
Bogota Auction. Prints and Multiples on August 31st: 110.24%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on August 29th: 100.85%


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

Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on August 29th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Art of Archie Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction on August 31st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on August 29th: 99.92%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on August 29th: 99.80%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on August 30th: 99.64%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Vintage and Modern Magic on August 26th: 98.18%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 8/11 on August 20th: 97.92%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 8/19 on August 26th: 95.88%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Summer Americana Auction - Day 3 on August 26th: 95.51%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on August 30th: 95.28%
Bogota Auction. Prints and Multiples on August 31st: 91.79%
New England Book Auctions. Literature, Graphics, Ephemera Catalogue on August 29th: 91.32%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on August 27th: 89.70%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on August 27th: 89.42%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 8/11 on August 22nd: 88.89%
Tennants Auctioneers. Stamps, Postal History and Postcards on August 30th: 85.92%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 8/11 on August 21st: 85.37%
Waverly Auctions. Quinns: Religious Rare Book Auction on August 31st: 82.96%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Nate D. Sanders Auctions Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...had to shoot my first lion with a borrowed .256 Mannlicher...'' & plane crash: ''...fingers burned and left hand 3rd degree too, so couldn't type...'' on August 31st Actual price: USD $237,055.
  2. RR Auction Steve Jobs Handwritten Advertisement for the Apple-1 Computer on August 24th Actual price: USD $175,759.
  3. RR Auction Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak Signed 1976 Apple Computer Check No. 2 to PCB Maker on August 24th Actual price: USD $135,261.
  4. Forum Auctions Girl with Balloon on August 30th Actual price: USD $102,781.
  5. Forum Auctions Laugh Now (Signed) on August 30th Actual price: USD $78,799.
  6. Forum Auctions Soup Can (White/Orange/Raspberry) (Signed) on August 30th Actual price: USD $68,521.
  7. Forum Auctions Get Out While You Can (Signed) on August 30th Actual price: USD $61,668.
  8. Forum Auctions Grin Reaper (Signed) on August 30th Actual price: USD $57,386.
  9. Winner's Auctions Ltd Unmatched Beauty: Unknown Letter Handwritten by the Beit HaLevi of Brisk on August 27th Actual price: USD $54,560.
  10. Forum Auctions Flying Copper (Signed) on August 30th Actual price: USD $44,538.
  11. Potter and Potter Auctions Thurston the World’s Greatest Magician. The Lady and the Lion. on August 26th Actual price: USD $43,200.
  12. Nate D. Sanders Auctions Early ''Peanuts'' Comic Strip from 1957, Hand-Drawn by Charles Schulz on August 31st Actual price: USD $41,411.
  13. Potter and Potter Auctions Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. on August 26th Actual price: USD $31,200.
  14. Forum Auctions Gangsta Rat on August 30th Actual price: USD $29,121.
  15. Forum Auctions Jack and Jill (Police Kids) on August 30th Actual price: USD $27,408.
  16. Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #1 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white to white pages. on August 29th Actual price: USD $24,000.
  17. Heritage Auctions Harry Lucey Archie's Madhouse #1 Cover Original Art (Archie, 1959). on August 31st Actual price: USD $24,000.
  18. Forum Auctions Bomb Love on August 30th Actual price: USD $22,612.
  19. Forum Auctions Bomb Middle England on August 30th Actual price: USD $21,413.
  20. Forum Auctions I Fought The Law on August 30th Actual price: USD $20,899.
  21. Forum Auctions Have a Nice Day on August 30th Actual price: USD $20,556.
  22. Heritage Auctions Frank Miller and Bob McLeod Marvel Two-in-One #51 Story Page 3 Original Art (Marvel, 1979). on August 30th Actual price: USD $19,200.
  23. Forum Auctions Toxic Mary on August 30th Actual price: USD $18,501.
  24. Thomaston Place Auction Galleries Numbers (the complete portfolio) on August 27th Actual price: USD $18,000.
  25. RR Auction Steve Jobs Typed Letter Signed to Student on Starting in Electronics (1983) on August 24th Actual price: USD $16,865.



32 total sales reported this week:

Waverly Auctions. Quinns: Religious Rare Book Auction on August 31st: 82.96%
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. August 2023 Auction on August 31st: 28.06%
Bogota Auction. Prints and Multiples on August 31st: 91.79%
Tennants Auctioneers. Stamps, Postal History and Postcards on August 30th: 85.92%
Forum Auctions. Only Banksy on August 30th: 58.33%
Heritage Auctions. The Art of Archie Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction on August 31st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on August 30th: 95.28%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on August 30th: 99.64%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on August 29th: 99.80%
Morphy Auctions. General Collectibles - bidstart 8/8 on August 28th: 40.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Vintage and Modern Magic on August 26th: 98.18%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on August 29th: 74.07%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on August 29th: 100.00%
New England Book Auctions. Literature, Graphics, Ephemera Catalogue on August 29th: 91.32%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on August 29th: 99.92%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 8/11 on August 22nd: 88.89%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 8/11 on August 21st: 85.37%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 8/11 on August 20th: 97.92%
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Elul Early Prints, Chassidut, Belongings of Tzaddikim, Amulets, Segula Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinica on August 27th: 78.57%
Los Angeles Estate Auction. Hollywood Entertainment Comic Art Auction on August 27th: 75.00%
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Grandeur - 2023 - Day 3 on August 27th: 71.15%
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Grandeur - 2023 - Day 2 on August 26th: 57.89%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on August 27th: 89.70%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on August 27th: 89.42%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 8/19 on August 26th: 95.88%
Morton Subastas. Discovery Auction on August 26th: 41.86%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Summer Americana Auction - Day 3 on August 26th: 95.51%
Holabird Western Americana Collections. "Raise a Glass to Yesteryear" 2023 August Auction - session 4 on August 27th: 51.63%
Holabird Western Americana Collections. "Raise a Glass to Yesteryear" 2023 August Auction - session 3 on August 26th: 67.86%
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Grandeur - 2023 - Day 1 on August 25th: 58.97%
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. August amusements for the antiquarian on August 25th: 65.53%
RR Auction. Apple, Jobs and Computer Hardware - bidstart 7/22 on August 24th: 74.67%

 


For the week ahead 32 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Sep. 4th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 8/25. 34 lots

Tue. Sep. 5th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction. 487 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction. 170 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 61 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Special Book Auction: 100 Literary Treasures. 100 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 8/25. 30 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Judaica, Cassidhut and Kabbalah - Letters and Manuscripts - Prints and Photographs. 409 lots

Wed. Sep. 6th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction. 248 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction. 81 lots
Sothebys. London. Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own.. 15 lots
Moreshet Auctions. Jerusalem. Auction Kodesh; Selected Items. 147 lots
University Archives. Wilton. Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Sports Memorabilia. 479 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Autumn Selection: Modern and Contemporary Editions. 246 lots

Thu. Sep. 7th
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. PBA Platinum: Rare Books and Manuscripts. 95 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 301 lots
Propstore. Hertfordshire. Online Collectible Posters Auction: London - September 2023 - bidstart 8/10. 618 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Van Nuys, CA. Prints and Multiples. 285 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. September 7 Signature Series Comics Showcase Auction. 324 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Premier Collections. 31 lots
Sothebys. London. Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own: On Stage. 44 lots
Moreshet Auctions. Jerusalem. Judaica. 49 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Thursday Morning at Stair. 54 lots

Fri. Sep. 8th
Sothebys. London. Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own: At Home. 31 lots

Sat. Sep. 9th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 9/2. 170 lots
Aspire Auctions. Pittsburgh. August Auction - bidstart 8/25. 67 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Signature Fall Auction. 13 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 9/1. 24 lots

Sun. Sep. 10th
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. 287 lots
Genazym. Monsey. The High Holidays. 55 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 9/1. 67 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
  • 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.