Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 85 Auctions Archived, another 70 Upcoming this Week
Turnover was $13,713,933.07. The average lot sold for $1,120.24.
Christies. Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur on June 10th: $4,752,794
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring World War II on June 11th: $1,214,707
13 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Rago Arts and Auctions. Curated: The Library and Design Collection of James Zemaitis on June 6th: 312.25%
Gros & Delettrez. Armenian Library on June 12th: 202.08%
De Baecque and Associes. Marine on June 12th: 149.05%
Christies. Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur Online on June 12th: 130.62%
Duke's. Avenue Auctions on June 10th: 129.16%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Drawing Board on May 17th: 127.80%
The Book Merchant Jenkins. Signed Firsts, Books, Maps & Prints on June 7th: 125.33%
Forum Auctions. Salvador Dalí and Paul Delvaux: European Masters of Surrealism on June 11th: 123.89%
OSENAT. The Spirit of the 20th Century on June 7th: 109.08%
Neal Auction Company. Premiere Collections Auction on June 6th: 108.85%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Photographs from the Polaroid Collection on June 10th: 108.61%
Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting. Saskatchewan and Canadian Art on June 8th: 108.27%
Lay's Auctioneers. Rare Books and Works on Paper on June 12th: 106.67%
49 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Rago Arts and Auctions. Missives from the Edge: Art & Zines of Raymond Pettibon on June 12th: 100.00%
Propstore. Planet Hollywood Online Auction on June 11th: 100.00%
Quinn's Auction Galleries. Weekly Wednesday Auction on June 11th: 100.00%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Online Sale - Books on June 9th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on June 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp Magazine Select Auction on June 8th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on June 8th: 100.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Curated: The Library and Design Collection of James Zemaitis on June 6th: 100.00%
Neal Auction Company. Premiere Collections Auction on June 6th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on June 10th: 99.91%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on June 11th: 99.69%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on June 10th: 99.28%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Photographs from the Polaroid Collection on June 10th: 99.22%
Ripley Auctions. Pickers EXPRESS Auction of Industrial, Scientific & Pop Culture Collectibles X, on June 10th: 99.05%
Hake's Auctions. Online Exclusive Auction on June 11th: 98.88%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on June 11th: 98.75%
Christies. Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur Online on June 12th: 98.65%
Heritage Auctions. Music Memorabilia & Concert Posters Showcase Auction on June 8th: 98.13%
Blackwell Auctions. June Collectibles Countdown Auction on June 11th: 96.30%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Counterculture on June 12th: 95.95%
Heritage Auctions. Photographs from The Collection of Hal Gould, Camera Obscura Gallery Showcase Auction on June 10th: 95.71%
One Source Auctions. 15th Annual Spring Antique and Collectibles Online Toy Auction on June 9th: 95.24%
Desa Unicum. Polish School of Poster Art on June 9th: 94.44%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on June 8th: 94.43%
The Book Merchant Jenkins. Signed Firsts, Books, Maps & Prints on June 7th: 94.21%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Animation and Anime Art, Disneyana and Disneyland Select Auction on June 10th: 93.33%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Drawing Board on May 17th: 92.95%
EV Stamps. Stamps and Postal History on June 1st: 92.94%
Gros & Delettrez. Armenian Library on June 12th: 92.49%
New England Book Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera on June 10th: 92.44%
EV Stamps. Stamps and Postal History on June 8th: 92.08%
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Fine Art, Decorative Furnishings, and Accessories on June 7th: 91.30%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on June 7th: 90.79%
Heritage Auctions. Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction on June 11th: 89.50%
EV Stamps. Sports Cards and Comic Book Auction on June 7th: 87.83%
Kestenbaum and Company. Rare Hebrew Books, from the Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul. on June 12th: 86.98%
Ripley Auctions. Humanitiques Live! Collecting Diversity and Eccentricities of Humanity on June 12th: 85.71%
Brunk Auctions. Asian Arts on June 10th: 85.71%
Revere Auctions. Arts of the Americas: Mexico, the Southwest, & Indigenous Art on June 10th: 85.71%
Stockholms Auktionsverk. The Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts Collection on June 10th: 84.87%
Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting. Saskatchewan and Canadian Art on June 8th: 83.93%
Brunk Auctions. Emporium on June 11th: 83.87%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on June 2nd: 83.33%
Christies. Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur on June 10th: 82.46%
Olympia Auctions. Fine Paintings, Works on Paper, and Sculpture on June 11th: 82.35%
Eldreds. Asian Art: session 1 on June 12th: 81.63%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on June 1st: 80.77%
Lay's Auctioneers. Rare Books and Works on Paper on June 12th: 80.37%
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Home Furnishings and Interiors on June 12th: 80.00%
85 total sales reported this week:
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Home Furnishings and Interiors on June 12th: 80.00%
Vermot de Pas. Ancient and Modern Prints on June 12th: 22.31%
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana on June 12th: 78.28%
Sloane Street Auctions. Princely and Noble Estates Auction and Selected Other Properties: To include The Brown Collection - An extraordinary collection of British Prime Ministers from the Eighteenth Century onwards on June 12th: 45.83%
Ripley Auctions. Humanitiques Live! Collecting Diversity and Eccentricities of Humanity on June 12th: 85.71%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Missives from the Edge: Art & Zines of Raymond Pettibon on June 12th: 100.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Counterculture on June 12th: 95.95%
PBA Galleries. Photography & Fine Art, Fine Press & Fine Bindings - with Natural History & Mountaineering on June 12th: 62.17%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Chic and Antique Auction on June 12th: 52.05%
Michaans Auctions. Summer Fine Auction on June 12th: 58.33%
Lay's Auctioneers. Rare Books and Works on Paper on June 12th: 80.37%
Kestenbaum and Company. Rare Hebrew Books, from the Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul. on June 12th: 86.98%
Gros & Delettrez. Armenian Library on June 12th: 92.49%
Forum Auctions. Online: Books and Works on Paper on June 12th: 79.87%
Fairhill Auction. June Millitaria Auction on June 12th: 42.76%
Eldreds. Asian Art: session 1 on June 12th: 81.63%
De Baecque and Associes. Marine on June 12th: 71.25%
Christies. Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur Online on June 12th: 98.65%
Bonhams. Islamic and Indian Art - Online on June 12th: 62.56%
Aste Bolaffi. Asian Art on June 12th: 72.00%
Ader. Photographs on June 12th: 55.97%
Propstore. Planet Hollywood Online Auction on June 11th: 100.00%
Morphy Auctions. Fine and Decorative Arts on June 12th: 75.68%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring World War II on June 11th: 69.40%
Quinn's Auction Galleries. Weekly Wednesday Auction on June 11th: 100.00%
Olympia Auctions. Fine Paintings, Works on Paper, and Sculpture on June 11th: 82.35%
Forum Auctions. Salvador Dalí and Paul Delvaux: European Masters of Surrealism on June 11th: 77.59%
Hake's Auctions. Online Exclusive Auction on June 11th: 98.88%
Doyle New York. Fine Art Including Sporting Art and Dogs in Art on June 11th: 78.38%
Blackwell Auctions. June Collectibles Countdown Auction on June 11th: 96.30%
Brunk Auctions. Emporium on June 11th: 83.87%
Brunk Auctions. Asian Arts on June 10th: 85.71%
Heritage Auctions. Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction on June 11th: 89.50%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on June 11th: 98.75%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on June 11th: 99.69%
ALDE. Manuscripts and Autographs on June 10th: 28.00%
Bukowskis. Anders Zorn on June 10th: 68.42%
Canada Book Auctions Limited. Buy Books, Be Happy on June 10th: 58.45%
Duke's. Avenue Auctions on June 10th: 69.79%
Christies. Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur on June 10th: 82.46%
New England Book Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera on June 10th: 92.44%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Photographs from the Polaroid Collection on June 10th: 99.22%
Revere Auctions. Arts of the Americas: Mexico, the Southwest, & Indigenous Art on June 10th: 85.71%
Ripley Auctions. Pickers EXPRESS Auction of Industrial, Scientific & Pop Culture Collectibles X, on June 10th: 99.05%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Online Sale - Books on June 9th: 100.00%
One Source Auctions. 15th Annual Spring Antique and Collectibles Online Toy Auction on June 9th: 95.24%
Gorringes. Weekly Featuring Textiles on June 9th: 58.54%
Los Angeles Estate Auction. Vintage Collectibles and Memorabilia Estate on June 9th: 62.90%
Desa Unicum. Polish School of Poster Art on June 9th: 94.44%
Lay's Auctioneers. The Timed Art Sale on June 8th: 72.13%
Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting. Saskatchewan and Canadian Art on June 8th: 83.93%
EV Stamps. Stamps and Postal History on June 8th: 92.08%
The Book Merchant Jenkins. Signed Firsts, Books, Maps & Prints on June 7th: 94.21%
OSENAT. The Spirit of the 20th Century on June 7th: 53.33%
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Fine Art, Decorative Furnishings, and Accessories on June 7th: 91.30%
Morton Subastas. Saturday Sale on June 7th: 53.61%
EV Stamps. Sports Cards and Comic Book Auction on June 7th: 87.83%
Sarasota Estate Auction. Estate Auction on June 8th: 69.39%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on June 7th: 90.79%
Heritage Auctions. Photographs from The Collection of Hal Gould, Camera Obscura Gallery Showcase Auction on June 10th: 95.71%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Animation and Anime Art, Disneyana and Disneyland Select Auction on June 10th: 93.33%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on June 10th: 99.28%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on June 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp Magazine Select Auction on June 8th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on June 8th: 94.43%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on June 8th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on June 10th: 99.91%
Heritage Auctions. Music Memorabilia & Concert Posters Showcase Auction on June 8th: 98.13%
Zisska and Lacher. Fine Art, Old Masters, Art Prints, Modern and Contemporary Art on June 6th: 43.87%
Vermot de Pas. History and Regions of France on June 6th: 11.36%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Curated: The Library and Design Collection of James Zemaitis on June 6th: 100.00%
Quinn's Auction Galleries. June Fine and Decorative Arts Auction on June 6th: 78.89%
Neal Auction Company. Premiere Collections Auction on June 6th: 100.00%
Maison Bibelot. Decorative Prints on June 6th: 25.41%
Stockholms Auktionsverk. The Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts Collection on June 10th: 84.87%
ALDE. Rare and unusual old books arranged in order of subject and faculty according to the bibliographic system generally adopted by Paris booksellers. on June 4th: 64.17%
EV Stamps. Stamps and Postal History on June 1st: 92.94%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books on May 31st: 75.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on June 4th: 79.41%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on June 2nd: 77.27%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on June 2nd: 83.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on June 1st: 80.77%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts on June 1st: 75.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) on May 30th: 52.94%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Drawing Board on May 17th: 92.95%
For the week ahead 70 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Jun. 16th
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session 1 - Children's Books, Literature, Manuscripts and Old Books, Catchpenny Prints, Paper Theatres and Militaria. 544 lots
Ader. PARIS. Letters and Signed Manuscripts. 131 lots
One Source Auctions. Canandaigua. Quality Antique and Collectibles Online Estate Auction. 83 lots
Freeman's | Hindman. Philadelphia. Collect: American and European Art featuring the Collection of Dr. Percival Eaton, Jr.. 16 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts. 41 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700). 120 lots
Desa Unicum. Warszawa. Tadeusz Dominik. 18 lots
Gorringes. Lewes. Weekly House and Garden, featuring Music and Science. 30 lots
KC Auction Company. Kansas City. June Fine Antiques, Silver and Art Auction. 42 lots
Stephenson's Auctioneers & Appraisers. Southampton. Automobilia, Advertising & Vintage Toys. 14 lots
Tue. Jun. 17th
Swann Galleries. New York. Illustration Art. 284 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction. 446 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction. 182 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Animation and Anime Art, Disneyana and Disneyland Select Auction. 99 lots
KC Auction Company. Kansas City. Symphony in the Flint Hills Prairie Art Auction. 21 lots
Hansons. Etwall, Derbyshire . The Alan Turing Papers: The Collection of Norman Routledge (1928-2013), Fellow Mathematician & Personal Friend of Alan Turing. 14 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. HKINF World Paper Money Signature Auction. 651 lots
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Malaga. Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Day 1. 580 lots
New England Book Auctions. South Deerfield. Literature, Graphics, Travel, American + More. 178 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. 20th and 21st Century Art - Including F. de Villandry Collection. 84 lots
Everard Auctions. Savannah. June Southern Estates and Collections: Session I. 76 lots
Stephan Welz & Co.. Constantia. Premium June Auction. 158 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Autographs, Books and Small Collections. 569 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session 2 - Topography and Travelbooks, Cartography, Comics, Marionettes and Puppets, Photobooks and Photography. 559 lots
Wed. Jun. 18th
ALDE. Paris. Puchesse Castle Library & Miscellaneous. 180 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 419 lots
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Books and Manuscripts. 308 lots
Old World Auctions. Richmond. Maps and Atlases. 717 lots
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Rare Books and Autographs. 949 lots
Sothebys. Paris. Books and Manuscripts - online 6/4. 117 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction. 350 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction. 85 lots
Santa Fe Art Auction. Santa Fe. ETC Summer Sale. 64 lots
Finarte. Milan. Photographs: Italian Icons. 100 lots
Sandwich Auction House. East Dennis MA . June Discovery. 45 lots
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Malaga. Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Day 2. 560 lots
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Kilkenny. Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale. 41 lots
Everard Auctions. Savannah. June Southern Estates and Collections: Session II. 63 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700). 42 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session 3 - Indonesia, Asian Arts and Photography, Fine Arts, 16 - 21 century: Drawings, Graphics, Commercial, Glasswork. 395 lots
Sothebys. London. Unwrapped | The Connoisseur's Collection. 100 lots
Thu. Jun. 19th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Children’s & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions, Original Illustrations. 391 lots
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Books, Manuscripts and Autographs #2. 428 lots
New England Auctions. Branford. Fine Art and Photography. 66 lots
Forum Auctions. London. A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library. 380 lots
Bonhams. London, New Bond Street. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 193 lots
Sothebys. Paris. The Library of Jacques Dauchet - Around Dubuffet. 182 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. The Marvels of Modern Music. 358 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Pulp Magazine Featuring the Red Fury Collection Showcase Auction. 277 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Non-Sports Trading Cards Showcase Auction. 266 lots
Setdart. BARCELONA. Contemporary Art.
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Malaga. Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Day 3. 500 lots
Sothebys. London. Original Film Posters. 196 lots
The Ross Art Group Inc. Boca Raton. Original Vintage Poster Treasures. 342 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session 4 - Calendars, Periodicals, Ephemera, Postcards, Antiques, Posters, Erotica, Counterculture, Toys. 516 lots
Fri. Jun. 20th
Freeman's | Hindman. Philadelphia. Master of Ceremonies: The Joel Grey Collection. 46 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Furniture, Art, Jewelry & Asian Auction. 67 lots
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Amsterdam. Session 5 - Dada, Avant Garde, Fluxus, Conceptual, Archives: Valoch and Byars, Women Artists, Concrete Poetry, Ephemera. 473 lots
Sat. Jun. 21st
Morphy Auctions. Denver. Old West Auction in Santa Fe. 60 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 150 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. The Salon de Magie Part IV. 264 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Saturday Sale. 42 lots
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. Native Roots & Western Trails: A Historic Heritage Auction. 138 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700). 45 lots
Sun. Jun. 22nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction. 163 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Pulp Magazine Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Pulp Magazines Select Auction.
Schilb Antiquarian. Columbia. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium. 108 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts. 56 lots
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.