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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 36 Auctions Archived, another 52 Upcoming this week

For the week ended 29 August, 36 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+: 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in Canadian dollars, 5 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, 1 in Swedish krona, and 27 in US dollars. The past week’s win-rate was 86.61%.

Turnover was $39,031,617.88. The average lot price was $6,691.52 as baseball and sports dominated this past week’s collectible paper sales.

For our more traditional community, we’re also providing this week’s sales by more traditional categories. Click on our Category Headers to see their Top 25’s. If you don’t see Categories that don’t connect with your inventory or your collecting interests, let us know. Many of your ideas will be converted into new categories.

And please note, some items are showing up in strange places. We're paying attention.

For the upcoming week you have 52 sales to consider.

Best wishes for the holidays.

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.

Heritage Auctions 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant #DL-KM Signed PSA EX-MT 6 - #'d 1/1. on August 24th Actual price: USD $12,932,000.
Heritage Auctions 1916 Herpolsheimer Co. Babe Ruth Rookie #151 PSA NM 7. on August 24th Actual price: USD $1,403,000.
Heritage Auctions Signed 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA EX+ 5.5 Auto 8. on August 24th Actual price: USD $1,067,500.
Heritage Auctions 1961 Fleer Wilt Chamberlain Rookie #8 PSA Gem Mint 10. on August 24th Actual price: USD $976,000.
Heritage Auctions 1969 Topps Mickey Mantle (Last Name In White) #500 PSA Mint 9. on August 24th Actual price: USD $915,000.
Heritage Auctions Massive 1994-98 United Center Original Game Used Court Section (8' x 8') -- Signed by Michael Jordan with Five Inscriptions! on August 24th Actual price: USD $562,555.
Heritage Auctions 1948 Bowman George Mikan Rookie #69 PSA Mint 9. on August 24th Actual price: USD $524,600.
Heritage Auctions 1962 Topps Mickey Mantle #200 PSA Mint 9. on August 24th Actual price: USD $488,000.
Heritage Auctions 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan Rookie #57 SGC Pristine Gold Label 10 -- Pop One! on August 24th Actual price: USD $463,600.
Heritage Auctions 1951 Mickey Mantle Original News Photograph Used for 1951 Bowman Rookie Card, PSA/DNA Type 1. on August 24th Actual price: USD $451,400.
Heritage Auctions 1907 Ty Cobb Original Studio Cabinet Photograph by Carl Horner, PSA/DNA Type 1 -- Cobb's Personal Example! on August 24th Actual price: USD $390,400.
Heritage Auctions 1968 Topps Mickey Mantle #280 PSA Gem Mint 10. on August 24th Actual price: USD $390,400.
Heritage Auctions 1915 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson #103 SGC NM-MT+ 8.5. on August 24th Actual price: USD $353,800.
Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal 350-460/25 Walter Johnson (Hands at Chest) PSA Mint 9. on August 24th Actual price: USD $353,800.
Heritage Auctions 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle Rookie #253 PSA NM-MT 8. on August 24th Actual price: USD $329,400.
Heritage Auctions 1916 Morehouse Baking Babe Ruth Rookie #151 PSA Poor 1. on August 24th Actual price: USD $317,200.
Heritage Auctions 1984 Michael Jordan NBA Debut Chicago Bulls Ticket Stub (Season Ticket Format), PSA NM-MT 8. on August 24th Actual price: USD $280,600.
Heritage Auctions 2000 Upper Deck Game Jersey Kobe Bryant (Patch 2-Autograph) #KB-PA PSA NM-MT 8, PSA/DNA Auto 10 - #'d 2/8. on August 24th Actual price: USD $268,400.
Heritage Auctions Circa 1915 Babe Ruth "Hands at Hips" Rookie-Era Real Photo Postcard, SGC VG-EX 4. on August 24th Actual price: USD $268,400.
Heritage Auctions 1917 D350-2 Standard Biscuit Babe Ruth #147 SGC EX-NM 6 -- Finest Known! on August 24th Actual price: USD $256,200.
Heritage Auctions 1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson #103 SGC Good+ 2.5. on August 24th Actual price: USD $225,700.
Heritage Auctions 1951 Bowman Willie Mays #305 Rookie PSA NM-MT 8. on August 24th Actual price: USD $213,500.
Heritage Auctions 1998 Playoff Contender Peyton Manning Rookie Ticket - Autographed #87 PSA Gem Mint 10. on August 24th Actual price: USD $207,400.
Heritage Auctions 1998 SkyBox E-X 2001 Ken Griffey Jr. (Essential Credentials Now) #10 PSA NM-MT 8 - #'d 2/10. on August 24th Actual price: USD $201,300.
Heritage Auctions 1984 Michael Jordan NBA Debut Chicago Bulls Ticket Stub (Season Ticket Format), PSA EX-MT 6. on August 24th Actual price: USD $189,100.

1 auction saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Heritage Auctions. Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction on August 24th: $36,219,558

8 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Summer Americana - Day 1 on August 27th: 292.78%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Summer Americana - Day 2 on August 28th: 283.50%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp, Paperback, Science Fiction & Fantasy Showcase Auction on August 26th: 180.65%
RR Auction. Steve Jobs and the Computer Revolution on August 24th: 160.26%
Bukowskis. Prints and Multiples - August on August 24th: 137.00%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps, Manuscripts on August 22nd: 127.93%
Rago Arts and Auctions. faces of fame: Philippe Halsman from the Polaroid Collection on August 27th: 108.38%
Forum Auctions. Online: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases on August 28th: 101.75%

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

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Summer Americana - Day 2 on August 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Art of Garfield Comic Art Showcase Auction on August 28th: 100.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. faces of fame: Philippe Halsman from the Polaroid Collection on August 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on August 27th: 100.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Icons & Heroes: Comic Art on August 26th: 100.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Icons and Heroes: Comics on August 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on August 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp Magazine Select Auction on August 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on August 26th: 99.81%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on August 26th: 99.78%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on August 27th: 98.59%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Summer Americana - Day 1 on August 27th: 98.46%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp, Paperback, Science Fiction & Fantasy Showcase Auction on August 26th: 98.40%
Heritage Auctions. Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction on August 24th: 97.21%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps, Manuscripts on August 22nd: 95.56%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Animation and Anime Art, Disneyana and Disneyland Select Auction on August 26th: 94.00%
Blackwell Auctions. August Collectible Countdown on August 27th: 93.75%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on August 24th: 91.44%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 23rd: 90.08%
New England Book Auctions. A Fine Summer Miscellany on August 26th: 89.39%
Forum Auctions. Online: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases on August 28th: 82.59%

34 total sales reported this week:

PBA Galleries. History of Science - Illustrated Publisher's Bindings from the Morris-Levin Collection - Miniature Books - Children's Literature on August 28th: 63.58%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Summer Americana - Day 2 on August 28th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases on August 28th: 82.59%
Fairhill Auction. August Militaria Auction on August 28th: 58.29%
Duke's. Summer Interiors on August 28th: 61.54%
Heritage Auctions. The Art of Garfield Comic Art Showcase Auction on August 28th: 100.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. faces of fame: Philippe Halsman from the Polaroid Collection on August 27th: 100.00%
Los Angeles Estate Auction. Antique Art and Rare Estate Finds on August 27th: 47.93%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Summer Americana - Day 1 on August 27th: 98.46%
Blackwell Auctions. August Collectible Countdown on August 27th: 93.75%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on August 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on August 27th: 98.59%
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. Churchill, Military, History and Fiction Books and Ephemera on August 24th: 43.29%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Icons & Heroes: Comic Art on August 26th: 100.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Icons and Heroes: Comics on August 26th: 100.00%
New England Book Auctions. A Fine Summer Miscellany on August 26th: 89.39%
Los Angeles Estate Auction. Vintage Estates Art and Collectibles on August 26th: 55.35%
A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals. The Beaver Line Collection Auction on August 26th: 66.67%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp, Paperback, Science Fiction & Fantasy Showcase Auction on August 26th: 98.40%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Animation and Anime Art, Disneyana and Disneyland Select Auction on August 26th: 94.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on August 26th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on August 26th: 99.78%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction on August 26th: 99.81%
One Source Auctions. Antiques and Collectibles Online Auction on August 25th: 44.12%
Heritage Auctions. Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction on August 24th: 97.21%
Bukowskis. Prints and Multiples - August on August 24th: 76.00%
Heritage Auctions. Pulp Magazine Select Auction on August 24th: 100.00%
RR Auction. Steve Jobs and the Computer Revolution on August 24th: 79.25%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on August 24th: 91.44%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 23rd: 90.08%
Morton Subastas. Saturday Sale on August 23rd: 46.67%
Hansons. Newark August Antique Fine Art & Collectables Auction on August 23rd: 68.42%
Tennants Auctioneers. Books, Maps, Manuscripts on August 22nd: 95.56%
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Sporting and Collectors Auction on August 13th: 69.11%

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026

Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 83 – Westall & Owen. Picturesque Tour of the River Thames, 1st edition, 1828. £2,000-3,000.

Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 88 – Blume. Rumphia, Botanicae de plantis Indiae Orientalis, 1835-1848. £2,000-3,000.

Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 101 – Michaux. Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1810-1812. £700-1,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026

Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 102 – Miller & Shaw. Cimelia Physica, 1796 [but c. 1816]. £3,000-5,000.

Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 104 – Parkinson. Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, London: Thomas Cotes, 1640. £800-1,200.

Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 159 – Plancius. Orbis Terrarum..., double hemisphere map, 1594-99. £5,000-8,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026

Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 217 – Illuminated Medieval Manuscript. From a Breviary, 14th/15th c. £3,000-4,000.

Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 224 – The newe Testament … By Wylliam Tyndall…, 1549. £3,000-5,000.

Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 238 – Douay-Rheims Bible. 3 volumes, 1582/1609/1610. £7,000-10,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026

Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 336 – Ashendene Press. A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle, 1903. £1,000-1,500.

Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 393 – Sassoon. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, signed limited edition, 1931. £800-1,200.

Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 402 – Dylan Thomas. Twenty-Five Poems, 1st edition in d.j., 1936. £400-600.
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026

Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000

Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000

Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000

Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026

Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000

Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000

Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000

Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026

Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000

Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000

Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026

Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000

Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000

Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000
Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2nd

Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Timberlake, Henry: A DRAUGHT OF THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY on the West Side of the Twenty Four Mountains, Commonly Called "Over the Hills". $18,000 to $22,000.

Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Manuscript orderly book detailing day to day activities of multiple Virginia regiments in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary,1776-1777. $7,000 to $8,000.

Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper, Random House, New York, 1965. Signed 1st Edition. $3,800 to $4,200.

Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2nd

Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Battle of Kings Mountain Pamphlet by Isaac Shelby, April 1823, Signed. $1,800 to $2,200.

Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Large Tintype CSA Lt. Col. Thomas Coke Johnson, 19th GA, w/ Southern Cross, Book. $1,400 to $1,800.

Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare Civil War Ambrotype, 19th GA Infantry with Johnson Family of GA. $800 to $1,200.

Case Auctions
2026 Summer Auction
August 1st and 2nd

Case Antiques, Aug. 1: A signed note written by Thomas Alva Edison to an unknown recipient, in which he shares his thoughts on Guglielmo Marconi, regarded as the inventor of the radio. $800 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare 1931 TN Grasslands Steeplechase Book, Gallatin. $800 to $1,000.

Case Antiques, Aug. 1: War of 1812 related Broadside, Petersburg Volunteers. $700 to $800.

Case Antiques, Aug. 1: 2 World War I Posters, “Our Colored Fighters” and “No Slacker”. $800 to $1,000.