The number of auctions for the rare book, manuscript, map and ephemera field has long been increasing, and finding and following lots relevant to your focus now needs more time to manage the data flow. It’s long been easy to search upcoming events in our Upcoming Auction Search but anymore, there are so many auctions it’s becoming useful to have your terms running automatically against fresh auctions as they are posted. Otherwise, you may later find in Transactions+ what you’ve been hoping to find, recently slipped by undetected.
All memberships [including free] have access to Matchmaker that will match your search terms against new auctions as they are posted. Use it because it’s useful.
What is different these days is simply the volume of auctions and lots.
Through August in 2020 we covered 315,755 lots, while this year, through August, the running total is running much higher: 391,123.
For 2020, the full year, we covered 521,422 lots. We are projecting this year to cover 645,885. As to what the numbers will look like in 2022, it’s likely the numbers will continue to increase.
To understand how your areas of interest are faring in the upcoming auction market, it takes only a few minutes to set your Matchmaker preferences after which you’ll receive a fresh report daily.
It’s easy, and it’s free.
How to use it?
From the main menu bar running across every RBH page, when signed in, select Matchmaker:
Enter your terms by clicking “Add Keywords.” Regular reports will begin the next day.
If you find your first terms to be overly broad, adjust your search terms by adding modifiers to narrow their focus. It works like this based on a quick search of Upcoming Auctions (your results may differ as auctions conclude and are uploaded to Upcoming Auctions daily):
“Benjamin Franklin” finds 13 lots coming up:
“Washington” finds 303 upcoming lots. When you add “George,” “George Washington” finds 61. If you are looking for manuscript material, simply add “manuscript” to “George Washington” and you find 4 relevant lots.
ALDE, Mar. 4: JÉRÔME (SAINT). Epistolæ. Parme, s.n., 1480. €15,000 to €20,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: DANTE ALIGHIERI. [La Divina Commedia]. Brescia, Bonino de Boninis, 1487. €10,000 to €12,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: PLINE L'ANCIEN. Historia naturalis. Parme, Andrea Portilia, 8 juillet 1481. €8,000 to €10,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: MÉTHODE D'OLYMPE. De revelatione facta ab angelo beato Methodio in carcere detento. Bâle, Michael Furter, 1504. €8,000 to €10,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: ARISTOPHANE. Κωμῳδίαι ἐννέα. Comœdiæ novem. Venise, Alde Manuce, 1498. €6,000 to €8,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: ARISTOPHANE. Κωμῳδίαι ἑνδεκα... Comœdiæ undecim cum scholiis antiquis. Genève, Société caldorienne, 1607. €800 to €1,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: EURIPIDE. Τραγωδιαι ἑπτακαίδεκα. Tragœdiæ septendecim. Venise, Alde, février 1503. €3,000 to €4,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: HIPPOCRATE. Τα ευρισκομενα... Opera omnia quæ extant, in VIII sectiones ex Erotiani mente distributa. Francfort, Claude de Marne et Johann Aubry, 1595. €800 to €1,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: HOMÈRE. Ποιήσεις άμφω ήτε Ιλιάς και η Οδύσσεια. Opus utrumque Iliados et Odysseæ. Bâle, Johann Herwagen, 1551. €800 to €1,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: PINDARE. Ολύμπια, Πύθια, Νέμεα, Ίσθμια. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. [Genève], Paul Estienne, 1599. €400 to €500.
ALDE, Mar. 4: PLATON. Ἅπαντα Πλάτωνος. Omnia opera, cum commentariis Procli in Timæum et Politica. Bâle, Johann Walder, 1534. €800 to €1,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: PLINE L'ANCIEN. Historia naturalis. Parme, Andrea Portilia, 8 juillet 1481. €8,000 to €10,000.
Gonnelli Auction 58 Books, Autographs & Manuscripts March 11th-13th 2025
Gonnelli: Manuscript and illuminated book of hours, mid-15th century.
Gonnelli: Sumptuous Koran manuscript by Bukhara illuminators in the mid-nineteenth century.
Gonnelli: Rowling J. K., Harry Potter e la Pietra Filosofale. Firenze: Adriano Salani, 1998.
Gonnelli: Valli Antonio, Il canto de gl'augelli. In Roma, Nicolò Mutij, 1601.
Gonnelli: Moniglia Giovanni Andrea, Il Mondo Festeggiante. In Firenze: nella Stamperia di S.A.S., 1661.
Gonnelli: Alighieri Dante, [Divine Comedy with commentary and Life of Dante by Cristoforo Landino]. Danthe alegieri fiorentino. Venezia, Capcasa, 1493.
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 4:</b> DANTE ALIGHIERI. [<i>La Divina Commedia</i>]. Brescia, Bonino de Boninis, 1487. €10,000 to €12,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/e3e80376-a777-4744-b4ac-5f6a3f98f0a9.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 4:</b> DANTE ALIGHIERI. [<i>La Divina Commedia</i>]. Brescia, Bonino de Boninis, 1487. €10,000 to €12,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 4:</b> PINDARE. <i>Ολύμπια, Πύθια, Νέμεα, Ίσθμια. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia.</i> [Genève], Paul Estienne, 1599. €400 to €500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b4f46ce2-16e6-4487-82b1-5e20fe5013f7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 4:</b> PINDARE. <i>Ολύμπια, Πύθια, Νέμεα, Ίσθμια. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia.</i> [Genève], Paul Estienne, 1599. €400 to €500.")
![<b>Gonnelli:</b> Alighieri Dante, [Divine Comedy with commentary and Life of Dante by Cristoforo Landino]. Danthe alegieri fiorentino. Venezia, Capcasa, 1493.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fc9560f4-73da-4dfd-8070-2fb3b8892dd9.JPG "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Alighieri Dante, [Divine Comedy with commentary and Life of Dante by Cristoforo Landino]. Danthe alegieri fiorentino. Venezia, Capcasa, 1493.")
![<b>Gonnelli:</b> Gouvea Antonio (de), Innocentia victrix. [China, Canton], 1671.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ebc18788-ba83-4c96-bbc8-fe8f2b287c31.JPG "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Gouvea Antonio (de), Innocentia victrix. [China, Canton], 1671.")
