• Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.
  • Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: World. Van Geelkercken (N.), Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Duobis..., circa 1618. £4,000-6,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Moll (Herman). A New Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain..., circa 1715. £2,000-3,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Churchill (Winston S.). The World Crisis, 5 volumes bound in 6, 1st edition, 1923-31. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, 1860. £1,500-2,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, 6 volumes in 3, 1st quarto ed, 1855-56. £1,500-2,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de, 1900-1944). Pilote de guerre (Flight to Arras), 1942. £10,000-15,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Austen (Jane, 1775-1817). Signature, cut from a letter, no date. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, 1st edition, with wraparound band, 1932. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Hobbit, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1937. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Rackham (Arthur, 1867-1939). Princess by the Sea (from Irish Fairy Tales), circa 1920. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Kelmscott Press. The Story of the Glittering Plain, Walter Crane's copy, 1894. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: King (Jessie Marion, 1875-1949). The Summer House, watercolour. £4,000-6,000
  • Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500
    Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000

Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 12 Auctions Archived, another 19 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 30 December 2022, 12 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 5 denominated in euros and 7 in US dollars.

 

Turnover this past week was $1,269,695.61 as 97.03% of all lots changed hands.  There were 3,067 offered and 2,976 transacted.  The average lot sold for $426.65.

 

May 2023 be all that you want.

 

 

No auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars


No auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered



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

Heritage AuctionsWednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/20 on December 27th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsSunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/18 on December 26th: 99.75%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/20 on December 27th: 99.68%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 99.22%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/18 on December 25th: 97.23%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/11 on December 25th: 95.99%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/9 on December 18th: 86.21%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/9 on December 20th: 83.33%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/9 on December 19th: 80.95%


12 total sales reported this week:

Heritage AuctionsWednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/21 on December 28th: 99.22%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/20 on December 27th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/20 on December 27th: 99.68%
Heritage AuctionsSunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 12/18 on December 26th: 99.75%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/9 on December 20th: 83.33%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/9 on December 19th: 80.95%
Catawiki B. V.Exclusive Books and Maps Auction - bidstart 12/9 on December 18th: 26.67%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/9 on December 18th: 86.21%
Catawiki B. V.Art and Photography Books Auction - bidstart 12/9 on December 17th: 26.67%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/11 on December 25th: 95.99%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 12/18 on December 25th: 97.23%

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC Apparent VF/NM 9.0 Slight (P) Off-white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $52,800.
  2. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC VG 4.0 White pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $26,400.
  3. Heritage Auctions Journey Into Mystery #83 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $9,600.
  4. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC GD 2.0 Cream to off-white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $9,600.
  5. Heritage Auctions Jim Starlin and Alex Niño Rampaging Hulk #4 Double Splash Page 21-22 Original Art (Marvel, 1977). on December 28th Actual price: USD $9,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #1 (Marvel, 1962) CGC Apparent FN 6.0 Moderate (A-3) Cream to off-white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $9,000.
  7. Heritage Auctions Pokémon 1st Edition Fossil Set Sealed Booster Box (The Pokémon Company, 1999). on December 28th Actual price: USD $8,700.
  8. Heritage Auctions Adventure Comics #247 (DC, 1958) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $7,800.
  9. Heritage Auctions Scott McDaniel Batman #601 Cover Original Art (DC, 2002). on December 28th Actual price: USD $6,600.
  10. Heritage Auctions Mike Manley Darkhawk #18 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1992). on December 28th Actual price: USD $6,300.
  11. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #51 UK Edition (Marvel, 1967) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $6,300.
  12. Heritage Auctions Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC Apparent FN 6.0 Slight (B-1) Off-white to white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $5,520.
  13. Heritage Auctions 1956 Topps Baseball Near Set (333/340). on December 25th Actual price: USD $5,520.
  14. Heritage Auctions Celso "Sonny" Trinidad Son of Satan #7 Partial Story "Mirror of Judgement" Original Art Group of 11 (Marvel, 1976). on December 28th Actual price: USD $5,040.
  15. Heritage Auctions Jackson "Butch" Guice Black Bolt #1 Variant Cover Original Art (Marvel, 2017). on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,800.
  16. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #14 Signature Series: Stan Lee (Marvel, 1964) CGC FN+ 6.5 White pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $4,560.
  17. Heritage Auctions Pokémon Charizard #4 1st Edition Base Set PSA Trading Card Game EX 5.0 (The Pokémon Company, 1999) Holo Rare, Holo. on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,320.
  18. Heritage Auctions Wizards Elfin Army Pan Production Drawing by Mike Ploog Original Art (Ralph Bakshi, 1977). on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,320.
  19. Heritage Auctions Milton Caniff Terry and the Pirates Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 5-14-35 (Chicago Tribune, 1935). on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,320.
  20. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #10 (Marvel, 1964) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $4,320.
  21. Heritage Auctions Tales to Astonish #44 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $4,213.
  22. Heritage Auctions Dave Cockrum Superboy and The Legion of Super-Heroes #198 Story Page 14 Original Art (DC, 1973). on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,200.
  23. Heritage Auctions Jim Lee, Al Milgrom, Don Hudson The Punisher War Journal #19 Story Page 12 Original Art (Marvel, 1990). on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,080.
  24. Heritage Auctions Jim Lee and Scott Williams The Punisher Annual #2 Story Page 2 Original Art (Marvel, 1989). on December 28th Actual price: USD $4,080.
  25. Heritage Auctions X-Men #4 UK Edition (Marvel, 1964) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. on December 26th Actual price: USD $4,080.

 

For the week ahead 19 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 2nd
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23. 50 lots

Tue. Jan. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 12/27. 386 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 12/27. 149 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 59 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/23. 33 lots

Wed. Jan. 4th
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Winter Break: Timed Auction - bidstart 12/21. 41 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 12/28. 121 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/28. 280 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/23. 19 lots

Thu. Jan. 5th
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana and Maps - bidstart 12/23. 506 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. New Year Estate Auction. 41 lots

Sat. Jan. 7th
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. Items from the Collection of Dr. Howard A. Tin, Springfield, Il., and Americana from Various Collect. 7 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/31.
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Opportunity Auction. 75 lots

Sun. Jan. 8th
Schilb Antiquarian. Columbia. Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium. 102 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 1/1.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 1/1.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 12/25. 349 lots
Arenberg Auctions. BRUSSEL. Collectables - bidstart 12/22. 298 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Forum Auctions
    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.
    Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    New York Book Week
    12-26 June
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD
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  • Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000