Trends In Book Auction Prices

12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Price
2022-10-01 0:00AM 309.0083333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM 310.47166666666664
2022-12-01 0:00AM 313.5991666666667
2023-01-01 0:00AM 311.9325
2023-02-01 0:00AM 313.6825
2023-03-01 0:00AM 313.7241666666667
2023-04-01 0:00AM 308.6408333333333
2023-05-01 0:00AM 306.55333333333334
2023-06-01 0:00AM 307.97249999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM 306.2291666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM 303.395
2023-09-01 0:00AM 301.7816666666667
2023-10-01 0:00AM 298.7816666666667
2023-11-01 0:00AM 295.5275
2023-12-01 0:00AM 292.6075
2024-01-01 0:00AM 293.77416666666664
2024-02-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-03-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-04-01 0:00AM 294.1983333333333
2024-05-01 0:00AM 291.3241666666667
2024-06-01 0:00AM 288.3241666666667
2024-07-01 0:00AM 289.35833333333335
2024-08-01 0:00AM 290.1091666666667
2024-09-01 0:00AM 287.90166666666664
2024-10-01 0:00AM 290.9966666666666
2024-11-01 0:00AM 288.89000000000004
2024-12-01 0:00AM 290.5491666666667
2025-01-01 0:00AM 289.3825
2025-02-01 0:00AM 287.8158333333333
2025-03-01 0:00AM 284.5533333333333
2025-04-01 0:00AM 285.7958333333333
2025-05-01 0:00AM 286.7758333333333
2025-06-01 0:00AM 284.77583333333337
2025-07-01 0:00AM 284.69250000000005
2025-08-01 0:00AM 285.8591666666667
2025-09-01 0:00AM 284.10833333333335
2025-10-01 0:00AM 286.16

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date Average
2023-10-01 0:00AM -10.226666666666688
2023-11-01 0:00AM -14.94416666666666
2023-12-01 0:00AM -20.991666666666674
2024-01-01 0:00AM -18.15833333333336
2024-02-01 0:00AM -22.40833333333336
2024-03-01 0:00AM -22.450000000000045
2024-04-01 0:00AM -14.442499999999995
2024-05-01 0:00AM -15.229166666666629
2024-06-01 0:00AM -19.648333333333255
2024-07-01 0:00AM -16.870833333333337
2024-08-01 0:00AM -13.2858333333333
2024-09-01 0:00AM -13.880000000000052
2024-10-01 0:00AM -7.785000000000082
2024-11-01 0:00AM -6.637499999999932
2024-12-01 0:00AM -2.058333333333337
2025-01-01 0:00AM -4.3916666666666515
2025-02-01 0:00AM -3.4583333333333712
2025-03-01 0:00AM -6.72083333333336
2025-04-01 0:00AM -8.402500000000032
2025-05-01 0:00AM -4.548333333333403
2025-06-01 0:00AM -3.548333333333346
2025-07-01 0:00AM -4.665833333333296
2025-08-01 0:00AM -4.25
2025-09-01 0:00AM -3.793333333333294
2025-10-01 0:00AM -4.836666666666588

12 Month Moving Average of Sell Through Rate
Date Rate
2022-10-01 0:00AM 0.8152583333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM 0.8143916666666667
2022-12-01 0:00AM 0.8128083333333334
2023-01-01 0:00AM 0.8128583333333332
2023-02-01 0:00AM 0.8117166666666665
2023-03-01 0:00AM 0.8119333333333333
2023-04-01 0:00AM 0.8119166666666667
2023-05-01 0:00AM 0.8140416666666668
2023-06-01 0:00AM 0.8104333333333334
2023-07-01 0:00AM 0.8107000000000001
2023-08-01 0:00AM 0.8086333333333334
2023-09-01 0:00AM 0.8095166666666668
2023-10-01 0:00AM 0.8068666666666666
2023-11-01 0:00AM 0.8059916666666668
2023-12-01 0:00AM 0.8040249999999999
2024-01-01 0:00AM 0.8036833333333333
2024-02-01 0:00AM 0.80075
2024-03-01 0:00AM 0.8012916666666666
2024-04-01 0:00AM 0.8000249999999999
2024-05-01 0:00AM 0.8018083333333333
2024-06-01 0:00AM 0.8037249999999999
2024-07-01 0:00AM 0.80025
2024-08-01 0:00AM 0.8007750000000001
2024-09-01 0:00AM 0.7983250000000001
2024-10-01 0:00AM 0.8044666666666668
2024-11-01 0:00AM 0.8007583333333335
2024-12-01 0:00AM 0.8038333333333333
2025-01-01 0:00AM 0.8016666666666666
2025-02-01 0:00AM 0.8001916666666666
2025-03-01 0:00AM 0.799725
2025-04-01 0:00AM 0.7990916666666666
2025-05-01 0:00AM 0.7969083333333332
2025-06-01 0:00AM 0.7960750000000001
2025-07-01 0:00AM 0.7974333333333332
2025-08-01 0:00AM 0.7989833333333333
2025-09-01 0:00AM 0.7994833333333333
2025-10-01 0:00AM 0.7975333333333334
12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Price
2022-10-01 0:00AM 309.0083333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM 310.47166666666664
2022-12-01 0:00AM 313.5991666666667
2023-01-01 0:00AM 311.9325
2023-02-01 0:00AM 313.6825
2023-03-01 0:00AM 313.7241666666667
2023-04-01 0:00AM 308.6408333333333
2023-05-01 0:00AM 306.55333333333334
2023-06-01 0:00AM 307.97249999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM 306.2291666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM 303.395
2023-09-01 0:00AM 301.7816666666667
2023-10-01 0:00AM 298.7816666666667
2023-11-01 0:00AM 295.5275
2023-12-01 0:00AM 292.6075
2024-01-01 0:00AM 293.77416666666664
2024-02-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-03-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-04-01 0:00AM 294.1983333333333
2024-05-01 0:00AM 291.3241666666667
2024-06-01 0:00AM 288.3241666666667
2024-07-01 0:00AM 289.35833333333335
2024-08-01 0:00AM 290.1091666666667
2024-09-01 0:00AM 287.90166666666664
2024-10-01 0:00AM 290.9966666666666
2024-11-01 0:00AM 288.89000000000004
2024-12-01 0:00AM 290.5491666666667
2025-01-01 0:00AM 289.3825
2025-02-01 0:00AM 287.8158333333333
2025-03-01 0:00AM 284.5533333333333
2025-04-01 0:00AM 285.7958333333333
2025-05-01 0:00AM 286.7758333333333
2025-06-01 0:00AM 284.77583333333337
2025-07-01 0:00AM 284.69250000000005
2025-08-01 0:00AM 285.8591666666667
2025-09-01 0:00AM 284.10833333333335
2025-10-01 0:00AM 286.16

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date Average
2023-10-01 0:00AM -10.226666666666688
2023-11-01 0:00AM -14.94416666666666
2023-12-01 0:00AM -20.991666666666674
2024-01-01 0:00AM -18.15833333333336
2024-02-01 0:00AM -22.40833333333336
2024-03-01 0:00AM -22.450000000000045
2024-04-01 0:00AM -14.442499999999995
2024-05-01 0:00AM -15.229166666666629
2024-06-01 0:00AM -19.648333333333255
2024-07-01 0:00AM -16.870833333333337
2024-08-01 0:00AM -13.2858333333333
2024-09-01 0:00AM -13.880000000000052
2024-10-01 0:00AM -7.785000000000082
2024-11-01 0:00AM -6.637499999999932
2024-12-01 0:00AM -2.058333333333337
2025-01-01 0:00AM -4.3916666666666515
2025-02-01 0:00AM -3.4583333333333712
2025-03-01 0:00AM -6.72083333333336
2025-04-01 0:00AM -8.402500000000032
2025-05-01 0:00AM -4.548333333333403
2025-06-01 0:00AM -3.548333333333346
2025-07-01 0:00AM -4.665833333333296
2025-08-01 0:00AM -4.25
2025-09-01 0:00AM -3.793333333333294
2025-10-01 0:00AM -4.836666666666588

12 Month Moving Average of Sell Through Rate
Date Rate
2022-10-01 0:00AM 0.8152583333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM 0.8143916666666667
2022-12-01 0:00AM 0.8128083333333334
2023-01-01 0:00AM 0.8128583333333332
2023-02-01 0:00AM 0.8117166666666665
2023-03-01 0:00AM 0.8119333333333333
2023-04-01 0:00AM 0.8119166666666667
2023-05-01 0:00AM 0.8140416666666668
2023-06-01 0:00AM 0.8104333333333334
2023-07-01 0:00AM 0.8107000000000001
2023-08-01 0:00AM 0.8086333333333334
2023-09-01 0:00AM 0.8095166666666668
2023-10-01 0:00AM 0.8068666666666666
2023-11-01 0:00AM 0.8059916666666668
2023-12-01 0:00AM 0.8040249999999999
2024-01-01 0:00AM 0.8036833333333333
2024-02-01 0:00AM 0.80075
2024-03-01 0:00AM 0.8012916666666666
2024-04-01 0:00AM 0.8000249999999999
2024-05-01 0:00AM 0.8018083333333333
2024-06-01 0:00AM 0.8037249999999999
2024-07-01 0:00AM 0.80025
2024-08-01 0:00AM 0.8007750000000001
2024-09-01 0:00AM 0.7983250000000001
2024-10-01 0:00AM 0.8044666666666668
2024-11-01 0:00AM 0.8007583333333335
2024-12-01 0:00AM 0.8038333333333333
2025-01-01 0:00AM 0.8016666666666666
2025-02-01 0:00AM 0.8001916666666666
2025-03-01 0:00AM 0.799725
2025-04-01 0:00AM 0.7990916666666666
2025-05-01 0:00AM 0.7969083333333332
2025-06-01 0:00AM 0.7960750000000001
2025-07-01 0:00AM 0.7974333333333332
2025-08-01 0:00AM 0.7989833333333333
2025-09-01 0:00AM 0.7994833333333333
2025-10-01 0:00AM 0.7975333333333334
12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Price
2022-10-01 0:00AM 309.0083333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM 310.47166666666664
2022-12-01 0:00AM 313.5991666666667
2023-01-01 0:00AM 311.9325
2023-02-01 0:00AM 313.6825
2023-03-01 0:00AM 313.7241666666667
2023-04-01 0:00AM 308.6408333333333
2023-05-01 0:00AM 306.55333333333334
2023-06-01 0:00AM 307.97249999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM 306.2291666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM 303.395
2023-09-01 0:00AM 301.7816666666667
2023-10-01 0:00AM 298.7816666666667
2023-11-01 0:00AM 295.5275
2023-12-01 0:00AM 292.6075
2024-01-01 0:00AM 293.77416666666664
2024-02-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-03-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-04-01 0:00AM 294.1983333333333
2024-05-01 0:00AM 291.3241666666667
2024-06-01 0:00AM 288.3241666666667
2024-07-01 0:00AM 289.35833333333335
2024-08-01 0:00AM 290.1091666666667
2024-09-01 0:00AM 287.90166666666664
2024-10-01 0:00AM 290.9966666666666
2024-11-01 0:00AM 288.89000000000004
2024-12-01 0:00AM 290.5491666666667
2025-01-01 0:00AM 289.3825
2025-02-01 0:00AM 287.8158333333333
2025-03-01 0:00AM 284.5533333333333
2025-04-01 0:00AM 285.7958333333333
2025-05-01 0:00AM 286.7758333333333
2025-06-01 0:00AM 284.77583333333337
2025-07-01 0:00AM 284.69250000000005
2025-08-01 0:00AM 285.8591666666667
2025-09-01 0:00AM 284.10833333333335
2025-10-01 0:00AM 286.16

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date Average
2023-10-01 0:00AM -10.226666666666688
2023-11-01 0:00AM -14.94416666666666
2023-12-01 0:00AM -20.991666666666674
2024-01-01 0:00AM -18.15833333333336
2024-02-01 0:00AM -22.40833333333336
2024-03-01 0:00AM -22.450000000000045
2024-04-01 0:00AM -14.442499999999995
2024-05-01 0:00AM -15.229166666666629
2024-06-01 0:00AM -19.648333333333255
2024-07-01 0:00AM -16.870833333333337
2024-08-01 0:00AM -13.2858333333333
2024-09-01 0:00AM -13.880000000000052
2024-10-01 0:00AM -7.785000000000082
2024-11-01 0:00AM -6.637499999999932
2024-12-01 0:00AM -2.058333333333337
2025-01-01 0:00AM -4.3916666666666515
2025-02-01 0:00AM -3.4583333333333712
2025-03-01 0:00AM -6.72083333333336
2025-04-01 0:00AM -8.402500000000032
2025-05-01 0:00AM -4.548333333333403
2025-06-01 0:00AM -3.548333333333346
2025-07-01 0:00AM -4.665833333333296
2025-08-01 0:00AM -4.25
2025-09-01 0:00AM -3.793333333333294
2025-10-01 0:00AM -4.836666666666588

12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Rate
2022-10-01 0:00AM 0.8152583333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM 0.8143916666666667
2022-12-01 0:00AM 0.8128083333333334
2023-01-01 0:00AM 0.8128583333333332
2023-02-01 0:00AM 0.8117166666666665
2023-03-01 0:00AM 0.8119333333333333
2023-04-01 0:00AM 0.8119166666666667
2023-05-01 0:00AM 0.8140416666666668
2023-06-01 0:00AM 0.8104333333333334
2023-07-01 0:00AM 0.8107000000000001
2023-08-01 0:00AM 0.8086333333333334
2023-09-01 0:00AM 0.8095166666666668
2023-10-01 0:00AM 0.8068666666666666
2023-11-01 0:00AM 0.8059916666666668
2023-12-01 0:00AM 0.8040249999999999
2024-01-01 0:00AM 0.8036833333333333
2024-02-01 0:00AM 0.80075
2024-03-01 0:00AM 0.8012916666666666
2024-04-01 0:00AM 0.8000249999999999
2024-05-01 0:00AM 0.8018083333333333
2024-06-01 0:00AM 0.8037249999999999
2024-07-01 0:00AM 0.80025
2024-08-01 0:00AM 0.8007750000000001
2024-09-01 0:00AM 0.7983250000000001
2024-10-01 0:00AM 0.8044666666666668
2024-11-01 0:00AM 0.8007583333333335
2024-12-01 0:00AM 0.8038333333333333
2025-01-01 0:00AM 0.8016666666666666
2025-02-01 0:00AM 0.8001916666666666
2025-03-01 0:00AM 0.799725
2025-04-01 0:00AM 0.7990916666666666
2025-05-01 0:00AM 0.7969083333333332
2025-06-01 0:00AM 0.7960750000000001
2025-07-01 0:00AM 0.7974333333333332
2025-08-01 0:00AM 0.7989833333333333
2025-09-01 0:00AM 0.7994833333333333
2025-10-01 0:00AM 0.7975333333333334
12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date Price
2022-10-01 0:00AM 309.0083333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM 310.47166666666664
2022-12-01 0:00AM 313.5991666666667
2023-01-01 0:00AM 311.9325
2023-02-01 0:00AM 313.6825
2023-03-01 0:00AM 313.7241666666667
2023-04-01 0:00AM 308.6408333333333
2023-05-01 0:00AM 306.55333333333334
2023-06-01 0:00AM 307.97249999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM 306.2291666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM 303.395
2023-09-01 0:00AM 301.7816666666667
2023-10-01 0:00AM 298.7816666666667
2023-11-01 0:00AM 295.5275
2023-12-01 0:00AM 292.6075
2024-01-01 0:00AM 293.77416666666664
2024-02-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-03-01 0:00AM 291.27416666666664
2024-04-01 0:00AM 294.1983333333333
2024-05-01 0:00AM 291.3241666666667
2024-06-01 0:00AM 288.3241666666667
2024-07-01 0:00AM 289.35833333333335
2024-08-01 0:00AM 290.1091666666667
2024-09-01 0:00AM 287.90166666666664
2024-10-01 0:00AM 290.9966666666666
2024-11-01 0:00AM 288.89000000000004
2024-12-01 0:00AM 290.5491666666667
2025-01-01 0:00AM 289.3825
2025-02-01 0:00AM 287.8158333333333
2025-03-01 0:00AM 284.5533333333333
2025-04-01 0:00AM 285.7958333333333
2025-05-01 0:00AM 286.7758333333333
2025-06-01 0:00AM 284.77583333333337
2025-07-01 0:00AM 284.69250000000005
2025-08-01 0:00AM 285.8591666666667
2025-09-01 0:00AM 284.10833333333335
2025-10-01 0:00AM 286.16

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date Average
2023-10-01 0:00AM -10.226666666666688
2023-11-01 0:00AM -14.94416666666666
2023-12-01 0:00AM -20.991666666666674
2024-01-01 0:00AM -18.15833333333336
2024-02-01 0:00AM -22.40833333333336
2024-03-01 0:00AM -22.450000000000045
2024-04-01 0:00AM -14.442499999999995
2024-05-01 0:00AM -15.229166666666629
2024-06-01 0:00AM -19.648333333333255
2024-07-01 0:00AM -16.870833333333337
2024-08-01 0:00AM -13.2858333333333
2024-09-01 0:00AM -13.880000000000052
2024-10-01 0:00AM -7.785000000000082
2024-11-01 0:00AM -6.637499999999932
2024-12-01 0:00AM -2.058333333333337
2025-01-01 0:00AM -4.3916666666666515
2025-02-01 0:00AM -3.4583333333333712
2025-03-01 0:00AM -6.72083333333336
2025-04-01 0:00AM -8.402500000000032
2025-05-01 0:00AM -4.548333333333403
2025-06-01 0:00AM -3.548333333333346
2025-07-01 0:00AM -4.665833333333296
2025-08-01 0:00AM -4.25
2025-09-01 0:00AM -3.793333333333294
2025-10-01 0:00AM -4.836666666666588

12 Month Moving Average of Sell Through Rate
Date Rate
2022-10-01 0:00AM 0.8152583333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM 0.8143916666666667
2022-12-01 0:00AM 0.8128083333333334
2023-01-01 0:00AM 0.8128583333333332
2023-02-01 0:00AM 0.8117166666666665
2023-03-01 0:00AM 0.8119333333333333
2023-04-01 0:00AM 0.8119166666666667
2023-05-01 0:00AM 0.8140416666666668
2023-06-01 0:00AM 0.8104333333333334
2023-07-01 0:00AM 0.8107000000000001
2023-08-01 0:00AM 0.8086333333333334
2023-09-01 0:00AM 0.8095166666666668
2023-10-01 0:00AM 0.8068666666666666
2023-11-01 0:00AM 0.8059916666666668
2023-12-01 0:00AM 0.8040249999999999
2024-01-01 0:00AM 0.8036833333333333
2024-02-01 0:00AM 0.80075
2024-03-01 0:00AM 0.8012916666666666
2024-04-01 0:00AM 0.8000249999999999
2024-05-01 0:00AM 0.8018083333333333
2024-06-01 0:00AM 0.8037249999999999
2024-07-01 0:00AM 0.80025
2024-08-01 0:00AM 0.8007750000000001
2024-09-01 0:00AM 0.7983250000000001
2024-10-01 0:00AM 0.8044666666666668
2024-11-01 0:00AM 0.8007583333333335
2024-12-01 0:00AM 0.8038333333333333
2025-01-01 0:00AM 0.8016666666666666
2025-02-01 0:00AM 0.8001916666666666
2025-03-01 0:00AM 0.799725
2025-04-01 0:00AM 0.7990916666666666
2025-05-01 0:00AM 0.7969083333333332
2025-06-01 0:00AM 0.7960750000000001
2025-07-01 0:00AM 0.7974333333333332
2025-08-01 0:00AM 0.7989833333333333
2025-09-01 0:00AM 0.7994833333333333
2025-10-01 0:00AM 0.7975333333333334


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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
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    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.