Sources in the Rare Book Transaction History

The following is a list of auction records, bibliographies, and certain historically important bookseller catalogues in the Rare Book Transaction History database, followed by the number of records in each source.
Click the source name for a description of that particular resource.

No. Source Name Total Records
1 25 Blythe Road 282
2 AbeBooks Most Expensive 70
3 Adams Amsterdam Auctions 5010
4 Adams Amsterdam Book and Print Auctions 1178
5 Addison and Sarova 6173
6 Ader 53775
7 Aguttes 15007
8 Alain and Evelyne Morel de Westgaver 18221
9 Alaska Auction 4309
10 ALDE 62896
11 Alderfer Auction Company 1218
12 Alexander Autographs 10515
13 Alexander Historical Auctions 21143
14 AltaCal OL 250
15 Amadeus-Auktionshaus GmbH 212
16 American Art Association 99060
17 American Bibles 1480
18 American Book Auction Catalogues 10619
19 Americana Beginnings 679
20 Anderson Galleries 722516
21 Anderson Galleries 1604 622
22 Anderson Galleries 1642 672
23 Anderson Galleries 1685 300
24 Anderson Galleries 1686 1171
25 Anderson Galleries 70 Nuggets 71
26 Antikvariat Bryggen AS 231
27 Antiquarian Auctions 11643
28 AntiquarianAuctions.com 21897
29 Antiquariat Peter Kiefer 4571
30 Antiques Estate Auctioneers Appraisers 980
31 Arader Galleries 7269
32 Archives International Auctions 15653
33 Arenberg Auctions 9263
34 Art + Object 338
35 Artcurial 45632
36 Artoria S.A. 368
37 Asher 367
38 Aspire Auctions 2706
39 Aste Bolaffi 6857
40 Auction Explorer Books 17337
41 Auctionata 11343
42 Audap and Mirabaud 5875
43 Australian Book Auctions 26048
44 Autographes Encheres 1198
45 Auxerre Encheres Estimations 4639
46 Bakker Boccelli Fine Art 1
47 Baltimore Book Auction 8796
48 Bangs 91508
49 Bauer 528
50 Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood 8775
51 Beaussant Lefevre 3772
52 Bent White Mountains 823
53 Bernard Quaritch 25960
54 Bibliopathos 568
55 Bibliotheca Munselliana 2331
56 Binoche et Giquello 18288
57 Blacksparrow 990
58 Blanchard's Auction Service 2
59 Bloomsbury Auctions 171978
60 Bloomsbury Book Auctions 56009
61 Bogota Auction 405
62 Boisgirard Provence Cote DAzur 346
63 Bolaffi SPA 758
64 Bonhams 156167
65 Books by the Falls 667
66 Boon 3137
67 Booth & Williams 352
68 Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians & Associates, LLC 29
69 Bradford 6239
70 Braislin 1997
71 Brinley 9138
72 Britwell Court 1916 493
73 Bruneau & Co. 731
74 Brunk Auctions 2942
75 Bruun Rasmussen 45188
76 Bubb Kuyper 178303
77 Burgersdijk and Niermans 43490
78 Butterfield 1319
79 Carlsen Gallery 519
80 Case Antiques, Inc. 1597
81 Castner Auction 29
82 Catawiki B. V. 17718
83 CD David 128
84 CDowning Auctions 293
85 CF Libbie 34633
86 Charles Hamilton 29959
87 Charles Heartman 3033
88 Charles Wood 33965
89 Charlton Hall 1087
90 Check List American Railroads 2707
91 Chinese Question 498
92 Chiswick Auctions 10055
93 Chorley's 211
94 Christian Hesse Auktionen 9779
95 Christies 270269
96 Church 1433
97 Clars Auction Gallery 18204
98 Claude Aguttes 233
99 CNY Book Auctions 219
100 Cohasco 263
101 Collection MC 72
102 Comic Connect 100
103 Connecticut Book Auctions 175
104 Copley Fine Art Auctions 1183
105 Cornette de Saint Cyr 2351
106 Cottone 115
107 Coutau Begarie 4984
108 Couton Veyrac Jamault 28
109 Cowans Auctions 21252
110 Cowans Historic Americana Auctions 1902
111 Dallas Auction Gallery 123
112 Dargate Auction Galleries 420
113 Dawson Book Shop 1189
114 De Baecque and Associes 12806
115 Decker 11230
116 Delvaux 348
117 Dirk Soulis Auctions 8528
118 Dominic Winter Book Auctions 143697
119 Dora Hood 85126
120 Dorotheum 44308
121 Dorothy Sloan Rare Books 6344
122 Doyle New York 26536
123 Drouot Estimations 96
124 DSloan 4295
125 Du Mouchelles 180
126 Dupont 255
127 Dush 863
128 Early American 5196
129 Eberstadt 21456
130 Edward Lefkowicz 1402
131 Eldreds 12492
132 ERA Encheres 1798
133 EV Thompson 614
134 Evans 32214
135 Ferraton 40806
136 Field 1703
137 Field Auction 4879
138 Finarte 1557
139 Florence Number Nine 49
140 Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers 11726
141 Forum Auctions 33302
142 Forum Auctions in Italy 4173
143 Francis Edwards 166736
144 Francis Harper 73
145 FRAYSSE & Associés 1
146 Freemans 26782
147 Freemans Historic USS Constitution Colors 13
148 Galerias Louis Morton 6161
149 Galerie Bassenge 130288
150 Galerie Koller Auctions 9901
151 Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers 1089
152 Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers, Inc. 3
153 Gateway Gallery Auction 1268
154 George Littlefield 16134
155 Gibson Auction Inc. 404
156 Goelet 895
157 Goldberg Coins and Collectibles 5708
158 Goldschmidt 49633
159 Gonnelli Casa DAste 18326
160 Goodspeed 233888
161 Gowans 309
162 Grays Auctioneers 5687
163 Grogan and Company 526
164 Guernseys 7273
165 Guillaumot Richard 402
166 Gulf Coast Book Auctions 394
167 Harmsworth 5068
168 Hartung and Hartung 31862
169 Hauff and Auvermann 39415
170 Hauswedell and Nolte 24873
171 HBradley Martin 48
172 Henkels 6698
173 Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions 17747
174 Heritage Auction Galleries 24901
175 Heritage Auctions 937213
176 Heritage Map Museum 109
177 Hessney Auction Company 2
178 Hindman Auctions 42
179 HNestler 3022
180 Holabird Associates 1527
181 Holabird Kagin Americana 55417
182 Holliday 1233
183 Hôtel des Ventes Mosan 33
184 Howell 8059
185 Howes US IANA 11600
186 HRS Alabama 1807 to 1840 345
187 HRS Arizona 1860 to 1890 161
188 HRS California 489
189 HRS Chicago Ante Fire 1877
190 HRS Idaho 1839 to 1890 180
191 HRS Iowa 1837 to 1860 195
192 HRS Kansas 1854 to 1876 2034
193 HRS Kentucky 1787 to 1810 812
194 HRS Kentucky Imprints 591
195 HRS Minnesota 1849 to 1865 656
196 HRS Missouri 1808 to 1850 705
197 HRS Nebraska 1847 to 1876 503
198 HRS Nevada 1859 to 1890 522
199 HRS Nevada 1859 to 1890 Add 9
200 HRS New Mexico 1784 to 1876 300
201 HRS Ohio 1796 to 1820 591
202 HRS Tennessee 1793 to 1840 469
203 HRS TN Nashville 481
204 HRS TN Nashville AppA 4
205 HRS TN Nashville AppB 20
206 HRS TN Nashville AppC 10
207 HRS TN Pamphlets and Broadsides 797
208 HRS Utica NY 1799 to 1830 572
209 HRS West Virginia 1791 to 1830 106
210 HRS Wisconsin 569
211 HRS Wisconsin 1850 to 1854 549
212 HRS Wisconsin 1855 to 1858 724
213 HRS Wisconsin 1859 to 1863 712
214 HRS Wisconsin 1864 to 1869 931
215 HRS Wyoming 1866 to 1890 168
216 Huntington1269 308
217 Huntington1309 330
218 Huntington1406 245
219 Huntington1698 1015
220 HV Jones Sale 580
221 HVJones 304
222 HVJones Check List 1746
223 Il Ponte 8298
224 JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung 7301
225 Jacksons Auction 674
226 James D Cyr Auctioneer 1311
227 James D Julia Auctioneers 3240
228 JandS 13489
229 Jasper52 312
230 JellyFishTree 2992
231 Jenkins 628
232 Jeschke Greve and Hauff 823
233 Jeschke Hauff und Auvermann 13821
234 Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH 8502
235 JMW Auction Gallery 2617
236 John Bellman Auctioneers 1489
237 John Howell Books Americana 718
238 John McInnis Auctioneers 5039
239 Johns Western Gallery 2826
240 Johnson 1415
241 Kapandji Morhange 13221
242 Kedem Auctions Ltd. 23537
243 Kenneth Karmiole 12221
244 Kenneth Nebenzahl 5907
245 Keno Auctions 15
246 Kestenbaum and Company 6864
247 Ketterer Kunst Doerling 41439
248 Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers 84906
249 Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen 316958
250 KLeach 5502
251 Knotty Pine Auction Service 8648
252 Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers 6658
253 Koller Auctions 12529
254 Kraus 569
255 Laird Park 394
256 Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society 17051
257 Lathrop Harper 14598
258 Laurence Witten Rare Books 1645
259 Lawrences Auctioneers 1917
260 Le Libraire Alain Ferraton 29331
261 Leekley 373
262 Leland Little Auctions 3439
263 Leonard and Company 1
264 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers 23556
265 LF Robinson 1304 701
266 Librairie Loeb Larocque 1212
267 Light Horse Auctions 169
268 Lion Heart Autographs 325
269 Littell 1141
270 Longs 11280
271 Ludewig 1220
272 Lyon and Turnbull 20655
273 MacManus 65020
274 Madigan 213
275 Maggs 259836
276 Maggs VI 542
277 Map World 422
278 Marc van de Wiele Auctions 22682
279 Marshall 1044
280 Mayfair Book Auctions 70
281 McLemore Auction Company 63
282 Mealys Auctioneers 13093
283 Merwin Clayton Sales Company 275505
284 Merwin Sales Company NY 0
285 Michaans Auctions 3353
286 Michael Brown 781
287 Michael Treloar 2690
288 Mid Hudson Auction Galleries 4473
289 Midland 64251
290 Minerva Auctions Roma 15229
291 Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers 3155
292 Montreal Book Auctions 32959
293 Moreshet Auctions 3499
294 Morphy Auctions 3775
295 Morton Casa de Subastas 14491
296 Morton Subastas 17142
297 Mossgreen 948
298 MS Rare Books 34295
299 Murphy 3307
300 Nadeau's Auction Gallery 210
301 NAMagazines 255
302 National Art Galleries 1932 157
303 National Book Auctions 66576
304 Neal Auction Company 4582
305 New England Auctions 2142
306 New England Book Auctions 15928
307 Norris 4311
308 North American Auction Company 1908
309 Northeast Auctions 1898
310 Nosbüsch & Stucke 22273
311 Nye & Company Auctioneers 1549
312 OGER et CAMPER 720
313 OGER et DUMONT 100
314 OGER et SEMONT 531
315 Old World Auctions 59473
316 One Of A Kind Collectibles 0
317 One Of Kind Collectibles 2278
318 OSENAT 6633
319 OShaughnessy 26643
320 Otto Lange 23114
321 Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC 463
322 Paige Auction 1092
323 Pandolfini 2214
324 Parke Bernet 242823
325 Paulo Adams Auction Service 118
326 PBA Galleries 173544
327 PC Petersburg 1786 to 1876 637
328 Pennypacker943 6707
329 Penrose 365
330 Philobiblon Auctions 2552
331 PIASA 40624
332 Picard Audap Solanet Velliet Teissedre 424
333 Pierre Berge and Associes 11188
334 Pilling 5532
335 Plaza Art Auction Galleries 129
336 PosterConnection Inc. 4942
337 Potomack Company 2017
338 Potter and Potter Auctions 25232
339 Poulin Antiques Auctions 1077
340 Profiles in History 29592
341 Purcell Auctioneers 11201
342 Quagga Rare Books and Art 437
343 Rachel Davis Fine Arts 12244
344 Rago Arts and Auctions 3528
345 Ralph Kristiansen 966
346 Randall and Windle 4447
347 Reiss and Sohn 59368
348 Remy Le Fur and Associes 197
349 RENAUD GIQUELLO ASSOCIES 374
350 Revere Auctions 556
351 Rice 2645
352 RJM Autographs and Antiques 630
353 RM Smythe 923
354 Robert Brown 163
355 Robert Hayman 9117
356 Robert Siegel Galleries 13057
357 Robinson 9390
358 Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions 48643
359 Rosenbach 8252
360 Rossini 12870
361 Royka Auctioneers Appraisers 176
362 RR Auction 121544
363 Rulon-Miller Books 409
364 RW Olivers 550
365 Sabin 106729
366 Sabin Handy Bib 995
367 Saffronart 100
368 Santa Fe Art Auction 96
369 Sawyer 34396
370 Scott & O'Shaughnessy 4087
371 Scribner 14048
372 Shapiro Auctioneers 5
373 Shapiro Auctions 184
374 Sheppards Irish Auction House 264
375 Siebert 1084
376 SJ Winslow Associates 5949
377 Skinner 22791
378 Soler Y Llach 10236
379 Soliday 5224
380 Sotheby Parke Bernet 107473
381 Sothebys 1116224
382 Southern 9651
383 Spink Shreves Galleries 2643
384 Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers 5369
385 Stephan Welz & Co. 849
386 Stockholms Auktionsverk 4080
387 Streeter 4423
388 Swaen Map Auction 10376
389 Swann Galleries 406262
390 Tajan 16508
391 Terry Part I 361
392 Terry Part II 370
393 Terry Part III 444
394 Tessier & Sarrou and Associates 4908
395 The Antiquarian Book 57
396 The Written Word Autographs 6042
397 Thomas Scheler 116
398 Thomaston Place Auction Galleries 2183
399 Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers 2329
400 Three Rivers Auction Company 437
401 TN Luther Books 35327
402 Tooveys 19602
403 Trafford Books 5174
404 Treadway Toomey Auctions 699
405 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books 23369
406 Trotting Hill Park Books 267
407 University Archives 6058
408 UP James 6491
409 Valley Auctions 453
410 Venator and Hanstein 28762
411 Vermot de Pas 29366
412 Vinson 112
413 Waddingtons 877
414 Walpole Galleries 53757
415 Watkins Americana 184
416 Waverly Auctions 25805
417 Webbs 546
418 William Allen 13871
419 William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals 2958
420 William Parkinson 505
421 William Salloch 11786
422 William Schab 4827
423 Winner's Auctions Ltd 5375
424 Winter Associates 1744
425 Witten 109
426 Woolley and Wallis 1128
427 Wright Howes 12365
428 Yeshiva Ahavas Torah Baranovich 355
429 Zamorano Eighty 80
430 Zisska and Kistner 22702
431 Zisska and Lacher 22619
432 Zisska and Schauer 28797
433 Zwiggelaar Auctions 4302
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    <b>Swann Auction Galleries, July 30:</b> Adam Smith, <i>Wealth of Nations,</i> first edition, descended from William Alexander, London, 1776. $70,000 to $90,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries, July 30:</b> George Gershwin, photograph signed & inscribed with autograph musical quotation, <i>An American in Paris,</i> 1928. $8,000 to $12,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries, July 30:</b> Friedrich Engels, <i>The Condition of the Working Class in England,</i> first edition, NY, 1887. $5,000 to $7,500.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries, July 30:</b> <i>Bury St. Edmunds Witch Trials,</i> first edition, London, 1682. $2,000 to $3,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries, July 30:</b> Robert Rey, <i>Estampes,</i> complete portfolio of 12 wood engravings, Paris, 1950. $12,000 to $18,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries, July 30:</b> Archive of 47 letters by Enrico Caruso to a lady friend, 1906-20. $7,000 to $10,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries, July 30:</b> Books of Hours in Flemish, Netherlands, 15th century. $8,000 to $10,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries, July 30:</b> Jack Kerouac, <i>Doctor Sax,</i> deluxe limited edition, signed, NY, 1959. $4,000 to $6,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries, July 30:</b> Walt Disney, signature on title-page of Ward Greene’s <i>Lady and the Tramp,</i> first edition, first printing. $3,000 to $4,000.
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