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.

# Source Name Total Records
1 25 Blythe Road 282
2 A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals 1524
3 Adams Amsterdam Auctions 5822
4 Adams Amsterdam Book and Print Auctions 1178
5 Addison and Sarova 14961
6 Ader 85211
7 Aguttes 24384
8 Ahlers & Ogletree 1672
9 Alain and Evelyne Morel de Westgaver 18221
10 Alaska Auction 5473
11 ALDE 85183
12 Alderfer Auction Company 1218
13 Alex Cooper 6
14 Alexander Autographs 10515
15 Alexander Historical Auctions 49170
16 AltaCal OL 250
17 Amadeus-Auktionshaus GmbH 212
18 American Art Association 100564
19 American Bibles 1480
20 American Book Auction 46892
21 American Book Auction Catalogues 10619
22 Americana Beginnings 679
23 Anderson Galleries 731702
24 Anderson Galleries 1604 0
25 Anderson Galleries 1642 0
26 Anderson Galleries 1685 0
27 Anderson Galleries 1686 0
28 Anderson Galleries 70 Nuggets 0
29 Angling Auctions 291
30 Antikvariat Bryggen AS 5707
31 Antiquarian Auctions 11643
32 AntiquarianAuctions.com 41828
33 Antiquariat Peter Kiefer 4571
34 Antiques Estate Auctioneers Appraisers 980
35 Arader Galleries 12617
36 Archives International Auctions 15643
37 Arenberg Auctions 32041
38 Art + Object 338
39 Artcurial 59090
40 Artoria S.A. 368
41 Ashcroft and Moore 554
42 Asher 367
43 Aspire Art Auctions 1222
44 Aspire Auctions 4195
45 Aste Bolaffi 21717
46 Auction Explorer Books 17337
47 Auctionata 11343
48 Audap and Mirabaud 5875
49 Auktionshaus Schramm 0
50 Australian Book Auctions 29717
51 Autographes Encheres 1198
52 Auxerre Encheres Estimations 4639
53 Bakker Boccelli Fine Art 1
54 Baltimore Book Auction 8796
55 Bangs 709230
56 Bauer 0
57 Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood 14724
58 Beaussant Lefevre 5937
59 Bent White Mountains 823
60 Bernard Quaritch 25960
61 Bertolami Fine Art 4766
62 Bibliopathos 568
63 Bibliotheca Munselliana 2331
64 Blacksparrow 990
65 Blackwell Auctions 1389
66 Blanchard's Auction Service 2
67 Bloomsbury Auctions 173930
68 Bloomsbury Book Auctions 100235
69 Bogota Auction 4799
70 Boisgirard Provence Cote DAzur 346
71 Bolaffi SPA 758
72 Bonhams 203002
73 Books by the Falls 667
74 Boon 3137
75 Booth & Williams 352
76 Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians & Associates, LLC 29
77 Bradford 6213
78 Braislin 0
79 Brinley 1
80 Britannic Auctions 622
81 Britwell Court 1916 493
82 Bruneau & Co. 9475
83 Brunk Auctions 5512
84 Bruun Rasmussen 63177
85 Bubb Kuyper 226063
86 Bukowskis 1078
87 Burgersdijk and Niermans 53858
88 Butterfield 1319
89 Canada Book Auctions Limited 3624
90 Carlsen Gallery 851
91 Casco Bay Auctions 64
92 Case Antiques, Inc. 2908
93 Castner Auction 29
94 Catawiki B. V. 95557
95 CD David 128
96 CDowning Auctions 293
97 CF Libbie 233699
98 Charles Hamilton 29959
99 Charles Heartman 3033
100 Charles Wood 33965
101 Charlton Hall 1742
102 Check List American Railroads 2707
103 Chinese Question 498
104 Chiswick Auctions 32378
105 Chorley's 3081
106 Christian Hesse Auktionen 15509
107 Christies 301123
108 Church 1433
109 Clars Auction Gallery 22572
110 Claude Aguttes 233
111 CNY Book Auctions 219
112 Cohasco 263
113 Collection MC 0
114 Comic Connect 100
115 Connecticut Book Auctions 175
116 Copley Fine Art Auctions 1829
117 Cornette de Saint Cyr 2351
118 Cotswold Auction Company 2754
119 Cottone 115
120 Coutau Begarie 4984
121 Couton Veyrac Jamault 28
122 Cowans Auctions 36503
123 Cowans Historic Americana Auctions 1902
124 Dallas Auction Gallery 123
125 Damien Voglaire 9017
126 Dargate Auction Galleries 420
127 Dawson Book Shop 1189
128 De Baecque and Associes 27759
129 Decker 11230
130 Delvaux 348
131 Desa Unicum 472
132 Dirk Soulis Auctions 11986
133 Dominic Winter Book Auctions 177109
134 Donald Heald Auctions 410
135 Dora Hood 85126
136 Dorotheum 55186
137 Dorothy Sloan Rare Books 6344
138 Doyle New York 36486
139 Dreweatts 919
140 Drouot Estimations 96
141 DSloan 4295
142 Du Mouchelles 3418
143 Duke's 1337
144 Dunbar Sloane 2806
145 Dupont 0
146 Dush 863
147 Early American 10598
148 Eaton Hudson 302
149 Eberstadt 21456
150 Edward Lefkowicz 1402
151 EinsZwei 851
152 Eldreds 17622
153 ERA Encheres 1798
154 EV Stamps 7319
155 EV Thompson 614
156 Evans 32214
157 Everard Auctions 972
158 Fairhill Auction 7563
159 Ferraton 43591
160 Field 1703
161 Field Auction 4879
162 Finarte 26338
163 Fleischer's Auctions 1393
164 Florence Number Nine 49
165 Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers 24306
166 Forum Auctions 88547
167 Forum Auctions in Italy 4173
168 Francis Edwards 166736
169 Francis Harper 73
170 FRAYSSE & Associés 1
171 Freeman's | Hindman 1531
172 Freemans 29808
173 Freemans Historic USS Constitution Colors 13
174 Galerias Louis Morton 6161
175 Galerie Bassenge 159201
176 Galerie Koller Auctions 9901
177 Gallery EinsZwei 250
178 Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers 2828
179 Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers, Inc. 3
180 Gateway Gallery Auction 1268
181 Genazym 2289
182 George Littlefield 16134
183 Gibson Auction Inc. 404
184 Giquello 3098
185 Goelet 895
186 Goldberg Coins and Collectibles 8773
187 Goldschmidt 49633
188 Gonnelli Casa DAste 31934
189 Goodspeed 233888
190 Gorringes 3508
191 Gowans 309
192 Grant Zahajko Auctions 6610
193 Grays Auctioneers 6863
194 Grogan and Company 924
195 Gros & Delettrez 811
196 Guernseys 8160
197 Guillaumot Richard 402
198 Gulf Coast Book Auctions 394
199 H. A. Cobb 182
200 Hake's Auctions 24875
201 Hansons 2073
202 Harmsworth 5068
203 Hartung and Hartung 31862
204 Hauff and Auvermann 39415
205 Hauswedell and Nolte 24873
206 HBradley Martin 0
207 Henkels 369754
208 Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions 17747
209 Heritage Auction Galleries 24901
210 Heritage Auctions 1963391
211 Heritage Map Museum 2418
212 Hessney Auction Company 2
213 Hindman Auctions 42
214 HNestler 3022
215 Hodgson & Co. 35745
216 Holabird Associates 1527
217 Holabird Western Americana Collections 109950
218 Holliday 0
219 Hôtel des Ventes Mosan 33
220 Howell 8059
221 Howes US IANA 11600
222 HRS Alabama 1807 to 1840 345
223 HRS Arizona 1860 to 1890 161
224 HRS California 489
225 HRS Chicago Ante Fire 1877
226 HRS Idaho 1839 to 1890 180
227 HRS Iowa 1837 to 1860 195
228 HRS Kansas 1854 to 1876 2034
229 HRS Kentucky 1787 to 1810 812
230 HRS Kentucky Imprints 591
231 HRS Minnesota 1849 to 1865 656
232 HRS Missouri 1808 to 1850 705
233 HRS Nebraska 1847 to 1876 503
234 HRS Nevada 1859 to 1890 522
235 HRS Nevada 1859 to 1890 Add 9
236 HRS New Mexico 1784 to 1876 300
237 HRS Ohio 1796 to 1820 591
238 HRS Tennessee 1793 to 1840 469
239 HRS TN Nashville 481
240 HRS TN Nashville AppA 4
241 HRS TN Nashville AppB 20
242 HRS TN Nashville AppC 10
243 HRS TN Pamphlets and Broadsides 797
244 HRS Utica NY 1799 to 1830 572
245 HRS West Virginia 1791 to 1830 106
246 HRS Wisconsin 569
247 HRS Wisconsin 1850 to 1854 549
248 HRS Wisconsin 1855 to 1858 724
249 HRS Wisconsin 1859 to 1863 712
250 HRS Wisconsin 1864 to 1869 931
251 HRS Wyoming 1866 to 1890 168
252 Huntington1269 0
253 Huntington1309 0
254 Huntington1406 0
255 Huntington1698 0
256 HV Jones Sale 0
257 HVJones 304
258 HVJones Check List 1746
259 Il Ponte 19153
260 International Autograph Auctions Europe SL 24012
261 JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung 9310
262 Jacksons Auction 1355
263 James D Cyr Auctioneer 1311
264 James D Julia Auctioneers 3240
265 JandS 13489
266 Jasper52 2609
267 Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates 3821
268 JellyFishTree 2992
269 Jenkins 628
270 Jeschke Greve and Hauff 823
271 Jeschke Hauff und Auvermann 13821
272 Jeschke Jadi Auctions Berlin GmbH 8391
273 Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH 18659
274 Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH 28725
275 JMW Auction Gallery 2617
276 John Bellman Auctioneers 1489
277 John Howell Books Americana 718
278 John McInnis Auctioneers 10373
279 Johns Western Gallery 2826
280 Johnson 1415
281 Kapandji Morhange 13221
282 KC Auction Company 331
283 Kedem Auctions Ltd. 33676
284 Kenneth Karmiole 12221
285 Kenneth Nebenzahl 6000
286 Keno Auctions 15
287 Kestenbaum and Company 11443
288 Ketterer Kunst 222
289 Ketterer Kunst Doerling 44981
290 Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers 97003
291 Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen 394820
292 KLeach 5502
293 Knotty Pine Auction Service 8648
294 Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers 15881
295 Koller Auctions 20538
296 Kraus 569
297 L'Autographe Auctions 2977
298 Laird Park 0
299 Lang's Auction, Inc. 630
300 Lathrop Harper 14598
301 Laurence Witten Rare Books 1645
302 Lawrences Auctioneers 1917
303 Lay's Auctioneers 4863
304 Le Libraire Alain Ferraton 29331
305 Leavitt & Co. 49644
306 Leavitt, Strebeigh 24353
307 Leekley 373
308 Leland Little Auctions 7601
309 Leonard and Company 9669
310 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers 43840
311 LF Robinson 1304 0
312 Librairie des Elephants 163
313 Librairie Loeb Larocque 1459
314 Light Horse Auctions 169
315 Lion Heart Autographs 1718
316 Litchfield County Auctions 2014
317 Littell 0
318 Longs 11280
319 Loon Estates 431
320 Los Angeles Estate Auction 10702
321 Ludewig 1220
322 Lyon and Turnbull 28014
323 MacManus 65020
324 Macon Brothers Auctioneers 199
325 Madigan 213
326 Maggs 259836
327 Maggs VI 542
328 Mallams 277
329 Map World 422
330 Marathon Auction Services 104
331 Marc van de Wiele Auctions 34829
332 Marion Antique Auctions 0
333 Marshall 0
334 Mayfair Book Auctions 70
335 McLemore Auction Company 63
336 Mealys Auctioneers 13093
337 Mennonite Life 3189
338 Merwin Clayton Sales Company 279031
339 Merwin Sales Company NY 5492
340 Michaans Auctions 5977
341 Michael Brown 781
342 Michael Treloar 3368
343 Mid Hudson Auction Galleries 4473
344 Midland 64251
345 Minerva Auctions Roma 15228
346 Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers 21384
347 Montreal Book Auctions 32959
348 Moreshet Auctions 10302
349 Morphy Auctions 19861
350 Morton Casa de Subastas 14491
351 Morton Subastas 48205
352 Mossgreen 948
353 MS Rare Books 34295
354 Murphy 0
355 Nadeau's Auction Gallery 2021
356 NAMagazines 255
357 Nate D. Sanders Auctions 7093
358 National Art Galleries 1932 157
359 National Book Auctions 66576
360 Neal Auction Company 6872
361 New England Auctions 12036
362 New England Book Auctions 25615
363 New World Cartographic 143
364 Norris 4311
365 North American Auction Company 7495
366 Northeast Auctions 1898
367 Northrow Gallery Auctions Ltd. 57
368 Nosbüsch & Stucke 39705
369 Nye & Company Auctioneers 6618
370 OGER et CAMPER 720
371 OGER et DUMONT 100
372 OGER et SEMONT 531
373 Old World Auctions 134423
374 Olympia Auctions 378
375 One Of A Kind Collectibles 3134
376 One Of Kind Collectibles 2278
377 One Source Auctions 10453
378 OSENAT 11150
379 OShaughnessy 26643
380 Otto Lange 23114
381 Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC 934
382 Paige Auction 1122
383 Pandolfini 3459
384 Parke Bernet 250148
385 Paulo Adams Auction Service 118
386 PBA Galleries 238529
387 PC Petersburg 1786 to 1876 637
388 Pennypacker943 6707
389 Penrose 0
390 Peter Arnold 4676
391 Philobiblon Auctions 2551
392 PIASA 43318
393 Picard Audap Solanet Velliet Teissedre 424
394 Pierre Berge and Associes 14873
395 Pilling 5532
396 Plaza Art Auction Galleries 129
397 Poster Auctions International, Inc. 4680
398 PosterConnection Inc. 11542
399 Pot of Gold Estate Liquidations DBA AZFirearms.com 729
400 Potomack Company 4388
401 Potter and Potter Auctions 59458
402 Poulin Antiques Auctions 1077
403 Profiles in History 29592
404 Propstore 7417
405 Purcell Auctioneers 40827
406 Quagga Rare Books and Art 437
407 Quinn's Auction Galleries 2610
408 Rachel Davis Fine Arts 19955
409 Rago Arts and Auctions 20515
410 Ralph Kristiansen 966
411 Randall and Windle 4447
412 Reiss and Sohn 59367
413 Remy Le Fur and Associes 197
414 RENAUD GIQUELLO ASSOCIES 374
415 Revere Auctions 4481
416 Rice 0
417 Richard Opfer Auctioneering, Inc. 254
418 Ripley Auctions 5469
419 RJM Autographs and Antiques 630
420 RM Smythe 923
421 Robert Brown 163
422 Robert Hayman 9117
423 Robert Siegel Galleries 27385
424 Robinson 9390
425 Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions 48643
426 Rosenbach 8252
427 Rossini 38786
428 Royka Auctioneers Appraisers 176
429 RR Auction 180769
430 Rulon-Miller Books 409
431 RW Olivers 550
432 Sabin 106729
433 Sabin Handy Bib 995
434 Saffronart 293
435 Sandwich Auction House 38
436 Santa Fe Art Auction 3085
437 Sarasota Estate Auction 3274
438 Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting 1151
439 Sawyer 34396
440 Schilb Antiquarian 7209
441 Scott & O'Shaughnessy 4087
442 Scribner 14048
443 Second Story Books 1104
444 Setdart 918
445 Shapiro Auctioneers 35
446 Shapiro Auctions 184
447 Sheppards Irish Auction House 1153
448 Siebert 1084
449 SJ Winslow Associates 5949
450 Skinner 26418
451 Sloane Street Auctions 764
452 Soler Y Llach 20377
453 Soliday 5224
454 Sotheby Parke Bernet 107473
455 Sothebys 1218574
456 Southern 9651
457 Spink Shreves Galleries 2643
458 Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers 7962
459 Stephan Welz & Co. 3354
460 Stephenson's Auctioneers & Appraisers 1832
461 Stockholms Auktionsverk 6609
462 Streeter 0
463 Sunstone Auction House 403
464 Swaen Map Auction 10376
465 Swann Galleries 616311
466 Sworders 2502
467 Sydney Rare Book Auctions 36009
468 Tabula Auctions Ltd 346
469 Tajan 20954
470 Tennants Auctioneers 3383
471 Terry Part I 0
472 Terry Part II 0
473 Terry Part III 0
474 Tessier & Sarrou and Associates 51484
475 The Antiquarian Book 57
476 The Book Merchant Jenkins 2486
477 The Ohio Company 149
478 The Ross Art Group Inc 4442
479 The Written Word Autographs 7015
480 Thomas Scheler 116
481 Thomaston Place Auction Galleries 4980
482 Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers 15315
483 Three Rivers Auction Company 437
484 TN Luther Books 35327
485 Tooveys 29148
486 Toronto Book Auctions 463
487 Trafford Books 12021
488 Treadway Toomey Auctions 699
489 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books 69550
490 Trotting Hill Park Books 267
491 Turner Auctions & Appraisals 13
492 University Archives 22172
493 UP James 6491
494 Valley Auctions 453
495 Venator and Hanstein 38584
496 Vermot de Pas 74199
497 Vinson 112
498 Vogt Auction 1678
499 Waddingtons 877
500 Walpole Galleries 53757
501 Watkins Americana 184
502 Waverly Auctions 130580
503 Webbs 546
504 Weiss Auctions 810
505 William Allen 13871
506 William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals 8693
507 William Parkinson 4284
508 William Salloch 11786
509 William Schab 4827
510 Winner's Auctions Ltd 16110
511 Winners Auctions and Exhibitions 0
512 Winter Associates 3844
513 Withington Auctions, Inc. 173
514 Witten 109
515 Woolley and Wallis 1128
516 Wright Howes 12365
517 Yeshiva Ahavas Torah Baranovich 355
518 Zamorano Eighty 80
519 Zisska and Kistner 22702
520 Zisska and Lacher 39592
521 Zisska and Schauer 28797
522 Zwiggelaar Auctions 25040
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