• 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.
  • Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
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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

Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 16 Auctions Archived, another 26 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended, Friday 5, January, 16 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in Danish krone and 14 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $950,610.56 as 90.56% of all lots changed hands.  The average lot sold for $362.83.

 

The market will quickly reemerge.

 

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


Heritage AuctionsThe WaWa Collection Part IV Comics Showcase Auction on January 4th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsThe Zits Comic Art Showcase Auction on January 4th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on January 2nd: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on January 3rd: 99.38%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday US Currency Select Auction on January 2nd: 99.24%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on December 31st: 98.95%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on January 3rd: 96.43%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/23 on December 30th: 95.43%
Heritage AuctionsSunday Movie Posters Select Auction on December 31st: 94.90%
Nadeau's Auction GalleryJanuary 2024 Annual New Year's Sale on January 1st: 86.36%
Vogt AuctionNew Years Day Auction on January 1st: 85.71%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/15 on December 25th: 85.59%
EldredsCabin Fever Auction - session 1 on January 4th: 85.00%
Bruun RasmussenModern Art and Design - Prints on January 2nd: 80.36%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Thomas, 1986 on January 1st Actual price: USD $25,600.
  2. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Set of eight hand colored and illustrated copperplate botanical engravings from Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, on January 1st Actual price: USD $15,360.
  3. Nadeau's Auction Gallery A New and Exact Map of America Laid Down from the Latest Observations and Discoveries, circa 1750 on January 1st Actual price: USD $12,800.
  4. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Tennis on January 1st Actual price: USD $11,520.
  5. Heritage Auctions Pokemon 1st Edition Jungle Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $11,250.
  6. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio, circa 1595 on January 1st Actual price: USD $8,960.
  7. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Le Bestiaire De La Fontaine Dalinise on January 1st Actual price: USD $8,320.
  8. Heritage Auctions Gerald Brom "Red Hand" Painting Original Art (1994). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $7,200.
  9. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Self Portrait Holding the Name 'Hirschfeld' on January 1st Actual price: USD $7,040.
  10. Heritage Auctions Magic: The Gathering Revised Edition Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1994). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $6,875.
  11. Nadeau's Auction Gallery La Dame Aux Camelias circa 1896 on January 1st Actual price: USD $6,400.
  12. Catawiki B. V. Opera Omnia on December 25th Actual price: USD $4,892.
  13. Heritage Auctions Chuck Jones Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas Storyboard Original Art (MGM, 1966). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $4,800.
  14. Heritage Auctions Michael Bair and Geof Isherwood Star Brand #7 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1987). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $4,800.
  15. Heritage Auctions Sy Barry The Phantom Sunday Comic Strip Original Art Group of 3 (King Features Syndicate, 1977). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $4,560.
  16. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Maris Pacifici, circa 1603 on January 1st Actual price: USD $4,480.
  17. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Hortensias, 1953 on January 1st Actual price: USD $4,480.
  18. Heritage Auctions Chuck Jones Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas Storyboard #287 Original Art (MGM, 1966). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $4,320.
  19. Heritage Auctions Superman "The Underground World" Storyboard Original Art Signed by Robert Little (Famous Studios, 1943). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $4,080.
  20. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Audubon's Birds of America, First Ed - Volume 2 with 70 Lithographs on December 30th Actual price: USD $3,905.
  21. Catawiki B. V. Cruydt-Boeck on December 25th Actual price: USD $3,759.
  22. Heritage Auctions Don Perlin and Joe Sinnott Defenders #105 Splash Page 1 Original Art (Marvel, 1982). on January 3rd Actual price: USD $3,720.
  23. Heritage Auctions Australia Commonwealth of Australia Reserve Bank Group Lot of 7 Replacement Examples PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45; Choice Very Fine 35; Very Fine 30 (5). on January 2nd Actual price: USD $3,600.
  24. Nadeau's Auction Gallery Depicting exotic birds on rice or tissue paper in hand painted Chinoiserie frames, circa 1840 on January 1st Actual price: USD $3,520.
  25. Catawiki B. V. Les singuliers et nouveaux pourtraicts, du seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, pourtouttes fortes on December 25th Actual price: USD $3,365.


16 total sales reported this week:

Eldreds. Cabin Fever Auction - session 1 on January 4th: 85.00%
The Book Merchant Jenkins. Antiquarian Bookseller's Moving Sale - Part 1 on January 3rd: 65.63%
Catawiki B. V.. Exclusive Books - bidstart 12/15 on December 27th: 18.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/15 on December 25th: 85.59%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction on January 3rd: 96.43%
Heritage Auctions. The WaWa Collection Part IV Comics Showcase Auction on January 4th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Zits Comic Art Showcase Auction on January 4th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction on January 3rd: 99.38%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on January 2nd: 80.36%
Vogt Auction. New Years Day Auction on January 1st: 85.71%
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. January 2024 Annual New Year's Sale on January 1st: 86.36%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction on January 2nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction on January 2nd: 99.24%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction on December 31st: 94.90%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction on December 31st: 98.95%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 12/23 on December 30th: 95.43%

 

For the week ahead 26 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 8th
One Source Auctions. Canandaigua. 12TH ANNUAL POST NEW YEARS QUALITY ANTIQUES & COLECTIBLES ONLINE AUCTION. 160 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/29. 64 lots

Tue. Jan. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday US Currency Select Auction. 523 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 55 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction. 194 lots

Wed. Jan. 10th
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Contemporary and Post-War Art // Prints and Multiples. 150 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Prints and Multiples. 262 lots
Tennants Auctioneers. Leyburn. Stamps, Postcards and Postal History. 34 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. History and Regions of France: Manuscripts, Documents, Plates and Archives. 534 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 12/15. 652 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction. 1936 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction. 335 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction. 129 lots
University Archives. Wilton. Rare, Signed Manuscripts, Books, Photos and Relics. 380 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Star Wars Holiday Movie Posters Showcase Auction. 221 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction. 84 lots

Thu. Jan. 11th
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper. 236 lots
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. The Ski Sale. 81 lots
PBA Galleries. Berkeley. Rare & Antiquarian: Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books. 308 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Golden Age and Pre-Code Horror: The Comic Book Collection of Stephen J. Farber. 269 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction. 1178 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. Brooklyn. Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts. 179 lots

Sat. Jan. 13th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 173 lots

Sun. Jan. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction. 213 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
  • 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.
  • ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.