Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche — Photograph Signed and Inscribed c 1884-1900 sold at Swann autograph sale on April 9 for $40,640 almost double presale high estimate. Reported by Rare Book Hub. (394x600)
Posted 15th Apr 2026r/HistoryPorn
Friedrich Nietzsche — Photograph Signed and Inscribed c 1884-1900 sold at Swann autograph sale on April 9 for $40,640 almost double presale high estimate. Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Posted 15th Apr 2026r/Nietzsche
Troy and its Remains, by Heinrich Schliemann, 1st edition in English, 1875 sold April 8 at Dominic Winter (UK) auction for £1,200 ($1,610) The lot included 10 other antiquarian volumes. Reported by Rare Book Hub
Posted 15th Apr 2026r/rarebooks
Posted 15th Apr 2026r/AncientCivilizations
First Peacock Edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice 1894 sold for £2,528 ($3,390) at Dominic Winter (UK) auction on April 8. Presale high estimate was £800. Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Posted 14th Apr 2026r/janeausten
Posted 14th Apr 2026r/rarebooks
Australia (New Holland) c. 1692, Paris: sold for £5,814 ($7,797) on April 8 at Dominic Winter (UK) High estimate presale was £2,000. Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Posted 14th Apr 2026r/oldmaps
Posted 14th Apr 2026r/MapPorn
A 1953 poster for the science fiction movie War of the Worlds sold for $4,500 on April 5 at the Heritage Sunday Movie Posters auction. Reported by Rare Book Hub
Posted 14th Apr 2026r/sciencefiction
A photo of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo photo by Imogen Cunningham (1931/1981) sold at Bonhams on April 9 for $8,320. The high presale estimate was $1,500. Reported by Rare Book Hub
Posted 14th Apr 2026r/mexico
1932 window card by Adolphe Mouron Cassanac titled Cafe Chat Noir (Black Cat Cafe) sold A Swann's April 7 Graphic Design auction for $24,130. The hammer price was double the presale high estimate. Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Posted 14th Apr 2026r/cats
Irving Penn's 1948/1973 photo Cuzco Children (Peru) (400x4000) sold at Bonham's photo auction on April 8 for $76,700. Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Posted 14th Apr 2026r/HistoryOf_Photography
Irving Penn's 1948/1973 photo Cuzco Children (Peru) (400x4000)sold at Bonham's photo auction on April 8 for $76,700. Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Posted 14th Apr 2026r/HistoryPorn
A collection of 52 vintage photos (600x600) of jazz musician Miles Davis covering the period 1940s-1990s, sold for £101 ($133) at Chiswick Auction (UK) on March 30. Some lucky Davis fan got a very good price. Many of the images with photographers stamp on the back. Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Posted 7th Apr 2026r/HistoryPorn
Question about Hokusai's "Great Wave" Japanese print and extreme variation in price?
Posted 7th Apr 2026r/ArtHistory
An archive of more than 1,000 pieces related to scientist & mathematician Peter D. Max sold at NEBA on March 31 It featured material from 1940s to 1990s including items associated with Los Alamos, Oppenheimer, Teller & Bohr. Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Posted 7th Apr 2026r/Collections
FLUXUS #1, a niche avant garde art publication (1964) edited by George Maciunas features work by multiple artists sold for $8,125 at Pacific Book Auction. This unusual artists' book lacks a few parts, but it is a scarce item which is seldom come to market intact. Reported by Rare Book Hub
Posted 7th Apr 2026r/BookCollecting
Posted 7th Apr 2026r/rarebooks
Posted 7th Apr 2026r/artcollecting
An 1826 engraving of Hawaiian Princess Nahienaena from George Anson Byron's Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands sold at Trillium Auction on March 25. Reported by Rare Book Hub
Posted 7th Apr 2026r/maui
A lot of 52 vintage 20th century press photos of MILES DAVIS sold for £101 ($133) at Chiswick (UK) on March 30. Some lucky Davis fan got a very good price. Many of the images with photographers stamp on the back. Reported by Rare Book Hub
Posted 6th Apr 2026r/Jazz
A lot of 52 vintage 20th century press photos of Miles Davis sold for £101 ($133) at Chiswick (UK) on March 30. Some lucky Davis fan got a very good price many with photographers stamp on the back . Reported by Rare Book Hub
Posted 6th Apr 2026r/milesdavis
FISHING: A rare signed 1916 book on Brook and River Trouting, ltd to 50 copies with actual specimens hand tied flies, sold at Angling Auctions (UK) on March 28 for £2,360 ($3,116 ). Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Posted 6th Apr 2026r/BookCollecting
A rare signed 1916 book on Brook and River Trouting, ltd to 50 copies with actual specimens hand tied flies, sold at Angling Auctions (UK) on March 28 for £2,360 ($3,116 ). Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Posted 6th Apr 2026r/Fishing
A signed and inscribed first edition presentation copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) by Roald Dahl brought £7,249 ($9,589) at Hansons (UK) on April 1. The selling price was about 3x the presale high estimate. Reported by Rare Book Hub
Posted 6th Apr 2026r/rarebooks
Historic photos of TIBET 1924-26 & the NW Frontier 1932 & 1938 (794x600) were featured at Olympia Auctions (UK) on March 29. Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Posted 6th Apr 2026r/HistoryPorn
The free April issue of the Rare Book Hub Monthly is now available
Posted 3rd Apr 2026r/rarebooks
First printed map of Jamaica (1528) in Bordone's Isolario is a rare find
Posted 3rd Apr 2026r/Jamaica
First printed map of Jamaica (1528) in Bordone's Isolario is a rare find.
Posted 3rd Apr 2026r/MapPorn
Thief who stole comic books from Florida State University library gets 1.5 years jail time
Posted 3rd Apr 2026r/Libraries
Group of 14 Carte de Visites of Civil War Generals or Officers wearing Lincoln Mourning Pins or Bands ca 1865, incl. Meade and Grant sold at Freeman’s | Hindman on March 20 for $6,175, high presale estimate was $800. Reported by Rare Book Hub
Posted 1st Apr 2026r/CIVILWAR
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King, 3 vol., George Allen & Unwin, [1954-1955] sold at Bonham’s fine books sale on March 26 for £25,600 ($34,157) a little more than double high presale estimate of £12,000. Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Posted 1st Apr 2026r/rarebooks
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