Rare Books & Manuscripts Auction Sales
Global secondary-market sales records for rare books and manuscripts: over 780,000 lots from 350+ auction houses and marketplaces, 2001 to present, with 490,000+ realised prices. Rare and antiquarian books, first editions, manuscripts and autograph letters, maps and atlases, comic books, periodicals and prints. Daily updates for price discovery, valuation and index construction.
What this listing delivers
- Over 780,000 rare books and manuscripts lots from 350+ auction houses and marketplaces, with 490,000+ realised prices.
- Rare and antiquarian books, first editions, manuscripts and autograph letters, maps and atlases, comic books, periodicals and prints. Delivered in JSON, CSV and SQL formats.
- Supports price discovery, index construction, insurance and estate valuation, and market research. Daily incremental updates.
Coverage & methodology
This feed delivers global secondary-market sales records for rare books and manuscripts, combining auction and online sales in one daily-updated dataset with lot-level detail. Built on ALT/FNDATA's rare books and manuscripts sales data (over 780,000 lots across 350+ auction houses and marketplaces, 2001 to present, with 490,000+ realised prices). Records come in JSON, CSV and SQL formats and update daily.
Access
This dataset is published on AWS Data Exchange as part of the ALT/FNDATA catalogue. For subscription terms, a data sample, delivery format and enterprise licensing, contact our data team and we will get you set up directly.
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Source: ALT/FNDATA, 19.24M realized auction results across 37 collectible categories, normalized to USD. Featured lot images courtesy of the auction houses named. Methodology · All datasets · Brands · Market statistics