book auction
Bidding for volumes
A book auction is a sale where books are sold to the highest bidder, typically featuring rare, antiquarian, or collectible volumes.
Major auction houses hold dedicated book sales; estate sales and library deaccessions also use this format.
The first edition fetched twelve thousand at a book auction in London.
- rareSeldom found or seen
- bibliophileLover of books
- private collectionItems owned, not exhibited
- lotLarge amount or portion
- lot numberIdentifier for grouped items
gavel · bidding · catalogue · first edition · collector · antiquarian · Sotheby's · Christie's · manuscript · provenance · reserve · opening bid · paddle · going once · hammer · buyer's premium · estate · estate sale
acquisition method
book auctionlending library
Book-borrowing facility
public library · free library · book donation · interlibrary loan · prison library
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