About BIBLIO's Auction and Book Sales Archive

BIBLIO's Auction and Book Sales Archive is the authoritative record of book and manuscript auction records, carefully curated for over 50 years. The Auction and Book Sales Archive includes millions of records from American Book Prices Current (ABPC), which has been the pre-eminent and most durable record of sale for the most important rare books and manuscripts sold over the past 125 years.

ABSA provides invaluable insight into the provenance, identification, scarcity, and value of antiquarian books and manuscripts, available via subscription and open to professional book dealers, libraries and institutions, appraisers, auction houses, archivists, and of course private book collectors. With its simple and intuitive - yet comprehensive - search, ABSA makes it possible for bibliophiles to ascertain and establish vital information about rare books and manuscripts including auction dates, hammer prices, provenance, identification, and bibliographical references.

Books are the most important artefacts of our collective history and culture. By providing information on the value, provenance, and scarcity of rare books and manuscripts - all of which establish their market value and demand - ABSA ensures that these cultural and historical treasures are appreciated, preserved, and that the scholarship surrounding them is available to future generations of bibliophiles.