AUGUST BOOK AND ASIAN ART AUCTION
Updated August 23, 2026
This auction ended on August 18, 2026.
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| Date | August 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | The Rug Life |
| Location | Mechanicsville, Virginia, 23116 · more auctions in Mechanicsville |
| Lots | 281 |
| Estimates | $100 – $2,700 |
What's in this auction
281 lots, mostly antiques & furniture (45), fine art & prints (30), jewelry & watches (18), comics & books (5). 281 lots have photos and 281 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $100–$2,700 across 281 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog.
Highest-estimated lots
- 14K DIAMOND AND ONE SAPPHIRE CLUSTER RING WITH RECENT APPRAISAL — est. $2,600–$2,700
- 14K TWO TONE GOLD AND DIAMOND SOLITAIRE ENGAGEMENT RING WITH RECENT APPRAISAL — est. $2,500–$2,700
- THE NOVELS OF CHARLES LEVER, EDITION DE LUXE, 37 VOLUMES, 1866 — est. $2,000–$2,500
- THE WAVERLY NOVELS, 48 VOLUMES, 1829-1833 — est. $1,750–$2,250
- UTAGAWA KUNIMASA IV (1848-1920) ANTIQUE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT OF TWO FAMOUS KABUKI ACTORS WITH — est. $1,750–$2,250
From the auction house
Asian Art, Book Sets, Jewelry, Chinese, Japanese For all of our books, TRL offers free shipping. For all of our Asian scroll paintings, TRL offers free shipping. For most of our Asian Art, TRL may offer free shipping or flat rate shipping for those items. Free or flat rate shipping ONLY APPLIES to items that will be shipped within the continental United States of America. If offered during an auction, free or flat rate shipping will be listed in the lot description, on a lot by lot basis. Contact for additional details. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .
In this auction (281 lots)
Categories: Antiques & Furniture (45) · Fine Art & Prints (30) · Jewelry & Watches (18) · Comics & Books (5) · Firearms & Militaria (4) · Stamps & Philately (3)
- Lot 0001 — THE WAVERLY NOVELS, 48 VOLUMES, 1829-1833
- Lot 0002 — THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI (1804-1881), EARL OF BEACONSFIELD, 20 VOLUMES, 1903-1905
- Lot 0003 — HISTOIRE ECCLESIASTIOUE DEPUIS LA CREATION JUSQU'AU PONTIFICAT DE PIE IX ? 27 VOLUMES ? 1852-1879
- Lot 0004 — THE LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE, 9 VOLUMES, 1906
- Lot 0005 — THE NOVELS OF CHARLES LEVER, EDITION DE LUXE, 37 VOLUMES, 1866
- Lot 0006 — THE WORKS OF FRANCIS PARKMAN, CHAMPLAIN EDITION, 21 VOLUMES, 1897
- Lot 0007 — FRANKLIN LIBRARY FIRST EDITIONS, 11 VOLUMES, 1980S
- Lot 0008 — PRATIOUE MEDICO-CHIRURGICALE, 10 VOLUMES - 1953
- Lot 0009 — FRANKLIN LIBRARY FIRST EDITION BOOK SERIES, 11 VOLUMES WITH 1 HAND SIGNED, 1970s
- Lot 0010 — MILITARY ESSAYS AND RECOLLECTIONS, 4 VOLUMES, 1894-1907
- Lot 0011 — ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION (1768-1771), 3 VOLUMES
- Lot 0012 — FRANKLIN LIBRARY FIRST EDITION BOOK SERIES, 11 VOLUMES, 1970s
- Lot 0013 — FRENCH ACADEMIC REFERENCE WORKS, 3 VOLUMES
- Lot 0014 — ENGLISH CLASSICAL LITERATURE SET, 7 VOLUMES
- Lot 0015 — FRENCH LEGAL, HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL BOOK SET, 4 VOLUMES
- Lot 0016 — THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS GRAY, THOMAS CAMPBELL AND OLIVER GOLDSMITH, 3 VOLUMES, 1860-1862
- Lot 0017 — JEFFERSON AND HIS TIMES BY DUMAS MALONE, 6 VOLUMES PLUS ONE MORE BOOK
- Lot 0018 — FRENCH LITERARY CLASSICS IN LEATHER, MONTAIGNE, ROUSSEAU AND FLAUBERT
- Lot 0019 — FRENCH ILLUMINATED-STYLE LEATHER BIBLE, GILT AND POLYCHROME BINDING, LUXURY EUROPEAN LIBRARY
- Lot 0020 — THE NOVELS, STORIES AND SKETCHES OF F. HOPKINSON SMITH, 20 VOLUMES, 1908
- Lot 0021 — COMPLETE PROSE OF THE SONG DYNASTY, 12 VOLUMES, 1988
- Lot 0022 — L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE RACONT?E A TOUS, 7 VOLUMES, 1926
- Lot 0023 — THOMAS & JANE WELSH CARLYLE, LETTERS & CORRESPONDENCE SET, 5 VOLUMES
- Lot 0024 — THE WORKS OF CHARLES LAMB, NEW STANDARD EDITION, A.C. ARMSTRONG & SON, 1886, 3 VOLUMES
- Lot 0025 — ILLUSTRATED WORLD WAR II ENCYCLOPEDIA, 23 VOLUMES
- Lot 0026 — JAMES FENIMORE COOPER THE LEATHERSTOCKING TALES, UNCAS EDITION, COMPLETE 6 VOLUMES SET
- Lot 0027 — STORIES BY ENGLISH AUTHORS, 7 VOLUMES, 1901
- Lot 0028 — KARL FRIEDRICH BECKER?S GESCHICHTE DER ALTEN WELT, 7 VOLUMES, 1844
- Lot 0029 — AMERICAN HUMOR BOOK SET, 70+ VOLUMES
- Lot 0030 — GOLDEN REPLICAS OF UNITED STATES STAMPS, FIRST DAY COVERS, 75 SETS, OLYMPIC AND COMICS FROM
- Lot 0031 — THE WORKS OF LOUISE MUHLBACH ? 18 VOLUMES ? 1905
- Lot 0032 — THE ANNALS OF AMERICA, 21 VOLUMES, 1968
- Lot 0033 — CONSTITUTIONES SOCEITATIS JESU, CUM EARUM DECLARATIONIBUS, 4 VOLUMES, 1827
- Lot 0034 — BRUCE CATTON CIVIL WAR BOOK SET, 8+2 VOLUMES
- Lot 0035 — OEUVRES DE S. LIGOURI, 20 VOLUMES, 1876
- Lot 0036 — THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY, HIPPOCRATES, 7 VOLUMES
- Lot 0037 — GOLDSMITH'S SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, EDWIN A. ABBEY ILLUSTRATED, FULL GILT LEATHER HARPER EDITION,
- Lot 0038 — OEUVRES COMPLETES DE MASSILLON, EVEQUE DE CLERMONT, 14 VOLUMES, 1822
- Lot 0039 — BIBLIOTHEQUE ELZEVIRIENNE ANCIEN THEATRE FRANCOIS, 33 VOLUMES, 1854-1857
- Lot 0040 — JEFFERSON AND HIS TIMES BY DUMAS MALONE, 3 VOLUMES SIGNED, 2 FIRST EDITIONS ? 6 VOLUMES PLUS ONE
- Lot 0041 — RAJ QUARTET BY PAUL SCOTT ? FIRST EDITION, 4 VOLUME BOX SET ? 1979
- Lot 0042 — FABLES, WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR BY JOHN GAY, 1793
- Lot 0043 — THE LIBRARY OF CHOICE LITERATURE, PROSE AND POETRY, 8 VOLUMES, 1881
- Lot 0044 — OEUVRES DE SAINT BERNARD, 1865, 5 VOLUMES REBOUND
- Lot 0045 — STORIES BY FOREIGN AUTHORS, 8 VOLUMES, 1901
- Lot 0046 — STORIES BY AMERICAN AUTHORS, 7 VOLUMES, 1901
- Lot 0047 — OPERA BOOK SET, 35 VOLUMES
- Lot 0048 — DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, 22 VOLUMES, 1928
- Lot 0049 — THE WORKS OF CHARLES PAUL DEKOCK, 21 VOLUMES, ARTISTS EDITION, 1903
- Lot 0050 — LA SAINTE BIBLE TEXTE DE LA VULGATE, TRADUCTION FRANCAISE EN REGARD AVEC COMMENTAIRES, 3 VOLUMES,
- Lot 0051 — THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY, ACHILLES, CHARLTON, DAPHNIS, 3 VOLUMES
- Lot 0052 — BASEBALL BOOK COLLECTION ? 36 VOLUMES
- Lot 0053 — OBRAS COMPLETAS DE DON MIGUEL ANTONIO CARO
- Lot 0054 — THE WORKS OF O. HENRY, BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION, 18 VOLUMES, 1931
- Lot 0055 — LA DEVOTION SACRE-COEUR DE JESUS ET AU SAINT-COEUR DE MARIE
- Lot 0056 — GOLDEN REPLICAS OF UNITED STATES STAMPS, FIRST DAY COVERS, 87 SETS, FROM 2002-2003
- Lot 0057 — THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY, QUINTILIAN, 4 VOLUMES
- Lot 0058 — GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, 24 VOLUMES,
- Lot 0059 — ORDEAL OF THE UNION BY ALLAN NEVINS, 8 VOLUMES, 1947-1975
- Lot 0060 — THE WORKS OF LOUISE MUHLBACH, 18 VOLUMES, 1905
- Lot 0061 — CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK SET ? 18 VOLUMES WITH 3 MANUALS
- Lot 0062 — AUTHOR HAND SIGNED, RIGHT WING POLITICAL BOOK SET, 17 VOLUMES
- Lot 0063 — FRENCH LITERATURE BOOK SET, 8 VOLUMES, 1949-1964
- Lot 0064 — FUNK AND WAGNALLS STANDARD REFERENCE ENCYCLOPEDIA SET, VOLUMES 1-25, 1970
- Lot 0065 — ANTIQUE TO VINTAGE POETRY COLLECTION, 12 VOLUMES, 1833-1948
- Lot 0066 — DIE VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON NORDAMERIKA BY FRIEDRICH VON RAUMER, 2 VOLUMES, 1845
- Lot 0067 — OBRAS COMPLETAS DE S. Y J. ALVAREZ QUINTERO, 5 VOLUMES, 1967
- Lot 0068 — CHARLES DICKENS WORKS, 15 VOLUMES, 1901
- Lot 0069 — UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY, LIMITED EDITION, 15 VOLUMES, 1927
- Lot 0070 — HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON BOOK SET ? 3 AUTOGRAPHED VOLUMES
- Lot 0071 — JEFFERSON AND HIS TIMES BY DUMAS MALONE, 6 VOLUMES, 1948-1977, 3 FIRST EDITIONS
- Lot 0072 — TWO COLLECTIONS OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS
- Lot 0073 — O?HENRY AUTHORIZED EDITION, 5 VOLUMES, 1916
- Lot 0074 — THE CLASSIC AND THE BEAUTIFUL FROM THE LITERATURE OF 3000 YEARS, 6 VOLUMES, 1988.
- Lot 0075 — SWEDISH LEATHER-BOUND BOOK SET, 2 VOLUMES
- Lot 0076 — THE LIFE OF BENEVENUTO CELLINI, 2 VOLUMES, 1888
- Lot 0077 — ADDRESSES BY ELIHU ROOT, 7 VOLUMES, 1924
- Lot 0078 — COLLECTED WORKS SERIES BY WALTER J. BLACK, 21 VOLUMES, 1937
- Lot 0079 — CIVIL WAR BOOK SET, BATTLES AND BIOGRAPHIES, 29 VOLUMES
- Lot 0080 — THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR, DIPLOMATIC EDITION, 8 VOLUMES
- Lot 0081 — THE WORLDS 100 BEST SHORT STORIES, 10 VOLUMES, 1927
- Lot 0082 — STORIES OF OUR SOLDIERS, 2 VOLUMES, 1898
- Lot 0083 — THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF JOHN BURROUGHS, 7 VOLUMES, 1924
- Lot 0084 — MORIKES WERKE, 3 VOLUMES, 1922
- Lot 0085 — THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY, FRONTO AND FRONTINUS, 3 VOLUMES
- Lot 0086 — SHAKESPEARE BOOK SET, 10 VOLUMES
- Lot 0087 — WEBSTER?S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY, AND SEVEN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY, 3 VOLUMES, 1966
- Lot 0088 — CATHERINE COULTER BOOK COLLECTION ? 24 VOLUMES
- Lot 0089 — DANIELLE STEELE BOOK COLLECTION ? 87 VOLUMES
- Lot 0090 — VARLDEN I GAR OCH I DAG, 5 VOLUMES, 1936
- Lot 0091 — THREE SIGNED BOOKS BY DICK FRANCIS, 3 VOLUMES
- Lot 0092 — FOUQUE?S WERKE, 4 VOLUMES, 1841
- Lot 0093 — HISTOIRE DE L'EGLISE CATHOLIQUE EN FRANCE, 1862 - 11 VOLUMES
- Lot 0094 — IL GESUITA MODERNO PER VINCENZO GIOBERTI, 5 VOLUMES, 1846-1847
- Lot 0095 — OEUVRE ROMANESQUE LA COMTESSE DE SEGUR, 20 VOLUMES, 1966
- Lot 0096 — EXPOSITION DE LA MORALE CATHOLIQUE, CONFERENCES PARIS ? 14 VOLUMES ? 1905-1919
- Lot 0097 — VORSCHULE DER STAATSSWISSENSCHAFT BY KARL SALOMO ZACHARIAS, 4 VOLUMES, 1839
- Lot 0098 — LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DES PREDICATEURS, QUI CONTIENT LES PRINCIPAUX SUJETS DE LA MORALE CHRETIENNE, 4
- Lot 0099 — COLLIERS ENCYCLOPEDIA SET, 20 VOLUMES AND 13 YEARBOOKS, 1961
- Lot 0100 — DAS AMELUNGENLIED. ERSTER THEIL: WIELAND DER SCHMIED BY DR. KARL SIMROCK, 3 VOLUMES, 1843
- Lot 0101 — JEFFERSON AND HIS TIMES BY DUMAS MALONE, 6 VOLUMES, 1948-1981
- Lot 0102 — VITA JESU CHRISTI E QUATOR EVANGELIIS ET SCRIPTORIBUS ORTHODOXIS CONCINNATA PER LUDOLPHUM DE
- Lot 0103 — SKRIFTER VICTOR RYDBERG SKRIFTER, 2 VOLUMES, 1919
- Lot 0104 — THE WORKS OF CHARLES PAUL DEKOCK, 13 VOLUMES, UNIVERSAL AND GREGORY EDITIONS, 1903
- Lot 0105 — CONSTITUTIONES SOCEITATIS JESU, CUM EARUM DECLARATIONIBUS, 4 VOLUMES, 1827
- Lot 0106 — SOUTHEYS POETICAL WORKS, 8 VOLUMES, 1847
- Lot 0107 — DET GAMLA GOTEBORG, 2 VOLUMES, 1919
- Lot 0108 — ANDERSONVILLE BY MACKINLAY KANTOR, SIGNED, 1ST EDITION
- Lot 0109 — VICTOR HUGO: LETTRES A LA FIANCEE, 4 VOLUMES, 1947
- Lot 0110 — ATHENA BY JOHN BANVILLE, SIGNED, 1ST EDITION
- Lot 0111 — THE SELECTED WORKS OF STEPHEN VINCENT BENET: POETRY AND PROSE, PUBLISHED BY FARRAR AND RINEHART, NEW
- Lot 0112 — CLARENCE E. MULFORD WESTERNS BOOK SET, 28 VOLUMES, 1907-1950
- Lot 0113 — LA ROCHE AUX MOUETTES PAR JULES SANDEAU DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCAISE
- Lot 0114 — MASTERPLOTS ANNUAL BY FRANK MAGILL, 7 VOLUMES, 1972-1978
- Lot 0115 — BREHM DJURENS LIV, 13 VOLUMES, 1920
- Lot 0116 — THE ARMY OF TENESSEE, 1861-1862, 2 VOLUMES
- Lot 0117 — THE LIFE AND SPEECHES OF THE HON. HENRY CLAY BY DANIEL MALLORY, 1844
- Lot 0118 — AUTHOR SIGNED BOOK COLLECTION ? 19 VOLUMES
- Lot 0119 — THE LIFE OF JOHN MARSHALL BY ALFRED BEVERIDGE, 2 VOLUMES, 1929
- Lot 0120 — LIBRARY OF SOUTHERN LITERATURE, EDITION DELUXE, 10 VOLUMES, 1909
- Lot 0121 — GRAMATICA DE LA LENGUA CASTELLANA POR LA REAL ACADEMIA ESPANOLA
- Lot 0122 — TWO DICTIONARIES IN THREE VOLUMES, SECOND EDITION, 1958
- Lot 0123 — DJURENS LIV, 2 VOLUMES, 1929
- Lot 0124 — COOPERS WORKS, 6 VOLUMES, EARLY 1900S
- Lot 0125 — ISRAELI POLITICAL BOOK SET, 23 VOLUMES
- Lot 0126 — OUR TIMES BY MARK SULLIVAN - 6 VOLUMES ? 1937
- Lot 0127 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES ? WHAT ARE THE CHANCES? PROBABILITY MADE CLEAR
- Lot 0128 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES, THE JOY OF THINKING: THE BEAUTY AND POWER OF CLASSICAL MATHEMATICAL IDEAS
- Lot 0129 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES, THE POWER OF MATHEMATICAL VISUALIZATION
- Lot 0130 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES, THE JOY OF THINKING: THE BEAUTY AND POWER OF CLASSICAL MATHEMATICAL IDEAS
- Lot 0131 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES ? MASTERS OF GREEK THOUGHT: PLATO, SOCRATES AND ARISTOTLE
- Lot 0132 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES, MUSEUM MASTERPIECES: THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
- Lot 0133 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES, MUSEUM MASTERPIECES: THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON
- Lot 0134 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES ? HOW TO BECOME A SUPERSTAR STUDENT
- Lot 0135 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES ? THE MAYO CLINIC GUIDE TO PAIN RELIEF
- Lot 0136 — LARGE HAND-PAINTED CHINESE SILK LANDSCAPE SCREEN, 4 PANEL SCHOLAR?S RETREAT SCENE, ZEN JAPANDI WALL
- Lot 0137 — CHINESE LOTUS HANGING SCROLL, INK & COLOR ON PAPER, ZEN MINIMALIST SCHOLAR?S ART, 18.5IN x 67IN
- Lot 0138 — LARGE CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLL, ?YAN HUI PHILOSOPHY? SCHOLAR TEXT, SIGNED AND SEALED, ZEN/JAPANDI
- Lot 0139 — LARGE CHINESE CRANE SCROLL PAINTING TITLED ?PINE & CRANE ETERNAL SPRING?, SIGNED QI PING, 22IN x
- Lot 0140 — CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLL WITH SCHOLAR PHILOSOPHY TEXT SIGNED YI YANG, 18IN x 44IN (46cm x 112cm)
- Lot 0141 — CHINESE LANDSCAPE HANGING SCROLL PINE, CRANES AND WATERFALL TITLED THE RESONANCE OF PINES, THE SOUND
- Lot 0142 — CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLL TITLED CLARITY AFTER ADVERSITY, SIGNED LING CUI, DATED DINGCHOU (1997),
- Lot 0143 — RARE ORIGINAL KEISAI EISEN (1790?1848) EDO PERIOD UKIYO-E WOODBLOCK PRINT, VERTICAL DIPTYCH
- Lot 0144 — KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753-1806) BIJIN-GA WOODBLOCK PRINT AFTER THE EDO PERIOD MASTER, 22IN x 26IN (56cm
- Lot 0145 — NISHIKAWA SUKENOBU (1671?1750) JAPANESE UKIYO-E BIJIN-GA WOODBLOCK PRINT, 13IN x 17IN (33cm x 43cm)
- Lot 0146 — UTAGAWA TOYOHARU (1735?1814) JAPANESE UKIYO-E WOODBLOCK PRINT AFTER THE EDO PERIOD MASTER, 13IN x
- Lot 0147 — PAIR OF CHINESE QING STYLE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT HANGING SCROLLS, EARLY 1900s, 25IN x 64IN (64cm x
- Lot 0148 — PAIR OF CHINESE QING STYLE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT HANGING SCROLLS, 1960s, 25IN x 64IN (64cm x 163cm) EACH
- Lot 0149 — CHINESE HANGING SCROLL POTRAIT OF EMPEROR SHIZONG, 20TH CENTURY, 31IN x 74IN (79cm x 188cm)
- Lot 0150 — CHINESE LANDSCAPE HANGING SCROLL, SIGNED FANG XIN, 20th CENTURY, 20IN x 75IN (51cm x 191cm)
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