The Huntington Library has a rich collection of dealer and auction catalogs, representing major dealers and auction houses and their sales of manuscript, print, and visual culture. At this time, many catalogs are not discoverable at the title level in the library catalog.
Early catalogs have generally been cataloged for Rare Books; you can try searching the library catalog by author, title, or keyword. If you find a title-level record, you can page the material to the Ahmanson Reading Room through Aeon.
In some cases, catalogs have been cataloged for the General Collection; you can page the material yourself after you locate the title level record.
The majority of the library's catalogs from the 20th and 21st centuries are not yet cataloged at the title level and are stored in a closed stacks area.
If you do not find a title level entry for the catalog(s) you are interested in, here are some search tips:
If you are interested in a particular catalog and do not see it listed in the library catalog, please contact us.
