Auction Update Review
A Typical Week
This past week we archived eight
auctions: four denominated in dollars,
two in British Pounds and two in Euros.
It was a quiet week. The low
estimate for lots sold was $2,582,800, the high estimate $3,323,184. Only 51.7% of all lots sold and the total
sales compared to the total high estimate was 83.7%. It was an odd combination of sales.
Four of them were conducted by
Bonhams:
The Estate of Charles Williamson
and Tucker Fleming, $1,534,625
David Hockney, $914,819
Books, Maps and Manuscripts, $413,179
Books and Manuscripts, $20,446
Respectively they archived the
following percent of their aggregate high estimates:
145%
91%
116%
110%
They did very well.
Neal Auction of New Orleans had two sales and has
been steadily increasing their presence in the print world.
Kiefer of Pforzheim, Germany
continues to disperse a high volume of printed materials. Their two auctions reported this week
contained 5,148 of the 7,471 lots offered this week.
This coming week there are the following
auctions:
Christie’s Prints and Multiples in
New York on April 26th;
Aguttes’ Ancient and Modern Books,
Ancient papers on April 27th;
AntiquarianAuctions.co.za sale that
runs on line beginning April 28th and concludes on May 5th;
Swann Galleries’ Old Master through
Modern Prints on April 28th,
Gallery at Knotty Pine’s
Antiquarian and Estate Books & Historical Ephemera on April 30th.
Even when it is quiet there is plenty going on.
Bruce McKinney
AE