Auction Update Review
Steady as she Goes
Over the past week 11 auctions were
archived, two denominated in dollars, one in Australian dollars, two in British
Pounds and six in Euros. Four thousand
and twenty lots were offered and 2,866 sold for a 71% sell-through. Total sales were $5,505,880., 102% of the
total high estimate of all lots offered or $5,385,516. It was another strong week.
Four sales achieved sales at or
above 100% of their aggregate high estimates:
Ader. Heugel’s Collection on May 26th: 196%;
Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F.
Tajan. Prints and Illustrated Books on
May 31st: 128%;
Dorotheum. Autographs, Maps & Atlases, Natural &
Historical Prints, and Ephemera onMay 26th: 109%;
Christie’s. Oeuvres de Pierre et Gilles provenant d’une
Collection privee on May 30th:
108%
For the week ahead the following
sales are scheduled:
Monday June 6th: Piasa.
Comic Strips;
Tuesday June 7th: Bonhams. Books, Maps Manuscripts and Historical
Photographs;
Wed. June 8th: Christie’s. Books;
Sotheby’s. Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts;
Thursday June 9th: Ader.
Ancient and Modern Posters;
Piasa. Petite Prints;
Swann
Galleries. American Art – Contemporary
Art;
Saturday June 11th: Rossini.
Comics and Cartoons;
Sunday June 12th: National
Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Americana, Incunabulum, Dante, etc.
Bruce McKinney
AE
June 5th, 2011