Auction Update Review
Drumbeats Along the Mohawk
For the week ending Saturday
October 30th eleven sales were archived; four in US dollars and
seven in Euros. Total turnover was
$26,543,140 against the aggregate high estimate of $36,340,918. Half of the dollars changed hands at
Christie’s and Sotheby’s print sales which together raised $15,243,591. Other print sales were also robust; Swann’s
Old Master through Modern Prints sale that made $2,770,420 and Bonham’s which
raised $1,742,191 in their print sale.
For the sales reported 15,266 lots
were offered and 8,273 sold. The
percentage of lots selling was a relatively low 54%.
For the week only one sale reached
100% of its aggregate high estimate:
Alain & Evelyne Morel de Westgaver. Postcards, Books and Prints on October 25th: 144%
For the week ahead ten sales are
scheduled:
October 30th Bonhams. Books and Manuscripts (19406)
November 1st Bonhams.
Photographs (19225)
Rupert
Toovey and Co. Ephemera (994)
November 2nd Christie’s. Photographs (3695)
November 3rd Hauff and
Auvermann. Rare Books, Autographs and
Engravings (65a)
PBA
Galleries. Natural History – Medicine –
Cartography (446)
Swann
Galleries. Autographs (2259)
November 4th Hauff and
Auvermann. Rare Books, Autographs and
Engravings (65b)
Librairie
Loeb-Laroque. Antique Maps – Old Books –
Travel – Atlases (110411)
November 5th Hauff and Auvermann. Modern Literature, Posters, Modern Art (65c)
We are living in interesting times.
Bruce McKinney
AE