Auction Update Review
Roll Baby Roll
For the week ending May 5th,
2012 21 auctions were archived; 3 in British pounds, 12 in euros and 6 in US
dollars. Turnover was $8,531,888, 78% of
the aggregate high estimate of all lots offered - $10,919,178. Seven thousand three hundred and thirty-five
lots were offered and 4,906 sold for a 67% success rate. It was a good, if not great, week.
Four sales reached or exceeded 100%
of the aggregate high estimate of all lots offered:
Gallerie Bassenge. Autograph
Letters on April 20th: 141%
Gonnelli Casa d’Aste. Books on April 28th: 117%
Sotheby’s. From the Collection of Prince and Princess
Henry de la Tour D’Auvergne Lauraguais:
110%
Gallerie Bassenge. Special Sale – Emil Rudolf Weiss: 106%
Two sales reached or exceeded a
million dollars:
Sotheby’s. From the Collection of Prince and Princess
Henry de la Tour D’Auvergne Lauraguais on May 3rd: $2,120,682
Bonhams. Prints on May 1st: $1,277,409
For the week ahead 21 sales are
scheduled:
Monday May 7th Australian Book Auctions. Books [58].
261 lots
Tuesday May 8th Alexander Autographs, Inc. Autographs and Militaria [47]. 948 lots
Bonhams. Photographs [19470]. 170 lots
Wednesday May 9th Alexander Autographs, Inc. Autographs and Militaria [47]. 948 lots continuing
Sotheby’s. Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History
[L12401] 211 lots
Zisska
& Schauer. Books, 1st Day
[59a]. 1,010 lots
Thursday May 10th Coutau-Begarie. Antiquarian Books [51012]
Heritage
Auctions. Comics and Comic Art
[7509] 1,359 lots.
PBA
Galleries. Rare Books and Manuscripts
[479] 233 lots
Swann
Galleries. Modernist Posters [2278] 205 lots
Zisska
& Schauer. Books, 2nd Day
[59b] 1,366 lots
Friday May 11th Christie’s. Important Books, Art Books, Manuscripts
[3504] 226 lots
Heritage
Auctions. Comics and Comic Art
[7059]. 1,359 lots
Jeschke
– van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH [79a].
543 lots
Jeschke
– van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH [79b].
272 lots
Keys
Fine Arts. Prints [051112]
Zisska
& Schauer. Books, 3rd Day
[59c].
Saturday May 12th Alain & Evelyne Morel de Westgaver. Books, Postcards, Prints [51212] 665 lots
Heritage
Auctions. Americana – online bidstart
4/23/12 [6086]. 189 lots
Heritage
Auctions. Space Exploration – online
bidstart 4/23 [6087]. 148 lots.
Morton Casa de Subastas. Documents, Prints and Books [630]. 253 lots.
The pace of sales is impressive.
Bruce McKinney
AE
May 6, 2012