Auction Update Review
On a clear day you can see forever
For the week ending Saturday July
28th 12 auctions were archived to the AED; 3 in British pounds and 9
in US dollars. Four thousand and
seventy-nine lots were offered and 3,548 sold for a robust 87% rate of
sale. Sales totaled $4,160,457, 99.48%
of the aggregate high estimate. The
market may be on holiday but the message did not reach the rooms.
Three sales reached 100% of the total of their high estimates:
Dominic Winter. Medical Books, Pamphlets & Manuscripts on
July 26th: 146%
Heritage Auctions. Vintage Movie Posters ending 7/25/12: 115%
Dominic Winter. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on July 25th: 107%
Two sales reached $1,000,000:
Heritage Auctions. Vintage Movie Posters ending 7/25/12: $1,458,190
Christie’s. Prints and Multiples on 7/25/12: $1,149,321
Eight [of 12] sales saw 80% or more
of their lots sell:
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera, antique, ethnology,
Adirondacks 7/8/12: 100%
Dominic Winter. Medical Books, Pamphlets & Manuscripts
Part II on 7/26/12: 95%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books ended 7/26/12: 93%
Heritage Auctions. Vintage Movie Posters ending 7/25/12: 90%
Christie’s. Prints and Multiples on 7/25/12: 88%
Bonhams. Asian Works of Art on 7/22/12: 87%
Dominic Winter. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on
7/25/12: 86%
Eldred’s. Marine Art, Part I on 7/29/12: 80%
For the week ahead 6 auctions are
scheduled:
Wednesday Aug. 1st Eldred’s.
Americana [748]. 68 lots
Swann’s
Galleries. Vintage Posters [2284]. 549 lots
Thursday Aug. 2nd Eldred’s.
Americana continuing [748]. 68 lots
Heritage
Auctions. Rare Books ending 8/2/12. 432 lots
PBA
Galleries. Illustrated and Children’s
Books [485]. 309 lots
Friday Aug. 3rd Eldred’s. Americana ending [748]. 68 lots
The summer quiet is here but the
calendar suggests the respite will be brief.
Bruce McKinney
AE
Sunday July 29th, 2012