Auction Update Review
Two Down, Two to Go
For the week ending Saturday August 10th five auctions were
archived, 4 in US dollars and 1 in euros.
As weeks go this was a quiet one.
Total sales were $533,548 but the material was appealing. The Leslie Hindman sale in particular offered
a primer in interesting collecting opportunities and managed, even in the high
heat to sell 84% of their 452 lots for $430,528.
Of the five auctions only Bruun
Rasmussen exceeded their total high estimate with their sale of Modern Prints
on August 7th: 120%.
Three of the week’s sales sold at
least 80% of their lots:
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books ending August 9th: 91%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Prints on August 7th: 85%
Leslie Hindman. Fine Books and Manuscripts on August 8th: 84%
The world is moving toward
transparency and auctions are at the forefront of this information revolution.
For the week ahead 6 sales are
scheduled:
Tuesday Aug. 14th Bruun Rasmussen: Ancient and Modern Prints [1233]. 61 lots
Rupert
Toovey and Co. Photographs, Autographs,
Ephemera [1062]. 69 lots
Wed. Aug. 15th Rupert Toovey and Co. Photographs, Autographs, Prints [1061]. 30 lots
Thurs. Aug. 16th Bloomsbury Auctions. Bibliophile [35946]. 477 lots
Heritage
Auctions. Rare Books online bidding
[201233]. 427 lots
PBA
Galleries. Fine Golf Books and
Memorabilia [486]. 388 lots.
Auction history and the fresh flow
of material at auction are converging and it makes for compelling reading.
Bruce McKinney
AE
August 11th, 2012