Auction Update Review
Another Week, Another ...
For the week ending Saturday June 15th 33 auctions were archived to the AED; 6 in US dollars, 2 in British pounds, and 25 in euros. Turnover was $21,904,079 as 13,637 lots were offered and 9,165 sold for a 67% success rate. The average lot realization was $2,390.
Six sales saw at least a million dollars
change hands:
Christies.
Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts on May 12th: $5,9019,329
Sothebys.
Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Americana on May 11th: $3,691,946
Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F.
Tajan. Comic Strips with L’univers du
Createur de Tintin – 3rd Part on June 8th: $1,944,472
Ketterer Kunst / F. Doerling. Books on May 27th: $1,820,054
Galerie Bassenge. Prints on May 30th: $1,602,566
Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F.
Tajan. Prints and Illustrated Books on
June 5th: $1,148,087
Seven sales saw total proceeds exceed 100% of
the high estimates of all lots offered:
Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F.
Tajan. Comics, Illustrations –
Benefitting “Douleurs sans Frontiers” on June 6th: 258%
Piasa.
Books, Prints on June 11th:
137%
Osenat.
French Empire at Fontainbleau on June 6th: 132%
Alde.
First Editions of the XIX and XX – Collection of Tschann on May 3rd: 124%
Galerie Bassenge. Prints on June 1st: 121%
Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F.
Tajan. Prints and Illustrated Books on
June 5th: 110%
Bubb Kuyper.
Bibliograph, Typography, Cartography, Art Reference on May 28th: 104%
Six sales saw at least 80% of their lots
sell:
John McInnis.
Prints on June 1st: 95%
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books internet bidding ended June 13th: 92%
Galerie Bassenge. Prints on June 1st: 89%
Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F.
Tajan. Comics, Illustrations –
Benefitting “Douleurs sans Frontiers” on June 6th: 88%
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Militaria and Civil War on June 8th: 87%
Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F.
Tajan. Prints and Illustrated Books on
June 5th: 80%
For the week ahead 38 sales are scheduled:
Mon.
June 17th Dorotheum.
Globes [61713]. 37 lots
Audap
Mirabaud &. Autographs and
Manuscripts, Ancient and Modern Books [21932].
252 lots
Cornette
de Saint Cyr. Prints [21590]. 393 lots
Tues. June 18th Bruun
Rasmussen. Modern Prints [1325]. 49 lots
Christies. Fine Printed Books and
Manuscripts [8952]. 236 lots
Henri
Godts Books & Prints Auctions. Books [61813]. 450 lots
Pierre
Berge & Associes. Ancient and Modern Books [21791]. 123 lots
Pierre
Berge & Associes. Jean-Paul Morin
Collection – 4th Part:
Photographs [22121]. 202 Lots
Wed. June 19th Minerva
Auctions Roma. Enchantment of Art: Prints [ROMA-93]. 40 lots
Bloomsbury
Auctions. Bibliophile [36060]. 538
lots
Bonhams.
Books [20752]. 227 lots
Dominic
Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents [61913]. 534 lots
RR Auction.
Autographs [410]. 1751 lots
Skinner,
Inc. Prints, Books, Ephemera [2660M].
43 lots
Sothebys.
Collection Raoul Simonsen [PF1331]. 343
lots
Thurs. June 20th Christies.
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque
and
Rococo Periods [2800]. 410 lots
Dominic
Winter Book Auctions. Children’s Illustrated Books, etc [62013]. 364 lots
Dorotheum.
Books and Decorative Prints [62013]. 313
lots
Heritage
Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books internet bidding ending today [201325]. 245 lots
Kestenbaum
and Company. Judaica – Manuscripts, Prints,
Photographs [59]. 60 lots
Minerva
Auctions Roma. Books, Autographs and Prints [94]. 651 lots
Rossini. Letters, Postcards, Documents [22183]. 144 lots
Skinner,
Inc. Prints, Books, Ephemera [2660M].
43 lots
Swann
Galleries, Inc. 19th and 20th Century Literature [2319]. 303 lots
Waverly
Auctions, Inc. Quinn’s Book Sale [62013].
361 lots
Fri. June 21st Christies.
Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana [2717]. 187 lots
Cowan’s
Auctions, Inc. American History [354].
425 lots
Ferraton. Ancient and Modern Books, Photographs [22185]. 486 lots
James D.
Julia Auctioneers. Advertising [343].
51 lots
Kiefer –
Buch- und Kunstauktionen. Rare Books [85]. 4544 lots
Sat. June 22nd
Farraton. Etchings, Books [22187]. 593 lots
Galerie Koller Auctions. Modern
Prints [A165]. 132 lots
Heritage
Auctions [HA.com]. Americana, Political [6096]. 244 lots
Heritage
Auctions [HA.com]. Legends of the Wild West [6101]. 410 lots
Kiefer –
Buch- und Kunstauktionen. Rare Books [85] cont. 4544 lots
Skinner,
Inc. 20th Century
Design: Prints [2661B]. 34 lots
Sun. June 23rd
Bonhams.
Books, Prints, Photos [20980]. 123 lots
Pierre
Berge & Associes. Old Books/Modern [15229].
It’s another busy week.
Bruce McKinney
AE