Auction Update Review
41 Auctions Archived, 21 Upcoming
For the week ending Saturday June
22nd 41 auctions were archived to the AED; 20 in US dollars, 1 in
Mexican pesos, 6 in British pounds, and 14 in euros. Turnover was $25,773,487 as 11,872 lots were
offered and 8,711 sold for a 73% success rate.
Six sales reached the
million-dollar level:
Sothebys. Collection Raoul Simonsen on June 19th: $5,169,957
Christies. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts on June 21st: $4,103,750
Christies. The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte
Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and
Rococo on June 20th:
$3,452,439
Bonhams. Books on June 19th: $2,641,263
John Innis Auctioneers. Presidential Auction on February 17th: $1,203,388
Christies. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts on June 18th: $1,094,700
Thirteen sales saw their total
proceeds exceed 100% of the total of the high estimates of all lots offered:
RR Auction. Marvels of Modern Music, online bidding ended
February 21st: 589%
Dorotheum. Books and Decorative Prints on June 20th: 211%
Audap & Mirabuad. Autographs and Manuscripts, Ancient and
Modern Books on June 17th: 185%
Sothebys. Collection Raoul Simonsen on June 19th: 183%
Stair Auctioneers. The Photograph Collection of Jan Cowles on
February 16th: 181%
John McInnis Auctioneers on
February 17th: 176%
Bonhams. Books on June 19th: 158%
Henri Godts Books & Prints
Auctions on June 18th: 148%
Aguttes. Books, Posters, Ancient Paper on June 12th: 119%
Northeast Auctions. Historical Americana on May 25th: 118%
Christies. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts on June 18th: 116%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed
Books, Maps and Documents on June 19th: 113%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Children’s Illustrated Books, etc. on June 20th: 102%
Twenty-two auctions saw at least
80% of their lots sell:
Clars Auction Gallery. Books on June 16th: 100%
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Circus, Maps, Hunting
and Fishing, West, etc. on May 12th: 100%
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Earhart, Antique,
History, etc. on June 2nd: 100%
Stair Auctioneers &
Appraisers. The Photograph Collection of
Jan Cowles: 100%
Stair Auctioneers &
Appraisers. Works on Paper on February 2nd: 98%
Aspire Auctions. Works on Paper – internet bidding ended
February 14th: 97%
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books internet bidding ended June 20th: 96%
Sothebys. Collection Raoul Simonsen on June 19th: 93%
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books internet bidding ended June 13th: 92%
Robert A. Siegel Galleries. The Alyeska Collection of Pony Express Mail
on March 20th: 91%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints, Photographs on June 15th: 89%
Dorotheum. Books and Decorative Prints on June 20th: 88%
Rupert Toovey and Co.. Prints on June 12th: 87%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Children’s Illustrated Books on June 20th: 86%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on June 19th: 84%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Prints on June 18th: 84%
Northeast Auctions. Historical Americana on May 25th: 83%
Christies. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including
Americana on June 21st: 82%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Bibliophile Sale on June 19th: 81%
Henri Godts Books & Prints
Auctions. Books on June 18th: 81%
Bonhams. Books on June 19th: 81%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature – Illustrated &
Children’s Books – Oz: The Collection of
Robert A. Massey on June 13th:
80%
For the week ahead 21 sales are
scheduled:
Mon. June 24th Alde. Ancient and of the 19th Century Books [21426]. 251 lots
Tues. June 25th Alde. Modern Illustrated Books [21425]. 352 lots
Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F. Tajan. Prints [21844]. 135 lots
Bonhams. Books [20698]. 395 lots
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts [20981].
Bonhams. Northwest America and the Arctic [21309]
Wed. June 26th Gary's Auctioneers. Prints [68].
Waverly Auctions. Prints [33864]
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts [20981]. 427 lots
Bonhams. Russian Literature and Works on Paper [21421]. 294 lots.
Thurs. June 27th Adams Amsterdam. Modern Art and Literature: Jan Cremer [62713]. 743 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. Modern and Contemporary Prints [36059]. 254 lots
Eldred's. Prints [779]. 43 lots
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books internet bidding ending today [201326]. 206 lots
PBA Galleries. Fine & Rare Books [509]. 252 lots
Swann Galleries. Discovery [2320]. 514 lots
Tajan. Ancient and Modern Prints [22207]. 329 lots
Fri. June 28th Aguttes. Books [21541]. 10 lots
Rossini. Prints [22287].
Sat. June 29th Alain & Evelyne Morel de Westgaver. Books [38]. 594 lots
Sun. June 30th Bonhams. Prints, Books [20985]. 154 lots
The auction field has been so busy that a mere 21 sales for the week upcoming almost seems slow. But think again. Twenty-one times 52 is well over a thousand, that is a thousand book, manuscript, map and ephemera auctions in a single year. It remains busy, even as we head into summer.
Bruce McKinney
AE