Auction Update Review
A Quiet in July
For the week ending Saturday July
13th 15 auctions were archived to the AED; 9 in US dollars, 3 in
British pounds and 3 in euros. Eight
thousand nine hundred and seventy lots were offered and 4,801 sold for a slim
success rate: 54% Total sales amounted to $10,771,168. Four European sales brought the percentage of
lots sold down. In the eternal summer
struggle of beach versus rare book the beach won this past week. For the summer overall I’d bet on the rare
books.
Three sales saw their totals reach
the million-dollar level:
Sothebys. English Literature: Children’s Books and Illustrations on July 10th: $3,451,747
Profiles in History. The Property of a Distinguished American
Private Collector,
- Part II: $3,016,080
Sothebys. The Joseph Conrad Collection from the Library
of the late Stanley J. Seeger – Part I:
$1,190,378
Three sales saw their sales totals
exceed 100% of the total of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Profiles in History. The Property of a Distinguished American
Private Collector, Part II: 108%
De Baecque & Associes. Autographs, Documents, Photographs on July 4th: 102%
Addison and Sarova. Rare Books:
“God, Guts and Glory”, the Library of a Southern Collector on March 16th: 102%
Six sales saw at least 80% of
their lots sell:
Profiles in History. The Property of a Distinguished American
Private Collector, Part II: 98%
Addison and Sarova. Rare Books:
“God, Guts and Glory”, the Library of a Southern Collector on March 16th: 96%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books internet bidding ended July 4th: 91%
James D. Julia Auctioneers. Advertising on June 21st: 90%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books Internet bidding ended July 11th: 86%
Profiles in History. Rare Books and Manuscripts on July 10th: 86%
For the week ahead 14 events are
scheduled:
Tues. July 16th Bloomsbury Auctions. Vintage Posters [36067]. 203 lots
Bonhams. Prints [20737]. 177 lots
Christies. Prints and Multiples [2718]. 437 lots
Freeman’s
[Samuel T. Freeman & Co.] Books and
Maps [1465]. 181 lots
Wed. July 17th Dominic
Winter Book Auctions. Old Master and
Modern Prints [71713]. 134 lots
RR
Auction. Autographs [412]. 1,615 lots
Skinner,
Inc. Ephemera [2664M]. 97 lots
Thurs. July 18th Bloomsbury Auctions. Bibliophile [36066]. 483 lots
Eldred’s. Marine Art and Antiques [777]. 213 lots
Heritage
Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books online
bidding ending today [201329]. 216 lots
Skinner,
Inc. Ephemera [2664M]. 97 lots
Sothebys. Beyond The Paper Screen: An Exhibition of Japanese Erotic Prints
from
the Uragami Collection [HK0441]
Fri. July 19th Eldred’s.
Marine Arts and Antiques [777].
213 lots
Sat. July 20th Aguttes. Posters [22627]. 30 lots
The market is complex and
rewarding.
Bruce McKinney
AE