For the week ending Saturday July 20^th  27 auctions were archived to the AED; 15 in US dollars, 6 in British pounds, and 7 in euros.  Turnover was $6,082,349 as 6,752 lots were offered and 4,958 sold for a 73.4% success rate.  It is a solid report that includes several sales from a few months back.

Two auctions reached the million-dollar level:

Christies.  Prints and Multiples on July 16^th:  $1,806,511

Bonhams.  Prints on July 16^th:  $1,117,186

Five auctions saw their sales totals reach 100% of the high estimate of all lots offered:

Dominic Winter Book Auctions.  Old Master and Modern Prints on July 17^th:  189%

Freeman’s [Samuel T. Freeman & Co.].  Books and Maps on July 16^th:  152%

Ader.  Ancient and Modern Prints on May 24^th:  125%

ERA Encheres.  Beautiful Books and Bindings on February 23^rd:  110%

Ader.  Japonism on May 24^th:  105%

Twelve sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

National Book Auctions.  Books and Ephemera – Besquiat, Medieval, American West, etc on July 7^th:  100%

National Book Auctions.  Books and Ephemera – Cuckoo, Emerson, Auto, Joyce, etc on June 23^rd:  100%

Aspire Auctions.  Works on Paper, Antique Maps ended May 23^rd:  100%

Freeman’s [Samuel T. Freeman].  Books and Maps on July 16^th:  98%

Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Rare Books.  Sale concluded July 18^th:  94%

Waverly Auctions.  Quinn’s Book Sale on June 20^th:  90%

Clars Auction Gallery.  Prints, Photographs on July 13^th:  88%

Christies.  Prints and Multiples on July 16^th:  88%

Neal Auction Company.  Prints, Photographs on July 13^th:  82%

ERA Encheres.  Beautiful Books and Bindings on February 23^rd:  81%

Bloomsbury Auctions.  Bibliophile Sale on July 18^th:  81%

Ader.  Ancient and Modern Prints on May 24^th:  80%

For the week upcoming 11 events are scheduled:

Tues. July 23^rd              Christies.  Internors – Prints [2721].  7 lots

                                                Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers.  Rare Books and Manuscripts [72313].  841 lots

Wed.  July 24^th                Dominic Winter Book Auctions.  Printed Books, Maps and Documents [72413].  617 lots

Thurs. July 25^th                  Antiquarian Auctions.  Rare Books – bidding ends today [28].  428 lots

                                            Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Rare Books online bidding ending today [201330].  236 lots

                                            PBA Galleries.  Historical Autographs and Manuscripts with Archival Material [511].  394 lots

                                            RR Auction.  Civil War [72513].  453 lots

Sat.  July 27^th                    Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Movie Posters [7078].  1,059 lots

Sun.  July 28^th                    Bonhams.  Prints, Books [20989].  96 lots

                                                Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Movie Posters [7078].  1,059 lots

                                                National Book Auctions.  Books, Ephemera [72813]

We're officially in the quiet period but the lights are on all summer in auction houses around the world.  Catalogues for the September sales will be on their way to the printers shortly.

Bruce McKinney

AE