For the week ending Saturday March 29^th 22 auctions were archived to the AED; 6 in euros, 7 in British pounds, and 9 in US dollars.  Turnover was $10,091,700 as 8,262 lots were offered and 6,669 sold for a robust 81% success rate.

1 auction saw its total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on March 23rd: $2,007,614

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2 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:

Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on March 24th: 156.66%
Tajan. Antiquarian and Modern Prints on March 21st: 113.59%

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

Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 3/16 on March 23rd: 99.15%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on March 23rd: 94.64%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/20 on March 27th: 90.72%
Bonhams. Printed Books, Maps and Photographs on March 26th: 90.37%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern and Contemporary Prints on March 25th: 89.19%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on March 24th: 87.50%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art - Prints on March 22nd: 82.25%

For the week ahead 31 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 31st
Sothebys. Paris. objective Trees 35 Photographers support the Anne Fontaine Foundation. 39 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 6 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Prints, Photographs. 5 lots

Tue. Apr. 1st
Christies. New York. Rare Maps from Kenneth Nebenzahl, Inc.. 180 lots
Sothebys. London. Made in Britain. 87 lots
Sothebys. New York. Gordon Waldorf Collection. 50 lots
Sothebys. New York. The John James Audubon Collection from the Indiana Historical Society. 2 lots
Sothebys. New York. The Inventive Eye: Photographs from a Private Collection. 31 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Books and Manuscripts. 200 lots
Audap and Mirabaud. PARIS. Jacques Faizant. 323 lots
Christies. New York. Interiors - Prints. 17 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 64 lots

Wed. Apr. 2nd
Sothebys. New York. Photographs. 187 lots
Heritage Auctions. New York. Rare Books. 1051 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinic Letters. 425 lots

Thu. Apr. 3rd
Christies. New York. The Range of Light: Photographs by Ansel Adams. 25 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Astronomy & Science Books from The Library of Martin C. Gutzwiller. 207 lots
Heritage Auctions. New York. Historical Manuscripts. 429 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/27. 383 lots

Fri. Apr. 4th
Christies. New York. Photographs. 212 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Books, Prints, Photographs. 40 lots

Sat. Apr. 5th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Manuscripts.
Christies. Paris. Comic Strips.
Heritage Auctions. New York. Photographs. 342 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Information at a Glance twentieth century # 5 - Contemporary Art and Design - Prints and Photographs. 74 lots
Arader Galleries. Philadelphia, . Natural History and Americana. 186 lots

Sun. Apr. 6th
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Rare Books and Ephemera.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 3/30.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 3/30.
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. Spring Sale - Prints. 12 lots
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. Amsterdam. Rare Books and Prints. 110 lots

The next two weeks are the most important of this young year.  There is much history to be wrtitten in the months ahead but these two weeks will figure prominently in whatever the story turns out to be.

Bruce McKinney

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