Auction Update Review
21 Auctions Archived, 31 Upcoming
For the week ended Saturday April 11th, 21 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Database; 14 denominated in US dollars, 2 in British pounds, 3 in euros, and 2 in Swiss francs. Turnover was $10,438,692.80 as 5,958 lots were offered and 4,868 sold for a 82% success rate. It was another strong week.
3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Christies. 20/21 PHOTOGRAPHS on March 31st: $4,194,250
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books on April 9th: $1,457,285
Christies. DON MCLEAN'S 'AMERICAN PIE': THE ORIGINAL LYRICS on April 7th: $1,205,000
2 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:
Pierre Berge and Associes. COLLECTION OF TWO LOVERS OF XIX th CENTURY The Gaston and Albert Tissandier brothers aeronauts and A on April 1st: 127.18%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Documents; Travel, Atlases & Natural History on April 8th: 108.86%
|
10 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Doodle for Hunger Illustration Art Auction Benefiting St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelter - online on April 6th: 100.00%
Christies. DON MCLEAN'S 'AMERICAN PIE': THE ORIGINAL LYRICS on April 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 3/29 on April 5th: 99.72%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 3/29 on April 5th: 95.64%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art - Prints on March 21st: 93.21%
Heritage Auctions. Historical Manuscripts on April 9th: 91.19%
Swann Galleries. Early Printed, Medical, Scientific and Travel Books on April 9th: 89.09%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/6 on April 2nd: 85.91%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Documents; Travel, Atlases & Natural History on April 8th: 82.81%
Eldreds. Spring Americana on April 4th: 81.82%
21 total sales reported this week:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Naples Online on April 9th: 55.56%
Bloomsbury Auctions. The Library of a Gentleman on April 9th: 78.89%
Swann Galleries. Early Printed, Medical, Scientific and Travel Books on April 9th: 89.09%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books on April 9th: 76.83%
Heritage Auctions. Historical Manuscripts on April 9th: 91.19%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/2 on April 9th: 75.00%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art - Prints on March 21st: 93.21%
Koller Auctions. Books and Autographs, Photography on March 28th: 60.63%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Documents; Travel, Atlases & Natural History on April 8th: 82.81%
Heritage Auctions. Doodle for Hunger Illustration Art Auction Benefiting St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelter - online on April 6th: 100.00%
Koller Auctions. Photographs and Photobooks on March 28th: 45.76%
Pierre Berge and Associes. COLLECTION OF TWO LOVERS OF XIX th CENTURY The Gaston and Albert Tissandier brothers aeronauts and A on April 1st: 77.58%
Christies. DON MCLEAN'S 'AMERICAN PIE': THE ORIGINAL LYRICS on April 7th: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern and Contemporary Prints on April 7th: 75.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on April 6th: 66.67%
Potomack Company. Books, Prints, Manuscripts on April 4th: 69.39%
Christies. 20/21 PHOTOGRAPHS on March 31st: 57.24%
Eldreds. Spring Americana on April 4th: 81.82%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/6 on April 2nd: 85.91%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 3/29 on April 5th: 95.64%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 3/29 on April 5th: 99.72%
For the week ahead 31 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Apr. 13th
Bonhams. New York. FINE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING THE HIDDEN WARTIME MANUSCRIPT OF ALAN TURING. 243 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Master Prints. 5 lots
Tue. Apr. 14th
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed and Manuscript Americana. 359 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 64 lots
Wed. Apr. 15th
Doyle New York. New York. Rare Books, Maps and Autographs. 581 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Geography. 366 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 3/22. 970 lots
Thu. Apr. 16th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Transport Sale. 3 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Bibliophile. 571 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Literature with Science Fiction and Detective Fiction. 653 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/9. 372 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Valuable Books. 342 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Rare Prints. 222 lots
Fri. Apr. 17th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Islamic, Indian & Oriental Art, Photography 1850-2000. 298 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Spring Estates Auction Day 1. 9 lots
ALDE. Paris. LIBRARY OF AMADEO DELAUNET Y ESNAOLA I. 341 lots
Beaussant Lefevre. Paris. Works of Art - Prints. 7 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics (session 3). 505 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Literature of the 17th - 19th Century. 611 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Autographs. 313 lots
Sat. Apr. 18th
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Printed Art - Internet bidstart 4/3.
Heritage Auctions. Beverly Hills. Entertainment and Music Auction. 592 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. April 18th Auction - Prints, Ephemera. 24 lots
ALDE. Paris. LIBRARY OF AMADEO DELAUNET Y ESNAOLA II. 185 lots
Arader Galleries. New York City. Age of European and American Exploration. 248 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics (session 4). 735 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Literature. 938 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Spring Estates Auction Day 2. 31 lots
Sun. Apr. 19th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 4/12.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/12.
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Spring Estates Auction Day 3. 53 lots
Bruce McKinney
RBH and AE