Auction Update Review
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Summer please last a little longer
For the week ended Saturday August 15 12 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Database; 1 denominated in euros, 2 in British pounds, and 9 in US dollars. Sales were a slim $560,399 as 3,073 lots were offered and 2,628 sold for a 86% success rate. It has been quiet.
3 auctions saw their total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Tooveys. Photographs, Autographs, Printed and Manuscript Ephemera on August 11th: 147.92%
Doyle New York. End of Summer Sale - Prints on August 12th: 142.76%
Skinner. August Americana - Prints and Manuscripts on August 9th: 110.79%
6 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/2 on August 9th: 97.36%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 8/2 on August 9th: 96.52%
Tooveys. Photographs, Autographs, Printed and Manuscript Ephemera on August 11th: 92.86%
Doyle New York. End of Summer Sale - Prints on August 12th: 87.50%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 8/6 on August 13th: 85.58%
National Book Auctions. Books, Art, Ephemera, and Collectibles on August 2nd: 85.03%
12 total sales reported this week:
Tooveys. Photographs, Autographs, Printed and Manuscript Ephemera on August 11th: 92.86%
Quagga Rare Books and Art. Rare Books on August 4th: 29.41%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. General - Books and Prints on August 10th: 65.22%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 8/6 on August 13th: 85.58%
Doyle New York. End of Summer Sale - Prints on August 12th: 87.50%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 11th: 79.10%
Michaans Auctions. Estate Sale - Books and Prints on August 8th: 71.70%
Skinner. August Americana - Prints and Manuscripts on August 9th: 68.97%
PBA Galleries. Fine Books in All Fields on August 6th: 72.87%
National Book Auctions. Books, Art, Ephemera, and Collectibles on August 2nd: 85.03%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 8/2 on August 9th: 96.52%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/2 on August 9th: 97.36%
For the week ahead 12 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Aug. 17th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 52 lots
Wed. Aug. 19th
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints. 51 lots
Treadway Toomey Auctions. Oak Park. Inaugural Objects Online Auction. 109 lots
Thu. Aug. 20th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Summer Book Sale. 490 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 8/13. 433 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. TBD - Internet bidstart 8/13.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Literature with the Wayne Martin Collection of Jack London, Part Two. 463 lots
Michael Treloar. Adelaide SA. Modern Literature. 255 lots
Sat. Aug. 22nd
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints.
Sun. Aug. 23rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 8/16.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/15.
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints. 42 lots
Bruce McKinney
RBH and AE