Auction Update Review
A Sense of Recovery
For the week ending March 10th
31 sales were archived; 2 in Mexican pesos, 4 in British pounds,
11 in US dollars and 14 in Euros.
17,747 lots were offered and 12,669 sold. 71.4 percent of all lots
sold raising $20,354,802 that was 143.4% of the aggregate high estimate for all
sales. It was another strong week.
Fifteen of the thirty-one sales
reached or exceeded 100% of their aggregate high estimate:
Piasa. Ancient and Modern Books on March 6th: 334%
Heritage Auctions. Vintage Comics and Comic Art on February 22nd: 305%
Dorotheum. Modern Prints on March 1st: 174%
Ferraton. Books and Cartographies, Second Vacances on
February 18th: 169%
Ferraton. Books and Cartographies, First Vacances on
February 17th: 163%
Aguttes. Modern and Ancient Books on March 1st: 144%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Photography on March 8th: 142%
Doyle New York. Doyle at Home on March 7th: 137%
Rupert Toovey. Prints on January 25th: 134%
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art Signature online on March 1st: 125%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Prints on February 29th: 120%
Neret – Minet & Tessier. Archeology on March 2nd: 119%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books and Maps on March 7th: 109%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Prints on March 6th: 108%
Alde. Jacques Montessaro Library I on February 27th: 107%
For the week ahead 21 sales are
scheduled:
Monday March 12th Christie’s. Photographic Masterworks by William Eggleston
[2642]
Dorotheum. Books and Decorative Prints [9271]
Tuesday March 13th Ader. Ancient and Modern Books [18356]
Bruun
Rasmussen. Modern Prints [1211a]
Wednesday March 14th Bruun Rasmussen. Old Prints [1211b]
Lyon
and Turnbull Ltd. The Blair Sale [345]
Sotheby’s. The Collection of Giovanni and Gabriella
Barilla [L12309]
Thursday March 15th Antiquarian Auctions.co.za. Rare Books [17]
Bloomsbury
Auctions. Bibliophile [35884]
Gray’s
Auctioneers. Fine Books and No Reserve
Books [56]
Heritage
Auctions. Rare Books Online [201211]
Kapandji
Morhange. Books, Stamps, Autographs from
Mathier Varille’s Library [18846]
PBA
Galleries. Fine Literature [475]
Swann
Galleries. The Eric C. Caren Collection: How History Unfolds on Paper, Part II [2273]
Tajan. Photographs [9718]
Friday March 16th Kapandji Morhange. Books, Stamps, Autographs, Documents from
Mathieu Varille’s Library [18847]
The
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions.
Books [47]
Saturday March 17th Addison and Sarova. Rare and Fine Books [31712]
The
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions.
Books continued… [47]
Sunday March 18th National Book Auctions. Books [31812]
National
Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Archaeology,
Obama, Nautical, Coins, etc
[03182012]
There is a sense of recovery and
selected but inconsistent strength evident.
Bruce McKinney
AE
March 11th, 2012