Auction Update Review
Drumbeat on the Mohawk
For the week ending Saturday November 24th
22 auctions were archived to the AED; 4 in British pounds, 8 in dollars, and 10
in euros. Ten thousand six hundred and
ninety-nine lots were offered and 7,834 sold for a 73% success rate. Total turnover was $20,752,258 or 100% of the
aggregate of the high estimates for all lots offered. This was achieved on the wings of Heritage
Auction’s Comics and Comic Art sale on November 15th that realized
$6,690,015, an astounding 325% of its aggregate high estimate. Some may debate the importance of Lincoln but
no one is questioning Super Man, Batman and Robin. It turns out the kids who 50 years ago had
comic books tucked into their text books were onto something: the future.
The total of the low estimates of all lots sold
was $10,910,569, the total of their high estimates $14,198,171.
Six sales saw their total turnover reach a
million dollars:
Heritage Auctions. Comics and Comic Art on November 15th: $6,690,015
Christies.
Valuable Books and Manuscripts on November 21st: $3,260,525
Sotheby’s.
Books and Manuscripts on November 19th: $2,092,450
Sotheby’s.
Photographs on November 16th:
$1,563,100
Skinner, Inc.
Fine Books and Manuscripts on November 18th: $1,303,466
Guernsey’s.
The Roger Tory Peterson Auction on September 8th: $1,051,672
Five auctions saw their total sales reach
100% of the total of their high estimates and 3 others came close enough to
warrant recognition:
Heritage Auctions. Comics and Comic Art on November 15th: 325%
Aydup & Mirabaud. Books on November 7th: 159%
Dominic Winter. Historic
Aviation Memorabilia, Motoring & Transport, Militaria, Railway Tickets,
Books & Ephemera on November 15th: 117%
Dominic
Winter. Printed Books, Maps &
Decorative Prints on November 14th:
115%
Alde. Modern Illustrated Books; Children’s Books on
November 19th: 99%
Christie’s. Valuable Books and Manuscripts on November 21st: 98%
The
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions.
Books and Prints: 97%
Four
sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Comics and Comic Art on November 15th: 99.7%
Heritage
Auctions. Rare Books online auction
ended November 22nd: 86%
Dominic
Winter. Printed Books, Maps &
Decorative Prints on November 14th:
85%
Skinner,
Inc. Fine Books and Manuscripts on November
18th: 82%
For
the week ahead 39 sales are scheduled and 13,974 lots are searchable in the AE
Auction Search:
Mon.
Nov. 26th Australian
Book Auctions. Books [61]. 382 lots
Tues. Nov. 27th Bonhams. Printed Books and Maps [19851]. 688 lots
Bubb
Kuyper. Library of Gerrit Komrij, Part I
[57a]. 1,046 lots
Bubb
Kuyper. Library of Gerrit Komrij, Part
II [57b]. 591 lots
Bruun
Rasmussen. Books [1248]. 176 lots
Tajan. Modern and Contemporary Photographs [9746]. 213 lots
Bonhams. Prints [20274]. 234 lots
Christie’s. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts [7558]. 395 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Books [61].
382 lots
Ader. Judaica [19597]. 375 lots
Wed. Nov. 28th Sotheby’s. Musical Manuscripts and Continental Books [L12406]. 159 lots
Old World Auctions. Fine Maps, Atlases, Manuscripts [142]. 802 lots
Thurs. Nov. 29th AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books – online bidding starts today
[23]. 432 lots
Heritage Auctions. Vintage Movie Posters [7067]. 1,199 lots
Alde. Documents; Artistic and Literary Autographs [19727]. 431 lots
Galerie
Bassenge. Prints, 15th to 19th
Century [100h]. 690 lots
Swann
Galleries. Autographs [2296]. 294 lots
Bonhams. Marcus, The Property of Lord Mowbray and
Stourton & The Honorable
James Stourton [20558]. 9 lots
Provenance [6769]. 149 lots
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books online bidding ends today [201248]. 303 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Books – Day 1 [1052]. 1,053 lots
Pierre Berge & Associes. Library of the Egyptologist Roger Khawan
[19690]. 265 lots
Bubb
Kuyper. Prints [57e]
Bubb
Kuyper. Rare Books [57f]
Galerie
Bassenge. “Drama and Vision” Collection
of Ivan Nagel [100i]. 125 lots
Fri.
Nov. 30th Heritage
Auctions. Vintage Movie Posters [7067]. 1,199 lots
Keys
Fine Arts Auctioneers. Books – Day 2
[1053]. 119 lots
Bubb
Kuyper. Prints, Photographs [57g]
Sat Dec. 1st Neret – Minet & Tessier. Sale No. 14592. Comic Strips. 33 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Sale No. 100L. Modern Art – Part I. 261 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Sale No. 100L. Modern Art – Part II. 492 lots
Sunday Dec. 2nd Osenat. Sale No. 13962. Fontainbleau Empire
In
horse racing and for auctions of the printed word we can say at this moment we are rounding the three quarter post and
heading for home.
Bruce
McKinney
AE
November
25th, 2012