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Auction Update Review

The Market in Transition

For the week ended Saturday January 13th 21 auctions were archived, many of them older sales we focused on this past week as we prepare to issue the AE Annual Auction Report on February 1st. Ten sales were denominated in US dollars, 4 in British pounds, 7 in euros.

Eleven auctions saw their sales reach or exceed 100% of their aggregate high estimates.


Auction House	Sale Name	Date of Auction	% Total Sales / High Est.
Delvaux	Books and Autographs	12/4/12	2.08
Waverly Auctions, Inc.	Quinn's Auction: Fine and Rare Books	12/6/12	1.8
Delvaux	Posters	12/21/12	1.35
Woolley and Wallis	Books	12/12/12	1.31
Bruun Rasmussen	Old Prints	1/8/13	1.27
Dirk Soulis Auctions	Prints	12/1/12	1.24
Jeschke - van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH	Rare and Precious Books and Decorative Art	9/22/12	1.2
Ader	Francis Picabia	12/13/12	1.17
Woolley and Wallis	Prints	12/12/12	1.07
Mealy`s Auctioneers	Rare Book and Collectors Sale	9/26/12	1.06
Stair Auctioneers & Appraisers	Photographs, Prints	7/28/12	1.02

Ten sales saw 80% or more of their lots sell.
Auction House	Sale Name	Date of Auction	% Lots Sold
Rupert Toovey and Co.	Prints	12/5/12	1
Dirk Soulis Auctions	Terry Redlin Signed Prints- online bidstart 12/9	12/27/12	1
Bruun Rasmussen	Old Prints	1/7/13	1
Aspire Auctions	Prints - Internet bidstart 12/7	12/14/12	0.98
Stair Auctioneers & Appraisers	Photographs, Prints	7/28/12	0.97
Dirk Soulis Auctions	Important Railroadiana	6/30/12	0.97
Dirk Soulis Auctions	Prints	12/1/12	0.95
Waverly Auctions, Inc.	Quinn's Auction: Fine and Rare Books	12/6/12	0.93
Carlsen Gallery	Prints, Books	12/2/12	0.88
Stair Auctioneers & Appraisers	Prints, etc.	10/27/12	0.87
Rupert Toovey and Co.	Prints	12/28/12	0.83
Heritage Auctions (HA.com)	Rare Books -	1/10/13	0.81

Here is a link to an interactive spreadsheet for auctions archived this week.

2012 was a busy year, the number of sales and lots both records. 2013 looks to be an even busier year.

Bruce McKinney

AE
January 13, 2013

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Charles Loupot, Les Cigarettes Mekka, 1919. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Plinio Codognato, Cicli Fiat, circa 1910. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: L.N. Britton, Warning! Consider the Possible Consequences, c. 1917. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Leonardo Bistolfi, Première Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs Modernes, 1902. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Leonetto Cappiello, Paquet Pernot / Biscuits Pernot, 1910. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Francesco Nonni, Font Meo / Acqua Minerale Naturale, 1924. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Frederick Winthrop Ramsdell, American Crescent Cycles, 1899. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Be a Tight Wad! Own Something! designer unknown, 1925. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Candido Aragonese de Faria, Chamonix–Mont–Blanc, c. 1910. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: W.E.J., Irishmen Avenge the Lusitania, c. 1915. $2,000 to $3,000.
<center>Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art Antique Engravings & Lithographs Works on Paper Accepting bids until August 7

Trillium, Aug. 7: Maitres Affiches by MUCHA - Papier a cigarettes Job. 202. $5,000 to $10,000.

Trillium, Aug. 7: De Bry - Map of the West Indies (including Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, Bahamas, Parts of Central & South America, Sea Monsters, Ships). $6,000 to $9,000.

Trillium, Aug. 7: Gould - Short-billed Toucan (Ramphastos Brevicarinatus). $5,000 to $8,000.

<center>Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art Antique Engravings & Lithographs Works on Paper Accepting bids until August 7

Trillium, Aug. 7: Redoute, Folio - Pale Iris - Iris flavescens. 375. $3,000 to $5,000.

Trillium, Aug. 7: Gillray - Light Expelling Darkness or The Sun of the Constitution. $200 to $500.

Trillium, Aug. 7: Gerard - Wild Hemp or Weed, Cannabis. 708. $150 to $450.

Trillium, Aug. 7: Shaw & Nodder - Head of The Dodo. 165. $100 to $300.
<center>Sotheby’s Your Own Sylvia: Sylvia Plath’s letters to Ted Hughes and other items, Property of Frieda Hughes 9 to 21 July 2021

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Sylvia Plath. Family photograph album ("The Hughes family Album"), 1957-1962. £30,000 to £50,000.

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Sylvia Plath. Typed letter signed, to Ted Hughes, on "my own private doctrine", with a poem, 5 October 1956. £15,000 to £20,000.

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Sylvia Plath. Pen and ink portrait of Ted Hughes, [1956]. £10,000 to £15,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Your Own Sylvia: Sylvia Plath’s letters to Ted Hughes and other items, Property of Frieda Hughes 9 to 21 July 2021

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Joint autograph letter signed, to William and Edith Hughes, March 1960. £8,000 to £12,000.

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Photographic portrait by David Bailey, inscribed by Plath, 1961, and another press photo. £800 to £1,200.

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Tarot de Marseille. Deck of cards owned by Sylvia Plath. £4,000 to £6,000.

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Pair of gold wedding rings. £6,000 to £8,000.