Auction Update Review
Summer Approaches
For the week ending Saturday May 18th
22 auctions were archived to the AED; 8 in US dollars, 9 in British pounds, and
5 in euros. Turnover was $17,503,204
with 76% of the 8,121 lots offered finding new homes.
Four events saw their totals run
past one million dollars:
Sotheby’s. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on
May 14th: $4,557,094
Heritage
Auctions [HA.com]. Comics and Comic Art
on May 16th: $3,730,946
Guernsey’s. John James Audubon Handsome Works of Nature
on May 11th: $2,422,159
Christies. Photographs on May 15th: $2,257,770
Six sales saw total proceeds exceed
100% of the total of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Burgersdijk & Niermans. Books and Maps on May 7th: 215%
Rupert Toovey and Co. Prints on May 15th: 125%
Tajan. Russian Art – Ancient and Modern Books: 109%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on May 15th: 106%
Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on
May 14th: 105%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Bibliophile on May 16th: 101%
Nine sales saw at least 80% of
their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Comics and Comic Art on May 16th: 99%
Rupert Toovey and Co. Antiquarian and Collector’s Books on May 14th: 92%
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books internet bidding ended May 16th: 87%
Lyon and Turnbull Ltd. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts on May 14th: 86%
Guernsey’s. John James Audubon Handsome Works of Nature
on May 11th: 85%
Swann galleries. Contemporary Art on May 16th: 85%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Bibliophile on May 16th: 82%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on May 15th: 81%
Burgersdijk & Niermans. Books and Maps on May 7th: 80%
For the week ahead 24 sales are
scheduled and more than 6,000 lots now searchable in the AE Auction Search:
Mon. May 20th Bruun Rasmussen.
Prints [1321]. 46 lots
Tues. May 21st Bruun Rasmussen.
Prints [1321]. 46 lots
Sothebys. First Editions, Second Thoughts
[L13901]. 50 lots
Wed. May 22nd Ader.
Ancient Books – Szapiro Collection [20842]. 370 lots
Bonhams. The Sporting Sale [20648]. 51 lots
Leslie
Hindman. Prints [247]. 79 lots
Thurs. May 23rd Aspire Auctions. Works on Paper, Antique Maps. Bidding ending today [326]. 81 lots
Bloomsbury
Auctions. Chinese Propaganda Posters
[36054]. 532 lots
Hauff and
Auvermann. Part I. Rare Books, Autographs and Engravings
[70a]. 693 lots
Heritage
Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books – internet
bidding ending today [201321]. 259 lots
RR
Auction. Autographs [409]. 588 lots
Skinner,
Inc. Ephemera [2654M]
Swann
Galleries, Inc. Autographs [2316]. 273 lots
Fri. May 24th Ader. Ancient and Modern Prints [20841]. 260 lots
Ader. Japonism [21819].
Aguttes. Books, Prints [21726]. 3 lots
Hauff
and Avermann. Part II: Rare Books, Autographs and Engravings
[70b]. 1119 lots
Piasa. Ancient,
Modern and Contemporary Photos [20627].
275 lots
Sat. May 25th ERA Encheres. Rare Prints of the XVI to the XIX, Very Fine
Ancient Books about Lyon [21376]. 324 lots
Hauff
and Auvermann. Part III: Modern Literature, Posters and Photography
[70c]. 724 lots
Hauff and Auvermann. Part IV: Modern and Contemporary Art [70d]. 511 lots
Northeast
Auctions. Historical Americana [52513]. 92 lots
Sun. May 26th Northeast Auctions. Historical Americana [52513]. 92 lots
To Yogi Berra, There aren’t many quiet weeks these
days.
Bruce McKinney
AE
Sunday 19 May 2013