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Auction Update Review

2013: Busy Unto The Last Day

 

 

 

For the week ended Saturday December 28th 22 auctions were archived to the AED; 9 in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 12 in US dollars.  Turnover was $7,722,166 as 7,077 lots were offered and 5,360 sold for a 76% success rate.

 

1 auction saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Robert Siegel Galleries. United States Postal History on December 20th: $2,092,747

7 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:

Northeast Auctions. Fall Weekend Sale - Prints on October 27th: 164.39%
Audap and Mirabaud. http://www.americanaexchange.com/auctions/auction_detail?id=6353 on June 7th: 140.00%
Kapandji Morhange. A Provence's Castle's Library and Various. Travels, Discovery. Atlas... on April 24th: 134.06%
Robert Siegel Galleries. United States Postal History on December 20th: 129.03%
Waverly Auctions. Books on November 21st: 116.01%
Profiles in History. Hollywood on December 21st: 114.98%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Asian Art on December 16th: 107.92%


7 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 12/15 on December 22nd: 99.68%
Waverly Auctions. Books on November 21st: 95.69%
Robert Siegel Galleries. United States Postal History on December 20th: 95.53%
Profiles in History. Hollywood on December 21st: 94.98%
Heritage Auctions. Posters - internet bidstart 12/15 on December 22nd: 91.75%
Copley Fine Art Auctions. The Sporting Sale on July 31st: 90.91%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Comics on November 20th: 82.14%
 

For the week ahead 6 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Dec. 30th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 5 lots

Tue. Dec. 31st
Rupert Toovey and Co. West Sussex. Prints. 39 lots

Thu. Jan. 2nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 12/29. 245 lots

Sun. Jan. 5th
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books and Ephemera - MacDonald, Books-on-Books, Children's. 499 lots
Heritage Auctions - Dallas.  Comics.  internet bidding ends today.
Heritage Auctions - Movie Posters - internet bidding ends today.

Best wishes for the new year.

 

Bruce McKInney

AE

 

 

 

  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.