For the week ending Saturday March 8^th 21 auctions were archived to the AED; 5 in euros, 6 in British pounds, and 10 in US dollars.  Turnover was $11,883,959 as 5,292 lots were offered and 4,048 were sold for a 75% success rate.

<--- Archives International Sale on March 11th.  Lot 846 Rensselaer [New York] Glass Stock, 1806 Est. $500-$800 

2 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

ALDE. Library of Amateur Architecture, from Vitruvius to Ledoux on March 6th: $4,535,350
Swann Galleries. 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings on March 6th: $2,477,983

<--- Archives International on March 11th.  Lot 1003.  Nashville and Chatanooga Railroad Co., ca. 1869 to 1872.  Stock Transfer Book with hundreds of signatures.  Est. $300 - $600.

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

Sothebys. 1000 Ways of Seeing - Prints on March 6th: 243.30%
Skinner. Americana: Prints - Internet bidstart 2/24 on March 3rd: 156.53%
ALDE. Library of Amateur Architecture, from Vitruvius to Ledoux on March 6th: 128.30%
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Books, Prints, Ephemera on March 4th: 116.70%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Prints and Books on March 7th: 116.40%


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

Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 2/26 on March 2nd: 99.04%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 2/26 on March 2nd: 95.17%
Sothebys. 1000 Ways of Seeing - Prints on March 6th: 94.23%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 2/27 on March 6th: 92.35%
John McInnis Auctioneers. Prints on February 22nd: 91.89%
ALDE. Library of Amateur Architecture, from Vitruvius to Ledoux on March 6th: 90.54%
Skinner. Americana: Prints - Internet bidstart 2/24 on March 3rd: 90.48%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Historical Documents on March 6th: 88.44%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Prints and Books on March 7th: 82.61%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 4th: 81.82%

For the week ahead 23 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 10th
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY, INCL. AFRICAN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY - internet bidstart 2/27. 207 lots

Tue. Mar. 11th
Doyle New York. New York. Prints. 20 lots
Archives International Auctions. FORT LEE,. U.S. & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily & Security Printing Ephemera. 1043 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 65 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Horological Books. 54 lots

Wed. Mar. 12th
Sothebys. Paris. Felix Marcilhac, Private Collection. 4 lots
Beaussant Lefevre. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 197 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Books and Decorative Prints. 153 lots
Addison and Sarova. Macon. Rare and Fine Books in All Fields. 170 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. New York. Judaica: Books and Manuscripts. 343 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph - bidstart 2/21. 956 lots

Thu. Mar. 13th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Bibliophile. 479 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Books with Material from the Pacific School of Religion. 591 lots
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Laguna Beach. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/6. 400 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/6. 343 lots

Fri. Mar. 14th
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Estate of Harold K. Hill Antiques - Prints, Books. 99 lots

Sat. Mar. 15th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints and Photographs. 102 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Texana. 237 lots
Blacksparrow. Sun Valley. Posters and Art - Internet bidstart 2/17. 104 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Estate of Harold K. Hill Antiques - Prints, Books. 7 lots

Sun. Mar. 16th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 3/9.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 3/9.
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints and Photographs, Day 2. 153 lots

 We are becoming accustomed to a steady flow of interesting material.

Bruce McKinney

AE