For the week ending Saturday September 6^th 11 auctions were archived to the AED, 1 in Australian dollars, 3 in euros, and 7 in US dollars.  Turnover was a slim $1,163,517 as 3,568 lots were offered and 2,826 sold for a 79% success rate.  Auction houses in the books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera categories have seen their last days off until the end of the year.

< A first edition of perhaps the most important scientific book ever published, Newton's Principia, will be sold at Koller's on September 20 (image is a link).

No auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars this week.

< The only known extant poster from the Beatles' only Australian tour will be sold at Alexander Historical Auctions September  9 (image is a link).

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

Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on September 1st: 156.12%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Manuscripts on September 2nd: 106.12%


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

Heritage Auctions. Comics -Internet bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on September 1st: 100.00%
Cowans Auctions. American History - Online bidstart 8/21 on September 2nd: 97.22%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 96.19%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Manuscripts on September 2nd: 89.56%


A total of 11 sales reported this week: 

Cowans Auctions. American History - Online bidstart 8/21 on September 2nd: 97.22%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 8/28 on September 4th: 75.27%
Heritage Auctions. Lomasney Vintage Movie Art Posters Benefiting Lifebeat Monthly Internet Charity - Internet bidstart on September 4th: 62.50%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern and Contemporary Prints on September 2nd: 73.68%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Manuscripts on September 2nd: 89.56%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on September 1st: 100.00%
RR Auction. Animation Auction - Online bidstart 8/14 on August 21st: 52.92%
Australian Book Auctions. Spring Book Auction on September 1st: 76.70%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 96.19%
Heritage Auctions. Comics -Internet bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 100.00%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Antiquarian Books - Internet bidstart 8/21 on August 27th: 49.12%

For the week ahead 27 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Sep. 8th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Antiques. 13 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Online only sale - Ephemera - Online bidstart: now. 64 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Master Prints. 5 lots

Tue. Sep. 9th
Paige Auction. Portland. Vintage Advertising. 59 lots
Alexander Historical Auctions. Chesapeake City. Summer 2014 Auction. 1565 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . MIlitary, Technology and Space Exploration. 49 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 46 lots

Wed. Sep. 10th
Rupert Toovey and Co. West Sussex. Prints. 19 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph - bidstart 8/22. 1019 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Prints. 37 lots
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 515 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Transport - Ephemera. 23 lots

Thu. Sep. 11th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Literature with the Michael Montfort Collection of Charles Bukowski. 374 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 9/4. 344 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Bibliophile. 402 lots
Waverly Auctions. Falls Church. Rare Books. 531 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Lomasney Vintage Movie Art Posters Benefiting Lifebeat Monthly Internet Charity - Internet bidstart. 86 lots

Fri. Sep. 12th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Rare and Used Books. 439 lots
Ferraton. Bruxelles. Books and Prints. 1250 lots

Sat. Sep. 13th
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Books, Prints.
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Art and Antiques - Prints, Day 1. 172 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. End of Summer Sale - Collections. 649 lots
Bonhams. London. Goodwill Revival - Automobilia. 19 lots

Sun. Sep. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 9/7.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 9/7.
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. Important Autumn Antique Auction - Books and Prints. 21 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books, etc..
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Art and Antiques - Prints, Day 2.

The story of the auctions this fall will be one of diversity and complexity, the story of the week the renewed pace of auctions of what has already been a history making year.

Bruce McKinney

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