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9 Sales Archived, 13 Sales Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Saturday, January 7th, 2017, 1,548 lots were offered and 1,373 sold for an 89% success rate. Auction bidders, lacking the typical thirty auctions to bid on each week focused their attention on the 9 auctions available and bought almost 90% of the lots. It suggests there are fewer and fewer off weeks anymore. Turnover was a thin $1,036,240, but I doubt many consignors were complaining.
The RBH Database reached 7,049,000 full text records this week.
1 auction saw its total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Kestenbaum and Company. Books, Manuscripts and Fine Art on December 14th: 127.28%
4 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 12/25 on January 1st: 99.60%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/25 on January 1st: 97.60%
Tooveys. Prints on December 30th: 88.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 3rd: 85.71%
9 total sales reported this week:
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 3rd: 85.71%
Kestenbaum and Company. Books, Manuscripts and Fine Art on December 14th: 65.63%
Tooveys. Prints on December 30th: 88.00%
Auctionata. Naked: Nudes from the 20th and 21st Centuries on December 29th: 25.81%
Auctionata. Art of Nature: Animals, Flowers and Still Life from four Centuries on December 29th: 10.00%
Auctionata. Abstractionism: Post War Art - Prints on December 29th: 0.00%
Auctionata. From Joseph Beuys to Henry Moore: Prints and Editions on December 29th: 44.44%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 12/25 on January 1st: 99.60%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/25 on January 1st: 97.60%
For the week ahead 13 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Jan. 9th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Mid-Century Modern - Prints. 29 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 44 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Edwin S. Curtis "The North American Indian" - Online. 90 lots
Wed. Jan. 11th
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photography. 465 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 12/16. 862 lots
Thu. Jan. 12th
Forum Auctions. London. Collectors' Sale: Books and Works on Paper.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Medicine & Science: Inventory of Edwin V. Glaser Rare Books. 518 lots
Fri. Jan. 13th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Rare, Out of Print and Used Books. 457 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Happy New Year Exposition Auction.
Sat. Jan. 14th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints.
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers. Gahanna. 2017 New York Book Auction.
Sun. Jan. 15th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/8.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/8.
Bruce McKinney
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