For the week ending Saturday October 5th 24 auctions were archived to the AED; 12 denominated in US dollars, 1 in Mexican pesos, 4 in British pounds, and 7 in euros. Eight thousand three hundred and ninety-three lots were offered for a 73% success rate. Turnover was $15,959,665.
Three sales, two of them photographs, saw their totals reach the million dollar level:
Sothebys – New York. Photographs on October 2nd: $5,041,564
Christies – New York. Photographs on October 3rd: $4,535,188
Christies – New York. Into Africa - Photographs by Peter Beard on October 3rd: $1,290,188
Four sales saw their total sales exceed 100% of the total of the high estimates for all lots offered:
RR Auction - Amherst. Rare Manuscript. Documents and Autographs on September 18th: 332%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions - Wiltshire. Pictures, Prints on October 2nd: 221%
Bruun Rasmussen - Copenhagen. Books and Manuscripts on October 1st: 126%
Ferraton - Brussels. Books, Prints on September 27th: 120%
Eight sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Comics – internet bidding ended September 29th: 100%
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Movie Posters – internet bidding ended September 29th: 92%
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Rare Books – internet bidding ended October 3rd: 88%
Bruun Rasmussen - Copenhagen. Books and Manuscripts on October 1st: 87%
Ferraton - Brussels. Books, Prints on September 27th: 86%
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Rare Books – internet bidding ended September 26th: 86%
Christies – New York. Into Africa – Photographs by Peter Beard on October 3rd: 86%
Freemans – Philadelphia. Books and Manuscripts on September 26th: 85%
Here is a link to a spreadsheet of these sales.
For the week ahead 25 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Oct. 7th
Bruun Rasmussen – Copenhagen. Old Master Prints [1341a]. 10 lots
Tues. Oct. 8th
Bruun Rasmussen – Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints [1341b]. 45 lots
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions – Bruxelles. Books [100813]. 439 lots
Rupert Toovey and Co. – West Sussex. Antiquarian and Collectors Books [1154]. 254 lots
Christies – New York. Prints [3433]. 17 lots
Wed. Oct. 9th
Rupert Toovey and Co. – West Sussex. Prints [1160]. 46 lots
Christies – New York. Photographs by Norman Seeff: the Lost Archive [3440]. 50 lots
Thurs. Oct. 10th
Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills [HA.com]. Rare Books [6100]. 560 lots
Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills [HA.com]. Manuscripts [6102]. 1,161 lots
Swann Galleries – New York. Printed and Manuscript Americana [2324]. 418 lots
Piasa – Paris. Ancient and Modern Photographs [22675]. 260 lots
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Internet bidding ending today [201341]. 211 lots
PBA Galleries – San Francisco. Beats and the Counterculture with other Fine Literature [517]. 490 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions – London. Bibliophile [36085]. 500 lots
Fri. Oct. 11th
Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills [HA.com]. Rare Books [6100]. 560 lots
Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills [HA.com]. Manuscripts [6102]. 1,161 lots
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society – Lancaster. Rare and Used Books [101113]. 443 lots
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen – 75172 Pforzheim. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques – Day 1 [86a]. 3,134 lots
Sat. Oct. 12th
Coutau Begarie – Paris. Comic Strips [101213]. 442 lots
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen – 75172 Pforzheim. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques – Day 2 [86b]. 3,147 lots
Cowans Auctions – Cincinnati. Prints, Photogrphs, Books [316].
Sun. Oct. 13th
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Comics – internet bidding ending today.
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Posters – internet bidding ending today.
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Civil War, Ephemera, Signed [101313]
From now to the end of December the pace will be brisk.
Bruce McKinney
AE