Over the past week 11 auctions were archived, two denominated in dollars, one in Australian dollars, two in British Pounds and six in Euros.  Four thousand and twenty lots were offered and 2,866 sold for a 71% sell-through.  Total sales were $5,505,880., 102% of the total high estimate of all lots offered or $5,385,516.  It was another strong week.

Four sales achieved sales at or above 100% of their aggregate high estimates:

Ader.  Heugel’s Collection on May 26^th:  196%;

Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F. Tajan.  Prints and Illustrated Books on May 31^st:  128%;

Dorotheum.  Autographs, Maps & Atlases, Natural & Historical Prints, and Ephemera onMay 26^th:  109%;

Christie’s.  Oeuvres de Pierre et Gilles provenant d’une Collection privee on May 30^th:  108%

For the week ahead the following sales are scheduled:

Monday June 6^th:      Piasa.  Comic Strips;

Tuesday June 7^th:     Bonhams.  Books, Maps Manuscripts and Historical Photographs;

Wed. June 8^th:           Christie’s.  Books;

                                    Sotheby’s.  Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts;

Thursday June 9^th:   Ader.  Ancient and Modern Posters;

                                    Piasa.  Petite Prints;

                                    Swann Galleries.  American Art – Contemporary Art;

Saturday June 11^th:  Rossini.  Comics and Cartoons;

Sunday June 12^th:     National Book Auctions.  Books and Ephemera –  Americana, Incunabulum, Dante, etc.

Bruce McKinney

AE

June 5^th, 2011