For the week ending June 25^th fifteen auctions were archived, three denominated in dollars, four in British pounds and eight in Euros.  Nine thousand five hundred and seventy-five lots were offered and 5,143 sold.  Absent Kiefer that offered 5,658 lots and sold 2,181 of them [38.5%], the other sales together sold 75.6% of their lots.

Four of the fifteen sales reached or exceeded 100% of the high estimate for all their lots:

Osenat.  The French Empire in Fontainbleau on June 5^th:  266%;

Piasa.  Petite Prints on June 9^th:  195%;

Piasa.  Manuscript – Second Vacation on June 21^st:  159%

Christie’s.  Vintage Film Posters on June 15^th:  125%

For the items that sold the aggregate low estimate was $3,012,085 and the aggregate high estimate $3,838,052.  The total of the high estimates for all lots, sold and unsold, was $6,406,519, the total of all completed transactions $5,593,855 or 87.3% of the total of the high estimates.

It was altogether a good week.

For the week ahead the following sales are scheduled:

Monday June 27^th.                Cowans, Inc.  Civil War Photography;

                                                Neret – Minet & Tessier.  Archeology;

Tuesday June 28^th.               Bonhams.  Books, Maps & Manuscripts;

                                                Dorotheum.  Militaria;

Wednesday June 29^th.         Aguttes.  Autograph letters and documents, ancient and modern books;

Thursday June 30^th.             Aguttes.  Ancient and Modern Books;

                                                Bloomsbury Auctions.  Modern and Contemporary Prints including Andy Warhol and Pop Legacy;

                                                Pacific Book Auctions.  Fine & Rare Books from two Private Collections;

Friday July 1^st.                      Piasa.  Ancient,  Modern and Contemporary Photographs;

Saturday July 2^nd.                Neret – Minet & Tessier.  Posters;

Auctions continue to be busy although the focus has shifted from the United States

to Europe.

Bruce McKinney

AE