Auction Update Review
Full Speed Ahead
For the week ending Saturday April
20th 19 auctions were archived to the AED; 9 in US dollars, 4 in
British pounds and 6 in euros. Turnover
for the week was $10,218,987 as 5,278 lots were offered and 4,310 sold for an
82% success rate.
Three sales saw their total sales
reach a million dollars:
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art on April 11th: $2,847,062
Bonhams. Grosvenor School and Avant-Garde Print-making
on April 16th: $2,074,494
Swann Galleries. Fine Photographs and Photobooks on April 18th: $1,181,634
Six auctions saw their total sales
reach 100% of the total of their high estimates:
Heritage Auctions. Entertainment and Music Memorabilia on March
30th: 238%
Rupert Toovey and Co. Ephemera on April16th: 232%
De Baecque & Associes. Ancient and Modern Books, Posters, Ancient
and Modern Prints on April 18th:
149%
Rupert Toovey. Prints on April 17th: 124%
Piasa. Ancient and Modern Prints on April 5th: 117%
Bonhams. Grosvenor School and Avant-Garde Print-making
on April 16th: 106%
Eleven of this week’s 19 sales sold
at least 80% of their lots:
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Beekeeping, NYS, NJ,
Botany, etc. on April 7th:
100%
Cottone. Prints on March 23rd: 100%
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Illustration Art on April 11th: 95%
Bonhams. Books, Prints on April 14th: 93%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books, Maps, Photos on April 16th: 92%
Heritage Auctions [Ha.com]. Entertainment and Music Memorabilia on March
30th: 91%
Swann Galleries. Printed & Manuscript Americana on April
16th: 91%
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Space Exploration on April 18th: 90%
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books – internet bidding ended April 18th: 90%
Rupert Toovey and Co. Ephemera on April 16th: 87%
Rupert Toovey and Co. Prints on April 17th: 83%
For the week ahead 23 sales are
scheduled:
Mon. April 22nd: Bruun Rasmussen. Old and Modern Prints [1317]. 55 lots
Tues. April 23rd: Bruun Rasmussen. Old
and Modern Prints continued [1317]. 55 lots
Doyle
New York. Rare Books and Autographs
[13BP01]. 297 lots
Wed. April 24th: Christies. Travel,
Science, and Natural History [8668]. 210
lots
Dorotheum. Prints Before 1900 [9954]. 84 lots
Kapandji
Morhange. A Provence’s Castles’s Library
and Various, - travels, discovery, Atlases… [21543].
360 lots
Thurs. April 25th: Ader.
Books of Photographs [21600]. 345
lots.
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books – Internet bidding ends April 25th
[26]. 386 lots
Bloomsbury
Auctions. 20th Century Prints
[36049]. 161 lots
Christies. Collection Denise Levy [3573].
Doroetheum. Imperial Court Memorabilia and Historical
Objects [9956]. 33 lots.
Heritage
Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books internet
bidding ending April 25th [201317]: 232
lots
Neret
– Minet & Tessier. Cinema Posters
[16277]. 360 lots
PBA
Galleries. Travel & Exploration,
Cartography & Americana from the Library of Glen McLaughlin
[with
additions]. 458 lots
Piasa. Workshop and Freemasonry [20624]. 172 lots
RR
Auction. Hollywood [407]. 747 lots
Waverly
Auctions, Inc. Rare Books [31567]. 339 lots
Fri. April 26th: Dorotheum. Art Photography [9957]. 191 lots
Ferraton. Ancient and Modern Books, Autographs and
Prints [21654]. 446 lots
Piasa. Collections of an Amateur, Photos and Prints
[20980]. 36 lots
Sat. April 27th: Ferraton. Ancient and Modern Books, Autographs and
Prints [21655]. 521 lots
Knotty
Pine Auction Service. Books
[42713]. 317 lots
Morton
Casa de Subastas. Books [669]. 285 lots
The brisk pace of auctions
continues even as the percentage of lots sold is historically high. Prices are coming down a bit but unsold stock,
library de-accessions and private collections are changing hands in high volume. It’s a healthy market.
Bruce McKinney
Americana Exchange
April 21st, 2013
