For the week ending Saturday May 18^th 22 auctions were archived to the AED; 8 in US dollars, 9 in British pounds, and 5 in euros.  Turnover was $17,503,204 with 76% of the 8,121 lots offered finding new homes.

Four events saw their totals run past one million dollars:

Sotheby’s.  Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on May 14^th:  $4,557,094
Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Comics and Comic Art on May 16^th:  $3,730,946

Guernsey’s.  John James Audubon Handsome Works of Nature on May 11^th:  $2,422,159

Christies.  Photographs on May 15^th:  $2,257,770

Six sales saw total proceeds exceed 100% of the total of the high estimates of all lots offered:

Burgersdijk & Niermans.  Books and Maps on May 7^th:  215%

Rupert Toovey and Co.  Prints on May 15^th:  125%

Tajan.  Russian Art – Ancient and Modern Books:  109%

Dominic Winter Book Auctions.  Printed Books, Maps and Documents on May 15^th:  106%

Sothebys.  Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on May 14^th:  105%

Bloomsbury Auctions.  Bibliophile on May 16^th:  101%

Nine sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Comics and Comic Art on May 16^th:  99%

Rupert Toovey and Co.  Antiquarian and Collector’s Books on May 14^th:  92%

Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Rare Books internet bidding ended May 16^th:  87%

Lyon and Turnbull Ltd.  Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts on May 14^th:  86%

Guernsey’s.  John James Audubon Handsome Works of Nature on May 11^th:  85%

Swann galleries.  Contemporary Art on May 16^th:  85%

Bloomsbury Auctions.  Bibliophile on May 16^th:  82%

Dominic Winter Book Auctions.  Printed Books, Maps and Documents on May 15^th:  81%

Burgersdijk & Niermans.  Books and Maps on May 7^th:  80%

For the week ahead 24 sales are scheduled and more than 6,000 lots now searchable in the AE Auction Search:

Mon.  May 20^th    Bruun Rasmussen.  Prints [1321].  46 lots

Tues.  May 21^st          Bruun Rasmussen.  Prints [1321].  46 lots

                                    Sothebys.  First Editions, Second Thoughts [L13901].  50 lots

Wed. May 22^nd           Ader.  Ancient Books – Szapiro Collection [20842].  370 lots

                                    Bonhams.  The Sporting Sale [20648].  51 lots

                                    Leslie Hindman.  Prints [247].  79 lots

Thurs. May 23^rd         Aspire Auctions.  Works on Paper, Antique Maps.  Bidding ending today [326].  81 lots

                                    Bloomsbury Auctions.  Chinese Propaganda Posters [36054].  532 lots

                                    Hauff and Auvermann.  Part I.  Rare Books, Autographs and Engravings [70a].  693 lots

                                    Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Rare Books – internet bidding ending today [201321].  259 lots

                                    RR Auction.  Autographs [409].  588 lots

                                    Skinner, Inc.  Ephemera [2654M]

                                    Swann Galleries, Inc.  Autographs [2316].  273 lots

Fri. May 24^th              Ader.  Ancient and Modern Prints [20841].  260 lots

                                    Ader.  Japonism [21819].

                                    Aguttes.  Books, Prints [21726].  3 lots                  

                                    Hauff and Avermann.  Part II:  Rare Books, Autographs and Engravings [70b].  1119 lots

                                    Piasa.  Ancient,  Modern and Contemporary Photos [20627].  275 lots

Sat. May 25^th              ERA Encheres.  Rare Prints of the XVI to the XIX, Very Fine Ancient Books about Lyon [21376].  324 lots

                                    Hauff and Auvermann.  Part III:  Modern Literature, Posters and Photography [70c].  724 lots

                                    Hauff and Auvermann.  Part IV:  Modern and Contemporary Art [70d].  511 lots                                  

                                    Northeast Auctions.  Historical Americana [52513].  92 lots

Sun. May 26^th          Northeast Auctions.  Historical Americana [52513].  92 lots

To Yogi Berra, There aren’t many quiet weeks these days.

Bruce McKinney

AE

Sunday 19 May 2013