For the week ending Saturday June 1^st, 2013 16 auctions were archived to the AED; 2 denominated in US dollars, 1 in Mexican pesos, 12 in euros and 1 in Australian dollars.  Turnover was $9,749,932 on the sale of 4,880 lots, a soft 55% of 8,885 lots offered.

Two sales reached a million dollars:

Sothebys.  Books and Manuscripts on May 29^th:  $3,656,267

Sothebys.  Photographs on May 29^th:  $1,923,415

Four auctions saw total sales reach 100% of the total of the high estimates of all lots offered:

Alde.  Letters and Manuscripts on May 30^th:  129%

Sothebys.  Books and Manuscripts on May 29^th:  115%

Cottone.  Books, Ephemera, Prints on May 18^th:  103%

Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F. Tajan.  Modern Books on May 28^th:  100%

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

Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Rare Books – internet bidding ended May 30^th:  94%

Cottone.  Books, Ephemera, Prints on May 18^th:  91%

Alde.  Letters and Manuscripts on May 30^th:  80%

For the week ahead 23 sales are scheduled:

Mon. June 3^rd      Neret – Minet & Tessier.  Posters [16379].  530 lots

Tues. June 4^th          Archives International Auctions.  Autographs, Ephemera [60413].  82 lots

                                    Bruun Rasmussen.  Books [1323a].  218 lots

                                    Sothebys.  The Library of a Disttinguished American Book Collector [N09029].  180 lots

Wed. June 5^th             Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F. Tajan.  Prints and Illustrated Books [21837].  342 lots

                                    Bonhams.  Prints [20738].

                                    Galerie Bassenge.  Photography from the 19^th and 21^st Century [101M].  452 lots

                                    Sothebys.  Music, Continental Books and Manuscripts [L13402a].

                                    Sothebys.  Highlights from the Mendham Collection:  The property of the Law Society of England
  and Wales [L13409].  142 lots

Thurs. June 6^th          Alde.  Fine Library of an Amateur, Freemasonry, Collection about Paris [21424].

                                    AntiquarianAuctions.com.  Rare Books – internet bidding ending today.  [27].

                                    Bruun Rasmussen.  Interiors – Prints [1323b].

                                    Heritage Auctions [Ha.com].  Rare Books – internet bidding ending today [201323].

                                    Minerva Auctions Roma.  Enchantment of Art [Roma-93].

                                    Sothebys.  Music, Continental Books and Manuscripts, Day II [L13402b]

                                    Swann Galleries, Inc.  Maps, Atlases, Natural History and Historic Prints, Ephemera [2317].

Fri. June 7^th                Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F. Tajan.  Comic Strips with L’univers du
  Createur de Tintin – 1^st part [21838].

                                    Audap & Mirabaud.  Prints [20447].

Sat. June 8^th               Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F. Tajan.  Comic Strips with L’univers du Createur de Tintin –
  3^rd  part [21882].  301 lots

                                    Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F. Tajan.  Comics, Illustrations – Benefiting
  “Douleurs sans Frontieres” [21955].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  [Ha.com].  Militaria and Civil War [6098]

Sun. June 9^th              Bruun Rasmussen.  Photographs [1323c].

                                    Osenat.  French Empire at Fontainbleau [21042].

It’s another interesting week.

Bruce McKinney

AE