With the shortening days of December in the northern hemisphere come the busiest days of the year for auctions.  Most sales are scheduled by the 15^th.  Fifty-three events this year, some of them multi-day affairs, fill the auction calendar to overflowing.  What is frenetic in the first half then quickly subsides into a second half of celebration and relief.  In a world of deceptively quiet periods punctuated by moments of pure anxiety December is the time both sets of feelings are at their most extreme.

For buyers the pace is exhilarating and the choices often exceptional.  In a few weeks we’ll know the outcomes.  For all those who love the auctions, the chase and the adventure, this is your moment.

The December Schedule

December 1^st        Antiquarian Auctions.co.za.  Books (15)

                                    Bubb Kuyper.  Books, Manuscripts and Graphic Arts (55c)

                                   Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers.  Books Day 1 (947)

                                   Map World.  Cape Town (3)

                                  Oger et Camper.  Autographs, Stamps, Photographs and Books (17930)

                                   PBA Galleries.  Fine Literature – Fine Books in all Fields (468)

                                    Swann Galleries.  Printed & Manuscript Americana / Ocean Liner Memorabilia (2263)

December 2^nd        Antiquarian Auctions.co.za.  Books (15)

                                    Bubb Kuyper.  Books, Manuscripts and Graphic Arts (55d)

                                    Cowan’s Auctions, Inc.  American History (281)

                                    Ferraton.  Books, Manuscript, Autographs (2322)

                                    Key’s Fine Arts Auctioneers.  Books Day 2 (948)

December 3^rd      Antiquarian Auctions.co.za.  Books (15)

                                    Ferraton.  Books, Manuscript, Autographs (2322)