Auctions in March

For the month of March 89 auctions in the books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera category are scheduled.  The pace of sales is brisk, the year over year comparison suggests we’ll see 95+ events on the calendar in a few weeks.

 

As has now been reported elsewhere in AE Monthly by Mike Stillman, the median lot realization at auction rebounded in 2013 for the first time in 5 years, up some 7%.

 

The auctions in March so far suggest the trend toward a more eclectic mix of printed items continues to intensify.  Comics and movie posters, autographs, and prints are now every day offerings sitting side by side with the books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera that have over the past ten years dominated the category.

 

To some extent the early indicators of what will soon become mainstream are the intense and fresh offerings at the independent fairs where, if you have a heartbeat and the price of a table you can present your best thinking and your ideas on where collecting in the category is going.  From there to the mainstream, to price guides, into dealer and auction catalogues is then only a short journey if seasoned professionals in the field endorse the direction.

 

The auctions represent the day-to-day reality and the unscripted shows a window on tomorrow.  Based on the auction mix we are now knee-deep in transition from ‘what we know’ to what the field is becoming.  So it’s interesting and complex.     

Sun. Mar. 2nd 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 2/26. 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 2/26. 

Mon. Mar. 3rd 
Skinner. Boston. Prints - Internet bidstart 2/24. 

Tue. Mar. 4th 
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Autographs. 
Christies. New York. TWO DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTIONS:THE ESTATE OF THE HON. NOREEN DREXEL, NEWPORT, R.I., THE ESTA. 3 lots 
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 55 lots 
Bonhams. San Francisco. Asian Decorative Arts - Woodblock Prints, Reference Books. 13 lots 

Wed. Mar. 5th 
Bonhams. London. Single Owner Law Sale Part 1. 472 lots 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Historical Documents. 
Sothebys. London. 1000 Ways of Seeing - Prints. 52 lots 

Thu. Mar. 6th 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Natural History. 
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Antiquarian Books. 230 lots 
Swann Galleries. New York. 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings. 661 lots 
ALDE. Paris. Library of Amateur Architecture, from Vitruvius to Ledoux. 148 lots 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 2/27. 

Fri. Mar. 7th 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Prints and Books. 23 lots 
Rossini. Paris. Prints. 

Sat. Mar. 8th 
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Comic Strips. 

Sun. Mar. 9th 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 3/2. 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 3/2. 

Mon. Mar. 10th 
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American Experience: African American Photographs. 

Tue. Mar. 11th 
Doyle New York. New York. Prints. 
Sothebys. Paris. Felix Marcilhac, Private Collection. 
Archives International Auctions. FORT LEE,. U.S. and Worldwide Scripophily. 

Wed. Mar. 12th 
Beaussant Lefevre. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 
Dorotheum . Vienna. Books and Decorative Prints. 
ERA Encheres. Villefranche sur Saône. Books, Manuscripts and Photographs. 
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Prints. 
Addison and Sarova. Macon. Rare and Fine Books in All Fields. 170 lots 
Kestenbaum and Company. New York. Judaica: Books and Manuscripts. 
RR Auction. Amherst. Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph - bidstart 2/21. 

Thu. Mar. 13th 
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Bibliophile. 
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Books with Material from the Pacific School of Religion. 
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Laguna Beach. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/6. 146 lots 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/6. 

Fri. Mar. 14th 
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Estate of Harold K. Hill Antiques - Prints, Books. 

Sat. Mar. 15th 
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints and Photographs. 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Texana. 237 lots 
Blacksparrow. Sun Valley. Posters and Art - Internet bidstart 2/17. 

Sun. Mar. 16th 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 3/9. 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 3/9. 

Tue. Mar. 18th 
Sothebys. London. Prints and Multiples. 
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Bruxelles . Prints, Books, Maps. 
Paige Auction. Portland. Collectors Sale - Ephemera. 
Audap and Mirabaud. PARIS. 25791. 
Dorotheum . Vienna. Automobilia. 

Wed. Mar. 19th 
Bonhams. London. Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs. 
Christies. London - King Street. Prints. 
Woolley and Wallis. Salisbury. Prints. 
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. Books, Maps and Prints. 
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Ancient and Modern Books. 
Christies. London - King Street. James Ensor Prints - The Mira Jacob Collection. 

Thu. Mar. 20th 
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Library of a Gentleman. 
RR Auction. Amherst. Marvels of Modern Music - Internet bidstart 3/13. 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/13. 

Fri. Mar. 21st 
Tajan. Paris. Antiquarian and Modern Prints. 
ALDE. Paris. Autographs. 

Sat. Mar. 22nd 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters. 

Sun. Mar. 23rd 
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. Empire at Fontainebleau. 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 3/16. 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 3/16. 

Mon. Mar. 24th 
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Early Photographs. 

Tue. Mar. 25th 
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs. 
Bonhams. Oxford . Printed Books, Maps and Photographs. 
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Prints. 

Wed. Mar. 26th 
Sothebys. Paris. Curiosity: A Modern Look. 
Rupert Toovey and Co. West Sussex. 1207. 
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Books. 

Thu. Mar. 27th 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Automobilia. 
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books - Day 1. 
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed & Manuscript African Americana. 
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Americana - Trave - Maps and Views. 
Sothebys. London. Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939: The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part I, A-C. 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/20. 

Fri. Mar. 28th 
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Books, Graphics, Autographs. 
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books - Day 2. 
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Print, Books and Photographs. 
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Prints - Bidstart 3/21. 

Sat. Mar. 29th 
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Modern Art Graphics. 
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Comic Strips, Original Prints, Albums By-Products. 
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. The Spirit of the 20th Century. 
Morton Casa de Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Documents, Prints and Antiquarian and Modern Books. 
Alain and Evelyne Morel de Westgaver. 1050 Bruxelles. Books and Ephemera. 

Sun. Mar. 30th 
Bonhams. San Francisco. Prints. 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 3/23. 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 3/23. 

 

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