The month's roll by and fresh auctions are announced, promoted and then sold. This month there are initially 90. By the end of the month there may be a dozen more. As June then approaches some 25,000 lots will have been offered and the outcomes of each recorded. The pace is extraordinary, the patterns of offers, pricing and sales both defining the world of collectible paper we are familiar with and the world that these forms of collecting are becoming. It takes a close reading but the future is revealing itself.
Fri. May. 1st
Sothebys. New York. Prints. 307 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Asian Arts at Auction. 24 lots
Heritage Auctions. Beverly Hills. The Red Dot Auction Benefiting Chuck Jones Center for Creativity. 208 lots
Sat. May. 2nd
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Books. 1231 lots
Knotty Pine Auction Service. West Swanzey. Antique and Estate Book Sale - Session 2: Books. 309 lots
Mid Hudson Auction Galleries. Cornwall-on-Hudson, . Seymour Stein Collection: Part 1. 14 lots
Sun. May. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. New York. Photographs. 217 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 4/26. 721 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/26. 495 lots
Mon. May. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Doodle for Hunger Illustration Art Auction Benefiting St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelter. 43 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Master Prints. 13 lots
Tue. May. 5th
Tajan. Paris. Photographs. 170 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Books.
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 90 lots
Wed. May. 6th
Heritage Auctions. Beverly Hills. Illustration Art. 519 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Old Books and Paper.
Tajan. Paris. Rive Gauche. 27 lots
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs. 357 lots
Thu. May. 7th
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Fine Books and Manuscripts.
Swann Galleries. New York. Modernist Posters. 309 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/30.
Fri. May. 8th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Rare and Used Books. 502 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Pictures and Prints.
Sat. May. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Americana, Political.
Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH. Berlin-Schoneberg. Rare Books, Prints and Photographs.
Mid Hudson Auction Galleries. Cornwall-on-Hudson, . Seymour Stein Antique Advertisements.
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Estate Sale - Books and Prints.
Sun. May. 10th
Mid Hudson Auction Galleries. Cornwall-on-Hudson, . Seymour Stein Collection: Part 3.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 1/115/3.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/3.
Mon. May. 11th
Bonhams. New York. Post War and Contemporary - Prints.
Tue. May. 12th
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Leiden. Books.
Wed. May. 13th
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Old Books and Paper.
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents.
ALDE. Paris. Antiquarian and 19th Century Books.
Bonhams. Edinburgh. The Sporting Sale.
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs & Artifacts. 968 lots
Thu. May. 14th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Bibliophile.
Bolaffi Ambassador Auctions. Milan. Books on Food. 679 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Motoring, Aviation, Maritime & Railway History: Models, Toys, Books & Documents, Fine Art.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Americana with California & the P.P.P.I E. - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/7.
Fri. May. 15th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Battle of Waterloo Bicentenary Sale: Military History, Arms & Armour, Militaria.
Sun. May. 17th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 5/10.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/10.
Mon. May. 18th
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Rare Books.
Dorotheum . Vienna. Scientific Instruments - Globes.
Tue. May. 19th
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Books, Manuscripts and Graphic Arts.
Tooveys. West Sussex. Photographs, Autographs, Printed and Manuscript Ephemera.
Swann Galleries. New York. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books.
Artcurial. Paris. Books and Manuscripts.
Hauswedell and Nolte. Hamburg. Rare Books and Autographs. 779 lots
Wed. May. 20th
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints.
Tajan. Paris. Books.
Old World Auctions. Glen Allen. Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics.
Thu. May. 21st
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Important Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper.
Christies. London -South Kensington. Posters.
PIASA. Paris. Russian and Soviet Photographs.
Swann Galleries. New York. Fine Photographs.
Tajan. Paris. Prints.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Fine Prints.
Dorotheum . Vienna. Modern and Contemporary Prints.
Auctionata. Berlin. Photography, Prints and Editions.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/14.
Fri. May. 22nd
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Jean Patou Collection - Books.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Space Exploration.
Ader. PARIS. Photographs.
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Printed Art.
ALDE. Paris. First Editions.
Sat. May. 23rd
Sothebys. London. Photographs.
Artcurial. Paris. Comic Strips.
Hauff and Auvermann. Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Modern and contemporary art. Paintings, prints, sculptures.. 371 lots
Sun. May. 24th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 5/17.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/17.
Northeast Auctions. Portsmouth. Memorial Day Weekend Auction.
Wed. May. 27th
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Books and Manuscripts.
Christies. London - King Street. Sporting Books from the Collection of Joel Spitz.
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Firenze. Manuscripts, Incunabula and Books.
Thu. May. 28th
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Art Sale - Prints.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics.
Sothebys. London. Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts.
Ader. PARIS. Prints.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/21.
Fri. May. 29th
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Books.
Skinner. Boston. Americana and European Prints and Photography.
Sat. May. 30th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints and Photographs.
Sun. May. 31st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 5/24.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/24.
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