By Bruce McKinney

Every 18 hours, more or less, a documented traditional auction completes somewhere in the world. The sale may be in North America, Europe, Central America or Australia; in New York, Sydney, London, Paris, Los Angeles or in any of the other places documented book auctions are conducted. A few days later the sold and unsold lots are confirmed and realized prices added, the sale then archived in the Americana Exchange Database. AE covers all such auctions as a free service for auction bidders and auction houses.

In the economic downturn that began in 2008, auction realizations, that for many years hovered at 65% of typical dealer prices for comparable copies, have fallen to 50% and appear to be trying to find a bottom. We are now providing a Monday morning review of all documented sales archived during the previous week.

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Reports are emailed once a week, early Monday morning. During 2009 we expect to document close to 500 sales, an average of almost 40 a month.

We also release, around the 15th of the month, graphs updating auction activity through the end of the preceding month. Click here to see the current charts.

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