Auction Update Review
2019: We are off to the races
For the week ended Saturday 5 January 6 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; one in Swedish krona, and 5 in US dollars. The sell-through rate was as rare as a Gutenberg Bible: 95% while turnover was slim: $627,597.30. Even bibliophiles have to take some time away.
Personally, I found the thin market attractive as I brought about 25 lots of mid-Hudson ephemera as well as a 20th century impressionist painting of Rondout.
5 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 12/23 on December 30th: 99.16%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 12/2 on December 30th: 98.33%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/23 on December 30th: 98.17%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 29th: 97.42%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 12/25 on January 1st: 97.07%
6 total sales reported this week:
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 12/25 on January 1st: 97.07%
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts on December 7th: 68.72%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 12/2 on December 30th: 98.33%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/23 on December 30th: 98.17%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 12/23 on December 30th: 99.16%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 29th: 97.42%
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For the week ahead 15 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Jan. 7th
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Historic Photography: Timed Auction - Internet bidstart 12/20. 237 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 83 lots
Tue. Jan. 8th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 1/1. 204 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 1/1. 280 lots
Wed. Jan. 9th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando and Dallas. 2924 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando and Dallas. 1391 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. January Auction - Featuring Art and Animation - Online bidstart 12/14. 987 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Stamps & postal history, Photographs, Books, Postcards, and Ephemera.. 252 lots
Thu. Jan. 10th
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries, with the Glenn Todd Collection of Arion Press. 433 lots
Sat. Jan. 12th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. Old West and Firearms Sale: Prints, Books. 90 lots
Sun. Jan. 13th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 12/16/18. 235 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/6.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/6.
Bruce McKinney
RBH and AE