Auction Update Review
Rare Book Hub: 31 Auctions Archived, another 34 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 13 March 2020, 31 auctions have been archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 12 denominated in euros, 1 in Columbian pesos, 2 in British pounds, and 16 in US dollars. Turnover was $19,760,043 as 8,704 lots were offered and 7,494 sold for an 86% rate of success.
For the week ahead 34 sales are scheduled.
In the coming months the number of auctions are likely to be slower than usual as some have already been postponed.
With the coronavirus afoot, trade shows and the already much diminished walk-in retail sector will further decline. Doubly hard hit, the collectible paper category that relies principally on men from ages 50 to 80, may well seem besieged, because men in these age categories are more vulnerable than women.
We have much to hope for.
3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Heritage Auctions. Comics on March 7th: $10,760,781
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs - Day 2 on March 11th: $1,918,266
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs - Day 1 on March 10th: $1,094,918
8 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs - Day 2 on March 11th: 179.88%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs - Day 1 on March 10th: 155.69%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 2/28 on March 6th: 140.70%
Bogota Auction. Rare Books on February 19th: 117.73%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing: the residual part on March 12th: 102.56%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 101.52%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 2/21 on March 1st: 100.41%
Bonhams. Medical and Scientific Library of Bruce Fye - Part III - Online bidstart 3/1 on March 11th: 100.33%
15 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/23 on March 8th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 99.64%
Heritage Auctions. Comics on March 7th: 99.41%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on March 9th: 99.03%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on March 8th: 96.07%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 2/28 on March 6th: 90.00%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 7th: 88.50%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs - Day 1 on March 10th: 88.33%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples Online - bidstart 3/4 on March 12th: 88.06%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs - Day 2 on March 11th: 87.64%
Bonhams. Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs on March 11th: 85.90%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 10th: 83.50%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing: the residual part on March 12th: 82.88%
Bonhams. Medical and Scientific Library of Bruce Fye - Part III - Online bidstart 3/1 on March 11th: 81.31%
31 total sales reported this week:
Christies. Domberger: 65 Years of Screenprinting - Online bidstart 2/28 on March 6th: 51.47%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples Online - bidstart 3/4 on March 12th: 88.06%
PIASA. Editions on March 12th: 41.57%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing: the residual part on March 12th: 82.88%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 99.64%
Heritage Auctions. Photographs Monthly Online Auction on March 11th: 71.31%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Pop Up Fine Art Auction on March 11th: 56.67%
Bonhams. Medical and Scientific Library of Bruce Fye - Part III - Online bidstart 3/1 on March 11th: 81.31%
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Special Auction on March 3rd: 70.54%
Rossini. COLLECTIONS: ADVERTISING ART - AUTOMOBILIA - AVIATION - SHIPPING AND RAILWAYS - CALCULATING MACHINES on March 10th: 46.82%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs - Day 2 on March 11th: 87.64%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs - Day 1 on March 10th: 88.33%
PBA Galleries. Rare Photography: The Robert Enteen Collection. With Illustration & Fine Books on March 5th: 64.35%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 10th: 83.50%
Bonhams. Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs on March 11th: 85.90%
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana on March 10th: 77.84%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 100.00%
ALDE. Ancient and 19th Century Books on March 10th: 67.78%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 2/28 on March 6th: 90.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Art and Photography - Online bidstart 2/28 on March 6th: 44.83%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 2/21 on March 3rd: 79.41%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 2/21 on March 2nd: 73.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 2/21 on March 1st: 78.79%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/23 on March 8th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on March 9th: 99.03%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on March 8th: 96.07%
Bogota Auction. Rare Books on February 19th: 73.60%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 7th: 88.50%
Michaans Auctions. March Gallery Auction - Prints, Books on March 7th: 78.57%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Posters on March 5th: 72.07%
Heritage Auctions. Comics on March 7th: 99.41%
For the week ahead 34 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Mar. 16th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 66 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Historic Photography. 204 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 3/6. 66 lots
Tue. Mar. 17th
Finarte. Milan. Photographs. 254 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Antiquarian and Collectors' Books. 221 lots
Sothebys. London. Made in Britain. 108 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints. 23 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. The Backal Collection and Library. 250 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. Brooklyn. K2 Online Sale: Judaic Books and Manuscripts. 226 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/10. 754 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/10. 167 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 3/6. 28 lots
Wed. Mar. 18th
Christies. London - King Street. Prints and Multiples. 205 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Prints and Multiples. 130 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/6. 130 lots
Thu. Mar. 19th
Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC. Timonium. The World War II Library of John R. Elliot. 471 lots
Sothebys. London. Prints and Multiples.
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. Books, Maps and Prints.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Art & Archaeology of Asia - Travel & Exploration. 319 lots
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Carlisle. Antiquarian and Collectable Books Auction. 303 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Discovery in the Backyard Sale.
Rossini. Paris. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs. 9 lots
Fri. Mar. 20th
Arenberg Auctions. BRUSSEL. Books and Prints. 1040 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Antiquarian and Modern Books. 348 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: The Partridge Fine Arts Research Library. 111 lots
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Books - Prints - Autographs. 113 lots
Sat. Mar. 21st
Goldberg Coins and Collectibles. LOS ANGELES. The Collectibles Sales. 776 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Fine Art - Prints.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters. 816 lots
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Modern and Contemporary Prints - Modern Books. 557 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.
Sun. Mar. 22nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/8. 173 lots
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