For the week ending Saturday November 12^th nineteen auctions were archived; four in British Pounds, eight in Euros and seven in Dollars.  Five thousand and fifty three lots were offered and 3,746 sold for a 74% success rate.  Total turnover was $15,758,205 against the aggregate high estimate of $19,004,566:  83%.  Sotheby’s completed three sales in this category and accounted for $7,943,675 of the week’s turnover:

Rare Books from an Amateur’s Library on November 9^th:  $1,839,892

Books and Manuscripts on November 9^th:  $3,523,234

Photographs on November 11^th:  $2,580,549

Theirs was an exceptional performance.

Doyle New York also delivered back-to-back first tier performances as well:

Books, Photographs & Prints on November 7^th:  $2,171,081

Prints and Books from the Creedmore and Adele Fath Charitable Foundation Trust:  $568,900

In the changing alchemy of the New York auction market Doyle, with these sales, is delivering results commensurate with the top New York houses, further confirming New York’s dominance of the North American if not the world auction market for printed material.  In New York today Sotheby’s, Christies, Bonhams, Swann’s, Doyle and Heritage are delivering the most exciting auction market in a generation.

For the week six sales reached or exceeded 100% of their high aggregate high estimate:

Skinner.  The Early Photography Collection on November 1^st:  225%

Sotheby’s.  Rare Books from an Amateur’s Library on November 9^th:  169%

Doyle New York.  Books, Photographs & Prints on November 7th:  123%

Doyle New York.  Prints and Books from the Creedmore and Adele Fath Charitable Trust on November 8th:  123%

Dominic Winter.  Important Bible & Theology from Ramsgate Abbey on November 10th:  116%

Dominic Winter.  Books and Maps on November 9^th:  106%

For the week ahead 22 sales are scheduled:

November 14^th Ader.  Photographs (17501)

                                    Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F. Tajan.  Books and Manuscripts (17689)

                                    Kapandji Morhange.  Photographs (17848)

November 15^th          Burgersdijk & Niermans.  Books (334)

                                    Christie’s.  Books and Manuscripts (2611)

                                    Sotheby’s.  Travel, Atlases, Maps (11405)

November 16^th          Bloomsbury Auctions.  Photographs (35854)
Burgersdijk & Niermans.  Books (334)

                                    Dominic Winter Book Auctions.  Aviation and Transport (11162011)

November 17^th          Ader.  Sacha Guitry – Collection Andre Bernard Part I (17504)

                                    Bloomsbury Auctions.  Photographs (Roma-62)

                                    Bonhams.  Photographs (18988)

                                    Dominic Winter (11172011)

                                    PBA Galleries.  Rare Books & Manuscripts (467)

                                    Swann Galleries.  American Art / Contemporary Art (2262)

November 18^th          Ader.  Sacha Guitry – Collection Andre Bernard Part II

                                    Galeria Koller Auctions.  Books (G49)

                                    Jeschke – van vliet Buch and Kunstauktionen GmbH.  Modern and Graphic Art (73)

November 19^th          Adams Amsterdam Auctions.  Fine & Rare Books and Prints (111911)

                                    Neal Auction Company.  Antiques (111911)

November 20^th          Neal Auction Company.  Antiques (111911)

                                    National Book Auction.  Books and Ephemera – Antique, Special Editions, Art, etc.  (11202011)

We are now in the high cotton.

Bruce McKinney

AE

November 13^th, 2011