For the week ending Saturday October 5^th 24 auctions were archived to the AED; 12 denominated in US dollars, 1 in Mexican pesos, 4 in British pounds, and 7 in euros.  Eight thousand three hundred and ninety-three lots were offered for a 73% success rate.  Turnover was $15,959,665.

Three sales, two of them photographs, saw their totals reach the million dollar level:

Sothebys – New York.  Photographs on October 2^nd:  $5,041,564

Christies – New York.  Photographs on October 3^rd:  $4,535,188

Christies – New York.  Into Africa - Photographs by Peter Beard on October 3^rd:  $1,290,188

Four sales saw their total sales exceed 100% of the total of the high estimates for all lots offered:

RR Auction - Amherst.  Rare Manuscript. Documents and Autographs on September 18^th:  332%

Dominic Winter Book Auctions - Wiltshire.  Pictures, Prints on October 2^nd:  221%

Bruun Rasmussen - Copenhagen.  Books and Manuscripts on October 1^st:  126%

Ferraton - Brussels.  Books, Prints on September 27^th:  120%

Eight sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Comics – internet bidding ended September 29^th:  100%

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Movie Posters – internet bidding ended September 29^th:  92%

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Rare Books – internet bidding ended October 3^rd:  88%

Bruun Rasmussen - Copenhagen.  Books and Manuscripts on October 1^st:  87%

Ferraton - Brussels.  Books, Prints on September 27^th:  86%

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Rare Books – internet bidding ended September 26^th:  86%

Christies – New York.  Into Africa – Photographs by Peter Beard on October 3^rd:  86%

Freemans – Philadelphia.  Books and Manuscripts on September 26^th:  85%

Here is a link to a spreadsheet of these sales.

For the week ahead 25 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Oct. 7^th

Bruun Rasmussen – Copenhagen.  Old Master Prints [1341a].   10 lots

Tues. Oct. 8^th

Bruun Rasmussen – Copenhagen.  Modern and Contemporary Prints [1341b].  45 lots

Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions – Bruxelles.  Books [100813].  439 lots

Rupert Toovey and Co. – West Sussex.  Antiquarian and Collectors Books [1154].  254 lots

Christies – New York.  Prints [3433].  17 lots

Wed. Oct. 9^th

Rupert Toovey and Co. – West Sussex.  Prints [1160].  46 lots

Christies – New York.  Photographs by Norman Seeff:  the Lost Archive [3440].  50 lots

Thurs. Oct. 10^th

Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills [HA.com].  Rare Books [6100].  560 lots

Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills [HA.com].  Manuscripts [6102].  1,161 lots

Swann Galleries – New York.  Printed and Manuscript Americana [2324].  418 lots

Piasa – Paris.  Ancient and Modern Photographs [22675].  260 lots

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Internet bidding ending today [201341].  211 lots

PBA Galleries – San Francisco.  Beats and the Counterculture with other Fine Literature [517].  490 lots

Bloomsbury Auctions – London.  Bibliophile [36085].  500 lots

Fri. Oct. 11^th

Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills [HA.com].  Rare Books [6100].  560 lots

Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills [HA.com].  Manuscripts [6102].  1,161 lots

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society – Lancaster.  Rare and Used Books [101113].  443 lots

Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen – 75172 Pforzheim.  Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques – Day 1 [86a].  3,134 lots

Sat. Oct. 12^th

Coutau Begarie – Paris.  Comic Strips [101213].  442 lots

Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen – 75172 Pforzheim.  Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques – Day 2 [86b].  3,147 lots

Cowans Auctions – Cincinnati.  Prints, Photogrphs, Books [316].

Sun. Oct. 13^th

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Comics – internet bidding ending today.

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Posters – internet bidding ending today.

National Book Auctions.  Books and Ephemera – Civil War, Ephemera, Signed [101313]

From now to the end of December the pace will be brisk.

Bruce McKinney

AE