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Use your browser's print controls to print a copy of this research guide. Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs AUCTION SALES INDEXES:
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| Current | Paintings | Drawings | Sculpture | Watercolors | Prints | Photographs | Decorative Arts |
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| Art Price Index International |
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| ADEC | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| *ArtFact | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Art Sales Index |
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| Ceramics & Glass Index |
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| Gordons Print Price Annual Index |
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| International Auction Records Index |
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| Kunstpreis Jahrbuch Index |
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| Leonard's Index |
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| Print Price Index |
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| World Collectors Annuary Index |
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* ArtFact also covers sales of jewelry.
Table 2: Retrospective Auction Indexes
for Fine Art & Decorative Art
| Retrospective | Paintings | Drawings | Sculpture | Watercolors | Prints | Photographs | Decorative Arts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annuaire des Ventes |
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| Annuaire International des Ventes |
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| Art Price Annual |
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| Art Prices Current |
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| Art Sales By Graves |
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| Artronix Index | • | ||||||
| Repertoire des Catalogues de Ventes |
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| Scipio | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Table 3: Price Guides For Fine Art & Decorative Arts
| Price Guides | Paintings | Drawings | Sculpture | Watercolors | Prints | Decorative Arts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport's | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Encyclopedia of Modern Art Auctions |
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| Jacobsen's | • | • | • | |||
| Official Guide to Fine Art |
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| * Sotheby's International Price Guide |
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* Sotheby's International Price Guide also covers jewelry.
Detail of an engraving in
The Pictorial World,
October 2, 1875. "Picture
sale at Christie, Manson & Woods"
Photographic Services & Permissions
[MAZ+ 93-2082]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1992 to present (Annual)
Contents:
Scope: Over 1,500 sales from 366 auction houses representing 27 countries. Includes "bought-ins". Covers all sale prices beginning at $100.00. Very comprehensive.
[MAZ 87-1885]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1968 - present. (Annual)
Contents:
Scope: Covers all periods
Notes: A widely used source. Runs from August to July. Over 100,000
sale results from 1,800 auctions per season. Covers over 27,000 artists. Drawings
included from 1976. Bronzes/sculptures included from 1983/1984. Covers only
works sold above a certain price. Also available
in CD-Rom.
[MAZ+ 91-1925]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1988 - present. (Annual)
Contents:
Scope: Covers all periods
Notes: 1988 covers only French auctions. 1989 to present covers western
Europe, North America, Japan & Scandinavia. Entries are in French or English.
[MAZ 82-666]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1978/79 to the present. (Annual)
Supersedes Art Price Annual
Contents:
[MAZ 90-2534]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1989 to 1991 (Annual) Ceased publication in 1991.
Contents:
Scope: All periods
Notes: Contains articles, illustrations and glossary of terms. Ceased
publication in 1991.
[MDCF 78-1170]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1978 to present. (Annual)
Contents:
Notes: Most authoritative and comprehensive source for prints. Contains more than 20,000 entries. Located in the Print Collection, Room 308.
[MAZ]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1967 - present. (Annual)
Contents:
Scope: Covers all periods
Notes: Over 60,000 sale results. Also includes artists in a lower price
range. An excellent comprehensive resource. Also available in CD-Rom.
[MAZ 85-583]
Auction Houses: American
Dates Covered: 1980 - present. (Annual)
Contents:
Scope: American artists sold in U.S. sales.
Notes: Provides the most comprehensive coverage of american art provided
by any annual. Excellent for lesser known artists since it covers all price
ranges. Also available in CD-Rom.
[MFWA 82-1028]
Auction Houses: Sotheby's, Christie's, Swann Galleries and Butterfield
& Butterfield.
Coverage: 1980 - Present
Contents:
Detail of an engraving in
The Pictorial World,
October 2, 1875. "Picture
sale at Christie, Manson & Woods"
Photographic Services & Permissions
[MDCF 91-2233]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1990 to present. (Annual)
Contents:
Scope: Covers all periods
Notes: Main index is by artists. Eight other indexes organized by type
of print: Botanical, Sporting, Topographical, Natural History, Japanese, Books,
Portfolios, Posters. Located in Print
Collection, Room 308.
[MAZ]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1946/49 to present. (Annual)
Contents:
Scope: Covers all periods
Notes: Selected coverage of a limited number of auction houses. Primarily
U.S. and Western Europe but includes other countries: Japan, Israel, USSR
and Sweden for some years. Contains an index for years 1946-1972.
Detail of an engraving in
The Pictorial World,
October 2, 1875. "Picture
sale at Christie, Manson & Woods"
Photographic Services & Permissions
[*R-ART]
Auction Houses: American
Dates Covered: 1785 to 1942.
Notes: Compiled from holdings of auction catalogs of NYPL, Library of Congress, the American Antiquarian Society, Frick Art Reference Library and others. List of over 7,000 catalogues owned by 21 libraries. Listing is strictly chronological. Includes an index to more than 60,000 owners names.
[MAZ]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1963-1966
Contents:
Scope: All periods
Notes: In French [Continued in English as International Auction
Records]
[MAZ]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1952/53 - to 1977/78 (Annual).
Continued by Kunstpreis Jahrbuch.
Contents:
Scope: Excellent for coverage of decorative and applied arts. Some items accompanied by black and white reproductions. Includes many German auction houses.
[MAZ]
Auction Houses: Principal London, Continental & American auction
houses.
Dates Covered: 1907-1916. New series begins 1921-1973. (Annual)
Contents:
Scope: All periods
Notes: Originally limited to sales conducted by Christie, Manson &
Woods, London. New series (1921-1973) increased coverage to include representative
prices from sales of Wilkinson & Hodge and Puttic & Simpson. Over
the years other houses, primarily London and Scottish were included. Then
expanded to include "principal London, Continental and American auction rooms".
There is an index to artists and engravers names.
[MAZ]
Auction Houses: English Auction Houses
Dates Covered: Early 18th Century to Early Twentieth Century
Contents:
Scope: Mostly Old Master and Early English Pictures
Notes: In three volumes. Arranged alphabetically by artist then chronologically.
All Turner paintings have been omitted.
[MFW 87-1702]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1951-1984
Contents:
Notes: Covers 264 photography auctions. Majority of sales from 1971 when Parke-Bernet began regular photography sales.
Detail of colored etching and
aquatint, "Christie's Auction
Room", by Thomas Rowlandson
& Augustus Charles Pugin from
The Microcosm of London,
Volume 1
(London: R. Ackerman, 1810).
Photographic Services & Permissions
[MAZ+]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1600 -1925
Contents:
Scope: All periods
Notes: In French. Each entry includes date, location of sale, name
of collector, artist, merchant or proprietor, contents, auctioneers, libraries
in which catalogue may be found. Work divided into four volumes: 1st volume
covers 1600-1825, second volume covers 1826-1860, third volume covers 1861-1900,
fourth covers 1901-1925.
(Not at NYPL)
Auction Houses: International
Coverage: 1600 - 1825
Notes: This microfiche set reproduces all the text of the 11,065 sale
catalogues presented in the first volume of Lugt (see above). Available at
the Frick
Collection.
[MAZ 88-2402]
Dates Covered: 1981 to 1985
Contents:
Notes: The two volumes correspond to the Online Database. Contains holdings of auction catalogs at: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, and supplemented by Library of the Getty Center and the National Gallery of Art Library. Divided into two sections: main index which runs chronologically, and the subject index which is divided into 41 categories listed in preface. This is a comprehensive listing of sales. It does not index individual objects.
Detail of colored etching and
aquatint, "Christie's Auction
Room", by Thomas Rowlandson
& Augustus Charles Pugin from
The Microcosm of London,
Volume 1
(London: R. Ackerman, 1810).
Photographic Services & Permissions
[MAZ+ 90-1037]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1986 - 1990
Contents:
Scope: European and American market. Primarily 19th and 20th centuries.
Notes: Contains over 90,000 artists. Artists included must have sold
at an auction that produces a catalog and publishes in a major reference book.
Each artist contains: birth and death dates, where they lived, subject matters,
average prices. Good for finding range of prices for artists works.
[MAZ+ 72-590]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1961 - 1969.
Contents
Scope: Painters since the impressionists.
Notes: Gives title, date, dimensions, auction house and date, price.
In addition gives a little chronological summary of artist's career. Covers
only artists who had at least one work auctioned for $2,000 for more.
[MAZ 78-533]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1967 to Present
Contents:
Scope: Covers all periods for American and European artists; strongest in 19th and 20th century. Selected auction and art galleries.
[*R-ART 88-1911]
Auction Houses: International
Coverage: 1980 - 1985
Contents:
Notes: Serves to give an index of an artist's popularity as it offers a compilation of the high and low price range of an artist's works. Leonard's is the parent volume of this guide.
[MAZ 88-4040]
Auction Houses: International
Dates Covered: 1984 to Present
Contents:
Scope: Prices for objects sold at Sotheby's around the world. 1989-1990 edition has over 6,000 of the 100,000 objects sold. Gives date of sale, price, description and all objects are illustrated, some in color. Excellent resource for decorative arts.
Detail of colored etching and
aquatint, "Christie's Auction
Room", by Thomas Rowlandson
& Augustus Charles Pugin from
The Microcosm of London,
Volume 1
(London: R. Ackerman, 1810).
Photographic Services & Permissions
Dates Covered: 1986 to present
Contents:
Fee based. By subscription.
Dates Covered: 1985 to present
Contents:
Searchable by:
ARTNET is not available at NYPL.
Dates Covered: 1990-1995
Contents:
Dates Covered: September 1980-August 1994
Also includes prices from Leonard's ANNUAL Price Index of Prints, Posters
& Photographs. Volumes 1-3, August 1991-June 1994
Dates Covered: 1988 to 1993
Contents:
[MAZ 88-2402]
Dates Covered: 1981 to 1985
Contents:
Notes: Contains holdings of auction catalogs at: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, and supplemented by Library of the Getty Center and the National Gallery of Art Library. Searchable by date of sale, auction house, phrase or word, title, phrase or word, place of sale, collector/seller.
Detail of colored etching and
aquatint, "Christie's Auction
Room", by Thomas Rowlandson
& Augustus Charles Pugin from
The Microcosm of London,
Volume 1
(London: R. Ackerman, 1810).
Photographic Services & Permissions
[JFM 89-36]
Dates Covered: Nov/Dec. 1986 to present.
Notes: Good for information on Sotheby's news, and upcoming issues.
Includes articles as well as a listing of sales by location and offices worldwide.
[JFM 88-87]
Dates Covered: April/May 1984 to present.
Notes: Good for information on upcoming sale objects, international
sales calendar, and international offices. Also contains articles. NYPL chiefly
holds American edition.
[MAZ 90-1869]
Dates Covered: 1986/87 to present. (Annual)
Notes: Contains the most notable sales for the year, illustrated with
color plates. Supercedes Art at Auction. (see below)
[MAZ]
Dates Covered: 1962/63 to 1985/86. (Annual)
Notes: Contains Sotheby's most notable sales for the year, illustrated
with color and black/white plates. Supercedes Sotheby's annual review of the
season (see below).
[MAZ]
Dates Covered: 1956/57 - 1961
Notes: Contains the most notable London sales for the year.
[MAZ+ 92-886]
Dates Covered: 1972 to present (Annual)
Notes: Contains color plates of notable sale items for year. Contains
an index. Supercedes Christie's Review of the Year. (see below)
[MAZ]
Dates Covered: 1957 to 1970/71. (Annual)
Notes: Contains notable sales for the year.
Detail of an engraving in
The Pictorial World,
October 2, 1875. "Picture
sale at Christie, Manson & Woods"
Photographic Services & Permissions
The following is a list of some of the most popular Sotheby and Christie auction catalogs, call numbers and acquisition dates for NYPL. The most current--approximately the last six months--can be found in the Periodicals Section, Room 108. Older issuses may be read in the Main Reading Room of the General Research Division. For titles not on this list, check the catalog.
CHRISTIE'S
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., (Amsterdam) Auction Catalogs.
[JFL 86-92]
Dates: March 21, 1977 to present
Christie's Swire (Hong Kong) Auction Catalogs
[JFM 92-703]
Dates: September 25, 1989 to present
Christie, Manson, & Woods (London) Auction Catalogs
[*GH]
Dates: April 28, 1856 to present
Christie's Robson Lowe (London) Auction Catalogs
[JFL 88-93]
Dates: January 11-12, 1984 to present
Christie's South Kensington (London) Auction Catalogs
[JFL 85-292]
Dates: May 31, 1983 to present
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. (New York) Auction Catalogs
[JFM 79-197]
Dates: May 16, 1977 to present
Christie's East (New York) Auction Catalogs
[JFM 86-149]
Dates: April 6, 1979 to present
SOTHEBY'S
Sotheby Mak Van Waay B.V. (Amsterdam) Auction Catalogs
[JFM 86-624]
Dates: June 19, 1979 to present
Sotheby, Firm, Auctioneers (London) Auction Catalogs
[*GH]
Dates: June 7, 1813 to present
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. (New York) Auction Catalogs
[JFM 74-147]
Dates: April 4, 1972 to present
Supersedes [Parke-Bernet Galleries, inc., New York]
[*GH]
Dates: 1938 - March 28, 1972
Sotheby's Arcade Auctions. (New York) Auction Catalogs
[In Periodicals Section]
Dates: Nov. 16, 1985 to present
NEWSLETTERS/PREVIEWS
Christie's International Magazine
[JFM 88-87]
Dates: April/May 1984 to present
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. Auction News From Christies.
[In Periodical Division]
Dates: Jan/Feb 1983 to present
Sotheby's Newsletter. (New York)
[JFM 86-445]
Dates: April, 1981 to present
Sotheby's (Firm). Sotheby's Preview. (London)
[JFM 89-36]
Nov./Dec. 1986 to present
Written by Lee Robinson, with markup assistance from Caroline Gifford
June, 1996
