Christies: Photographs
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 3,321,500.00 |
Auction Date | October 10, 2017 - October 10, 2017 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,852,000.00 |
Sale Number | #14977 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 2,809,000.00 |
Total Lots | 111 | ||
Sold Lots | 84 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,618,000.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 75.68% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 3,983,000.00 |
Unsold Lots | 27 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 83.39% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
190 | PETER BEARD (B. 1938) | Orphaned Cheetah Cubs, Mweiga, near Nyeri, Kenya, March 1968 |
1968, printed later and completed in 2017 | USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 | USD 672,500.00 |
136 | IRVING PENN (1917–2009) | Poppy: Glowing Embers, New York, 1968 |
1968, printed 1989 | USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 336,500.00 |
131 | IRVING PENN (1917–2009) | The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986 |
1986 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 200,000.00 |
140 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989) | Flag, 1987 |
1987 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 168,750.00 |
186 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948) | North Atlantic Ocean, Cape Breton Island, 1996 |
1996 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 150,000.00 |
154 | MAN RAY (1890–1976) | La Prière, 1930 |
1930, printed late 1960s | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 131,250.00 |
104 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984) | Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California, 1938 |
1938, printed c. 1960 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 100,000.00 |
101 | CONSTANTIN BRÂNCUSI (1876–1957) | Léda, 1920–1921 |
1920–1921 | USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 87,500.00 |
133 | IRVING PENN (1917–2009) | Frozen Food (With String Beans), New York, 1977 |
1977, printed 1993 | USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 87,500.00 |
107 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984) | Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word, In Memory of Russell Varian |
1963 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
114 | BERND AND HILLA BECHER (1931–2007 and 1934–2015) | Engine Houses, 1986 |
1986 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
135 | IRVING PENN (1917–2009) | Broken Egg, New York, 1959 |
1959 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
105 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984) | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941 |
1941, printed 1978 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 43,750.00 |
155 | MAN RAY (1890–1976) | Électricité |
1931 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 43,750.00 |
165 | MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO (1902–2002) | Recuerdo de Atzompan (Remembrance from Atzompan), 1943 |
1943 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 40,000.00 |
128 | HELMUT NEWTON (1920–2004) | Elsa Peretti, New York, 1975 |
1975 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
123 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989) | Lisa Lyon, 1981 |
1981 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
187 | DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) | Sunday Morning, Mayflower Hotel, New York, November 28, 1982 |
1982 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
122 | HORACE BRISTOL (1908–1997) | PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul, 1944 |
1944, printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
164 | WALKER EVANS (1903–1975) | Window Display of Household Supply Store, East 4th Street, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1935 |
1935 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
171 | HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004) | Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954 |
1954, printed later | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
173 | ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (1898–1995) | V-J Day, Times Square, 1945 |
1945 , printed 1991 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
180 | DIANE ARBUS (1923–1971) | Two ladies at the automat, N. Y. C., 1966 |
1966, printed later | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
183 | TINA BARNEY (B. 1945) | The Graham Cracker Box, 1983 |
1983, printed later | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
118 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948) | Dead Sea, Ein Gedi, 1992 |
1992 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |