Back

Koller Auctions: Photography

Auction Reports

Auction Name Photography Total Sales (CHF) 309,344.00
Auction Date December 06, 2017 - December 06, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CHF) 190,200.00
Sale Number #A183b High Estimate of Lots Sold (CHF) 295,500.00
Total Lots 325
Sold Lots 141 Low Estimate of All Lots (CHF) 497,000.00
% of Lots Sold 43.38% High Estimate of All Lots (CHF) 758,300.00
Unsold Lots 184 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 40.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1878 AVEDON, RICHARD

Naomi Campbell, New York City, 2001.

2001 CHF 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 CHF 32,900.00
1702 FRANK, ROBERT

London 1951.

1951, Printed later, probably 1970's. CHF 18,000.00 - 28,000.00 CHF 26,900.00
1880 AVEDON, RICHARD

Richard Avedon, self portrait, New York, 20th November 2001.

2001 CHF 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 CHF 22,100.00
1870 AVEDON, RICHARD

Giovanni Agnelli, Torino, 11th November 1998.

1998, 2000 CHF 14,000.00 - 20,000.00 CHF 17,300.00
1890 WESELY, MICHAEL

Still life of flowers (B2643), 2006.

2006 CHF 6,500.00 - 9,000.00 CHF 14,900.00
1695 CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI

Ile de la Cité, Paris 1952.

1952, 1994 CHF 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 CHF 10,000.00
1696 CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI

Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris 1959.

1959, 1994 CHF 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 CHF 10,000.00
1874 AVEDON, RICHARD

Prof. Dr. Christiaan Barnard, New York City, 12th July 2001.

2001 CHF 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 CHF 10,000.00
1823 KIRKLAND, DOUGLAS

Audrey Hepburn 1965.

CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 8,125.00
1908 FEURER, HANS

Painted Torso, 1989.

1989 CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 7,500.00
1697 RIBOUD, MARC

Le peintre de la Tour Eiffel, Paris, 1953.

1953 CHF 4,500.00 - 7,000.00 CHF 5,625.00
1601 ANONYMOUS

Group portrait in the open air. Central Europe, circa 1845.

circa 1845. CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 5,000.00
1700 CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI

Sienna, Italy, 1933.

1933, wohl 70er Jahre. CHF 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 CHF 5,000.00
1731 GROEBLI, RENÉ

Rita. From the series "Das Auge der Liebe", 1952. (The eye of love)

1952 CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 CHF 4,000.00
1647 STEINER, ALBERT

Sommertag im Oberengadin, um 1930.

um 1930. CHF 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 CHF 3,750.00
1723 WESTON, EDWARD HENRY

Nude, 1934.

1934 CHF 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 CHF 3,375.00
1847 STERN, BERT

Marilyn Monroe with a fuchsia scarf. Aus der Serie "The Last Sitting", 1962.

1962 CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 CHF 3,250.00
1634 STEINER, ALBERT

Überquerung einer Gletscherspalte, um 1950.

um 1950. CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 CHF 3,125.00
1646 STEINER, ALBERT

Silsersee, um 1930.

um 1930. CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 CHF 3,125.00
1718 CLERGUE, LUCIEN

Nus de la mer, 1962.

1962 CHF 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 CHF 3,125.00
1920 DRATWA, LUC

Wall Street 2, aus der Serie "Subway", 2011.

2011 CHF 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 CHF 3,125.00
1674 BAUMGARTNER, HANS

Erlebnis - Ereignis - Ergebnis, 1935- 8 Original-Photographien.

1935 CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 3,088.00
1843 KIRKLAND, DOUGLAS

Marilyn Monroe 1961.

1961 CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 3,000.00
1616 AFONG, LAI

D. E. G. (cover title). China and Hong Kong, circa 1870. Album with 12 original photographs.

circa 1870. CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 2,750.00
1722 KELLEY, TOM

Pose 6 - Marilyn Monroe, 1949.

1949 CHF 1,800.00 - 2,800.00 CHF 2,750.00
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Ask Questions