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Auction Info

Sale Name
Fotografia
Auction Date
12/03/2010 - 12/03/2010
Year of Sale
2010
Sale Number
#ROMA-47
Total Lots
180
Sold Lots
88
Lots Sold
48.9%
Unsold Lots
92
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (EUR)
146,555.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
103,700.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
145,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
254,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
350,100.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
41.86%
Currency
EUR
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
227,069.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
47 Tazio Secchiaroli (1925 - 1998) Aichè Nanà, spogliarello al Rugantino, 1958

EUR 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 8,184.00
47 Harold Edgerton (1903 - 1990) Cutting the playing card quickly, 1964

EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 6,448.00
47 Thomas Struth (b. 1954) Pflanze n.6, Malve, Winterthur, 1992

1994.

EUR 5,500.00 - 7,000.00 5,952.00
47 Ansel Easton Adams (1902 - 1984) Yosemite Valley, 1959

EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 4,836.00
47 Edward Weston (1886 - 1958) Shell, 1927

1977.

EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 4,712.00
47 Ruth Orkin (1921 - 1985) American girl in Italy, Florence, 1951

EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 4,464.00
47 Luigi Ghirri (1943 - 1992) Porto Recanati, 1984

EUR 2,600.00 - 3,000.00 4,216.00
47 Henry Cartier-Bresson (1908 - 2004) André Breton, 1961

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 3,968.00
47 Bill Brandt (1904 - 1983) Gulls nest, 1947

EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 3,472.00
47 Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) Un regard oblique, 1948

EUR 1,300.00 - 1,700.00 3,472.00
47 Thomas Ruff (b. 1958) 20h 00m/-50°, 1990-94

EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 3,100.00
47 Paolo Gioli (b. 1942) Fiori secchi, 1997

EUR 2,800.00 - 3,200.00 2,976.00
47 Minor White (1908 - 1976) Front street Portland, Oregon, 1938

EUR 2,200.00 - 3,000.00 2,728.00
47 Jean-Loup Sieff (1933 - 2000) Untitled (Nude), ca. 1960

EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 2,728.00
47 Philippe Halsman (1906 - 1979) Marilyn Monroe, Life Cover, 1952

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,728.00
47 Candida Höfer (b. 1944) Bourse du travail, Calais, 2001

EUR 2,200.00 - 3,000.00 2,480.00
47 Gabriele Basilico (b. 1944) Rotterdam, 1986

EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 2,480.00
47 Sabine Weiss (b. 1924) Alberto Giacometti dans son atelier, 1954

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,480.00
47 The Pirelli calendar 19 original calendars from 1987 to 2006,

EUR 1,800.00 - 2,800.00 2,108.00
47 Robert Capa (1913 - 1954) Amarican soldiers, Salerno, Italy, 1943

EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 1,984.00
47 Mario Giacomelli (1925 - 2000) Storia di terra, 1983

EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 1,984.00
47 Mario De Biasi (b. 1923) Brigitte Bardot, Venezia 1956

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,984.00
47 Jean-Loup Sieff (1933 - 2000) Untitled (Femme sur une escalier, pour Jardin des Modes), ca. 1960

EUR 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 1,984.00
47 Max Baur (1898 - 1988) Stairwell Details, ca. 1940

EUR 900.00 - 1,300.00 1,984.00
47 Frank Horvat (b. 1928) Monique Dutto, Jours de France, Paris 1958

EUR 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 1,984.00

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