Sothebys: Elixir of Life: Photographs from The Olbricht Collection, pf2540, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025
Page Size: 63 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
27 Josef Maria Eder & Eduard Valenta

Versuche uber Photographie mittelst der Rontgen'schen Strahlen

EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 Not Sold
28 Chuck Close

Untitled Torso Diptych

2012 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
29 Herbert Hoffmann

Karl Oergel

1973, printed later. EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 127.00
30 Diane Arbus

Tattooed Man at a Carnival, MD.

1967, printed posthumously by Neil Selkirk. EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
31 Peter Hujar

Palermo Catacombs #8, Skull in Window

1963 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 13,970.00
32 Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Retrato postumo

1939 EUR 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
33 Aenne Biermann

Hand with Woodcarver's Knife

1930 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
34 Werner Rohde

Puppe, Kopf [Puppet, Head]

1930 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
35 August Sander

Antlitz der Zeit

1910-29, printed posthumously in 1989 by Gerd Sander EUR 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 Not Sold
36 Lisette Model

Twelve Photographs

1933-49, printed in 1976 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
37 Henri Cartier-Bresson

Valencia

1933 EUR 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 Not Sold
38 United Press International Photographer

Untitled (South Vietnam, children run along Highway 1)

1972 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,810.00
39 Robert Capa

Death of a Loyalist Militiaman near Espejo, Cordoba Front, Spain (Falling Soldier)

1936, probably printed in the 1950s. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 27,940.00
40 Carel Blazer

Calvi, Corsica

1947, printed before 1963 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,270.00
41 Robert Doisneau

Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville, Paris 4 e

1950, printed circa 1960 EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
42 Lee Friedlander

Florida

1963, printed later. EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
43 Lee Friedlander

Galax, Va

1962, printed later. EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
44 Nicholas Nixon

The Brown Sisters

1975-2022. EUR 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 Not Sold
45 Rineke Dijkstra

The Buzz Club, Liverpool, England, March 4, 1995

1995 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
46 Rineke Dijkstra

The Buzz Club, Liverpool, England, March 3, 1995

1995 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
47 Rineke Dijkstra

The Buzz Club, Liverpool, England, March 11, 1995

1995 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,700.00
48 Pieter Hugo

Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Lagos, Nigeria

2007 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 25,400.00
49 Taryn Simon

Frederick Daye, Alibi location, American Legion Post 310 San Diego, California, where 13 witnesses placed Daye at the time of the crime, Served 10 years of a Life sentence for Kidnapping, Rape and Vehicle Theft

2002 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
50 Taryn Simon

Vincent Moto, Scene of arrest, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, With son Andre, who was with Moto at time of arrest, Served 8 years of a 12 to 24 year sentence for Rape, Criminal Conspiracy and Robbery

2002 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
51 Wolfgang Tillmans

Kneeling Nude

1997 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
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