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Auction Name Photography Total Sales (CHF) 186,630.00
Auction Date December 02, 2019 - December 02, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CHF) 101,800.00
Sale Number #A191a High Estimate of Lots Sold (CHF) 155,500.00
Total Lots 135
Sold Lots 89 Low Estimate of All Lots (CHF) 219,100.00
% of Lots Sold 65.93% High Estimate of All Lots (CHF) 337,000.00
Unsold Lots 46 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 55.38%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1677 MARIANNE BRESLAUER

Auteuil, 1929.

1929 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 7,500.00
1678 ROBERT FRANK

Flamingo. Hasselblad Award 1996. Mabou, 1991 and Mabou, 1974. 3 original photographs.

1991 and 1974. CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 CHF 6,875.00
1654 BALTHASAR BURKHARD

Alpen (#10), 1993.

1993 CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 CHF 6,250.00
1723 LUIGI GHIRRI

Luzern, 1971. Aus der Serie "Kodachrome".

1971 CHF 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 CHF 6,250.00
1722 HANS DANUSER

Medizin 1, 1984. From the series "In Vivo". Portfolio with 11 original photographs.

1984 CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 CHF 6,000.00
1663 DUANE MICHALS

The young Girls Dream, 1969. 5 original photographs.

1969 CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 CHF 5,625.00
1719 THOMAS RUFF

Substrate 1 III, 2001/03. From the series "Substrate 2003".

2001/03 CHF 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 CHF 5,625.00
1700 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE

William Burroughs, 1979.

1979 CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CHF 5,375.00
1667 HELMUT NEWTON

Helmut Newton. SUMO. Edited by June Newton. With 400 photographic illustrations.

CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 CHF 5,000.00
1618 GIOVANNI RUGGERI

Società pel Traforo del Sempione. Brandt Brandau & Cie. Ricordo dei Lavori, c. 1900

c. 1900. CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 4,750.00
1720 THOMAS RUFF

16h 30m/-50° (STE 5.01), 1990. From the "Sterne" series, 1989-1992.

1990. 1989-1992. CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 4,750.00
1656 WILLIAM KLEIN

Smoke & Veil, 1958 (Vogue).

1958 CHF 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 CHF 4,375.00
1708 BERT STERN

Marilyn Monroe, 1962.

1962 CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 CHF 4,125.00
1710 MICHEL COMTE

Helena Christensen, 1993. From the series Safe Sex Campaign.

1993 CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 CHF 3,750.00
1649 MARIO GIACOMELLI

Landscape view from the series 'Paessaggi', 1980s.

1980s. CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 3,500.00
1650 MARIO GIACOMELLI

Landscape view from the series 'paessaggi', probably 1969.

probably 1969. CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 3,250.00
1727 ANTHONY GOICOLEA

Morning Sleep, 2004.

2004 CHF 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 CHF 3,250.00
1648 MARIO GIACOMELLI

Landscape view from the series 'Presa di Coscienza sulla Natura', probably 1960s.

, probably 1960s. CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 3,125.00
1735 RICHARD MISRACH

Golden Gate, 11.19.1999, 7.02 am, 1999/2000.

1999/2000. CHF 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 CHF 3,000.00
1647 MARIO GIACOMELLI

Paesaggio, c. 1960.

CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 2,750.00
1672 ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ

Brewster, Conn, 1953.

1953 CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 2,750.00
1699 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE

William Burroughs, 1979.

1979 CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CHF 2,750.00
1695 RENÉ BURRI

Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1960.

1960 CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 2,500.00
1706 BERT STERN

Marilyn in Vogue Dress, 1962. From the series "The Last Sitting for Vogue".

1962 CHF 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 CHF 2,500.00
1646 MARIO GIACOMELLI

Landscape view from the series 'Paessaggi', 1980s.

1980s. CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 2,375.00
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