Chiswick Auctions: Photographica
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographica | Total Sales (GBP) | 65,344.00 |
| Auction Date | October 28, 2020 - October 28, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 46,770.00 |
| Sale Number | #588 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 67,230.00 |
| Total Lots | 252 | ||
| Sold Lots | 118 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 163,860.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 46.83% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 233,850.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 134 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 27.94% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 | Lewis Morris Rutherford (1816-1892) | THREE PHASES OF THE MOON, NEW YORK |
c.1865 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,500.00 |
| 234 | Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) | ‘ALL IN THE WILD MARCH MORNING I HEARD THE ANGELS CALL' 1874 |
1874 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,250.00 |
| 186 | SELECTION OF HAND COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDING PORTRAITS OF INDIAN ROYALTIES, LIFE SCENES AND LANDSCAPES FROM INDIA, BY BELGIAN PHOTOGRAPY STUDIO |
c.1910s. | GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,500.00 | |
| 256 | Toussaint Barthelemy & Paul Oudin (XIX-XX) | EXTREMELY EARLY ALBUM OF X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHS |
c.1896 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,500.00 |
| 316 | Elliott Erwitt b.1928 | DOG SERIES WITH NELSON ROCKEFELLER, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 1967 |
1967 | GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 2,500.00 |
| 233 | Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) | Déjatch Alámayou, King Theodore's Son, July 1868. |
1868 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 317 | Ernst Haas (1921-1986) | HYDE PARK, SPEAKERS CORNER, 1949-51 |
1949-51 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 230 | THE JOHN HILL BURTON (1809-1881) FAMILY, DALMENY, SCOTLAND |
c.1850s - 1890s | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,625.00 | |
| 213 | Baron Wilhelm Von Gloeden (1856-1931) | KNABE 1902 |
1902 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 321 | George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) | MALE DANCER ON BEACH, c.1940s |
c.1940s | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 252 | The Astrophysical Observatory, Potsdam, Germany, blue card folio, 240mm x 220mm, original typed manuscript dissertation pp.57 |
1929 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,125.00 | |
| 365 | Edward Ruscha b. 1937 | EVERY BUILDING ON THE SUNSET STRIP, Los Angeles, California 1966, book size |
1966 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,062.00 |
| 185 | COLLECTION OF GLASS NEGATIVES OF ORNITHOLOGY AND ANTROPOLOGICAL INTEREST, WEST CHAMPARAN REGION, WITH TEAWOOD BOX c. 1880s. |
c. 1880s. | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 | |
| 332 | Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971) | PIERCE ARROW |
1931 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 366 | David Bailey b.1938 | SELF PORTRAIT |
1957 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 160 | Burton Brothers (1866–1914) | NEW ZEALAND VIEWS, travel photographs makers |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 938.00 | |
| 190 | Walter B. Woodbury (1834-1885) | JAVA |
c.1870 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 938.00 |
| 229 | Thomas Annan (1829 - 1887) | SECOND EDITION PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK OF GLASGOW COUNTRY HOUSES |
1878 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 165 | Arthur Clarence Pillsbury (1870–1946) | PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPHS OF SAN FRANCISCO, TITLED DEAR OLD SAN FRANCISCO AND PANORAMA OF SAN FRANCISCO FROM THE GRANT BUILDING |
1906 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 812.00 |
| 201 | P. H Emerson (1856-1936) | A WATERSIDE INN |
1890 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 812.00 |
| 255 | Unknown Photographer c.1900 | EARLY X-RAY PHOTOGRAPH |
c.1900 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 812.00 |
| 285 | Bert Hardy (1913-1990) | COCKNEY LIFE AT THE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE, LONDON, JANUARY, 8, 1946, |
1946 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 812.00 |
| 296 | Terence Donovan (BRITISH, 1936–1996) | LIESE DENIZ |
1959 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 812.00 |
| 141 | A Victorian Tabletop Stereoscope Viewer of Burr walnut wood construction |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 750.00 | ||
| 184 | William Henry Pigou (1818-1858) | IDOL CAR AT THE TEMPLE OF CHAMOONDEE IN MYSORE 1856. |
1856 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 750.00 |
