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Auction Name Photographs Total Sales (EUR) 424,929.00
Auction Date March 17, 2021 - March 17, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 265,750.00
Sale Number #76 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 367,750.00
Total Lots 239
Sold Lots 167 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 389,850.00
% of Lots Sold 69.87% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 539,650.00
Unsold Lots 72 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 78.74%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
169 Shirin Neshat

Untitled, from the series Women of Allah, 1996

1996 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 32,499.00
130 Arnulf Rainer

Self-portrait, 1976

1976 EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 12,029.00
11 Luigi Ghirri

Parma, 1983

1983 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 10,769.00
137 Francesca Woodman

Some disordered interior Geometries, 1981

1981 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,879.00
136 Francesca Woodman

Postcard invitation for "Immagini" Exhibition , 1978

1978 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,249.00
175 Thomas Ruff

L.M.V.D.R., 1999/2004

1999/2004 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,249.00
135 Francesca Woodman

Postcard invitation for "Immagini" Exhibition, 1978

1978 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 6,485.00
8 Luigi Ghirri

Modena, from the series "Still Life", 1979

1979 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,855.00
132 Gina Pane

Psyche - Paris, 1974

1974 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 5,855.00
7 Mimmo Jodice

Atene, volto di donna ateniese, 1994

1994 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,603.00
12 Luigi Ghirri

Modena, 1974

1974 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,351.00
131 Robert Mapplethorpe

Joe, New York, 1977

1977 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 5,351.00
230 John Baldessarri

Throwing Three Balls in the Air to get a Straight Line (best of 36 attempts), 1973

1973 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 5,351.00
232 Slim Aarons

Poolside Gossip, years 1970

1970s EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 5,351.00
201 Bill Brandt

Rainswept roofs, 1933

1933 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,225.00
1 Mario Giacomelli

Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto, 1961/1963

1961/1963 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 5,099.00
59 Mario Giacomelli

Scanno, Italia del sud, 1957/59

1957/59 EUR 1,700.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 5,099.00
177 Thomas Ruff

Jpegs, 2006

2006 EUR 3,800.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,847.00
38 Mario Giacomelli

Presa di coscienza sulla natura, 1970/1976

1970/1976 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,595.00
173 Nick Brandt

Giraffe Looking out over Plains, Serengeti, 2002

2002 EUR 2,700.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 4,343.00
213 Weegee

The Critic (Mrs Cavanaugh and Friend About to enter the Metropolitan Opera House), 1943

1943 EUR 3,800.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,343.00
51 Federico Patellani

Untitled (Factory), 1948

1948 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 4,217.00
13 Paolo Ventura

War Souvenir, 2006 - A.B. La notte dell'ultimo dell'anno, 2006

2006 EUR 2,600.00 - 3,200.00 EUR 4,091.00
223 Daisuke Yokota

Untitled, from the series "Site", 2013

2013 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,091.00
104 Nan Goldin

Joey and Alberto. Hamburg, 1992

1992 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,839.00
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