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Galerie Bassenge: Photography

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Auction Name Photography Total Sales (EUR) 245,458.00
Auction Date June 08, 2022 - June 08, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 139,100.00
Sale Number #119FOTO High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 139,100.00
Total Lots 350
Sold Lots 166 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 296,650.00
% of Lots Sold 47.43% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 296,650.00
Unsold Lots 184 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 82.74%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4115 Ernst Boerschmann

Architectural photgraphic views and drawings/studies of China

1910-1940. EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 31,000.00
4295 Struth, Thomas

'Paradies' series

2004 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 9,300.00
4191 Leibovitz, Annie

Whoopi Goldberg, Berkeley, California

1984 EUR 6,500.00 - 6,500.00 EUR 8,060.00
4046

Erotic genre scene

1850s. EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 6,820.00
4279 Singh, Raghubir

After Crossing the Luni River, Barmer, Rajasthan

1975/printed circa 1985. EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 6,820.00
4255 Richter, Evelyn

Vor Wolfgang Mattheurs Gemälde 'Die Ausgezeichnete'

1975 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 6,200.00
4069 Lambert, Gustave Richard

Higher ranking Dayak woman at Kuching in Sarawak, Borneo

Before 1888. EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 5,208.00
4123 Eggleston, William

Memphis, Tennessee (Red Cart)

1996/printed late 1990s. EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 5,208.00
4280 Singh, Raghubir

India, Kashmir

Circa1978/printed circa 1985. EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,712.00
4131 Feininger, Andreas

Manhattan

1940/printed later. EUR 2,200.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 4,464.00
4212 McBride, Will

"Reinhard H. mit Socke, Casoli"

1973/printed 2014. EUR 2,800.00 - 2,800.00 EUR 4,216.00
4050

Views of the Indonesian Archipelago

1860s/70s. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,472.00
4210 McBride, Will

Beim Morgen Duschen, Schule Schloß Salem

1963/printed later. EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,472.00
4211 McBride, Will

Nach dem Licht schauen - Jungen beim Waschen, Schule Schloss Salem

1963/printed 1990. EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,472.00
4002

Shrunken head of Chief Tibi of the Antipas tribe

1870s. EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 3,224.00
4153 Goldin, Nan

Joey on my roof, NYC

1991 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,100.00
4010 Atget, Eugène

Cour du College Torlet, rue Vilette

Circa1900. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,976.00
4283 Stankowski, Anton

Die einfache Packung

1930/printed 1950s. EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 2,976.00
4143 Fischer, Arno

East Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg

1957 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,728.00
4154 Goldin, Nan

Joey in my mirror, Berlin

1992 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,728.00
4253 Rainer, Arnulf

Graues Salz

1969 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 2,356.00
4057 Gloeden, Wilhelm von

Group of nude youths in front of Arcadian landscape

Circa1890. EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,232.00
4072

Portrait album of 19th century European royalty and nobility

1860s. EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 2,232.00
4216 Muthesius, Eckart

India

1930s. EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,232.00
4256 Riefenstahl, Leni

African tribal men

1963 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,232.00
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