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Chiswick Auctions: 19th and 20th Century Photographs

Auction Reports

Auction Name 19th and 20th Century Photographs Total Sales (GBP) 190,992.50
Auction Date November 24, 2022 - November 24, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 98,025.00
Sale Number #112422 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 149,715.00
Total Lots 354
Sold Lots 191.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 203,840.00
% of Lots Sold 53.95% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 309,225.00
Unsold Lots 163 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.77%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
567 Horst P. Horst

MAINBOCHER CORSET, PARIS, 1939

1939 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 13,281.25
457 The Archaeological Photo Works of Delhi att. c.1890s

A fine late 19th-century photograph album, comprising approx 71 silver gelatin prints

late 19th-century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 9,375.00
409 Francis Frith

THE TEMPLE OF KOMUMBOO, c.1858

c.1858 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 8,593.75
341 SMITH, Jack

THE BEAUTIFUL BOOK,

1963 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,937.50
504 Winston Link

HOTSHOT EASTBOUND, c.1956, printed 1987

c.1956, printed 1987 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 5,625.00
559 Ruth Orkin

COMIC BOOK READERS,1948, gelatin silver print, printed 1981

1948, printed 1981 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,062.50
425

3-PART PANORAMA OF VICTORIA HARBOUR, HONG KONG, c.1865

c.1865 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,437.50
552 Terry O'Neill

DAVID NIVEN ON SET OF CASINO ROYALE, SHEPPERTON STUDIOS, 1966

1966 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 3,437.50
301

Archive.- Landmarks in the history of photography.

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,125.00
356

6-PART PANORAMA OF THE FORT OF BOMBAY, c.1870s

c.1870s GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,125.00
424

3-PART PANORAMA OF HONG KONG, c.1860s

c.1860s GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,125.00
372 School of William Henry Fox Talbot c.1840s

PHOTOGENIC DRAWINGS OF FERNS c.1847 - 1852

c.1847 - 1852 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,968.75
568 Jacques-Henri Lartigue

RENÉ PERLE RECLINING, 1931, silver gelatin print, printed later

1931 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,812.50
609 Grace Robertson

ON THE CATERPILLAR, 1956, printed 1998

1956, printed 1998 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,812.50
315 Lawson (Charles Allen)

Narrative of the Celebration of The Jubilee of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India, in Madras

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,656.25
364 Leonida Caldesi

QUEEN VICTORIA WITH PRINCESS VICTORIA, BUCKINGHAM PALACE, 1857

1857 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,656.25
414 Linnaeus Tripe

NO, 46

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,656.25
415 Linnaeus Tripe

NO.115, RANGOON. REAR VIEW OF THE PAGODA, 1855

1855 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,656.25
636 Willy Ronis

RUE VILIN, 1959, printed 2001

1959, printed 2001 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,656.25
601 Willy Ronis

RUE MULLER, 1934, printed 2001

1934, printed 2001 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,343.75
427

4-PART PANORAMA OF PEKING. THE FORBIDDEN CITY FROM COAL HILL. c.1900

c.1900 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,187.50
629 Peter Marlow

THE WINDMILL PUB, Kirby, Liverpool, 1986

1986 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,187.50
586 Aaron Siskind

NEW YORK, 1950

1950 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,031.25
588 Alberto Korda

EL QUOIJOTE DE LA FAROLA, 1959

1959 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,031.25
620 Leonard Freed

HARLEM HYDRANT, 1963, printed later

1963, printed later GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,031.25
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