Galerie Bassenge: Photography of the 19th-21st Centuries
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photography of the 19th-21st Centuries | Total Sales (EUR) | 301,478.40 |
| Auction Date | November 29, 2025 - November 29, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 147,260.00 |
| Sale Number | #126Photo | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 193,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 250 | ||
| Sold Lots | 111.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 298,440.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 44.40% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 388,650.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 139 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 77.57% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4109 | Photographer: Martin Hohlig (1882-1948). | Views of buildings and locations in Berlin illuminated for the project "Berlin im Licht" |
1928 | EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 43,520.00 |
| 4070 | Photographers: Scherer & Nabholz (active ca. 1860-1868), published by Kozma Terentyevich Soldatyonkov (1818-1901). | Panorama von Moskau. |
1867 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 30,720.00 |
| 4013 | Baldus, Edouard | Vues de Paris en Photographie. |
1855-1860. | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 11,520.00 |
| 4094 | Stahl, Theophile Auguste | Views of Rio de Janeiro. |
1860s. | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 11,520.00 |
| 4134 | Frank, Robert | [*] Film stills from Energy and How to Get It. |
1981 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 10,880.00 |
| 4082 | Robertson, James & Felice Beato | Views of Constantinople. |
Early 1850s. | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 8,320.00 |
| 4055 | Photographers: Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) and Charles Shepherd (active 1850s-1870s). | Portraits of maharajas and rulers of India. |
Circa 1875. | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 6,400.00 |
| 4226 | Steinert, Otto | Maske einer Tanzerin. |
1952 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 6,400.00 |
| 4026 | Photographer unknown. | Views of Beijing and Shanghai. |
1870s-1880s. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 5,632.00 |
| 4128 | Fietz, Helga | The artist Max Beckmann (1884-1950) in his studio, Amsterdam. |
1938 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 5,632.00 |
| 4149 | Goldin, Nan | [*] Honda Bros in Cherry Blossom Storm, Tokyo. |
1994 | EUR 3,600.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,608.00 |
| 4183 | McBride, Will | Mike in the Shower (Mike wascht sich wie auch die Anderen, Schule Schloss Salem). |
1963 | EUR 2,600.00 - 2,800.00 | EUR 4,608.00 |
| 4029 | Courret Hermanos | Souvenirs de l'Ile Tahiti et des Marquises. |
1863 | EUR 3,600.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,480.00 |
| 4139 | Friedlander, Lee & Jim Dine | Photographs and Etchings. |
1969 | EUR 3,600.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,480.00 |
| 4156 | Hoepffner, Marta | Symmetrische Scheiben. |
1970s. | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 4,352.00 |
| 4065 | Photographer: Dr. Richard Gustav Neuhauss (1855-1915). | Otto Lilienthal flying his gliding plane "Grosser Doppeldecker", Fliegeberg, Berlin-Lichterfelde. |
Oct. | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,584.00 |
| 4127 | Fiedler, Franz | Portfolio series: "Narre Tod, Mein Spielgesell". |
Circa 1922. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 3,584.00 |
| 4020 | Carrick, William | Portraits of Russian military officers, monks, pilgrims, street sellers, craftsmen, nuns, farmers and ethnic types. |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 3,072.00 | |
| 4103 | Armstrong, David | [*] Felix in his bedroom, Berlin. |
1995 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 3,072.00 |
| 4104 | Armstrong, David | [*] Jose Maria and Scott in the Tiergarten, Berlin. |
1992 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 3,072.00 |
| 4155 | Hofer, Candida | [*] Wartesaal Dusseldorf. |
1981 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 3,072.00 |
| 4030 | Photographer: Albert Sands Southworth (1811-1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808-1901). | Portrait of a woman. |
Mid-1850s. | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,816.00 |
| 4184 | McBride, Will | Das Morgen Duschen, Schloss Schule Salem. |
1963 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,816.00 |
| 4210 | Sammallahti, Pentti | Solovki, White Sea, Russia. |
1992 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,816.00 |
| 4025 | Photographers: William Saunders (1832-1892), Henry Cammidge (active ca. 1880-1910), and unknown. | Views of Shanghai. |
1870s-1900s. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,560.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
