Christies: Photographs
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 3,297,563.00 |
Auction Date | October 05, 2018 - October 05, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 2,613,000.00 |
Sale Number | #16382 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 3,952,000.00 |
Total Lots | 181 | ||
Sold Lots | 120 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 3,968,000.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 66.30% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 6,045,000.00 |
Unsold Lots | 61 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 54.55% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
242 | DIANE ARBUS (1923–1971) | Identical twins, Roselle, N.J., 1966 |
1966 printed 1966–1969 | USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 | USD 732,500.00 |
266 | WILLIAM EGGLESTON (B. 1939) | Memphis, 1972 |
1972, printed 1986 | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 372,500.00 |
292 | IRVING PENN (1917–2009) | Woman in Moroccan Palace (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Marrakech, 1951 |
1951, printed 1983 | USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 | USD 372,500.00 |
355 | THOMAS RUFF (B. 1958) | Jpeg NY06, 2005 |
USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 81,250.00 | |
290 | IRVING PENN (1917–2009) | Marchande de Ballons, Paris, 1950 |
1950, printed 1976 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 57,500.00 |
315 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989) | Flower, 1983 |
1983 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 52,500.00 |
271 | WILLIAM EGGLESTON (B. 1939) | Southern Environs of Memphis, 1969-1970 |
1969-1970, printed 1986 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
319 | MARGARET WATKINS (1884–1969) | Domestic Symphony, c. 1920 |
c. 1920 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
265 | WILLIAM EGGLESTON (B. 1939) | Winston, from The Democratic Forest, 1983–1986 |
1983–1986 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 47,500.00 |
344 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984) | Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California, 1944 |
1944 printed by 1952 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 43,750.00 |
221 | JOSEF KOUDELKA (B. 1938) | France, 1987 |
1987 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 40,000.00 |
368 | RICHARD MISRACH (B. 1949) | Boy Scouts and Fremont's Pyramid, Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, 1991 |
1991, printed 1998 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
235 | SALLY MANN (B. 1951) | Jessie Bites, 1985 |
1985 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
289 | IRVING PENN (1917–2009) | Marchand de Concombres, Paris, 1950 |
1950, printed 1976 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
305 | PIETER HUGO (B. 1976) | Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria, 2005 |
2005 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
312 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989) | Two Men Dancing, 1984 |
1984 printed in 1989 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
363 | ALEC SOTH (B. 1969) | New Orleans, Louisiana from Sleeping by the Mississippi, |
2002 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
378 | VIK MUNIZ (B. 1961) | Wheat Field with Cypresses, after Van Gogh from Pictures of Magazines 2, 2011 |
2011 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
313 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989) | Lydia Cheng, 1985 |
1985 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 31,250.00 |
372 | PHILIP-LORCA DICORCIA (B. 1951) | Ike Cole, 38 Years old, Los Angeles, California, 1991–1992 |
1991–1992 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
210 | LEWIS BALTZ (1945–2014) | South Wall, Unoccupied Industrial Structure, 16812 Milliken, Irvine, #19 from The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California, 1974 |
1974 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
211 | LEWIS BALTZ (1945–2014) | East Wall, McGaw Laboratories, 1821 Langley, Costa Mesa #24 from The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California, 1974 |
1974 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
343 | CONSTANTIN BRÂNCU?I (1876–1957) | Endless Column and the Cock, c. 1935 |
c. 1935 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
240 | W. EUGENE SMITH (1918–1978) | The Walk to Paradise Garden, 1946 |
1946, printed probably late 1950s–1960s | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
217 | JOSEF KOUDELKA (B. 1938) | France (Nord Pas-de-Calais), from Chaos, 1989 |
1989 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 |