Sothebys: Elixir of Life: Photographs from The Olbricht Collection, pf2540, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025
Page Size: 63 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Marilyn; 28 Years Old; Las Vegas, Nevada; $30

1990-92, printed in 1998 EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 44,450.00
2 Diane Arbus

A Child Crying, N. J.

1967, printed posthumously by Neil Selkirk. EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
3 Roger Ballen

Dresie and Casie, Twins, Western Transvaal

1993, printed in 2000 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,890.00
4 Helga Paris

Kinder mit Masken [Children with Masks]

1968 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,540.00
5 Wolfgang Tillmans

Valentine

1998 EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 Not Sold
6 Wolfgang Tillmans

Michael & Otto

1998, printed in 1999 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 8,255.00
7 Taryn Simon

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Contraband Room John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens, New York (from An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar)

2005, printed in 2007 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
8 William Eggleston

Memphis

1970 EUR 220,000.00 - 280,000.00 Not Sold
9 William Eggleston

Untitled (Nehi Bottle on Car Hood)

mid-1960s-early 1970s, printed in 2001 by Guy Stricherz EUR 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 Not Sold
10 William Eggleston

Untitled (Greenwood, Mississippi)

1973 EUR 180,000.00 - 220,000.00 EUR 228,600.00
11 Larry Clark

Billy Mann

1963, printed circa 1971 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 10,795.00
12 Tracey Moffatt

Something More (9 photographs)

1989 EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 101,600.00
13 Tina Barney

Marina's Room

1987 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 13,970.00
14 Robert Doisneau

Monsieur Claude

1950s. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,080.00
15 Brassai

A Portfolio of Ten Photographs by Brassai

1932-51, printed in 1973 EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
17 Umbo (Otto Umbehr)

Madchenkopf (Ruth, die Hand)

1927 EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 33,020.00
18 Horst P. Horst

Camera Work Portfolio (B)

1937-87, printed in the 1990s. EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 50,800.00
19 Pierre et Gilles

La Reine Blanche, Catherine Deneuve

1991 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 19,050.00
20 Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Still #15

1978 EUR 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 Not Sold
21 Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Still #49

1979 EUR 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 EUR 190,500.00
22 Paul Outerbridge, Jr.

Nude with Frame (Rearview)

1938 EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 EUR 63,500.00
23 Paul Outerbridge, Jr.

Nude with Frame (Frontview)

1938 EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 EUR 63,500.00
24 Irving Penn

Nude 115

1949-50. EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 19,050.00
25 Otto Steinert

Nude

1958 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 7,620.00
26 Gisela Bullacher

Schildkrotenpanzer

1989 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 254.00
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