Sothebys: Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs | Total Sales (GBP) | 619,164.00 |
| Auction Date | May 20, 2021 - May 20, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 372,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #L21780 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 538,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 93 | ||
| Sold Lots | 57 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 676,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 61.29% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 988,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 36 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 62.67% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Peter Beard | 'Magritte Rammé and World Record Cow Elephant Tusk', Montauk Point, 1976 |
1976 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 56,700.00 |
| 9 | Robert Mapplethorpe | 'Lisa Marie', (Breasts), 1987 |
1987 | GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 47,880.00 |
| 93 | Russell James | 'Kendall Running', Santa Barbara Beach, 2018 |
2018 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 |
| 22 | Guy Bourdin | 'Roland Pierre', Summer 1983 |
1983 | GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 30,240.00 |
| 31 | Nick Brandt | 'Leopard in Crook of Tree', Nakuru, 2007 |
2007 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 25,200.00 |
| 43 | Terry O'Neill | 'Faye Dunaway', 1977 |
1977 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 18,900.00 |
| 58 | Horst P. Horst | 'Mainbocher Corset', Paris, 1939 |
1939 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 17,640.00 |
| 18 | Helmut Newton | 'Nude for Pentax', 1975 |
1975 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 20 | Alex Prager | 'Crystal', from the series Polyester, 2007 |
2007 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 61 | Richard Avedon | ‘Renée, The New Look of Dior, Place de la Concorde, Paris’, August 1947 |
1947 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 40 | Thomas Ruff | 'Nudes 106', 2000 |
2000 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
| 46 | Peter Beard | 'Crocodillia', 1968 |
1968 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
| 52 | Richard Avedon | 'His Holiness, The Dalai Lama', Kamataka, India, January 1998 |
1998 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
| 1 | Robert Mapplethorpe | 'Italian Devil', 1988 |
1988 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 3 | Richard Avedon | 'Suzy Parker and Robin Tattersall, Evening Dress by Griffe, Folies-Bergère, Paris', August 1957 |
1957 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 11 | Nino Migliori | 'Il Tuffatore', 1951 |
1951 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 38 | Bert Stern | 'Marilyn Monroe Orange Roses', (From the Last Sitting For Vogue), 1962 |
1962 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 69 | Helmut Newton | '16th Arrondissement', Paris, 1976 |
1976 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 11,970.00 |
| 7 | Robert Mapplethorpe | 'Milton Moore', (Fishnets), 1981 |
1981 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 23 | Nan Goldin | 'Matt + Lewis in the Tub: Heart-shaped Ass', Cambridge, Ma., 1988 |
1988 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 57 | Fan Ho | 'On The Stage Of Life', 1954 |
1954 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 70 | Julius Shulman | 'Case Study House #22', Los Angeles, California, 1960 |
1960 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 71 | Thomas Struth | 'Panorama 2', Beaugrenelle, Paris, 1979 |
1979 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 87 | Slim Aarons | 'Poolside Glamour', January 1970 |
1970 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 21 | David LaChapelle | 'Naomi Campbell: Have You Seen Me?', New York, 1999 |
1999 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 9,450.00 |
