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Auction Name Photography - Online Only - bidstart 11/22 Total Sales (CHF) 191,917.00
Auction Date December 08, 2022 - December 08, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CHF) 118,010.00
Sale Number #ibid131b High Estimate of Lots Sold (CHF) 180,600.00
Total Lots 120
Sold Lots 67 Low Estimate of All Lots (CHF) 280,010.00
% of Lots Sold 55.83% High Estimate of All Lots (CHF) 438,100.00
Unsold Lots 53 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 43.81%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5730 NELLY (auch Elli Sougioultzoglou-Seraidari)

Athènes - 'Nicolska' dansant sur le Parthénon', 1929.

1929 CHF 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 CHF 38,750.00
5738 MAN RAY

Nusch and Adyy, (c. 1938).

CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CHF 12,500.00
5802 LEWIS BALTZ

Langstrasse', Zurich, 1997. Triptych.

1997 CHF 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 CHF 12,500.00
5751 BERT STERN

Marilyn with Roses, 1962. 3 original photographs.

1962, Printed later, 2011–2012. CHF 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 CHF 11,250.00
5750 BERT STERN

The Last Sitting', 1962. Portfolio with 10 original photographs.

1962, Printed later. Numbered and signed in the image. New York, Shorewood Atelier for Woodbine Books Inc., 1978. Image sizes approx. 48 × 48 to 52 × 48 cm, sheets 61.3 × 50.7 cm. (1) leaf, plates. Loose. Number 164 of 250 numbered copies (total edition o CHF 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 CHF 10,250.00
5756 MAN RAY

Nusch Eluard wearing Schiaparelli, 1936.

1936 CHF 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 CHF 9,000.00
5740 HELMUT NEWTON

SUMO. Edited by June Newton. With 400 photographic illustrations.

CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CHF 6,250.00
5727 WOLFGANG TILLMANS

Still life, yellow tomatoes', 1995.

1995 CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 CHF 5,625.00
5712 MAN RAY

Rayograph, 1959.

1959 CHF 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 CHF 5,375.00
5726 WOLFGANG TILLMANS

Summer still life', 1995.

1995 CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 CHF 5,250.00
5729 SHIRANA SHAHBAZI

Still life with flowers. From the series 'Flowers, Fruits & Portraits, 2009.

2009 CHF 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 CHF 4,875.00
5766 RENÉ BURRI

Ernesto Che Guevara, Habana Cuba, 1963/ 2007'.

1963/ 2007'., Printed later, dated 2007. CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CHF 3,750.00
5783 IRIS HUTEGGER

LS Nr 1712-233-2017.

CHF 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 CHF 3,750.00
5811 ALVIN LANGDON COBURN.

London. With an introduction by Hilaire Belloc. With 20 mounted original photographs.

CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CHF 3,625.00
5702 PAUL PFEIFFER

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (11), 2004.

2004 CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CHF 3,125.00
5725 WOLFGANG TILLMANS

Leaf, 1995.

1995 CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CHF 3,125.00
5731 RUTH BERNHARD

Sand Dune, 1967.

1967, Printed later. Flush-mounted to matt. CHF 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 CHF 2,750.00
5797 PETER FISCHLI UND DAVID WEISS

Airports, 1990. With 1 loose signed and numbered original photograph and 40 illustrations.

1990 CHF 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 CHF 2,750.00
5742 WILL MCBRIDE

Mike washing at Schloss Schule Salem, 1963'.

1963', Printed later. CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 2,625.00
5752 HIRO (d.i. Yasuhiro Wakabayashi)

Black Evening Dress in Flight, 1963.

1963 CHF 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 CHF 2,500.00
5777 ALBERT STEINER

Winterlandschaft bei St. Moritz', c. 1930.

c. 1930. CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 2,375.00
5789 THOMAS RUFF

07h 48m/ 70°, 1990. From the series 'Sterne', 1989–1992.

1990, Printed later, dated 2003. CHF 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 CHF 2,000.00
5784 CÉCILE WICK.

Landschaft, 2005.

2005 CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 1,875.00
5785 DARREN ALMOND

Fullmoon

2012 CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 1,875.00
5815 ROBERT FRANK

Friendly Flower, New York 1953.

CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CHF 1,875.00
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