Sotheby's opens the 2010 Contemporary Art auction season with a pair of sales in London in early February. A renewed sense of optimism must be in the air, as photography consignors have brought nearly 40% more high estimate dollars to the table this season over the sales a year ago. There are a total of 33 photography lots on offer across the two sales, with a Total High Estimate of £2680000, driven significantly by a single Gursky depicting Madonna in concert (the only photograph in the Evening session); otherwise, the material is predominantly a gathering of the usual contemporary photography suspects. (Catalog covers at right, via Sotheby's.)Here's the breakdown:
Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including £5000): 1
Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of Low lots): £3000
Total Mid Lots (high estimate between £5000 and £25000): 17
Total Mid Estimate: £247000
Total High Lots (high estimate above £25000): 15
Total High Estimate: £2430000
The top lot by High estimate is lot 72, Andreas Gursky, Madonna I, 2001, at £900000-1300000. Since there were no lots that topped $1 million dollars in 2009, if this lot sells, it will easily be the most expensive photograph to sell at auction in over a year.
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Here is a short list of the photographers who are represented by more than one lot in the sale (with the number of lots in parentheses):Hiroshi Sugimoto (5)
Douglas Gordon (3)
Florian Maier-Aichen (3)
John Baldessari (2)
Candida Höfer (2)
Sarah Lucas (2)
Richard Prince (2)
Thomas Struth (2)
February 10th
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