Auction: Photographie, June 16, 2010 @Van Ham

Van Ham has its photographs sale in Cologne later this week. The auction has primarily lower end material, with a large selection of architectural photographs, highlighted in a separate section. Overall, there are a total of 291 lots on offer in this sale, with a Total High Estimate of 482550€. (Catalog cover at right, via Van Ham.)

Here's the breakdown:

Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including 7500€): 284
Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of Low lots): 402550€

Total Mid Lots (high estimate between 7500€ and 35000€): 7
Total Mid Estimate: 80000€

Total High Lots (high estimate above 35000€): 0
Total High Estimate: NA

The top lot by High estimate is lot 17, Erwin Blumenfeld, Blumenfeld Color (portfolio), 1984, at 18000-20000€.

Here is the list of the photographers who are represented by four or more lots in the sale (with the number of lots in parentheses):

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Karl Hugo Schmölz (21)

Albert Renger-Patzsch (14)

Werner Mantz (13)

August Sander (9)

Lucien Clergue (5)

Harold Edgerton (5)

Heinz Hajek-Halke (5)

Peter Keetman (5)
Eva Besnyö (4)

Robert Bothner (4)

Andreas Feininger (4)

Werner Rohde (4)

Tata Ronkholz (4)

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One image which caught our eye was lot 114, Alexander Rodchenko, Radio Station Tower, 1929/1956, at 1800€. (image at right, via Van Ham.)

The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here.

Photographie
June 16th

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