Phillips kicks off the Fall Contemporary Art season in New York next week, with the Carte Blanche sale (curated by Philippe Segalot) and a two-part various owner sale. The big news photography-wise is the sale of Cindy Sherman's Untitled #153, with a jaw-dropping estimate of $2-3 million; in an edition of 6, it is the last print still in public hands (the rest are in museum collections I believe), so the bidding will likely be fierce. If that wasn't enough, there is also a Richard Prince cowboy in this set of sales, with a hefty estimate of $1-1.5 million. All in, there are a total of 88 lots of photography available across the three sales, with a total High estimate for photography of $7804500.Here's the statistical breakdown:
Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including $10000): 29
Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of Low lots): $194500
Total Mid Lots (high estimate between $10000 and $50000): 46
Total Mid Estimate: $1100000
Total High Lots (high estimate above $50000): 13
Total High Estimate: $6510000
The top photography lot by High estimate is lot 14, Cindy Sherman, Untitled #153, 1985, at $2000000-3000000. (Image at right, top, via Phillips.) The next highest lot by High estimate is lot 113, Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy), 1998-1999, at $1000000-1500000. (Image at right, bottom, via Phillips.)
Here's the list of photographers represented by three or more lots in the sales (with the number of lots in parentheses):Gabriel Orozco (5)
Thomas Ruff (4)
Hiroshi Sugimoto (4)
Gregory Crewdson (3)
Marilyn Minter (3)
Vik Muniz (3)
Richard Prince (3)
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The complete lot by lot catalogs can be found here (Carte Blanche), here (Part I) and here (Part II).
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