Later this week, Swann brings to market a combo photographs and photobooks auction, with the books mixed into the flow of the sale rather than pulled out at the end. The material is heavily weighted toward the lower end of the price range, with Swann's usual mix of vernacular, vintage, and modern prints. Overall, there are 301 lots available, with a total High estimate of $1884050.Here's the statistical breakdown:
Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including $10000): 269
Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of Low lots): $1260050
Total Mid Lots (high estimate between $10000 and $50000): 32
Total Mid Estimate: $624000
Total High Lots (high estimate above $50000): 0
Total High Estimate: NA
The top lot by High estimate is tied between two lots: lot 24, Southworth & Hawes, Daguerreotype of blue-eyed woman, c1850 (image at right, middle), estimated at $30000-45000, and lot 79, Edward Weston, Charis (nude), 1935 (image at right, top), estimated at $35000-45000.The following is the list of photographers with 5 or more lots in the sale (with the number of lots in parentheses):
Ansel Adams (14 )
Andre Kertesz (10)
Henri Cartier-Bresson (7)
Walker Evans (7)
Manuel Alvarez Bravo (5)
Harry Callahan (5)
Alfred Eisenstaedt (5)
O. Winston Link (5)
Minor White (5)
The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here.
Fine Photographs & Photobooks
April 18th
Swann Auction Galleries
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
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