Auction: Photographies, May 29, 2013 @Sotheby's Paris

Sotheby's Paris has a various owner photographs sale scheduled for next week, led by two sets of works from private collections, set off in colored pages in the printed catalog. Overall, there are a total of 221 lots on offer, with a Total High Estimate of €2399800.

Here's the statistical breakdown:

Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including €7500): 103
Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of Low lots): €541800

Total Mid Lots (high estimate between €7500 and €35000): 111
Total Mid Estimate: €1488000

Total High Lots (high estimate above €35000): 7
Total High Estimate: €370000

The top lot by High estimate is lot 172, Helmut Newton, Naomi, Cap D'Antibes, 1998, estimated at €80000-120000 (image at right, top, via Sotheby's.).

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

Helmut Newton (12)
Eugène Atget (8)
Herb Ritts (8)
Charles Clifford (6)
Laure Albin-Guillot (5)
Henri Cartier-Bresson (5)
Charles-Isidore Choiselat & Stanislas Ratel (5)
Horst P. Horst (4)
Man Ray (4)
Andres Serrano (4)
Albert Sands Southworth & Josiah Johnson Hawes (4)
William Eggleston (3)
Nan Goldin (3)
Hiroshi Sugimoto (3)

Other lots of interest include lot 29, Julia Margaret Cameron, Beatrice, 1870, estimated at €8000-12000 (image at right, middle, via Sotheby's) and lot 93, Hans  Bellmer, Poupee Reversible en Repos, 1936, estimated at €12000-15000 (image at right, bottom, via Sotheby's)

The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here.

Photographies
May 29th

Sotheby's
76, Rue Du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris

Auction: Photographs, May 15, 2013 @Christie's London

Christie's upcoming Photographs sale in London is led by a large group of works by Peter Beard, most commissioned for the Nord Pinus Hotel in Arles in the late 1990s. Overall, there are a total of 108 photographs on offer, with a Total High Estimate of £1678000.

Here's the statistical breakdown:

Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including £5000): 13
Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of Low lots): £51000

Total Mid Lots (high estimate between £5000 and £25000): 75
Total Mid Estimate: £827000

Total High Lots (high estimate above £25000): 20
Total High Estimate: £800000

The top lot by High estimate is lot 19, Peter Beard, Giraffes in mirage on the Taru Desert, Kenya for the End of the Game, June 1960, 1960/1997, at £50000-70000. (Image at right, top, via Christie's.)

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

Peter Beard (17)
Helmut Newton (12)
Horst P. Horst (9)
Henri Cartier-Bresson (7)
Jacques-Henri Lartigue (5)
Andy Warhol (5)
David LaChapelle (4)
Herb Ritts (4)
Albert Watson (4)

Other lots of interest include lot 72, Albert Watson, Michael Jackson, New York City, 1998/later, at £12000-18000 (image at right, middle) and lot 83, Helmut Newton, Patti Hansen & Winnie Holman for Xavier Coiffures, New York, 1976, at £2000-3000 (image at right, bottom, both via Christie's.)

The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here.

Photographs
May 15th

Christie's
8 King Street, St. James's
London SW1Y 6QT

Auction: Fine Photographs, March 23, 2010 @Swann

Swann has scheduled a various owner photography auction to follow the single owner White collection sale planned for earlier the same day. For the most part, this sale is representative of Swann's usual mix of material. There are 137 lots on offer, with a total High estimate of $1052200. (Catalog cover at right, via Swann.)

Here's the statistical breakdown:

Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including $10000): 115

Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of Low lots): $559200

Total Mid Lots (high estimate between $10000 and $50000): 22

Total Mid Estimate: $493000

Total High Lots (high estimate above $50000): 0

Total High Estimate: NA

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The top lot by High estimate is shared between two lots: lot 180, Ansel Adams, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941/1960s, and lot 223, Helmut Newton, Woman Observing Man, Saint-Tropez, 1975/1980s, (image at right, via Swann) both at $30000-40000.

Below is the list of photographers with 3 or more lots in the sale (with the number of lots in parentheses):

Ansel Adams (9)

Edward Curtis (9)

Lewis Hine (6)

Josef Sudek (6)

Berenice Abbott (5)

Brett Weston (5)

Horst P. Horst (4)

Robert Doisneau (3)

Andre Kertesz (3)

William Mortensen (3)

Helmut Newton (3)

Aaron Siskind (3)
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The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here. The 3D version is located here.

Fine Photographs

March 23rd

Swann Galleries

104 East 25th Street

New York, NY 10010