Results - Christie's Spring 2008 Photographs Sales, Day I The three Photographs sales held today performed extremely well, with each sale far surpassing its individual high estimate.
News-Antique.com - Apr 15,2008 - New York - The three Photographs sales held today performed extremely well, with each sale far surpassing its individual high estimate.
The season kicked off with the Fine Photobooks from an Important Private Collection, which totalled $2,602,450/£1,307,764/1,636,761 and sold 96% by value and 92% by lot.
Photographs from the Collection of Gert Elfering realized $4,273,200/£2,147,336/2,687,547 and sold 92% by value and 84% by lot.
Ending the day with 100% sold and totalling $1,372,000/£689,447/862,893 the Bruce and Nancy Berman Collection of Photographs by Diane Arbus was an astounding success.
Photographs: From the Collection of Gert Elfering
New York Thursday, April 10, 2008
Sale no: 2113 Top Ten
[All sold prices include buyers premium]
Sold: $4,273,200 £2,147,336 2,687,547
Lots Sold: 114 Lots Offered: 135 Sold by Lot: 84% Sold by $: 92%
Exchange Rate: £ = $ 1.99 / = $ 1.59
Lot Description
Estimate ($)
Purchase Price
Buyer
120 HELMUT NEWTON, Sie Kommen (Naked and Dressed), Paris, 1981, 2 gelatin silver prints 140,000-180,000 $241,000
£121,105
151,572 US Private
91 IRVING PENN, Mouth for L'Orιal, New York, 1986, dye-transfer print 50,000-70,000 $205,000
£103,015
128,931 Asian Private
125 IRVING PENN, Gisele, New York, April 1 1999
gelatin silver print 30,000-40,000 $193,000
£96,985
121,384 Anonymous
33 RICHARD AVEDON, Brigitte Bardot, 1959
gelatin silver print 80,000-120,000 $181,000
£90,955
113,836 European Private
101 HELMUT NEWTON, Saddle I, Paris (at the Hotel Lancaster), 1976, gelatin silver print 50,000-70,000 $157,000
£78,894
98,742 European Private
96 IRVING PENN, Picasso (B), Cannes, 1957
platinum-palladium print, flush-mounted on aluminum 60,000-80,000 $133,000
£66,834
83,647 European trade
83 HORST P. HORST, Mainbocher Corset, Paris, 1939
platinum on silk 30,000-50,000 $133,000
£66,834
83,647 Anonymous
3 RICHARD AVEDON, Lauren Hutton, Great Exuma, the Bahamas, October 1968, gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on linen, printed 1980 50,000-70,000
$127,000
£63,819
79,874 US Private
15 HELMUT NEWTON, Tied-up Torso, Ramatuelle, 1980, gelatin silver print 60,000-80,000 $109,000
£54,774
68,553 European Private
80 IRVING PENN, Frozen Foods, New York, 1977
dye-transfer print 50,000-70,000 $103,000
£51,759
64,780 European Private
Philippe Garner, Specialist in charge of the sale, comments: We are delighted at the international breadth of interest and bidding this evening. The result confirmed the enormous enthusiasm of so many collectors for exemplary works reflecting high style, fashion and sophistication of the last 50 years. The great masters Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, and Richard Avedon dominated the sale.
