On Friday April 8th was the various owners Photographs auction.A total of 211 lots which sold for a total of 5,367,500 USD. Below is the list of the top 10:…
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This Saturday will see the Phillips de Pury auction in New York. Highlights include works by Cindy Sherman, Irving Penn, Florian Maier-Aichen, Robert Frank, Robert Mapplethorpe, Peter Lindbergh, Edward Weston…
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