Last weekend at Philips, London, Simon de Pury organized an auction devoted to music. Among the photographers present, five had the following results :
JOEL BRODSKY
Jim Morrison, The Doors, The American poet, New York City, 1967
Estimate £20,000-30,000
Sold at £21,250
JOHN DOVE & MOLLY WHITE
FACE No. 1 from Faces, 2010
Estimate £800-1,200
Sold at £1,000
ALFRED WERTHEIMER
This Kiss, June 30, 1956
Gelatin silver print, printed later. 15.9 × 24.1 cm (6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in). Signed in ink in the margin; copyright credit and reproduction limitation stamps on the verso.
ESTIMATE £2,000-3,000
SOLD AT £2,000
MR. BRAINWASH
Rolling Stones, 2009
Estimate £3,500-4,500
Sold at £4,250
ALFRED WERTHEIMER
Starburst, 4 July, 1956
Gelatin silver print, printed 2002. 44.5 × 29.8 cm (17 1/2 × 11 3/4 in). Signed in ink in the margin; signed, titled, dated, annotated ‘The flash of a fan’s camera illuminates the crowd in front of Elvis as he performs. Russwood Park, Memphis, Tennessee’ in pencil, copyright credit and reproduction limitation stamps on the verso.
ESTIMATE £1,500-2,500 ‡
SOLD AT £1,250
