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:
#1 – Lot 504 – Richard Avedon
Marilyn Monroe, 1957
482,500 USD
#2 – Lot 480 – William Eggleston
Memphis (Tricycle), c.1969-1970
266,500 USD
#3 – Lot 452 – Robert Frank
Peru, 1948
242,500 USD
#4 – Lot 593 – Eugene Atget
La Villette, rue Asselin, 1921
242,500 USD
#5 – Lot 573 – Irving Penn
Bee on Lips, 1995
182,500 USD
#6 – Lot 441 – Robert Frank
Parade, 1955
170,500 USD
#7 – Lot 458 – Irving Penn
Jean Patchett, 1950
170,000 USD
#8 – Lot 578 – Irving Penn
After Dinner Games, 1947
158,500 USD
9 – Lot 591 – Irving Penn
Mermaid Dress, 1950
134,500 USD
#10 – Lot 419 – Gregory Crewdson
Dream House
116,500 USD
Christie’s New York Spring Photographs Auctions achieved a combined total of $8,148,063/£4,998,812/€5,658,377.
Thursday’s sale of The Feminine Ideal: An Important Collection of Photographs achieved $942,125/ £577,991/ €658,829 and was sold 82% by lot and 95% by value. The top lot was Irving Penn’s Balenciaga Mantle Coat (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris, 1950, which realized $80,500. The sale of Crossing America: Photographs from the Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part I, also took place on Thursday and achieved $1,838,438/ £1,127,876/ €1,285,621 and was sold 85% by lot and 96% by value. The various-owner Photographs auction realized $5,367,500/£3,292,945/€3,727,431 and was sold 80% by lot and 92% by value. The top lot was Richard Avedon’s Marilyn Monroe, New York City, May 6, 1957, which achieved $482,500, surpassing the work’s high estimate.
Philippe Garner, Christie’s International Head of Photographs remarked: “We are very pleased to conclude our spectacular Spring Photographs Sales, leading the season with yet another robust auction. The results of the various-owner Photographs sale showed enthusiastic bidding for works by William Eggleston, Robert Frank and Richard Avedon, whose iconic Marilyn Monroe, New York City, May 6, 1957, was the top lot realizing $482,500. All three sales including The Feminine Ideal: An Important Collection of Photographs, Crossing America: Photographs from the Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part I and Photographs surpassed their high estimates, reconfirming the ever increasing presence of photographs in the global market place.”
