Sotheby’s October 5th Photographs auction in New York featured a varied range of material from the 19th to 21st centuries. Two landmark documents in the history of photographic literature were offered—an early copy of Gardner’s Sketchbook of the War, and a complete set of Alfred Stieglitz’s photo...

06.10.2011[ read full story ]

Phillips de Pury opened yesterday the auction season in New York with two events. Here are some highlights of the Photographs auction with their estimates and sale prices.
The top stop belonged to Richard Avedon’s Beatles Portfolio which sold for $722,500 , a new reco...

05.10.2011[ read full story ]

On Saturday, October 22 at 4 PM, The Photo Review will hold its 2011 Benefit Auction at Freeman’s Auctioneers at 1808 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. The event will feature an international slate of photographers as well as a host of Philadelphia artists. Beginning and experien...

14.10.2011[ read full story ]

“The photographs in The Arc of Photography collectively convey a cohesive narrative about performance and identity, and span the many exciting changes within the field. It is a truly exceptional private collection and we are thrilled to offer it in conjunction with our Fall
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05.10.2011[ read full story ]

The auction house Christie’s has just announced the sale of 100 prints from the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation that will take place on November 11th in Paris. A real event, as since his death in 2004 aged 95, no new copies have been printed.

19.09.2011[ read full story ]

A photography collection of nudes up will be put up for auction by the Société de Ventes Volontaires Yann le Mouel, and under the expertise of Madame Viviane Esders, Expert of the Appeals Court of Paris, on Tuesday, June 28 at 2pm in roo...

22.06.2011[ read full story ]

The 32nd Oskar Barnak Leica Prize has been awarded to Danish photographer Jan Grarup for his subject Haiti Aftermath, which recounts the consequences of the earthquake on January12th, 2010 in Haiti. When it happened, Jan Grarup traveled to Haiti on the reque...

21.06.2011[ read full story ]

Under the expertise of Yves di Maria and the hammers of auctionneers Philippe at Aymeric Rouillac, the sale of photographs that began on June 18th 2011 at Vendome in “Greniers de l’Abbaye” in the framework of the 7th “Photographic promenade of Vendome”, has seen a much merite...

20.06.2011[ read full story ]

Under the direction of Antoine Romand, the Gros & Delettrez Auction House will be selling books, manuscripts, and 83 photography lots on Thursday, June 23. The photographs feature early pictures taken from the Oriental banks of the Mediterranean, the Holy Land,...

17.06.2011[ read full story ]

The auction house Piasa is offering an auction of old, modern and contemporary photographs that will take place in the Hotel Drouot, on June 29th, Room 15 at 1:30pm. It might turn out to be a long auction, as the first two parts will be devoted to photographs including 435 lots, ...

23.06.2011[ read full story ]