On May 9, 2012, the Tribunal de Grande Instance d'Aix-en-Provence announced a photography auction by order of the court. This auction will be conducted on December 19 at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris by Yann Le Mouel under the expertise of Viviane Esders. The collection for sale is...

14.12.2012[ read full story ]

Bloomsbury Auctions’ sale at Astronomy Books and Space Photographs on December 12th covers five centuries of extra-terrestial discoveries including a first edition by Galileo Galilei (1613) as well as colour views of the Moon from the NASA spacecraft Galileo (1992).

11.12.2012[ read full story ]

To finance projects for publications and other contemporary productions related to Nicéphore, cahier de photographies, and also to grant new collectors access to the photography market, Serge Plantureux is organizing a two-day auction with Binoche et Giquello. The sale will feature a ...

11.12.2012[ read full story ]

The 1850-1980 sale proposed by SVV Daguerre will be held Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 2 pm in Room 4 at the Hotel Drouot. Under the expertise of Yves Di Maria, the first 25 batches concern important photographic works. There are daguerreotypes of marine as this portrait ...

07.12.2012[ read full story ]

Last Saturday in Monte Carlo, a charity auction was held to support the fight against AIDS. Prince Albert of Monaco acquired a portrait Steve McQueen and Alfred Hitchcock taken by Françoise Gragnon, a print by Lucien Clergue, and another by Jean Daniel Lorieux. The auction raised 370.000€

06.12.2012[ read full story ]

This week, the Villa Grisebach presented 182 lots for the auction of modern and contemporary photographs autumn. Total sales amounted to 739,137 euros, led by the works of Peter Beard, Robert Mapplethorpe, Thomas Ruff and Alexander Rodchenko. The top 16 results are presented here in...

30.11.2012[ read full story ]

Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of my first visit to Cambodia. I remember the first trip like it was yesterday. Tourists were rarely seen at that time so when I set up my large camera on the causeway to the Angkor Wat, I was alone. After spending a good amount of time...

30.11.2012[ read full story ]

An auction at the Maison de Vente Argenteuil will feature 357 items related to cinema and photography. The sale will be under the expertise of Christophe Gœury. In the catalogue: the photo archives of Cinémagence (2nd part, 1922-1964), cameras, pre-cinema, cinema, phon...

28.11.2012[ read full story ]

A binded catalog showing the framing of the photographs published in the daily with an exhibit followed by a sale, everything seemed ready to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the newspaper. The organizers had simply forgotten to translate the informations and captions of the...

17.11.2012[ read full story ]