At Swann Galleries in New New york on April 4th, the auction will offer a total of 473 lots. The afternoon session of 19th & 20th Century Photographs & Photobooks features vintage photographs by Edward S. Curtis, Stieglitz, Wilson A. Bentley along with works by Penn, Michals, Witkin an...

04.04.2012[ read full story ]

Last week’s William Eggleston auction at Christie’s was an enormous success. All 36 photos up for sale were sold for a total sum of $ 5,900,250. The photographer’s famous tricycle (Untitled, 1970) received the highest bid at $518,500. Profits from the sale will go to the Eggleston Artisti...

19.03.2012[ read full story ]

On Friday March 23rd and Saturday March 24th, an exhibition and sale of Jérôme Brézillon's work: On Board will take place at the Artligue gallery. Pictures taken from train windows during his travels across the United States. Twenty pictures selected by Jérôme, with Laur...

19.03.2012[ read full story ]

The Société de Ventes Volontaires Ader Nordman is holding a public auction for photography books this Thursday, March 22, 2012, at 2pm. Among the 320 lots up for sale are several signed copies, some accompanied by signed vintage prints.

19.03.2012[ read full story ]

As you might have noticed from reading a previous auction announcement, perhaps the result of the internet’s influence, a new concept for the sale of photographic prints seems to be emerging. Five hundred lots ranging from 60 to 400 euros will be sold at the Million Auction House hea...

02.03.2012[ read full story ]

William Eggleston: a dedicated auction at Christie's New York on March 12th: The latest in their series of single-artist sales presents to the market stunning prints by the American master in a new large format. Philippe Garner, Christie's International Head of P...

12.03.2012[ read full story ]

The photobooks part of the auction includes many classics and several rarities. Take a look at the portfolio of our favorites.

22.02.2012[ read full story ]

It is a New York tradition that Swann Galleries kicks off the photography auction season. Among the 113 lots you will find pieces ranging from early photographs to contemporary work by Cindy Sherman, Helmut Newton, Weegee, Horst P. Horst, Henry Cartier-Bresson along with a photogra...

22.02.2012[ read full story ]

The sale of Maison Piasa that will take place on Friday, February 3rd at 2pm in Salle 6 of the Hôtel Drouot is what can be considered a “small sale” including books, albums, and pictures of all kinds. It is clear that collectors or institutions looking for rarities should abstain…Amate...

27.01.2012[ read full story ]

Among the photographic litterature offered at Swann Galleries: scarce early examples of photographic literature include Alfred Stieglitz’s Camera Notes, Volumes III-V, the official organ of the Camera Club of New York, 1899-1900 ($6,000 to $9,000); individual copies of Stieglitz’s Camera ...

12.12.2011[ read full story ]