Following the 17h auction, Christie’s offers a unique selection of Irvin Penn’s photographs from a private French collection. The 51 prints by Penn constitute the largest selection of work by the photographer to be sold at auction in Europe. At an estimated value of 1...

09.11.2011[ read full story ]

After the previous day’s auction of the first hundred lots of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s work, Christie’s presents a group of lots of various origins and two series from private collections. Lots 101 and 113, both part a French collection, include prints by Peter Beard, enhanced pol...

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During the Paris Photo festival, Christie’s Paris is holding three separate auctions at their headquarters at 9 avenue Matignon, November 11 and 12. The first auction, November 11 at 18h, features 100 photographs from the Fondation HCB (Henri-Cartier Bresson), lots 1 through 100....

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Sotheby’s, which has made Paris its European capital for photography sales, holds two auctions per year, once in May and once in November as part of Paris Photo. This year, the auction will take place at Sotheby’s Parisian headquarters, 76 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, November...

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Under the direction of Stéphanie Pons, the Néret-Minet & Tessier auction house will offer photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries. The auction, comprised of 167 different lots of an estimated value between 30 and 10,000€, will be held on Thursday, November 10, at 14h, i...

08.11.2011[ read full story ]

Under the direction of Stéphanie Pons, the Néret-Minet & Tessier auction house will offer photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries. The auction, comprised of 167 different lots of an estimated value between 30 and 10,000€, will be held on Thursday, November 10, at 14h, i...

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Under the direction of Photoceros, Jean-Mathieu Martini and Serge Plantureux, the auction house Binoche et Giquello presents “Photographs in Books,” featuring albums, portfolios, magazines and original maquettes. The auction will take place Friday, November 4, 2011, at 11h15 at the renowne...

02.11.2011[ read full story ]

Yesterday in New York was the seasonal auction of photographs at Swann Galleries. 327 lots with a selection of classical and iconic images that range from contemporary artworks, to masterpieces of 20th-century modernism and photojournalism, to exquisite daguerreotypes, cased images, and maje...

19.10.2011[ read full story ]

Under the expertise of Viviane Esders, the Société de Ventes Volontaires Yann le Mouël is holding an auction for modern and contemporary photographs on Thursday, October 27 at 2pm in room 9 of the Hotel Drouot-Richelieu.

21.10.2011[ read full story ]

Led by its consultant Agnès de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, the Société de Ventes Volontaires Piasa is holding an auction of vintage, modern and contemporary photographs from the origins to today. It will take place Friday, October 28 at 2pm in Room 6 of the Drouot Richelieu auction house.

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