The Piasa auction house in Paris will hold a photography sale on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 14:00 at the Hôtel Drouot. Keeping with its sales in 2008 And 2011, the first part will be devoted to the sale of the Paul Marsan, aka Dornac, 158 of the 275 lots, with portraits of Sarah Bernhar...

17.05.2013[ read full story ]

On Tuesday, May 14, under the expertise of Stéphanie Pons, the auction house Néret-Minet, Tessier & Sarou will hold a sale of 19th- and 20th-century photographs. With estimated prices ranging from 100 to 8000 euros, the 232 items listed in the catalogue were taken by unknown photo...

08.05.2013[ read full story ]

The Ader auction house will hold a large sale of photography books under the expertise of Antoine Romand. Included in the 345 lots are some classics of publishing dating from the earliest days of photography and up through recent times, including rare works about countries ...

18.04.2013[ read full story ]

Under the expertise of Antoine Romand, the Binoche et Giquello auction house in Paris will be selling 207 lots covering the entire history of photography. Apart from a few rare books about the processes and history of the medium (Lots 1–5) are a few remarkable works, inc...

15.04.2013[ read full story ]

At Christie’s New York this week, the sale of Photographs achieved $7,245,375 / £4,709,494 / €5,578,939, and was 93% sold by value and 84% by lot. The top lot of the sale was Robert Frank’s Trolley - New Orleans, 1955, which realized $663,750, setting a world auction record for...

08.04.2013[ read full story ]

The second edition of the sale “Photographies pour tous” (Photographs for all), organized by Christophe Gœury and the auction house Million, will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at 14:30 in Room V.V. at 3 rue Rossini in Paris. Aimed at young collectors,...

13.03.2013[ read full story ]

Swann Galleries in New York opened the auction season with their February 26th sale. The sale total was $1,005,765 with Buyer’s Premium (or a Hammer total of $836,300).
 Estimate for sale as a whole: $926,500 – $1,360,000
. 138 lots were offered and 104 sold (75% sell-t...

04.03.2013[ read full story ]

The Photographic Sale, Fifty Shades is an auction of 50 photographic portrayals of nudes. The sale is live on artnet till Jan. 31, at 10am EST. It's celebrated photographers including Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon...

30.01.2013[ read full story ]

Seventy-two artists are doing their share for Madagascar. They have produced, using doors and shutters selected by the Zafimaniry people of the country’s highlands, 72 works that invite the viewer to take a second glance at Zafimaniry culture and contemporary art. Al...

28.01.2013[ read full story ]

Since 1991, the Alexia Foundation has supported politically committed documentary photography, awarding grants to students,and professionals . The photographers they supported have become renowned for their work. The year of its inception, the Foundation awarded Darc...

25.01.2013[ read full story ]