Today at Christie’s New York, the second day of auctions.
211 lots with estimates ranging from 1,000-1,500 USD to 250,000-350,000 USD for the Cuzco Children by Irving Penn. Also featured: William Eggleston, Richard Avedon, Robert Frank, Robert Mapplethorpe…

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This Saturday will see the Phillips de Pury auction in New York. Highlights include works by Cindy Sherman, Irving Penn, Florian Maier-Aichen, Robert Frank, Robert Mapplethorpe, Peter Lindbergh, Edward Weston & Desiree Dolron. These are some examples of the 261 lots sale.

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Irving Penn shined at Christie’s auction “The Feminine Ideal: An Important Private Collection of Photographs” with his work getting the top 3 prices while placing 5 photographs on the top ten list.
The Sale total was 942,125 (USD) (Prices include buyer’s premium)

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Gilles Decamps, who also profiles for La lettre all of the features on auction sales this week, has had the idea to portray the people in the shadows that run the photography departments in Sotheby’s and Chtistie’s.

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In order to accomplish this story on the members of Christie’s and Sotheby’s photo department, Gilles Decamps had the idea to ask every one of the subjects to pose with their favorite photo in the auction they were heading. Here are the results.

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Before mentioning the current affairs, David Schonauer interrogates beauty. He begins with Architectural Digest magazine‘s cover made by Todd Eberle, where Vidal Sassoon and his wife can be seen posing in their villa in Bel Air (Cal...

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Once again, Jean Favreau and his team try to resuscitate a dying profession. The method in doing so must be appreciated, which consists in remaining optimistic nevertheless “the immense market” of the image that is being held. People bustle about the stands, less numerous every year, meeting ...

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