newsfromphillipsdepury201110

Richard AVEDON (1923-2004)
The Beatles Portfolio: John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, musicians, London, 1967

Sold for
US$722,500
Estimate
US$350,000-$450,000

Phillips de Pury & Company opened the New York Photographs week with stellar results, confirming positively the bet in the Photographs Department by the Auction house. The excellent results achieved represented a growth and gaining leadership in classic and contemporary photographs. World auction records have mirror the strength of the photographs market, and demonstrate the expansive breadth of interest in the medium.

«Sales highlights include Nadar (Gaspard Félix) and Adrien Tournachon’s Pierrot with Fruit, 1854-1855, which brought $542,500 and set a world auction record for the fraternal duo as well as Nadar; Richard Avedon’s The Beatles Portfolio: John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, musicians, London, 1967, which brought $722,500, becoming the second-highest price ever achieved for a work by Avedon at auction as well as a world auction record for the portfolio; Man Ray’s Untitled (Self-portrait of Man Ray), 1933, which brought $398,500, more than tripling the presale high estimate; and Candida Höfer’s Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal Den Haag III, 2004, which sold for $104,500 and set a new world auction record for the Libraries series by the artist. [...PdP&C...]»

Photographs (Sale NY040211), Oct. 4 2011. Auction Result US$4,583,875
Photographs (Sale NY040210), Oct. 8 2010. Auction Result US$3,987,800
Photographs (Sale NY040209), Nov. 14 2009. Auction Result US$2,756,313
Photographs (Sale NY040508), Oct. 16 2008. Auction Result US$2,345,625
Photographs (Sale NY040307), Oct. 17 2007. Auction Result US$4,321,383