Auction Results: First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art, July 17, 2026 @Christie’s (online)

Auction Results: First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art, July 17, 2026 @Christie’s (online)

The photography included in the recent First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art sale at Christie’s generally met expectations. The top lot Cindy Sherman print found a buyer underneath its estimate range, only to be bested by a Richard Prince Instagram portrait. The overall Buy-In rate for photography came in under 15%, and with a couple of positive surprises, the Total Sale Proceeds for photography (of just over $515K) that tallied up in the middle of the aggregate pre-sale estimate ... Read on.

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