Auction Preview: Into Africa: Photographs by Peter Beard, October 3, 2013 @Christie’s

Christie’s opens its Fall photography offerings with a single artist sale of the works of Peter Beard. Overall, there are a total of 28 works available, with a Total High Estimate of $1452500.

Here’s the statistical breakdown:

Preview Statistics
Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including $10000) 5
Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of low lots) $34500
Total Mid Lots (high estimate between $10000 and $50000) 14
Total Mid Estimate $388000
Total High Lots (high estimate above $50000) 9
Total High Estimate $1030000

The top lot by High estimate is lot 19, Peter Beard, Tsavo Tusker on the Athi-Tiva River, 1965, estimated at $200000-300000 (image above, right, via Christies’s).

Other lots of interest include lot 10, Peter Beard, Orphaned Cheetah Cubs, Mweiga, Kenya, 1968/1998, estimated at $150000-250000 (image above, left, via Christie’s).

The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here.

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