Auction Preview: Photographs, April 29, 2014 @Bonhams

The various owner photographs sale at Bonhams next week is a clustered affair, with groups of lots from the likes of Hiroshi Sugimoto, Margaret Bourke-White, and Minor White. A few unexpected secondary images should keep the proceedings interesting. Overall, there are a total of 108 lots available, with a Total High Estimate of $1174500.

Here’s the statistical breakdown:

Preview Statistics
Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including $10000) 72
Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of low lots) $439500
Total Mid Lots (high estimate between $10000 and $50000) 35
Total Mid Estimate $675000
Total High Lots (high estimate above $50000) 1
Total High Estimate $60000

The top lot by High estimate is lot 132, Eadweard Muybridge, 236 plates from Animal Locomotion, 1887, estimated at $40000-60000.

Here’s the complete list of photographers with four or more lots in the sale, along with the number of lots on offer:

Multiple Lots For Sale
Hiroshi Sugimoto 8
Margaret Bourke-White 5
Minor White 5
Ansel Adams 4
Ruth Bernhard 4
Yousuf Karsh 4
Richard Misrach 4
Sebastião Salgado 4

Other lots of interest include lot 21, Paul Strand, The Happy Family, Orgeval, France, 1958, estimated at $20000-30000 (image above, left, via Bonhams), lot 14, Margaret Bourke-White, Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936, estimated at $7000-9000 (image above, right, via Bonhams), and lot 65, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Beacon Theater, New York, 1979, estimated at $20000-30000 (image above, middle, via Bonhams).

The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here.

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