Phillips’ various owner Photographs sale in London next week is filled with the kind of material that typically courses through the veins of the auction market. There is a bit of brash fashion, a bit of vintage black and white (often in later print incarnations), some Peter Beard and Nick Brandt prints, a few larger color works, and some Mapplethorpes, Penns, and Munizes mixed in as consistent performers. It’s a pretty representative sample of the run of the mill. Overall, there are 142 photography lots available in the sale, with a Total High Estimate of £1722200.
Here’s the statistical breakdown:
| Preview Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including £5000) | 40 |
| Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of low lots) | £153200 |
| Total Mid Lots (high estimate between £5000 and £25000) | 89 |
| Total Mid Estimate | £1026000 |
| Total High Lots (high estimate above £25000) | 13 |
| Total High Estimate | £543 |
The top lot by High estimate is tied between two lots: lot 66, William Eggleston, Untitled (Near Minter City and Glendora, Mississippi), 1970/1999 (image above, middle, via Phillips), and lot 75, Desiree Dolron, Xteriors I, 2001/2004, both estimated at £50000-70000.
Here is the list of photographers with four or more lots in the sale, along with the number of lots on offer:
| Multiple Lots For Sale | |
|---|---|
| William Eggleston | 7 |
| Robert Mapplethorpe | 7 |
| Helmut Newton | 5 |
| Peter Beard | 4 |
| Alfred Eisenstaedt | 4 |
| Horst P. Horst | 4 |
| Paul Strand | 4 |
| Josef Sudek | 4 |
Other lots of interest include lot 69, William Klein, Cowhey Marine, New York, 1955, estimated at £20000-30000 (image above, left), and lot 108, Erwin Blumenfeld, Manina, Paris, 1937/1949-1951, estimated at £30000-40000 (image above, right, both via Phillips.)
The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here.
