The upcoming Photographs & Photobooks sale at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury is the kind of auction where bargains can be had for those willing to look. It’s a diverse mix of material, most of it lower priced and likely to be available at reasonable prices. Overall, there are 273 lots of photography on offer in the sale, with a Total High Estimate of £533500.
Here’s the statistical breakdown:
| Preview Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including £5000) | 260 |
| Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of low lots) | £378500 |
| Total Mid Lots (high estimate between £5000 and £25000) | 13 |
| Total Mid Estimate | £155000 |
| Total High Lots (high estimate above £25000) | 0 |
| Total High Estimate | £0 |
The top lot by High estimate is lot 89, Robert Rauschenberg, Cracked Surface and Rivets I (from the Bleacher series), 1989, estimated at £20000-25000 (image above, left, via Dreweatts).
Here’s the complete list of photographers with five or more lots in the sale, along with the number of lots on offer:
| Multiple Lots For Sale | |
|---|---|
| Elliott Erwitt | 11 |
| NASA | 10 |
| Peter Henry Emerson | 7 |
| Eadweard Muybridge | 7 |
| Martin Parr | 7 |
| Aaron Siskind | 7 |
| Edouard Boubat | 5 |
| Lucien Clergue | 5 |
| Robert Doisneau | 5 |
| Mario Giacomelli | 5 |
| Daido Moriyama | 5 |
| Willy Ronis | 5 |
| Edward Steichen | 5 |
| Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden | 5 |
Other lots of interest include lot 150, Richard Avedon, Jean Shrimpton, Evening Dress by Galitzine, 1981, estimated at £15000-20000 (image above, middle, via Dreweatts), and lot 210, Nobuyoshi Araki, Untitled (Watermelon) from Colourscapes, 1991/2007, estimated at £12000-15000 (image above, right, via Dreweatts).
The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here.
