Heritage brings a hulking 400 lot sale of photography to New York next week, testing its ability to gather a broad selection of active bidders for such a large collection of imagery. The vast majority of the works on offer are priced below $10000, making it a good feeding ground for low priced bargains. The sale is led by a massive 33 lot cache of Berenice Abbott prints and a mixed selection of images of Marilyn Monroe (Stern, Barris, Greene, De Dienes, and others). Overall, there are a total of 402 lots on offer, with a Total High Estimate of $1877100.
Here’s the statistical breakdown:
| Preview Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including $10000) | 383 |
| Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of low lots) | $1383100 |
| Total Mid Lots (high estimate between $10000 and $50000) | 17 |
| Total Mid Estimate | $354000 |
| Total High Lots (high estimate above $50000) | 2 |
| Total High Estimate | $140000 |
The top lot by High estimate is lot 74207, Helmut Newton, Tied-Up Torso, Ramatuelle, 1980, estimated at $60000-80000.
Here’s the list of photographers with seven or more lots in the sale, along with the number of lots on offer:
| Multiple Lots For Sale | |
|---|---|
| Berenice Abbott | 33 |
| Bert Stern | 14 |
| Ansel Adams | 11 |
| Andre De Dienes | 10 |
| Brett Weston | 10 |
| George Barris | 9 |
| Ralph Gibson | 8 |
| Edward Weston | 8 |
| Paul Caponigro | 7 |
| Leonard Freed | 7 |
Other lots of interest include lot 74012, Edward Weston, Church Door, Hornitos, 1940/1951, estimated at $30000-40000 (image above, middle, via Heritage), lot 74072, Berenice Abbott, Self Portrait with Distortion, 1945, estimated at $4000-6000 (image above, left, via Heritage), and lot 74322, Milton Greene, Marilyn Monroe in Arizona, 1954, estimated at $1000-2000 (image above, right, via Heritage).
The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here.
