Auction Results: Post-War to Present and Post-War to Present Online, June 26 and July 3, 2025 @Christie’s London

The photographic results from the Post-War to Present and Post-War to Present Online sales at Christie’s in London last week were largely uneventful. A Wolfgang Tillmans abstraction took the top lot honors, and with an overall Buy-In rate for photography above 27% and just one positive surprise, the Total Sales Proceeds for photography (of roughly £790K) came in just above the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.

The summary statistics are below (all results include the buyer’s premium):

Summary Statistics
Total Lots 33
Aggregate Pre Sale Low Estimate £747000
Aggregate Pre Sale High Estimate £1091000
Total Lots Sold 24
Total Lots Bought In 9
Buy In % 27.27%
Total Sale Proceeds £791280

Here is the breakdown (using our usual Low, Mid, and High price tier definitions):

Detailed Breakdown
Low Total Lots 11
Total Low Lots Sold 8
Total Low Lots Bought In 3
Low Buy In % 27.27%
Aggregate High Estimate of Low Lots £71000
Total Proceeds from Low Lots £42210
Mid Total Lots 15
Total Mid Lots Sold 9
Total Mid Lots Bought In 6
Mid Buy In % 40.00%
Aggregate High Estimate of Mid Lots £310000
Total Proceeds from Mid Lots £218610
Total High Lots 7
Total High Lots Sold 6
Total High Lots Bought In 1
High Buy In % 14.29%
Aggregate High Estimate of High Lots £710000
Total Proceeds from High Lots £530460

The top photography lot by High estimate was lot 23, Wolfgang Tillmans, Freischwimmer 103, 2004, estimated at £120000-180000; it was also the top outcome of the sales at £201600 (image above, via Christie’s).

66.67% of the photo lots that sold had proceeds in or above the estimate range and there was just 1 positive surprise in the sales (defined as having proceeds of at least double the high estimate) (images above, via Christie’s):

Lot 21, Wolfgang Tillmans, Kate McQueen, 1996/2005, estimated at £25000-35000, sold at £75600

Complete lot by lot results can be found here (Post-War to Present) and here (Post-War to Present Online).

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