The results of the recent Photographs sale at Doyle in New York generally met expectations. The top lot Annie Leibovitz portrait sold above its estimate range, and with an overall Buy-In rate under 25% and a handful of positive surprises, the Total Sale Proceeds (of just under $200K) fell squarely in the middle of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

The results of the recent space photography sale at Christie’s in London were decidedly underwhelming, with plenty of relative bargains available for those who were paying attention. With most of the lots being sold with little or no reserve, the vast majority of lots that did find buyers did so for under £500. With a Buy-In rate above 25% and just a few positive surprises to balance out the numbers, the Total Sale Proceeds came in well below the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

If a photograph taken during the various missions of the American space program, particularly the now-famous moon flights and landings in the 1960s and 1970s, was something you always wanted to own, the sale of the Victor Martin-Malburet Photograph Collection at Christie’s in London (online) last week was your golden opportunity. Coming in at a whopping 700 lots, the sale covered a broad range of imagery, including both documentary and scientific evidence, with plenty of “firsts” and pieces of history on offer. It was these “firsts” – the first human-taken photograph of Earth, the first photograph of man in space, ... Read more at Collector Daily.