While a handful of higher priced photo lots tucked into the contemporary art sale pushed the tally up at the recent run of Contemporary Art and Photography Online Only sales at Grisebach in Berlin last week, an overall Buy-In rate across the two sales topping 40% ultimately dampened the combined results. A number of positive surprises created some bounce, but the Total Sale Proceeds (of roughly €585K) came in well below the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

JTF (just the facts): A group show of works (by 62 individual photographers or partnerships) drawn from a recent gift to the museum by Helen Kornblum in honor of MoMA curator Roxana Marcoci. Hung against white and mirrored walls in a single room gallery space on the fifth floor of the museum. The following works are included in the show: Justine Kurland: 1 chromogenic print, 1998 Alma Lavenson: 2 gelatin silver prints, 1932, 1933 Lotte Jacobi: 1 gelatin silver print, 1929 Margrethe Mather: 1 gelatin silver print, 1933 Rosemarie Trockel: 1 chromogenic print, 2004 Tatiana Parcero: 1 chromogenic print and ... Read more at Collector Daily.

Two self portraits by Gertrud Arndt soared above their estimate ranges (one to more than 10X its high estimate) in the recent Modern and Contemporary Photographs sale at Grisebach in Berlin. Even with a umber of positive surprises, the overall Buy-In rater was too high (coming in over 45%), driving the Total Sale Proceeds (of roughly €450K) meaningfully below the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

While the top lot did sell and a number of positive surprises dotted Villa Grisebach’s recent Modern and Contemporary Photographs sale in Berlin, these weren’t enough to compensate for a too-high Buy-In rate that topped 40%. As a result, the Total Sale Proceeds failed to clear even the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.