Aside from the withdrawal of the top photo lot Richard Prince work, the photography included in the last tranche of the Emily Fisher Landau Collection sale at Sotheby’s last week in New York generally met expectations. In an online sale where most of the lots had no reserve, the overall Buy-In rate came in at a tidy 0.00%, leading to Total Sale Proceeds for photography (of roughly $355K) that fell near the top end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

A little too much softness in the results of lots estimated above €10K dampened the numbers from the Photography and Contemporary Art sales at Lempertz in Cologne last week. While the top photo lot Gerhard Richter overpainted image did sell, several others in the middle price tier did not. With an overall Buy-In rate for photography near 38%, the Total Sale Proceeds for photography came in at roughly €520K, just below the aggregate pre-sale low estimate.... Read more at Collector Daily.

While there was plenty of photographic value on offer at the recent run of Contemporary sales at Sotheby’s in New York last week, the results were largely muted. After no photo lots in the Now evening sale and one high priced Diane Arbus withdrawal before the Contemporary day sale began, the action got started, with two photo lots topping the $1M mark (works by Gerhard Richter and John Baldessari). The overall Buy-In rate for photography hovered near 10% and there were a few positive surprises, but the Total Sale Proceeds for photography (of roughly $4.9M) still came in below the low end ... Read more at Collector Daily.

The results from the Photographs Signature Auction last week at Heritage were generally uneventful. The top lot Robert Mapplethorpe flower print found a buyer below its estimate range, and was tied for the top lot honors with an Ansel Adams moonrise. The overall Buy-In rate inched up near 35%, and with just 1 positive surprise and too many of the lots that did sell doing so below their estimates, the Total Sale Proceeds (of roughly $825K) came in below the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

The results from the recent Photographies sale at Paris (online) were largely uneventful. The top lot Helmut Newton print didn’t sell (so a Robert Mapplethorpe self-portrait took the top lot honors), but the combination of a respectable overall Buy-In rate of 20% and a few positive surprises led to Total Sale Proceeds (of roughly €890K) that fell just below the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

While the top lot Richard Avedon diptych was withdrawn before the recent various owner Photographs sale at Phillips in London, the rest of the sale generally hit its marks. Prints by Peter Lindbergh and Avedon tied for the top outcome of the sale, and between a respectable Buy-In rate (of roughly 26%) and plenty of positive surprises, the Total Sale Proceeds (of roughly £2.3M) fell in the middle of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

The photography included in last week’s 20th Century and Post-War and Contemporary Art sales at Christie’s in New York performed admirably. The top lot Man Ray solarized nude found a buyer above its estimate range, and with a low overall Buy-In rate for photography (of just 5%) and a few positive surprises, the Total Sale Proceeds for photography came in above $2.6M, above the top end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

A bit of softness in the top price tier was just enough to dampen the results of the Photographs sale at Christie’s last week. The overall Buy-In rate for the sale was a respectable 20% and there were plenty of positive surprises sprinkled throughout the sale, but a few passes in those pricier lots kept the Total Sale Proceeds tally (of roughly $2M) from picking up speed, ending up just above the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

It was an altogether solid outing for Phillips at its Photographs sale earlier this week in New York. The top two lots both sold above their estimates, only to be topped by another Ansel Adams print. The overall Buy-In rate was a svelte 10% and with more than a dozen positive surprises to juice the numbers, the Total Sale Proceeds (of roughly $6.4M) came in above the top end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

Weakness in the middle and high price tiers scuttled the results of the recent Photographs sale at Doyle in New York. Not only did the top lot Andreas Gursky print fail to sell, only two of the next eight highest priced lots found buyers. While a number of positive surprises attempted to lift the numbers a bit, when the dust settled, the Total Sale Proceeds (of just $175K) fell well below the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.