The fifth installment of the liquidation of the holdings of the Pier 24 Photography museum took place earlier this week at Sotheby’s, with a no reserve selection of works. On top of the two sales last May that brought in a combined tally of more that $10.6M (here and here), a smaller sale of anonymous imagery this October (here) that added another $85K, and yet another $2M slice of works several weeks later (here), this sale handled some of what was left. Since there were no reserves, the overall Buy-In rate was 0.00%, but nearly half of the lots sold below ... Read more at Collector Daily.

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.

The photography included in Christie’s recent First Open online sale didn’t deliver much in the way of excitement, but the end of the year mop auctions hardly ever do. The top lot Richard Prince Instagram portrait sold within its estimate, and with a respectable Buy-In rate for photography of 25%, the Total Sale Proceeds for photography (of roughly $250K) came in just below the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

The recent online sale of gift-worthy photography at Bonhams didn’t elicit much in the way of generosity. With an overall Buy-In rate over 53% and just a couple of positive surprises, the Total Sale Proceeds (of roughly $190K) didn’t threaten the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

There wasn’t much holiday cheer to bolster the results of the recent sale of California-themed photographs at Bonhams online. With an overall Buy-In rate topping 60% and almost no positive surprises, the Total Sale Proceeds (of roughly $230K) fell far below the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

A small treasure trove of prints by Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham showed up at auction at John Moran in California last week, giving collectors a rare chance at some early 20th century Modernist gems. The results were generally solid, with a Cunningham print taking the top lot honors near $300K and several Weston prints topping $100K; the archive of Weston scholar Amy Conger was also up for sale, finding a buyer well above its modest estimate range. When the dust settled, the overall Buy-In rate for the sale came in under 20%, with the Total Sale Proceeds (of roughly ... 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.

The recent run of contemporary art sales at Grisebach in Berlin last week didn’t include much photography, and aside from the top photo lot Gilbert & George work which didn’t find a buyer, the rest of the photo offerings generally performed to expectations. With an overall Buy-In rate for photography of just over 26% and a couple of positive surprises, the Total Sale Proceeds for photography (of roughly €295K) fell in the middle of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

The photography included in the various modern and contemporary art sales at Van Ham in Cologne last week generally met expectations. Both top photo lots found buyers above their estimate ranges, and although the overall Buy-In rate for photography came in at 40%, the Total Sale Proceeds for photography (of roughly €425K) still found their way to the middle of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.

Phillips dipped its toe into the French auction market for photographs last week with a modest sale of Paris-themed imagery. The results were uneventful, with a later print by Henri Cartier-Bresson taking the top lot honors. The overall Buy-In rate came in at roughly 30% and there were no positive surprises, leading to Total Sale Proceeds (of roughly €230K) that came in below the low end of the aggregate pre-sale estimate range.... Read more at Collector Daily.