PHILLIPS OCTOBER PHOTOGRAPHS AUCTIONS REALIZE $4.2 / £2.7 / €3.7 MILLION
WILLIAM EGGLESTON’S ICONIC PICTURE MEMPHIS (TRICYCLE) SETS A NEW RECORD PRICE FOR A DYE TRANSFER PRINT BY THE ARTIST
NEW YORK– October 8, 2015 – Phillips October Photographs sales realized $ 4,228,750 / £2,736,111 / €3,725,055, selling 70% by lot and 70% by value.
“We are delighted with the results from our Innovators of Photography: A Private East Coast Collection and Photographs sales, which included solid prices for William Eggleston, Diane Arbus, Robert Frank and Edward Burtynsky,” said Sarah Krueger, Head of Sale, Photographs, at Phillips. “We are particularly pleased to see William Eggleston’s iconic picture, Memphis (Tricycle), set a new record price for a dye transfer print by the artist.”
TOP TEN LOTS
21 William Eggleston Memphis $365,000 / £237,800 / €323,745
17 Diane Arbus A family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, NY * $305,000 / £198,710 / €270,533
209 Robert Frank Trolley, New Orleans $149,000 / £97,074 / €132,162
87 Elger Esser Doubt, Frankreich $137,000 / £89,274 / €121,515
94 Richard Avedon Bubba Morrison, oil field worker, Albany, Texas, June 10 $118,750 / £77,381 / €105,321
19 William Eggleston Huntsville, Alabama $100,000 / £65,157 / €88,691
105 Vik Muniz Dora Maar Seated, after Picasso from Pictures of Pigment $87,500 / £57,021 / €77,605
61 Richard Avedon Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, Los Angeles, California, June 14 $87,500 / £57,021 / €77,605
23 William Eggleston Jackson, Mississippi $81,250 / £52,945 / €72,062
80 Thomas Struth Paradise 14 (Yakushima, Japan) $75,000 / £48,872 / €66,521
*Lot 17 was sold immediately after the auction
AUCTION RECORDS
21 William Eggleston Memphis (for a dye transfer print) $365,000 / £237,800 / €323,745
180 Martin Newman Top Hats $12,500 / £8,145 / €11,086
184 Cornell Capa Bolshoi Ballet School, Moscow $11,250 / £7,330 / €9,977
95 Victoria Sambunaris Untitled, Haleakala Crater, Hawaii $10,000 / £6,516 / €8,869
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*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium; prices achieved include the hammer price plus buyer’s premium.
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