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    28 November 2024

    PHILLIPS ANNOUNCES HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EDITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DESIGN AUCTION IN HONG KONG

    Live Sale on 12 December to Feature Works by David Hockney, Zao Wou-Ki, Yayoi Kusama and Yoshitomo Nara, Among Other Blue-Chip Artists

     

    Also Featuring Important Works by Iconic 20th and 21st Century Photographers and an Impressive Selection of Japanese and Scandinavian Design

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    25 November 2024

    PHILLIPS’ LONDON PHOTOGRAPHS AUCTIONS REALISE £2.3 MILLION

    London, 21 November 2024

    Photographs Live Auction Sale Total: £2,066,036 / $2,611,676 / €2,481,516

    Helmut Newton Online Auction Sale Total: £232,347 / $293,710 / € 279,072

    COMBINED TOTAL FOR THE WEEK: £2,298,393 / $2,905,386 / €2,760,588

     
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    7 November 2024

    PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN LIFETIME PRINT OF DIANE ARBUS’ IDENTICAL TWINS, ROSELLE, N.J., 1967, LEADS PHILLIPS’ LONDON PHOTOGRAPHS AUCTION

    Sale on 21 November to Feature Rare Works by Iconic 20th and 21st Century Photographers, Including Richard Avedon, Ikkō Narahara, and Hiroshi Sugimoto, Alongside ULTIMATE ELLEN VON UNWERTH

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Photographs Department

Phillips' Photographs department leads the field by anticipating and engaging with ever-evolving collecting trends. Distinguished by our balanced presentation of classic and contemporary works, we achieve top results across all genres, from current stars to masters who have come to define the medium.

Our high standards for quality and long-standing relationships with collectors are the foundations of our success. These key characteristics enabled us to set more than 100 world auction records for renowned artists spanning the history of the medium from the 19th century to today, including the world auction record for Helmut Newton with Sie Kommen, Paris (Dressed and Naked), 1981, achieving $1,820,000 in April 2019, setting a new auction record for the artist at the time of sale. 

The Photographs department realizes robust results for our single-owner sale consignors, champions new talent—setting incredible sale-price precedents when introducing Alex PragerRuud Van Empel and Awol Erizku to auction—and continually innovates our sales. ULTIMATE, our unique platform features exclusive auction highlights and showcases rare-to-market masterworks; past partners for ULTIMATE include Vogue and Calvin Klein.

Our tenured International Photographs department—headquartered in New York, with the team working alongside regional representatives across the globe—cultivates connections with key market figures, from curators and collectors to advisors and dealers. Our ability to produce consistent, substantial returns while setting world auction records reflects our profound commitment to our clients and our ability to bring premier examples of the medium to auction.

If you are interested in receiving a valuation, selling your photographs with Phillips, or would like advice on growing your collection, please contact us at photographs@phillips.com or +1 212 940 1252.

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