Press | Phillips

18 May 2018

Phillips’ Inaugural ULTIMATE Evening and Photographs Day Sales Achieve £3.5 Million

Genevieve Janvrin and Yuka Yamaji, Co-Heads of Photographs, Europe, said, “These industry leading results mark the highest ever total for a Phillips Photographs sale in London. We were thrilled to present our inaugural ULTIMATE Evening Sale, which was 96% sold and established a world auction record for Helmut Newton, breaking Phillips’ previous record set in 2015. Further standout results were achieved for Robert Mapplethorpe and Peter Beard. As we continue our celebration of 1970s Japanese photography, we are thrilled to establish world auction records for the three women artists, including our cover lot by Ishiuchi Miyako. A true highlight of the sales was POLAROIDS from the Piero Bisazza Collection, which was 100% sold. The Michel and Sally Strauss Contemporary Photography Collection in the Photographs Day Sale was 97% sold, and saw world auction records for Nadav Kander and Michael Wolf.”  

 

 

TOP TEN LOTS

Lot

Description

Estimate

Price Achieved

16

Helmut Newton, Panoramic  Nude with Gun, Villa d’Este, Como, 1989

World auction record for the artist

£250,000 - 350,000

£729,000

$981,234 /€834,559

17

Robert Mapplethorpe, Double Tiger Lily, 1977

£150,000 - 250,000

£297,000

$399,762 /€340,006

18

Peter Beard, Downwind on the Tiva Lugga North near Kathamula, 1965

£150,000 - 250,000

£187,500

$252,375 /€214,650

13

Robert Mapplethorpe, American Flag, 1987

World auction record for a gelatin silver print of this image

£80,000 - 120,000

£181,250

$243,963 /€207,495

19

Ishiuchi Miyako, 絶唱 、横須賀ストーリー Yokosuka Story, 1976-1977

World auction record for the artist

£70,000 - 90,000

£106,250

$143,013 /€121,635

14

Irving Penn, Three Poppies, Arab Chief, New York, 1969

£80,000 - 120,000

£93,750

$126,188 /€107,325

12

Diane Arbus, Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1962*

£70,000 - 90,000

£71,250

$95,903 /€81,567

126

Desirée Dolron, Xteriors V, 2001-2009

£30,000 - 50,000

£68,750

$92,538 /€78,705

6

Andy Warhol, Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall, Grace Jones, Diane von Fürstenberg, 1974-1984

£20,000 - 30,000

£62,500

$84,125 /€71,550

124

Idris Khan, every…William Turner postcard from Tate Britain, 2004

£20,000 - 30,000

£50,000

$67,300 /€57,240

 

NEW AUCTION RECORDS

Lot

Description

Estimate

Price Achieved

16

Helmut Newton, Panoramic  Nude with Gun, Villa d’Este, Como, 1989

£250,000 - 350,000

£729,000

$981,234 /€834,559

 

*previous record price: $905,000 set in 2015

19

Ishiuchi Miyako, 絶唱 、横須賀ストーリー Yokosuka Story, 1976-1977

£70,000 - 90,000

£106,250

$143,013 /€121,635

 

*previous record price: $27,500 set in 2015

23

Mika Ninagawa, earthly flowers, heavenly colors, 2018

£30,000 - 50,000

 

£30,000

$40,380 /€34,344

 

*previous record price: HK$62,500 set in 2017

29

Michael Wolf, Architecture of Density #119, 2009

£15,000 - 20,000

£18,750

$25,238 /€21,465

 

*previous record price: £13,200 set in 2007

33

Nadav Kander, Chongqing IV (Sunday Picnic), Chongqing Municipality, 2006

£15,000 - 20,000

£23,750

$31,968 /€21,465

 

*previous record price: £18,750 set in 2015

 

*Lots 12, 22, 85, 156 and 159 were sold immediately following the auction and included in the sale results.

 

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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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