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PHILLIPS’ OCTOBER PHOTOGRAPHS AUCTIONS

TOTAL $8.5 MILLION

Photographs Sales Set New Auction Records for Irving Penn,

Josef Koudelka, and Tyler Mitchell

New York, 8-9 October 2025

Visual Language: The Art of Irving Penn Total: $4,864,074 / £3,634,171 / €4,190,774

Photographs Sale Total: $3,593,553 / £2,701,092 / €3,107,406

Combined Total for the Week: $8,457,627 / £6,358,573 / €7,317,815

Josef Koudelka

Gypsies, 1962-1968

Sold for $283,800

Cindy Sherman

Untitled #470, 2008

Sold for $206,400

Sarah Krueger, Head of Photographs, New York and Christopher Mahoney, Senior International Specialist, said, “Building on the momentum of yesterday’s landmark auction, Visual Language: The Art of Irving Penn, which set a new auction record for the artist, we began this morning’s Photographs sale with the highly anticipated New York debut of ULTIMATE — Phillips’ signature platform dedicated to exclusive, one-of-a-kind works. The section opened with a compelling start as Tyler Mitchell’s Riverside Scene from Dreaming in Real Time broke the artist’s current auction record, achieving $42,000, more than doubling its low estimate. Robert Mapplethorpe’s iconic floral photographs also delivered standout results, with Tulip and Orchid each more than tripling their estimates, and Calla Lilies soaring to $70,950 — nearly five times the low. The top lot of the sale, Josef Koudelka’s Gypsies portfolio, also exceeded expectations, more than doubling its low estimate and establishing another new auction record. With participation from collectors across more than 30 countries, these results underscore the continued global demand for rare and historically significant works across the category.”

Photographs, 9 October

Lots Sold: 150 | Lots Offered: 212

Sold by Lot: 71% | Sold by Value: 81%

Lot	Description	Estimate	Price Achieved
242	Josef Koudelka, Gypsies, 1962-1968 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST	$150,000 - 250,000	$283,800
151	Cindy Sherman, Untitled #470, 2008	$200,000 - 300,000	$206,400
128	Helmut Newton, Photographien, 1973-1993	$100,000 - 150,000	$141,900
247	Ansel Adams, Portfolio VII, 1932-1976	$80,000 - 120,000	$135,450
107	Peter Beard, Wounded Lion @ Lariak Estate / Rumuruti Kenya, 1960	$100,000 - 150,000	$129,000
145	William Eggleston, Troubled Waters, 1980	$100,000 - 150,000	$129,000
219	Julia Margaret Cameron, Kate Keown, 1866	$80,000 - 120,000	$103,200
239	Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936	$30,000 - 50,000	$70,950
258	Robert Mapplethorpe, Calla Lilies, 1983	$15,000 - 25,000	$70,950
105	Andy Warhol, Nine Polaroids: Bianca Jagger; Uncle Sam; Muhammad Ali; Dennis Hopper; Self-Portrait in Fright Wig; Grace Jones; Jack Nicholson; Ladies and Gentlemen (Marsha P. Johnson); The American Indian (Russell Means), 1983-86	$60,000 - 80,000	$64,500

New Auction Records

Lot	Description	Estimate	Price Achieved
101	Tyler Mitchell, Riverside Scene from Dreaming in Real Time, 2021	$20,000 - 30,000	$54,180
	*previous record price: $24,130 set in 2025
242	Josef Koudelka, Gypsies, 1962-1968	$150,000 - 250,000	$283,800
	*previous record price: $101,600 set in 2023

*Lots 171 and 174 were sold after the lots closed, whilst the sale was ongoing, and is therefore included in the total sale result.

Exchange Rate on 9 OCTOBER 2025: US$1 = £ 0.7520, €0.8652, HK$7.781

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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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PHILLIPS’ OCTOBER PHOTOGRAPHS AUCTIONS TOTAL $8.5 MILLION