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Phillips’ Photographs Auction Achieves £2.3 Million, Led by Richard Avedon’s 1955 Dovima with Elephants
Ten New Auction Records Set Including those for Michael Halsband, Markus Brunetti, and Amanda Means
London, 19 May 2023
Sale Total: £2,383,155 / $2,958,687 / €2,742,296
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Lots Sold: 129 | Lots Offered: 166
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Sold by Lot: 78% | Sold by Value: 86%
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Yuka Yamaji, Head of Photographs, Europe, and Rachel Peart, Head of Department, London, said, “We are thrilled with the sale total of £2.3 million achieved today. The 17th edition of ULTIMATE was 100% sold, with Maria Svarbova’s Grössling City Bath realising a world auction record at £38,100. Eight out of the eleven artists featured in ULTIMATE achieved world auction records, seven of those artists are women, and four are Korean. The compelling response from our global collecting community for contemporary Korean photographs in our sale today demonstrates the growing demand for works by trailblazing image-makers from that region. We were particularly pleased with the result achieved for Rala Choi’s auction debut with A woman lying on the sofa which soared to £27,940, over double the estimate. We saw enthusiastic international bidding for SPOTLIGHT: A Private London Collection, with five works from the collection featuring in the top ten, including the top lot of the sale.”
Top Ten Lots
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Lot
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Description
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Estimate
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Price Achieved
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138
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Richard Avedon, Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August, 1955
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£100,000 - 150,000
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£139,700
$173,438/€160,753
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9
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Peter Lindbergh, Kate Moss, Harper's Bazaar USA, Long Island, New York, 1994
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£70,000 - 90,000
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£139,700
$173,438/€160,753
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8
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Helmut Newton, Big Nude: Yuko, Camilla, Raquel, Una and Verina, 1993
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£40,000 - 60,000
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£57,150
$70,952/€65,763
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131
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Mert & Marcus, Missy Running, 2005
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£30,000 - 50,000
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£57,150
$70,952/€65,763
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145
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Michael Halsband, Andy Warhol + Jean-Michel Basquiat #143, New York City, July 10th, 1985
£20,000 - 30,000
WORLD AUCTION RECORD
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£20,000 - 30,000
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£48,260
$59,915/€55,533
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154
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Terry O'Neill, Brigitte Bardot, Spain, 1971
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£6,000 - 8,000
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£48,260
$59,915/€55,533
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19
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Markus Brunetti, Paris, Cathédrale Notre-Dame from FACADES, 2006-2015
WORLD AUCTION RECORD
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£25,000 - 35,000
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£48,260
$59,915/€55,533
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36
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Sally Mann, Holding Virginia, 1989
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£8,000 - 12,000
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£44,450
$55,185/€51,149
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64
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Chris Smith, Ali and The Beatles, 1964
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£15,000 - 20,000
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£40,640
$50,455/€46,764
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150
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Terry O'Neill, Faye Dunaway, Hollywood, 1977
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£10,000 - 15,000
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£40,640
$50,455/€46,764
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New Auction Records
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Lot
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Description
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Estimate
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Price Achieved
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11
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Tania Franco Klein, Toaster, (Self-portrait) from Our Life in the Shadows, 2016
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£15,000 - 25,000
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£19,050
$23,651/€21,921
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*previous record price: 18,900 GBP set in 2022
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12
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JeeYoung Lee, Resurrection from Stage of Mind, 2011
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£10,000 - 15,00
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£22,860
$28,381/€26,305
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*previous record price: 1,200 AUD set in 2019
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15
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Maria Svarbova, Grössling City Bath, 2020
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£12,000 - 18,000
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£38,100
$47,301/€43,842
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*previous record price: 6,300 GBP set in 2021
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16
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Amanda Means, Light Bulb (008BYs), 2007
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£10,000 - 15,000
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£38,100
$47,301/€43,842
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*previous record price: 22,500 GBP set in 2020
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17
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Reine Paradis, L’Envol from Jungle, 2016
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£12,000 - 18,000
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£10,160
$12,614/€11,691
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*previous record price: 10,000 GBP set in 2019
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18
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Jung Lee, Heart, 2018
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£15,000 - 25,000
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£35,560
$44,148/€40,919
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*previous record price: 3,000,000 KRW set in 2008
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19
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Markus Brunetti, Paris, Cathédrale Notre-Dame from FACADES, 2006-2015
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£25,000 - 35,00
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£48,260 $59,915/€55,533
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*previous record price: 40,320 GBP set in 2022
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20
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Jungjin Lee, Wind 04-54, 2004
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£25,000 - 35,000
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£27,940
$34,688/€32,151
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*previous record price: 27,500 GBP set in 2017
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50
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André Gelpke, Sylt from Fluchtgedanken, 1980
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£7,000 - 9,000
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£10,795
$13,402/€12,422
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*previous record price: 2,200 EUR set in 2003
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145
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Michael Halsband, Andy Warhol + Jean-Michel Basquiat #143, New York City, July 10th, 1985
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£20,000 - 30,000
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£48,260
$59,915/€55,533
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*previous record price: 40,000 USD set in 2018
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