CHRISTIE’S
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE ESTATE OF THOMAS T. SOLLEY
New York – February 14, 2007
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
Sold:
$4,328,460
£2,219,723
Lots Sold: 252 Lots Offered: 318
$: £1.95
Lot
€3,329,585
Sale No: 1867
Sold by Lot: 79%
Sold by $: 92%
Estimate
Buyer
$: €1.3
Price
41
£200,000
€300,000
$5,000-7,000
$ 390,000
Morton Schamberg, God, 1918, gelatin silver print
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
American Trade
283
$ 252,000
£129,231
€193,846
$6,000-9,000
El Lissitzky, Portrait of Kurt Schwitters, 1924, gelatin silver print
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
European Trade
24
$ 204,000
£104,615
€156,923
$40,000-60,000
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Italy, 1933, gelatin silver print
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
American Trade
177
$ 144,000
£73,846
€110,769
$40,000-60,000
American Private
Edward Steichen, Flatiron Building, Evening, 1905, gelatin silver print, printed c. 1960
122
$ 132,000
£67,692
€101,538
$20,000-30,000
Irving Penn, Vogue, Fashion Photograph (Café in Lima), Peru, 1948
European Trade
$ 96,000
£49,231
€73,846
$40,000-60,000
Edward Steichen, View into 40th Str. To West from Steichen’s Studio, 1933
American Trade
$ 90,000
£46,154
€69,231
El Lissitzky, Long Distance Runner (Le Sport), 1926-27
European Private
95
46
$5,000-7,000
114
$ 90,000
£46,154
€69,231
$20,000-30,000
Richard Avedon, Lauren Hutton, Great Exhuma, the Bahamas, 1968
European Trade
$ 90,000
£46,154
€69,231
$25,000-35,000
Irving Penn, Woman with Roses (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), 1950
European Private
$ 78,000
£40,000
Robert Frank, New York City, 1948
American Private
125
93
€60,000
$15,000-25,000
“The sale of the Thomas T. Solley Collection of Photographs achieved a very strong result. The total of $4,328,460
well exceeded pre-sale estimates and we were delighted to see a wide international participation. The outcome is a
vivid testament to Mr. Solley's sure and individualistic eye. The unexpected highlight of the sale was the $390,000
achieved by a rare 1918 American Dadaist work, 'God', by Morton Schamberg - a dead-pan study of a cast-iron
plumbing trap on a mitre box. Works by modern masters including Richard Avedon, Henri Cartier-Bresson,
Helmut Newton and Irving Penn attracted consistently lively competition,” said Philippe Garner & Joshua
Holdeman, International Directors of the Photographs Department.
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212.636.2680
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