RESULTS: Photographs at Sotheby's
Today’s sale of Photographs totaled $4,970,754 and was 75% sold by lot. The top lot was Robert Frank’s U. S. 90, En Route to Del Rio, Texas which more than doubled the high estimate to sell for $266,500.
Christopher Mahoney, Senior Vice President in Sotheby’s Photographs Department said: “This sale proves that there is strong desire in the marketplace for truly rare photographs that are fresh to the market. It was exciting to see the enthusiasm with which collectors responded to fine material across all categories. We were gratified see work by photographers as diverse as Robert Frank, Man Ray, Edward Steichen, and Manuel Álvarez Bravo, among many others, soar past their estimates, and are pleased to have set a new world auction record for Robert Adams. Our challenge going forward will be to continue to source exceptional photographs for sophisticated and selective collectors.”
