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    • 166 Lots

    1
    Ruud van Empel
    Identity #1
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £10,160
    2
    Gregory Crewdson
    Untitled
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £27,940
    3
    Gregory Crewdson
    Untitled
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £33,020
    4
    Sally Mann
    Untitled from Antietam
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £22,860
    5
    Hiroshi Sugimoto
    Gulf of Bothnia, Hornslandet
    Estimate
    £18,000–22,000
    Sold For
    £27,940
    6
    Ori Gersht
    Virtual E01 from On Reflection
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £19,050
    7
    Helmut Newton
    Rue Aubriot, Paris
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £33,020
    8
    Helmut Newton
    Big Nude: Yuko, Camilla, Raquel, Una and Verina
    Estimate
    £40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    £57,150
    9
    Peter Lindbergh
    Kate Moss, Harper's Bazaar USA, Long Island, New York
    Estimate
    £70,000–90,000
    Sold For
    £139,700
    10
    ULTIMATE
    Zanele Muholi
    Sindile II, Room 206 Fjord Hotel, Berlin from Somnyama Ngonyama
    Estimate
    £18,000–22,000
    Sold For
    £30,480
    11
    ULTIMATE
    Tania Franco Klein
    Toaster, (Self-portrait) from Our Life in the Shadows
    Estimate
    £15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    £19,050
    12
    ULTIMATE
    JeeYoung Lee
    Resurrection from Stage of Mind
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £22,860
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    13
    ULTIMATE
    Rala Choi
    A woman lying on the sofa
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £27,940
    14
    ULTIMATE
    Byung-Hun Min
    MG247
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £15,240
    15
    ULTIMATE
    Maria Svarbova
    Grössling City Bath
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £38,100
    16
    ULTIMATE
    Amanda Means
    Light Bulb (008BYs)
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £38,100
    17
    ULTIMATE
    Reine Paradis
    L’Envol from Jungle
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £10,160
    18
    ULTIMATE
    Jung Lee
    Heart
    Estimate
    £15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    £35,560
    19
    ULTIMATE
    Markus Brunetti
    Paris, Cathédrale Notre-Dame from FACADES
    Estimate
    £25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    £48,260
    20
    ULTIMATE
    Jungjin Lee
    Wind 04-54
    Estimate
    £25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    £27,940
    22
    Diane Arbus
    A widow in her bedroom, N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    £25,000–35,000
    23
    Diane Arbus
    Elizabeth Taylor look-alike reclining on a bed, London, England
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £24,130
    24
    Diane Arbus
    Puerto Rican woman with a beauty mark, N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £8,890
    25
    Diane Arbus
    A woman passing on the street, N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold
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    Behind the Lens: ULTIMATE

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    26
    Diane Arbus
    Woman with eyeliner, N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    27
    Peter Hujar
    Susan Sontag
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £27,940
    28
    Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
    Coney Island
    Estimate
    £18,000–22,000
    Sold For
    £24,130
    29
    William Klein
    Atom Bomb Sky, New York
    Estimate
    £15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    £15,240
    30
    Robert Adams
    Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    31
    William Eggleston
    Outskirts of Morton, Mississippi, Halloween
    Estimate
    £18,000–22,000
    32
    William Eggleston
    Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    33
    Joel Sternfeld
    McLean, Virginia, December
    Estimate
    £15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    £19,050
    34
    Seydou Keïta
    Untitled (Father and daughter, Bamako)
    Estimate
    £18,000–22,000
    Sold For
    £33,020
    35
    Irving Penn
    Cuzco Children, Peru
    Estimate
    £15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    £17,780
    36
    Sally Mann
    Holding Virginia
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £44,450
    37
    Philip-Lorca diCorcia
    Heads #23
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £12,700
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    A Korean Wave in ULTIMATE

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    38
    Philip-Lorca diCorcia
    Michael Jenson, 19 years old, Dallas, Texas, $20 / Jerry Imel, 18 years old, Wichita, Kansas, $20
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £6,985
    39
    Philip-Lorca diCorcia
    Tokyo
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    No Reserve
    40
    Philip-Lorca diCorcia
    Heads #24
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £6,350
    No Reserve
    41
    Nan Goldin
    At the bar: Toon, Cee, and So, Bangkok
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £17,780
    No Reserve
    42
    Nan Goldin
    Joey and Andres in the Hotel Askanischer Hof, Berlin
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £5,715
    43
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Frank Diaz
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,350
    44
    Diane Arbus
    Mia Villiers-Farrow on a Bed
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £8,890
    No Reserve
    45
    Lee Friedlander
    New York City
    Estimate
    £1,500–2,500
    Sold For
    £2,540
    46
    William Klein
    Dana Happening, Tokyo
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £15,240
    47
    Ishiuchi Miyako
    Yokosuka Story #5
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £17,780
    48
    Ishiuchi Miyako
    Yokosuka Story #15
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £6,096
    49
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Thomas
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £27,940
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    Turning the Camera on Themselves

    Self-Portrait Highlights from the Photographs Auction in London.

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    50
    André Gelpke
    Sylt from Fluchtgedanken
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £10,795
    51
    Robert Adams
    South from the South Jetty, Clatsop County, Oregon
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £10,160
    52
    Irving Penn
    Fish Bones on a Plate, New York
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    53
    Irving Penn
    Still Life with Shoe
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold
    54
    Joel Meyerowitz
    Camel Coats, New York City
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    55
    Nan Goldin
    Self Portrait in Hotel Baur au Lac, Zürich
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £13,970
    56
    Nan Goldin
    Aurèle Caressing Joana’s Teeth, NY
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £5,715
    57
    Nan Goldin
    Kathleen at the Bowery Bar, NYC
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £5,715
    58
    Sally Mann
    Last Light
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold
    59
    Sally Mann
    Crossed Braids
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold
    60
    Tomoko Sawada
    School Days
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £10,160
    61
    Zanele Muholi
    Sifikile, Nuoro, Italy from Somnyama Ngonyama
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £15,240
    62
    Zanele Muholi
    Zazi I, ISGM, Boston
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £12,700
    63
    Zanele Muholi
    Bukhosi I, Parktown from Somnyama Ngonyama
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £10,160
    64
    Chris Smith
    Ali and The Beatles
    Estimate
    £15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    £40,640
    65
    John Stewart
    Ali Fist, Chicago
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    66
    Flip Schulke
    Ali Underwater
    Estimate
    £9,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £21,590
    67
    Annie Leibovitz
    Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £24,130
    68
    Steven Klein
    Kate in Red
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £15,240
    70
    Horst P. Horst
    Mainbocher Corset, Paris
    Estimate
    £15,000–20,000
    71
    William Klein
    Maquillage Backstage, Paris
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £11,430
    72
    Melvin Sokolsky
    Saint Germain, Paris
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,985
    73
    William Klein
    Smoke + Veil, Paris (Vogue)
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,080
    No Reserve
    74
    Jeanloup Sieff
    Sur un Lit
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £10,160
    75
    Judy Dater
    Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £3,810
    76
    Vik Muniz
    The Poppy Field at Argenteuil, after Claude Monet from Pictures of Pigment
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £22,860
    77
    Pieter Hugo
    Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £24,130
    78
    John Baldessari
    Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads: Painting, Person, Dog (Maquette)
    Estimate
    £15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    £16,510
    79
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    paper drop (red)
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £17,780
    80
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    still life, Lucca
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £12,700
    81
    Erwin Olaf
    Hope Portraits Portfolio
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £12,700
    82
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Kleine Welle
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £10,795
    83
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    haircut
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £6,350
    84
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Weed
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £8,890
    85
    Alex Prager
    Virginia
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £7,620
    No Reserve
    86
    Paul Hodgson
    Botanist
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £1,905
    87
    Annie Leibovitz
    Glenda, San Francisco
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £1,905
    No Reserve
    88
    Guido Mocafico
    Bothrops Alternatus
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £2,286
    89
    Ben Cauchi
    Untitled
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    90
    Yto Barrada
    Iris et Ronces, Tanger
    Estimate
    £2,500–3,500
    Sold For
    £2,413
    91
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Rue Mouffetard, Paris
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £33,020
    92
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £16,510
    93
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Queen Charlotte's Ball, London
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £15,240
    94
    Tina Modotti
    Untitled (Protest Rally)
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    95
    Brett Weston
    Dunes
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    96
    Lisette Model
    Newspaperman, Paris
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    97
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Trafalgar Square on the Day of the Coronation of King George VI, London
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £12,700
    98
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    On the Banks of the Marne
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £12,065
    99
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Construction of the Beijing University swimming pool by students
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    100
    Elliott Erwitt
    Photographs
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £6,350
    101
    Seydou Keïta
    Untitled (Two women and a girl with Peugeot automobile)
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £5,080
    102
    Malick Sidibé
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,350
    103
    Aaron Siskind
    Jerome, Arizona 21
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £5,334
    104
    W. Eugene Smith
    Railroad Tracks, Pittsburgh
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £3,810
    105
    Ray K. Metzker
    Atlantic City
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    106
    Walker Evans
    Roadside Gas Sign
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    No Reserve
    107
    Margaret Bourke-White
    Aerial View Of Single Family Houses, Muncie, Indiana
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £508
    108
    Mario Giacomelli
    Untitled from Presa di coscienza sulla natura
    Estimate
    £1,200–1,800
    109
    Garry Winogrand
    Untitled from Women Are Beautiful
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £4,064
    110
    Garry Winogrand
    Untitled from Women Are Beautiful
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    No Reserve
    111
    Garry Winogrand
    San Marcos, Texas
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £1,905
    No Reserve
    112
    Marc Riboud
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £1,905
    113
    Louis Stettner
    Brooklyn Promenade
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    114
    Terry O'Neill
    The Rolling Stones
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £8,255
    115
    Nick Brandt
    Lion Before Storm I, Masaai Mara
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    116
    Nick Brandt
    Cheetah and Cubs Lying on Rock, Serengeti
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    117
    Nick Brandt
    Lionesses Readying to Hunt, Maasai Mara
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £12,700
    118
    Peter Beard
    Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Desert, Kenya, June
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £10,795
    119
    Peter Beard
    Agnes of El Molo Bay, Loyangalani, Lake Rudolf
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £6,985
    120
    Peter Beard
    Ode to the Peace Corpse, Alia Bay, Lake Rudolf
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £4,064
    121
    Peter Beard
    Lion Kill, Ol Loitokitok, Tanganyika, June
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £3,810
    122
    Nick Brandt
    Baboons in Profile, Amboseli
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    No Reserve
    123
    Clifford Ross
    Mountain III
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £4,445
    124
    Sebastião Salgado
    Coal Mining, Dhanbad, India
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,080
    125
    Sebastião Salgado
    Mali
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,080
    126
    Sebastião Salgado
    Blind Woman, Mali
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,715
    127
    Sebastião Salgado
    Tigray, Ethiopia
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,715
    128
    Stuart Franklin
    Tiananmen Square, Beijing
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £7,620
    129
    Robert Capa
    D-Day Landing, Omaha Beach, Normandy
    Estimate
    £1,000–2,000
    Sold For
    £2,794
    130
    Spotlight Collection
    Helmut Newton
    Sie Kommen, Naked, Paris
    Estimate
    £40,000–60,000
    131
    Spotlight Collection
    Mert & Marcus
    Missy Running
    Estimate
    £30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    £57,150
    132
    Spotlight Collection
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Lisa Marie / Breasts
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    133
    Spotlight Collection
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Lisa Lyon
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £20,320
    134
    Spotlight Collection
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Lisa Lyon
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £12,065
    135
    Spotlight Collection
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Flower
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £12,700
    136
    Spotlight Collection
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Irises
    Estimate
    £15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    £38,100
    137
    Spotlight Collection
    Irving Penn
    Dior Fur Scarf (Jean Patchett), New York
    Estimate
    £30,000–50,000
    138
    Spotlight Collection
    Richard Avedon
    Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
    Estimate
    £100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    £139,700
    139
    Spotlight Collection
    Mario Testino
    Kate Moss, Los Angeles, Harper’s Bazaar
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £40,640
    140
    Spotlight Collection
    Sante D'Orazio
    Cindy Crawford, The Argyle Hotel, Los Angeles
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £16,510
    141
    Spotlight Collection
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Claudia Schiffer for Guess, Morocco
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £22,860
    142
    Spotlight Collection
    Herb Ritts
    Floating Torso, St. Barthelemy
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £12,700
    143
    Spotlight Collection
    Mario Sorrenti
    Léa Seydoux
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    144
    Spotlight Collection
    Herb Ritts
    Cindy Crawford - Blonde, Malibu
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £10,795
    145
    Spotlight Collection
    Michael Halsband
    Andy Warhol + Jean-Michel Basquiat #143, New York City, July 10th, 1985
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £48,260
    146
    Spotlight Collection
    Irving Penn
    Steinberg in Nose Mask, New York
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £21,590
    147
    Spotlight Collection
    Richard Avedon
    Henry Moore, Sculptor, Much Hadham, England
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    148
    Spotlight Collection
    Richard Avedon
    Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller 5/8/57
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £27,940
    149
    Spotlight Collection
    David Bailey
    Catherine Deneuve, Flamingo
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £13,970
    150
    Spotlight Collection
    Terry O'Neill
    Faye Dunaway, Hollywood
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £40,640
    151
    Spotlight Collection
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Deborah Harry
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £35,560
    152
    Spotlight Collection
    Brian Duffy
    David Bowie
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £27,940
    153
    Spotlight Collection
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Your Turn, Rihanna
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £20,320
    154
    Spotlight Collection
    Terry O'Neill
    Brigitte Bardot, Spain
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £48,260
    155
    Spotlight Collection
    Terry O'Neill
    Raquel Welch on the Cross
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £13,970
    156
    Spotlight Collection
    Jerry Schatzberg
    Faye Dunaway
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    157
    Spotlight Collection
    Helmut Newton
    Diving Tower, Old Beach Hotel, Monte Carlo
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £8,255
    158
    Spotlight Collection
    Helmut Newton
    Cyberwoman 1-7
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £11,430
    159
    Spotlight Collection
    Herb Ritts
    Female Torso Detail, Hollywood
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    160
    Spotlight Collection
    Patrick Demarchelier
    Cindy, New York
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £10,160
    161
    Spotlight Collection
    Albert Watson
    Christy Turlington, New York City
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £6,096
    162
    Spotlight Collection
    Dennis Stock
    Audrey Hepburn during the filming of 'Sabrina' by Billy Wilder
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    163
    Spotlight Collection
    David Bailey
    John and Paul
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £8,890
    164
    Spotlight Collection
    David Bailey
    John and Paul
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    165
    Spotlight Collection
    David Bailey
    The Kray Brothers
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    166
    Spotlight Collection
    William Claxton
    Chet Baker (at the piano), Hollywood
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £4,445
    167
    Spotlight Collection
    Terry O'Neill
    Elton John Performing at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £15,240
    168
    Spotlight Collection
    Terry O'Neill
    Elton John Performing at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £12,700