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Phillips’ October Photographs Auction Realizes $4.5 Million
Strong Prices Achieved for HIGH VOLTAGE: Contemporary Photographs from The Collection of Fred and Laura Bidwell
New Records Set for Dawoud Bey, Christopher Bucklow, and Others
New York, 11 October 2023
Sale Total: $4,510,532 / £3,663,407 / €4,248,052
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Lots Sold: 229 | Lots Offered: 307
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Sold by Lot: 75% | Sold by Value: 77%
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William Eggleston
Memphis, circa 1969
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
SOLD $317,500
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Hiroshi Sugimoto
Opticks 161, 2018
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
SOLD $241,300
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Sarah Krueger, Head of Department, New York, said, “It was a pleasure to welcome bidders into our auction room once more, and to see them show enthusiastic support for the medium of photography. We had global participation in our sale, with collectors from nearly forty countries vying for a stellar selection of works. We were especially gratified by the robust response to HIGH VOLTAGE: Contemporary Photographs from The Collection of Fred and Laura Bidwell. The Bidwells’ contributions to the field of photography cannot be overstated. We were honored to play a small role in their charitable endeavors in offering these extraordinary works.”
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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117
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William Eggleston, Memphis, circa 1969
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$250,000 - 350,000
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$317,500
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232
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Hiroshi Sugimoto, Opticks 161, 2018
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$100,000 - 150,000
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$241,300
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49
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Margaret Bourke-White, Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York City, circa 1930
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$80,000 - 120,000
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$152,400
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45
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Edward Steichen, Radio City and Rockefeller Center, 1933
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$80,000 - 120,000
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$101,600
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236
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Peter Beard, Ele Portfolio, 1965-1984
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$80,000 - 120,000
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$88,900
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206
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Laurie Simmons, Walking Purse, 1989
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$50,000 - 70,000
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$76,200
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169
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Hiroshi Sugimoto, Lightning Fields 128, 2009
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$40,000 - 60,000
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$63,500
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71
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Richard Avedon, Suzy Parker, Evening dress by Dior, Paris studio, August, 1956
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$50,000 - 70,000
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$63,500
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154
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Robert Mapplethorpe, Tulips, 1987
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$55,000 - 75,000
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$57,150
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168
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Dawoud Bey, Untitled #25 (Lake Erie and Sky) from Night Coming Tenderly, Black, 2017
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$20,000 - 30,000
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$50,800
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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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168
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Dawoud Bey, Untitled #25 (Lake Erie and Sky) from Night Coming Tenderly, Black, 2017
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$20,000 - 30,000
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$50,800
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*previous record price: $35,000 set in 2020
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123
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George Tice, Petit's Mobil Station and Watertower, Cherry Hill, N.J., 1974
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$7,000 - 9,000
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$24,130
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*previous record price: $18,750 set in 2012
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227
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Christopher Bucklow, Tetrarch (Claudia Schiffer), 2.30pm 4th March, 2011
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$10,000 - 15,000
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$21,590
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*previous record price: $18,800 set in 2000
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192
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Burk Uzzle, Desert Prada, Marfa Texas, 2006
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$8,000 - 12,000
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$8,255
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*previous record price: $2,684 set in 2017
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*Lots 106, 136, 210, 272, and 280 were sold after the lots closed, whilst the sale was ongoing and is therefore included in the total sale result.
Exchange Rate on 11 October 2023: US$1 = £0.8122, €0.9417, HK$7.8204
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