Thomas Struth, ‘Pantheon, Rome,’ estimated at $500,000-$700,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions
DALLAS – Key photographs by Thomas Struth and Bernd and Hilla Becher are prominent lots in Heritage’s October 11 Photographs Signature® Auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
This brass name tag and set of keys for SS Central America Purser Edward W. Hull may have unlocked a room where Gold Rush treasure cargo was secured on the ship. Photo credit: Holabird Western Americana Collections
RENO, Nev. – After a century and a half on the ocean floor, nearly a thousand historic California Gold Rush-era sunken treasure items from the 1857 sinking of the fabled Ship of Gold, the S.S. Central America, have been brought together again, cataloged and conserved for upcoming public displays. Many of them will be shown for the first time at collectors’ shows across the country, then offered in public auctions planned for October and November by Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC.
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Andreas Gursky, ‘[Hyatt Regency Hotel], Atlanta, 1996,’ est. $150,000-$250,000. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers
NEW YORK – Doyle will present an auction of Photographs on Tuesday, June 21 at 10 am Eastern time, showcasing fine examples spanning the history of the genre, from early photographs to contemporary works. The sale also includes a small selection of photobooks. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Large Cochiti pottery storage jar, est. $20,000-$30,000
CINCINNATI – Hindman Auctions will present Native American Art: The Lifetime Collection of Forrest Fenn on Thursday, June 9. A prominent Santa Fe, New Mexico dealer and collector, Fenn became internationally recognized for his hidden treasure. The collection exemplifies a lifetime of passion for Native American art while also demonstrating Fenn’s enthusiasm for discovery and history. Just as he enjoyed creating puzzles for others to ponder, he also found joy in uncovering and musing about his own treasures. This will be the first of two auctions offering selections from Fenn’s personal Native American art collection, with the second to be presented in the fall of 2022. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Left, Todd Webb, ‘Georgia O’Keeffe with Camera,’ 1959, printed later, inkjet print, Todd Webb Archive. © Todd Webb Archive, Portland, Maine. Right, Georgia O’Keeffe, ‘Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium),’ 1964–68, black-and-white Polaroid, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
ANDOVER, Mass. – The Addison Gallery of American Art’s exhibition titled “Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer,” the first exhibition devoted to a largely unknown aspect of the iconic American artist’s practice, will run through June 12.
Edward S. Curtis, Portfolio I, from The North American Indian, est. $60,000-$90,000
NEW YORK — Swann Auction Galleries’ sale of Fine Photographs, scheduled for Thursday, April 14, will feature a selection of classical 20th-century prints alongside contemporary works. Headlining the sale is Edward S. Curtis’s seminal Portfolio I from 1907 — the first portfolio in Curtis’s monumental project, The North American Indian. It carries an estimate of $60,000-$90,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Photograph of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. with his second wife, Mary Lee, part of a collection of Fairbanks family photographs estimated at £200-£300
STANSTED MOUNTFICHET, UK – Hollywood royalty comes to Sworders this spring. A stand-alone auction on March 2 includes more than 100 lots from the family collection of the legendary American actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000). The archive of photographs, cinema posters, personal jewelry, objets of vertu, furniture, paintings and clothing was amassed during Fairbanks’s life as a film star, naval officer, producer and family man. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Ansel Adams, ‘Oak Tree, Snowstorm,Yosemite Valley,’ est. $20,000-$30,000
NEW YORK — Seventy years ago, Swann Galleries held the first auction dedicated to photography in the United States. This 1952 auction was astonishingly early for a sale devoted to a medium then just 113 years old and still finding its artistic footing in the marketplace. Seven decades later, however, the landscape for this diverse and innovative medium has grown dramatically. On Thursday, February 10, Swann will hold a sale of Fine Photographs marking this achievement. The specially curated sale will celebrate the history of the market for photography at auction while exploring the medium’s future. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Annie Leibovitz, ‘Alice in Wonderland for Vogue, (Viktor and Rolf with Natalia, Paris),’ est. $3,000-$5,000
CHICAGO – On February 1, Hindman Auctions will present its third sale dedicated to Photographs, which will be highlighted by a striking selection of Annie Leibovitz portraits. The sale will also offer a dazzling selection of celebrity photography by artists such as Yousuf Karsh, Philippe Halsman, William John Kennedy, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston and Bruno Bernard (Bernard of Hollywood) that spotlight a range of luminaries from Hollywood to New York. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
One of a group of 46 photographs taken by Walker Evans in Cuba in 1933 and which he gave to author Ernest Hemingway, est. $200,000-$300,000
NEW YORK – Doyle’s November 17 sale of Fine Photography features a major 19th century photographically illustrated work, Felice Beato’s Photographic Views of Japan with Historical and Descriptive Notes, which is very rarely found complete. Absentee and Internet live bidding for the sale will be available through LiveAuctioneers.