Fine Photographs and Photobooks

George Platt Lynes, suite of 100 photographs relating to the New York City Ballet, 1938-1951.
Sold April 18, 2013 for $36,000.

The April 18 auction of Fine Photographs & Photobooks resulted in more than half a dozen albums, portfolios or groups of photographs selling well above their pre-sale estimates. Top among these was a suite of 100 photographs by George Platt Lynes, who documented the New York City Ballet from its inception in the 1930s through 1951.

Edward Weston, Charis (nude), silver print, 1935. 

A silver print by Edward Weston, Charis (nude), 1935, brought the highest price of the day, realizing $50,400, and Minor White's Jupiter Portfolio, containing 12 silver prints, sold for $33,600, an auction record for the portfolio.

 

 

 

 

 Two of 179 American tintype photographs, 1860s-90s. 

Posted 27th April by Alex Nelson

 

 

 

 

 Source: http://swanngalleriesinc.blogspot.ca/2013/04/top-lots-fine-photographs-photobooks.html