Leitz Photographica Auction, best known for selling rare cameras for six and seven-figure sums, also sells photographic prints, including recently selling a Nan Goldin photo for 66,000 euros ($71,709). [Read More]
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Photography is often considered the lesser-loved sibling of the arts. The genre has often fought hard to be taken seriously amongst other age-old art forms such as painting, music, and dance. In more recent years, since its inception two centuries ago, photography seems to be losing its luster, or that is what we thought.
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The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction has concluded with the sale of the most expensive camera ever. Oskar Barnak's Leica 0-Series No. 105 sold for nearly five times the highest estimation: over $15 million. [Read More]
A 1950s-era gelatin silver print of Dorothea Lange's famous Migrant Mother photo will be auctioned on May 12 through Hindman. It is perhaps the most famous photo of the Great Depression. [Read More]
A selection of photos from actor Richard Gere's personal collection is being offered at auction through Christie's and the value of the collection carries a low estimate of nearly $2 million. [Read More]