50 Extraordinary Photos, Including Rare Henri Cartier-Bresson Works, Go to Auction
An extraordinary collection of 50 photographs, owned by Henri Cartier-Bresson's brother-in-law, went to auction this week.
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An extraordinary collection of 50 photographs, owned by Henri Cartier-Bresson's brother-in-law, went to auction this week.
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petapixel.com »It's quite a stunning day for Leica fans. With its 100-year legacy, the company still dominates the luxury camera market. And they rightly should, as their cameras are some of the best-constructed devices in the medium's history. thephoblographer.com »
Earlier this month, the Leitz Photographica Auction previewed some of the 423 lots that were for sale over the weekend in Vienna, Austria, including a rare Leica M prototype auction organizers expected to sell for as much as 700,000 euros (about $735,000). petapixel.com »
A print of William Eggleston's has set a new record for the highest price achieved by the photographer after it was sold at a Christie's New York auction. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The first OstLicht camera auction on Chinese soil included some heavy hitters, including a one-of-a-kind Leica camera that sold for an incredible record sum of 3.62 million euros, or just about $3.8 million. [Read More] petapixel.com »
423 lots comprising rare and exceptional pieces of photographic history will be up for auction at the 45th Leitz Photographica Auction on November 23 in Vienna. 2024 is a landmark year for Leica Camera AG, marking 70 years since the company introduced the first Leica M rangefinder camera, arguably the most influential camera model ever. petapixel.com »
Auction house Sotheby's sold a collection of images by the legendary landscape photographer Ansel Adams for $4,567,680 this week, far exceeding the pre-sale estimate range of $1. petapixel.com »
The first-known "romantic" photograph of an interracial couple in the U.S. goes on auction later this month.
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petapixel.com »Newly-emerged footage that shows the immediate aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination goes on auction this month. [Read More] petapixel.com »
An upcoming Vivian Maier auction will offer up a rarity for the late photographer: images printed over her lifetime.
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petapixel.com »Several type 1 photographs depicting significant moments and celebrities are up for auction, including a young Jeff Bezos and a candid Marilyn Monroe. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The very first prototype of Leica's earliest experimentation with die-casting a camera is coming to auction this year with the expectation that collectors will be clamoring to add it to their collection. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Leica àíîíñèðîâàëà íîâóþ îãðàíè÷åííóþ ñåðèþ êàìåðû M6 «Leitz Auction» ñ ÷åðíîé ãëÿíöåâîé îêðàñêîé, ëîãîòèïîì Leitz èç ÷èñòîãî çîëîòà, ñïåöèàëüíî èçãîòîâëåííûì þâåëèðîì â Âåöëàðå (Ãåðìàíèÿ), ýêñêëþçèâíîé áðîíåé èç øïîíà îðåõîâîãî äåðåâà è îáúåêòèâîì Noctilux-M 50 f/1.2 ASPH. dphotoworld.net »
A woman discovered a trove of unseen photos of the Murdaugh family after she bought a camera at an auction selling off the tragic family's belongings. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A stunning collection of photographs from some of the world's most renowned photographers will go to auction next week where some are expected to fetch up to $18,000. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A rare and highly collectable Canon lens is coming up for auction at the always interesting Wetzler Camera Auctions on October 8, 2022 The lens Read more. . . The post A rare Canon FD 24mm f/1. canonrumors.com »
An auction is being held for a 1988 Kodak-branded NASCAR racecar. The eye-catching vehicle also comes with Kodak memorabilia, including matching pit crew uniforms. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Australia is at a loss with the recent closure of Michaels Camera Video Digital. It was made world-famous for its dedication to the photographic community and extraordinary camera museum. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A traveling photography studio that was pulled around the English seaside by horses from the 1860s onwards will go up for auction. [Read More] petapixel.com »
At the 40th Leitz Photographica Auction, Oskar Barnack's personal 0-Series Leica camera sold for just over $15M, shattering the expected high end of the $2. 2 to $3. 3M hammer price range that the auction house expected. dpreview.com »
American artist Man Ray's famous 1924 photograph, Le Violon d'Ingres just sold for $12. 4M at a Christie's New York auction dedicated to surrealist art. The sale makes the photo the most expensive ever to be sold at auction. dpreview.com »
The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction is just around the corner and to celebrate the event’s 20th anniversary, Leica is auctioning off an extremely rare unit, a Leica 0-Series camera owned and used by Oskar Barnack, the man who more or less invented 35mm still photography. dpreview.com »
Leica has announced the return of the Leitz Photographica Auction, the world's largest auction of historic cameras that will be held for the 40th time and celebrate its 20th anniversary, with a special piece this year -- the Leica 0-Series No. petapixel.com »
Leica has announced the return of the Leitz Photographica Auction, the world's largest auction of historic cameras that will be held for the 40th time and celebrate its 20th anniversary, with a special piece this year -- the Leica 0-Series No. petapixel.com »
We've seen our fair share of weird and impressive cameras go up for auction over the years, but this latest one might just be one of the most interesting we've come across. On Catawiki, an online auction marketplace, there's a live auction listing for a KMZ Krasnogorsk Zorki 4 'reflex' C166 (NIMFA-3) camera, a Soviet spy camera designed to photograph through small drilled holes in walls to capture compromising photos. dpreview.com »
Over the weekend, Mirrorless Rumors (somewhat cryptically) posted about the 'sexy and expensive' Sonnar 180mm F2. 8 lens that you could purchase if you had a lot of extra money, ˆ120,000 of extra money. dpreview.com »
The 39th Leitz Photographica Auction recently concluded and a rare 1957 Leica MP Black Paint edition camera went for the highest value by far, commanding a final price of 1,200,000 Euros (about $1,344,366). petapixel.com »
The 39th Leitz Photographica Auction is coming up, taking place on November 20 at the Hotel Bristol in Vienna, Austria. Ahead of the auction, Leica has highlighted various rare Leitz/Leica camera equipment people will be able to bid on next month. dpreview.com »
If you think Nikon's Nikkor Z 58mm F0. 95 S Noct lens is impressive, set your sights on a rare Zeiss Planar 50mm F0. 7 lens from 1966. The lens was designed for NASA to photograph the moon's far side during Apollo missions. dpreview.com »
NFTs offer an easy way for artists to sell their photographs as digital-only works. Photo: Dan Bracaglia In early March 2021, an artist by the name of Beeple sold a one-of-a-kind JPEG, at auction, for $69 million. dpreview.com »
A 2013 prototype Leica camera, created by former Apple designers Sir Jonathon Ive and Marc Newson, will go up for auction in June at the Leitz Photographica Auction. The camera, which is believed to be a one-off prototype, was created while developing the (RED) Leica M, which ended up selling for $1. dpreview.com »
The Leitz Photographica Auction will present a 2013 prototype model of a Leica camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson at auction in June. The camera is a one-off prototype produced during the creation of the Leica M for (RED) camera, which sold at a charity auction for $1.8 million in 2013. Jony Ive […] petapixel.com »
Sotheby’s has announced plans to auction off one of the most impressive collections of Ansel Adams‘ work in existence. On December 14th, over 100 of the legendary photographer’s most iconic photos will be sold, headlined by an early print of Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico that is expected to fetch between $700,000 and $1,000,000 by itself. […] petapixel.com »
Sotheby’s has announced the contents of its upcoming Spring photography auction, and it’s quite the lineup. The April 3rd auction will include photos by Dorothea Lange, Irving Penn, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and a salt print by Roger Fenton that’s thought to be one of the earliest war photographs ever made. The Spring auction will […] petapixel.com »
Sotheby's auction house is holding an online Space Photography auction that includes multiple NASA 'Red Number' photographs, as well as vintage silver gelatin and other chromogenic prints featuring spacecraft, astronauts, and more. dpreview.com »
As we wrap up 2019 and the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in 1969, Sotheby’s has one more NASA-themed auction up their sleeve. Launched yesterday, the Space Photography auction includes over 100 original NASA “red number” prints, including some of the most iconic images to come out of the US space program. This lot […] petapixel.com »
A set of historical photographs of the Amazon captured by German photographer Albert Frisch over 150 years ago have sold at Sotheby’s auction house for $81,250. The images offer a rare, fascinating glimpse at what life was like in Brazil’s Upper Amazon. petapixel.com »
A rare signed print of photographer Joe Rosenthal's iconic World War II photograph 'Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima' will be auctioned on October 4 at Heritage Auction's Photographers Auction. dpreview.com »
Last month, a rumor surfaced that Sony has a new 'wildlife/sports' lens announcement scheduled for the first week of June. Following that leak, a new Sony 200-600mm F5. 6-6. 3 G OSS FE lens prototype appeared for sale on Yahoo! Japan's auction website for 20,000 JPY ($185 USD). dpreview.com »
Not so long ago, we excitedly reported the sweet lineup of the greatest and rarest Leica cameras that await us at the 34th run of the Leitz Photographica Auction (formerly WestLicht Photographica Auction). thephoblographer.com »
We've been keeping an eye on rare Leica cameras on our vintage finds features, but the upcoming 34th auction of the Leitz Photographica Auction (formerly WestLicht Photographica Auction) is most likely your best bet for scoring some of the rarest. thephoblographer.com »
An eBay listing is offering what the seller calls the 'rarest prototype lens on Earth,' a Canon 45-200mm F2. 8 (C35) prototype lens. According to the listing, the lens was produced in Japan in 1959 and only "four or five" units were given to professionals for testing. dpreview.com »
An artificial intelligence-generated portrait has sold for a staggering $432,000 at auction. It was the first listing of its kind by a major auction house. Bloomberg reports that the artwork was sold at Christie’s in New York on October 25th. petapixel.com »
One of the biggest stories in the art world this year was street artist Banksy having his painting “self-destruct” just moments after the work sold for nearly $1.4 million at auction. Banksy just shared the 3-minute director’s cut above of the prank as it went down. In the video, we see new footage of the […] petapixel.com »
The anonymous street artist known as Banksy just pulled off one of the greatest pranks ever seen in the art world: one of his paintings was sold for nearly $1. 4 million at a Sotheby’s auction in London last night, and immediately after being sold, the painting self-destructed. petapixel.com »
A working-condition Leica camera that may have belonged to Amelia Earhart—the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic and an iconic historical figure—has popped up for auction on eBay. dpreview.com »
A private collector in Asia just bought her or himself the most expensive camera ever sold at auction, making away with an ultra-rare Leica 0-series no. 122 for the mind-boggling price of The auction took place on Saturday at the famed WestLicht auction house in Vienna, where Leica majority owner and chairman of the board Andreas Kaufmann was there to watch the record be set. dpreview.com »
A smaller version of the stainless steel "Fake Leica" sculpture made by Chinese artist Liao Yibai (and found in the Leica Store LA) has appeared on eBay with a buy it now price of $99,995 USD. dpreview.com »
As one of the more “recent” art forms, photography’s popularity in the art market has grown and grown, with the highest amount paid for a photograph sticking at $838,000 in 1999 until being bumped off the top spot 4 years later with a sale of $922,488, and then again 2 years later when the first […] petapixel.com »
The Leica CL is arguably one of the most popular Leica cameras due to its affordability, so the film geeks in the audience are going to truly appreciate this Leica CL Dealer Poster available at the Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction coming this November. thephoblographer.com »