Ten of the most successful auction sales of contemporary photographs: they all belong to three well-known authors

CINDY SHERMAN No title. 1981
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French Information Resource Artprice offers its readers the most expensive auction rating the work of contemporary photographers. The leader in the list of Cindy Sherman (Cindy Sherman) (b. 1954) with a personal and an absolute record in this segment - the $ 3.4 million for his work "Untitled" (1981). This image of a series of "turn" was estimated at 1.5 - 2 million, and its final result in a million exceeded the previous personal record of the artist, established in November 2010 at Phillips de Pury auction photograph "Untitled № 153" (printed in six copies.) Prior record of Sherman, who was the best result, not only among the work of contemporary photographers, but for the entire segment of the photography in general, the most expensive photograph in the world was, "Her Majesty" (1973) British duo Gilbert and George (Gilbert & George), brought in June 2008, $ 3.2 million at auction Christie's in London. Previous Sherman was a personal record 1.85 million dollars (850 thousand more, and without a decent estimate) for the photo "Untitled number 92" (1981) at the prestigious Christie's auction in May in New York in 2007.

In May 2006 work by German photographer Andreas Gursky, "99 cents" (1999) earned $ 2 million. Six months later, already in 2007, his diptych, "99-cent II» (2001), Phillips de Pury in New York, bought for $ 2.2 million. And a year later the same photo (sibahrom) has brought 2.9 million dollars at auction at Sotheby's in London, once, thus, on the third place ranking.

In 2008 another shot Gursky - "Los Angeles" (1998), doubling its high estimate at Sotheby's in London, got a new owner for $ 2.5 million. The result was a second-best selling Gursky and is present in the ranking of the 4 th position. After a hard financially post-crisis period, when the price of his work declined by 51%, Gursky has updated its own seven-digit results only in 2010: then the work of "Pyongyang IV» was bought at auction Sotheby's in London for 1.8 million dollars. Gursky - one of the most expensive for photographers in the world today. His total auction revenue in 2010 totaled 8.2 million dollars, of which 97%were bailed out in Britain and the United States. 19%of all purchases of products Gursky is an artist at home in Germany, but, interestingly, 78%yield of less than $ 10 000.

Three months after the sale of Gursky "99 cents II» Photo Richard Prince (Richard Prince) «Cowboy" (2001) showed the best result in 2007 - $ 2.5 million in the May auction at Christie's in New York. In November 2007, again in New York City Photo (ektahrom) from the same series "Cowboy" (2001-2002) - Prince used an advertising image of the "Marlborough Man" (on this see: «Appropriation Art: anonymous struggle with Stars ») - no one has managed lover of contemporary art in a $ 3 million (twice the price estimate), as demand for the work Prince then literally went. With this result the Prince until 2011 held the title of most expensive photographer of our time, outstripping with Andreas Gursky his "99 cents II» on tens of thousands of dollars.

Nevertheless the market works Richard Prince and Cindy Sherman as well as in Gursky is not limited to the six-and seven-digit sums: works of both artists can be purchased at more affordable prices. For example, some photos of the Prince go even cheaper than 7500 dollars, especially shots from his series, depicting the spirit of the eighties, limited edition sets of 25 pieces.

Sales photographs, which show particularly good results in the U.S. and London reflect the interest of collectors to a segment of contemporary photography. And yet the market is still largely in its infancy, with sales of contemporary photography accounted for only 2%of the total sales of products Art in 2010 and 52%of the total market photos.

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Author	Price hammer dollars	Title	Trades
1.	Cindy Sherman	3.4 million	Untitled (1981)	11.05.2011 (Christie's New York)
2.	Richard Prince	3 million	Cowboy (2001-2002)	14.11.2007 (Sotheby's New York) < /td>
3.	< p> Andreas Gursky	2946450	« 99 cents II »(2001)	07.02.2007 (Sotheby's London)
4.	Andreas Gursky	2561520	«Los Angeles" (1998)	27.02.2008 (Sotheby's London)
5.	Richard Prince	2.5 million	Cowboy (2001)	16.05.2007 (Christie's New York)
6.	Cindy Sherman < /p>	2.4 million	Untitled № 153 (1985)	08.11.2010 (Phillips de Pury & Co New York)
7.	Andreas Gursky	2.2 million	«99 cents II» (2001)	16.11.2006 (Phillips de Pury & Co New York) < /p>
8.	Andreas Gursky	2 million	«99 cents" (1999)	10.05.2006 (Sotheby's New York) < /p>
9.	Cindy Sherman	1.85 million	Untitled № 92 (1981)	16.05.2007 (Christie's New York) < /p>
10.	Andreas Gursky	1840920	Pyongyang IV (2007)	15.10.2010 (Sotheby's London) < /td>

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

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