Auction Reports

Bertolami Fine Art

Auction Info

Auction Name
Photographs from important european collections
Auction Date
04/11/2025 - 04/11/2025
Sale Number
#333
Total Lots
91
Sold Lots
43
Lots Sold
47.25%
Unsold Lots
48
Total Sales (GBP)
253,232.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
216,100.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
323,400.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
440,100.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
686,400.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
36.89%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
94 PETER BEARD

Cheetah Cubs at Mweiga near Nyiri, Kenya, 1968

1968 GBP 22,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 25,400.00
74 CLAUDIO ABATE

Mario Merz (Un segno nel foro di Cesare), 2003

2003 GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 24,140.00
93 JOEL-PETER WITKIN

Still life Marseilles, 1992

1992 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 24,140.00
92 BILL BRANDT

Nude, 1952

1952 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 24,140.00
71 UGO MULAS

The Marcel Duchamp Portfolio, 1970 ca.

1970 ca. GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 19,100.00
90 BERENICE ABBOTT

New York at night, 1932

1932 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 17,840.00
91 GREGORY CREWDSON

Untitled (Yankee septic Emergency), 1998

1998 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 17,840.00
88 ROBERT DOISNEAU

Le baiser de l'Hotel de Ville, Paris 1950

1950 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 15,320.00
31 ELIO SORCI

Walter Chiari e Tazio Secchiaroli, Roma 1958

1958 GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 6,400.00
27 TAZIO SECCHIAROLI

Brigitte Bardot, Le Mepris, 1963

1963 GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 6,400.00
26 RON GALELLA

Jackie Kennedy, NYC, 7 October 1971

1971 GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 6,400.00
73 EMILIO PRINI (Stresa, 1943 - Roma, 2016)

Untitled, 1970 ca.

1970 ca. GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 4,096.00
78 WILLIAM EGGLESTON

Untitled (Man with cigarette), 1985 ca.

1985 ca. GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
25 RON GALELLA

Jackie Kennedy with son John Jr. Central Park, NYC, 24 September 1969

1969 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
28 MARCELLO GEPPETTI

Brigitte Bardot and Gunther Sachs in their villa along the old Via Appia, Roma 2 June 1967

1967 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
39 ALEXANDER RODCHENKO

Laughing Pioneer, 1930

1930 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
44 ALFRED EISENSTAEDT

Afternoon Tea Hotel Excelsior, Florence 1934

1934 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 3,200.00
24 ADRIANO BARTOLONI

Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Roma 1970

1970 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 3,200.00
56 FRANCO FONTANA

New York, 1997

1997 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,560.00
57 FRANCO FONTANA

New York, 1997

1997 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,560.00

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