Author Archives: Daniel Grant

Untitled Film Still #49, 1979, by Cindy Sherman was the top seller at Phillips de Pury & Company’s two-part photography sale on April 4, realizing $626,500 and outstripping the $300,000/400,000 estimate. Read More

Sotheby’s April 3 sale of photographs realized a total of $3.8 million for 203 lots offered, down from last spring’s $5.8 million realized for 173 lots offered. Read More

The March 29 Urban Art sale held at Bonhams, London, realized £747,300 ($1.2 millon), falling within the £720,000/1 million estimate and indicating healthy demand for this relatively new sale category at auction. Read More

The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) recently wrapped up its annual show (March 29–April 1) at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan. Toronto photography dealer Stephen Bulger, who is completing his second two-year term as head of the AIPAD, told ARTnewsletter: “Everyone I spoke with sounded pretty happy. I’ve never been happier or more relieved.” Read More

Berry-Hill Galleries is facing a new lawsuit, filed in New York earlier this month, by a collector who alleges that the gallery promised to sell a painting but failed to do so. Read More

The Swann Galleries sale of paintings, prints and drawings, on March 8, including a large trove of works by Jean-Émile Labourer, realized a total of $2.5 million, missing the overall estimate of $2.8 million/4.3 million. Of 792 lots offered, 635, or 80 percent, were sold. Read More

Christie’s sale on March 14, “Photographic Masterworks by William Eggleston,” realized a total of $5.9 million, well above the $2.7 million presale estimate, with proceeds earmarked for the Eggleston Artistic Trust. Read More

D.C. Moore Gallery is exhibiting a dozen oil on canvas paintings by Janet Fish in a show that runs through March 17. Read More

Auction house owner Leslie Hindman said the inaugural sale of African American art, on March 1, was a “terrific start,” with all 39 lots finding buyers. Read More

The Heritage Auctions sale of illustration art on March 1–2 in Beverly Hills, Calif., brought in a total of $3 million, surpassing the presale estimate of $1.5 million/2.3 million. Read More

An 1873 book titled The Arctic Regions, complete with a narrative and 141 mounted photographs by American artist and explorer William Bradford, drew the top price at the Swann Galleries Feb. 28 photography and photobooks sale, earning $180,000 and exceeding the $100,000/150,000 estimate. Read More

The Feb. 16 auction of African American art at Swann Galleries had its share of highs and lows. Read More