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Christie's Photo Sale: Berman Color Landscapes

October 7, 2009 by Marion Maneker

[intro] All Prices Hammer (without Premium)[/intro]

Lot 4 (cover lot) sells for $17,000 above the $14k high est.

Lots 7, 8 & 9 Erwin Olaf’s wildly uneven. First two lots sell well below low estimates but last The Hallway soars above with order bid that cannot be beat to sell for $20k against $12k high est.

Lot 11 Soth motel sells for $12k against $9k high

Lot 30 Eggleston Varner Grocery just eeks out over the high est of $15k to sell for $17k.

Richard Misrach, $55k hammerLot 37 Richard Misrach sells for high est of $30k

Lot 40 Chris Jordan Container Yard #1 goes for $16k over $12k est.

Lot 46-50 Mitchell Epstein lots 47.48 and 50 get bid nicely over the estimate but without much vigor.

Lot 64 Eggleston Untitled, Tennessee goes for a few thou above the $6k high est.

Lot 66 Eggleston Graceland makes $8k above the est. of $7k

Lot 80 Eggleston Untitled, Paducah est’d at $7k but goes for $15k

Lot 107 Richard Misrach (above) gets bid up to $55k

Lot 111 Robert Polidori gets bid a little above the est. range of $12k

Lots 121/122 Two Eggleston lots that break out to multiples of mid four-figure estimates.

Lot 134 Polidori New Orleans flood photo shoots well above the $15k high est on order bids and then to other bidders who win it at $38k hammer price.

Lot 143/146 Stephen Shore nice pop on the print Sunset Drive In but group of photos goes well below est. range.

Lot 151 Bruce Davidson Subway pics go for below the low estimate of $150k

Lot 156 Polidori NYPL Reading Room sells just above $15k high est.

Lot 166 Eggleston Near Greenwood doubles the high est. to sell for $30k.

Lot 174 Eggleston Bozo Cafe makes $16k

Lot 188 Joel Sternfeld tops the est.–just–at $26k

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