Record Bids at Auction for Art Works, Equipments, Photographs and Paintings
Record Prices Paid for Photographs at Auction
These photographs both look and are almost priceless:
They have fetched hundreds and thousands –
if not millions – of dollars at auction;
The most expensive old photograph was "The Great Wave" by Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) and sold for more than $800,000 in 1999
The photograph was taken in 1857,
in the days where camera and photo equipment was very crude.
Gustav created a photo that, even if judged by today’s standards, would be considered a wonder.
At that time photography could not reproduce the color blue.
Gustav photographed the sky in the late afternoon. Then again, using a different negative, the sea
and land. Later, he combined the two different negatives to create a perfect image.
The price of $800,000 for a photograph has since then been beaten by
"Cowboy" by Richard Prince which sold for over a $1,000,000 at Christie's auction in 2005 and
"The Pond Moonlight" by Edward Steichen which sold for just under $3,000,000 in 2006.
The most expensive camera was a prototype Phantom photographic outfit sold for over $200,000 on 16 January 2001 at Christie's London UK .
This would be beaten by a Leica that fetched 800,000 Euros at auction,
but I could not find any confirmation or further info?
The world’s most expensive painting --- so far
This record is currently held by Pablo Picasso’s painting "Boy with a pipe",
which sold for over one hundred million dollars in May 2004 at Sotheby's.
The heaviest (if not the most expensive) book.
SUMO by:
Helmut Newton
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date:2000-01
Publisher: Taschen
This book is BIG - it weighs over 65 pounds, and is more than two feet long, SUMO
contains 480 pages of every aspect of Newton's outstanding career in
photography.
Celebrities that were featured in the book signed their names in it
and when the original sold at auction it went for over three hundred thousand dollars.
These photos, paintings, and equipment cost a fortune because of their appeal to the
mind’s eye, heart, and all the other senses, as well as their rarity.
The prices paid may just be a reflection of their real worth: unforgettable, brilliant and beyond words.
 Mayer 1997 International Auction Records: 120,000 Auction Prices : Prints, Drawings, Watercolors, Paintings, Sculpture (2 Vol Set)
Published: 1997-05 Hardcover
List Price: £105.58
Book Auction Records, 1988-89: A Priced and Annotated Annual Record of International Book Auctions: 086
Published: 1990-07 Hardcover
List Price: £109.17
Australian art auction records, 1973-75: A record of top prices bid at Australian art auctions during the period March 1973 to March 1975, with notes on the artists
Published: 1975 Unknown Binding
List Price: £18.68
The World of Auctions: Where & How to Profit from Auctions
Published: June 30, 2005 Paperback
List Price: £10.83
 Equilibrium analysis of procurement auctions: Incorporating capacity and non-price attributes
Published: Paperback
List Price: £12.99
 Buying Bargains at Property Auctions
Published: July 19, 2004 Paperback
List Price: £11.99
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