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Galerie Bassenge: Photography of the 19th-21st Centuries

Auction Reports

Auction Name Photography of the 19th-21st Centuries Total Sales (EUR) 301,478.40
Auction Date November 29, 2025 - November 29, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 147,260.00
Sale Number #126Photo High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 193,200.00
Total Lots 250
Sold Lots 111.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 298,440.00
% of Lots Sold 44.40% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 388,650.00
Unsold Lots 139 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 77.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4109 Photographer: Martin Hohlig (1882-1948).

Views of buildings and locations in Berlin illuminated for the project "Berlin im Licht"

1928 EUR 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 43,520.00
4070 Photographers: Scherer & Nabholz (active ca. 1860-1868), published by Kozma Terentyevich Soldatyonkov (1818-1901).

Panorama von Moskau.

1867 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 30,720.00
4013 Baldus, Edouard

Vues de Paris en Photographie.

1855-1860. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 11,520.00
4094 Stahl, Theophile Auguste

Views of Rio de Janeiro.

1860s. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 11,520.00
4134 Frank, Robert

[*] Film stills from Energy and How to Get It.

1981 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 10,880.00
4082 Robertson, James & Felice Beato

Views of Constantinople.

Early 1850s. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,320.00
4055 Photographers: Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) and Charles Shepherd (active 1850s-1870s).

Portraits of maharajas and rulers of India.

Circa 1875. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,400.00
4226 Steinert, Otto

Maske einer Tanzerin.

1952 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,400.00
4026 Photographer unknown.

Views of Beijing and Shanghai.

1870s-1880s. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 5,632.00
4128 Fietz, Helga

The artist Max Beckmann (1884-1950) in his studio, Amsterdam.

1938 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 5,632.00
4149 Goldin, Nan

[*] Honda Bros in Cherry Blossom Storm, Tokyo.

1994 EUR 3,600.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,608.00
4183 McBride, Will

Mike in the Shower (Mike wascht sich wie auch die Anderen, Schule Schloss Salem).

1963 EUR 2,600.00 - 2,800.00 EUR 4,608.00
4029 Courret Hermanos

Souvenirs de l'Ile Tahiti et des Marquises.

1863 EUR 3,600.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,480.00
4139 Friedlander, Lee & Jim Dine

Photographs and Etchings.

1969 EUR 3,600.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,480.00
4156 Hoepffner, Marta

Symmetrische Scheiben.

1970s. EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 4,352.00
4065 Photographer: Dr. Richard Gustav Neuhauss (1855-1915).

Otto Lilienthal flying his gliding plane "Grosser Doppeldecker", Fliegeberg, Berlin-Lichterfelde.

Oct. EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,584.00
4127 Fiedler, Franz

Portfolio series: "Narre Tod, Mein Spielgesell".

Circa 1922. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,584.00
4020 Carrick, William

Portraits of Russian military officers, monks, pilgrims, street sellers, craftsmen, nuns, farmers and ethnic types.

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,072.00
4103 Armstrong, David

[*] Felix in his bedroom, Berlin.

1995 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,072.00
4104 Armstrong, David

[*] Jose Maria and Scott in the Tiergarten, Berlin.

1992 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,072.00
4155 Hofer, Candida

[*] Wartesaal Dusseldorf.

1981 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 3,072.00
4030 Photographer: Albert Sands Southworth (1811-1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808-1901).

Portrait of a woman.

Mid-1850s. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,816.00
4184 McBride, Will

Das Morgen Duschen, Schloss Schule Salem.

1963 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,816.00
4210 Sammallahti, Pentti

Solovki, White Sea, Russia.

1992 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,816.00
4025 Photographers: William Saunders (1832-1892), Henry Cammidge (active ca. 1880-1910), and unknown.

Views of Shanghai.

1870s-1900s. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,560.00
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