Photographs
Photographs have existed in various forms from the daguerreotypes of the early 19th century right through to today’s development of digital technology.
London dealers P & D Colnaghi have been selling photographs since the 1850s while the first photographic auctions took place in London in the mid-19th century, and though slower to take hold in the US, Alfred Stieglitz established important photographic galleries in New York during the first half of the 20th century.
Some of the most collectable photographers include Julia Margaret Cameron, Ansel Adams, Cindy Sherman, and Irving Penn.
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Historic venues host two fairs as London welcomes back in-person art and antiques events
30 August 2021The grand surroundings of two historic central London buildings are ready to welcome the return of art and antiques buyers and collectors this autumn when two in-person fairs finally take place.
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Photo journalism at forefront of new sale section
21 June 2021Sworders’ next Design auction on July 13-14 is the first to include a dedicated section devoted to photography.
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Sutcliffe photography medals back to Yorkshire
14 June 2021A group of 56 medals awarded to pioneering photographer Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941) is heading back to the area he covered in his evocative images.
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Photograph dealer Michael Hoppen moves from Chelsea after 37 years
07 June 2021Photography specialist the Michael Hoppen Gallery is relocating from Jubilee Place in Chelsea, its home of 37 years.
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Fox Talbot photography group makes record sum
03 May 2021A group of nearly 200 early images and ephemera by the pioneering photographer William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) more than quadrupled its lower estimate at Sotheby’s in New York.
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Renowned Pre-Raphaelite beauty caught on camera
26 April 2021Original photographs of a well-known Pre-Raphaelite beauty – the muse of William Holman Hunt and the mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell – sold for £2600 at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium).
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Beaton photos flourish in the saleroom
12 April 2021When Cecil Beaton photographed the Wyndham-Quin sisters in 1950, he chose to copy both the setting and poses used 50 years earlier by John Singer Sargent in The Wyndham Sisters.
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Entertainment memorabilia: Cover stories
05 April 2021The name Abbey Road has gone far beyond its significance as a smart street in north London thanks to renowned music studios and a seminal album
Obituary: photography collector Janette Rosing
22 March 2021The photography collecting world has lost one of its longest established members, greatest advocates and one of its true individuals.
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Be over the moon with this dedicated auction
01 March 2021When astronaut Ed White was pictured during the first US spacewalk it was not only the first still photograph of a human in space, but also the first taken by another human – James McDivitt. Up to that moment all images released were taken by television or monitoring cameras.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
01 February 2021Signed and inscribed Marilyn Monroe photo to 'Joe' poses an auction puzzler
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Rare view reveals Dum Dum, 1847
25 January 2021The final part of dealer Jack Webb's collection displayed his passion for military photographs, especially daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and cartes de visite.
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Evocative rural photographs by PH Emerson showcased by Michael Hoppen Gallery
04 January 2021'Coming Home from the Marshes', 1886, by pioneering photographer PH Emerson (1856-1936) in his series 'Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads', is among the works offered in a solo show on the artist at London’s Michael Hoppen Gallery until the end of this month.
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Warm idea in the frost
21 December 2020‘Tis the season to indulge and give a little back and at James Hyman Gallery’s online charity sale you can do both.
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Plea to help find Spitfire pilot’s stolen photo
18 November 2020A Spitfire pilot and his family are appealing to the public and the antiques trade to spot a stolen photograph.
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Paper view: 30 previews of books, prints, posters, ephemera and documents available at dealers and auctions
16 November 2020The term ‘works on paper’ encompasses a diverse range of media from artist’s prints to posters, ephemera and documents. Pictured here, along with an array of books, is a section of items available to buy from dealers or bid for at auction.
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Corporate collection on offer to public
16 November 2020Jackson’s is holding an auction on December 1-2 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, which will include more than 100 lots by Modern and Contemporary masters in a variety of media comprising primarily works that have been deaccessioned from a corporate collection.
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Photos commissioned by Queen Victoria come to auction
10 October 2020An archive of works by photographer Alexander Lamont Henderson ((1838-1907), including those commissioned by Queen Victoria, will be offered at auction next week.
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Coronavirus: Paris Photo fair is latest French cancellation
30 September 2020Paris Photo has cancelled its 24th staging, rescheduling it for next year.
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Now available in 3-D: Parallax Stereogram comes to Cologne sale
28 September 2020In 1902, American inventor Frederic Eugene Ives applied for a patent for his Parallax Stereogram.
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