Bonhams Photographs Now Auction Totals $827,900

A work by Frank Worth was the headline sale at Bonhams 'Photographs Now: The Collector's Edition' auction on July 4-14 in New York.

• The sale totaled $827,900, meeting the pre-sale estimate.

Snapshot of the sale

• 222 works sold totaling $827,900.
• Estimates totaled: $686,300 (low) and $993,500 (high), excluding premiums.
• The sell-through rate was 83% of the original 267 lots announced.

The star lot was: Frank Worth, Marilyn Monroe: Platinum Photography by Frank Worth (Portfolio), 1953-1958 (Salzburg: Rudolf Budja Galerie (2009), which sold for $83,000, 18% above its $70,000 low estimate. It has been traded once in the past.

The outperformer sold for 860% above its low estimate. Jacques Lartigue, Despian, Hendaye, 1927 (Undated), sold for $7,680 ($800 low estimate).

• 89 works, or 40%, sold above their high estimate.
• 64 works, or 29%, sold within their low and high estimate.
• 69 works, or 31%, sold below their low estimate.
• 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.

Guaranteed sales

No sales had a guarantee.

Works that did not sell

45 works were bought-in, including: María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Untitled (Red Composition) (from 'Los Caminos') (1997), estimated at $10,000 (low) to $15,000 (high). It has been traded once in the past.

Withdrawn before the sale

0 works were withdrawn

Terms and definitions

All results include the fees and premiums added to the price of a work of art when the auctioneer's hammer falls. Sale prices are compared to the auction house’s low estimate, which do not include premiums.

Guarantees: Sometimes an auction house guarantees to pay a seller for a work, regardless of whether the bidding reaches the reserve price, a figure that is typically confidential.

Bought-in: If there are no bids for a work, or if bidding falls short of the reserve price, the lot is unsold or “bought-in”.

Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.

Premiums: Typically a sliding-scale of charges paid in addition to the hammer price by the buyer, plus any other fees.