Christie's The Vicente Wolf Photography Collection Online Auction Totals $440,400
3 min read · 23 Oct 2026
New York: RFG Publishing Inc. by Larry Clark sold for $30,700. Image courtesy of Christie's
A work by Larry Clark was the headline sale at Christie's 'The Vicente Wolf Photography Collection Online' auction on October 8-22 in New York.
- The sale totaled $440,400, falling short of its pre-sale low estimate.
Snapshot of the sale
- 106 works sold totaling $440,400.
- Estimates totaled: $711,600 (low) and $1.06m (high), excluding premiums.
- The sell-through rate was 75% of the original 142 lots announced.
The star lot was: Larry Clark, New York: RFG Publishing Inc. (1980), which sold for $30,700, 2% above its $30,000 low estimate. It has been traded once in the past.
The outperformer sold for 1692% above its low estimate. Gertrud Arndt, Otti Berger in the empty canteen on the last day before the Bauhaus shutdown in Dessau, Germany, 1932 (1932), sold for $17,900 ($1,000 low estimate). It has been traded twice in the past.
- 15 works, or 14%, sold above their high estimate.
- 32 works, or 30%, sold within their low and high estimate.
- 59 works, or 56%, sold below their low estimate.
- 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.
Guaranteed sales
No sales had a guarantee.
Works that did not sell
36 works were bought-in, including: Edward Weston, Church, Motherlode (Church Door, Hornitos), 1940 (1945), estimated at $30,000 (low) to $50,000 (high). It has been traded 4 times 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Withdrawn before the sale
0 works were withdrawn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Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.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.
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