William Fox Talbot collection sells for nearly £1.5 million at auction, a new record
April 23, 2021
A trove of nearly 200 early photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot quadrupled its pre-auction estimate to achieve $1,956,000 (£1,411,557) this week, a new auction record for the seminal British photography pioneer. Gifted by the photographer to his sister and remaining in the family since, the collection made its auction debut as a highlight of Sothebyâs 50 Masterworks to Celebrate 50 Years of Sothebyâs Photographs sale.
Horatia playing AmeÌlina’s harp (1843) – Fox Talbot gifted the collection to her back in the day
The sale set a new artist record for Talbot, and a new benchmark for a work of 19th century photography at auction.
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Ansel Adams, The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks completed auctioned at Sotheby s New York on December 14. The collection comprised 123 individual lots, 94% of which were successfully sold to buyers both in person at Sotheby s New York and online. A mural-sized print, The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming , sold for a record-high for an Ansel Adams print, closing at $988,000 USD.
Ansel Adams photographed the record-setting print in 1942. The image was commissioned by the Department of the Interior. The mural-sized print of Jackson Hole is one of fewer than 10 thought to exist. David H. Arrington acquired it directly from a descendant of Ansel Adams.