"The production of limited-edition photography books has provided a lucrative trade for art book publishers, even in a recession. As glossily packaged collector's items, coffee-table tomes can fetch up to six-figure sums. But are they artworks in their own right? We take a look at some of the most expensive photobooks of all time"
A portrait of British model Jean Shrimpton is one of the 36 halftone prints that make up David Bailey's Box of Pin-Ups (1965), a photobook that now sells for between £3,000 and £6,000
Andreas Gursky's 99 cents (1999), a chromogenic color print, which held the record in 2007 for the highest price paid at auction for a single image when it sold for £1.7m at Sotheby's
A portrait of British model Jean Shrimpton is one of the 36 halftone prints that make up David Bailey's Box of Pin-Ups (1965), a photobook that now sells for between £3,000 and £6,000
Andreas Gursky's 99 cents (1999), a chromogenic color print, which held the record in 2007 for the highest price paid at auction for a single image when it sold for £1.7m at Sotheby's
Nag, that link doesn't work.
ReplyDeleteThe only way I've found to get there involves a pop-up from The Guardian's home page / Arts / photography. And then by the time I got there it's another god damn click counting slideshow.
It seems to be working now.
ReplyDeleteAs a rule I generally don't like to buy coffee table books that cost more than my coffee table but Norman Mailer's Moonfire on Amazon is 15% off! I'm going to check if I have $ 1,445.00 between the couch cushions...
ReplyDeletePick up one for me while you're at it.
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