On several occasions, Pierre Bergé Auctions has had the honor of presenting sales of high-quality collections of Photographs, leaving several reference catalogs in the field.
Indeed, the sale of D'une Histoire particulière de la Photographie brought together rare prints by Gustave Le Gray, Sherill Shell, Roger Parry and Fabien Loris, Auguste Violin and Pierre Louis Pierson, achieving exceptional results.
Gustave Le Gray's rare print of the cloister of the abbey church of Sainte-Marie d'Arles-sur-Tech- 1851 sold for €500,500. Similarly, a tambo in the Cordilleras sold for €83,000, a print by Gustave Le Gray for €64,000, and an exceptional print of the Comtesse de la Castiglione by Pierre Louis Pierson sold for €313,600.
The sale dedicated to Philippe Halsman, bringing together a set of prints from a private collection, leaves a reference catalog on the artist in the annals of auctioneering. The self-portrait fetched €19,000, the famous Jumps series featuring the mythical jump of Marilyn Monroe and Philippe Haslman fetched €15,000, and Salvador Dali's famous surrealist prints, such as the 1951 Skull, sold for over €12,000.
The catalog devoted to the Icons of photography from 1960 to the present day brought together mythical prints from La Dolce Vita to Francis Bacon, including Romy Schneider and Johnny Cash.