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2013-05-17
AND WORKS ON PAPER
BLOOMSBURY HOUSE, 24 MADDOX STREET, LONDON W1S 1PP
THURSDAY 30TH MAY 2013, 1PM
Lot 390: Tolkien (J.R.R.)
The Lord of the Rings 1954-5
3 vol., first editions, first impressions, each signed by the author with autograph quotations to endpapers
Est. £30,000-40,000
BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS CELEBRATES ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE LIKES OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, ALBERT EINSTEIN, IAN FLEMING AND JRR TOLKIEN
Today Bloomsbury Auctions sells more books and works on paper than any other auction house; as Rupert Powell the Deputy Chairman says, ‘We have undergone several changes of ownership, moves of location, technological revolutions and economic ups and downs, but when it comes to auctioning rare books, Bloomsbury remains the most dedicated, friendly and, in my (unbiased) opinion, best place to do business for buyers and sellers alike. Roll on the next 30 years!’
2013-05-07
PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOBOOKS
BLOOMSBURY HOUSE, 24 MADDOX STREET, LONDON W1S 1PP
FRIDAY 17TH MAY 2013, 2PM
Lot 153: Horst P Horst
V.O.G.U.E, N.Y
(Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), 1940
Est. £4,000-6,000
On 17th May Bloomsbury Auctions will be holding its spring Photographs and Photobooks auction which will encompass a wide range of photographs dating from the mid-19thcentury to the present day, as well as a selection of rare photobooks.
One of the star lots in the sale is the photograph of Lisa Fonssagrives, Woman with Roses, 1950 (Lot 154: £40,000-60,000) taken in 1950 during the Paris couture shows by her soon to be husband Irving Penn. Another shot of the model featured in the sale is a platinum print by Horst P Horst V.O.G.U.E. N.Y. (Lot 153: £4,000-6,000), which was the cover of American Vogue in June 1940. If Lisa Fonssagrives was one of the first supermodels, Kate Moss is arguably the most iconic today, and the sale includes a number of photographs of her including two prints by David Ross from her first professional photoshoot(Lots 155-156: £800-1,200). Other fashion photographers included in the sale are Lillian Bassman, William Klein and John Swannell.
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