Rare photo sets $2.9m sale record
A rare print taken by US photography pioneer Edward Steichen has set a world record for the highest price paid for a photograph auction.
The Pond-Moonlight - taken in New York in 1904 - was sold for $2.9m (£1.6m), more than doubling the previous record.
The 41x48cm photo shows a pond in a wooded area with light coming through the trees and reflected in the water...
Here's more from the BBC.
Thanks Jim T. for the e-mail.
3 comments:
I had a conversation the other day with someone who was telling me about a photographer who died recently - couldn't sell anything while on this earth and now his estate is worth millions.
I think there are a couple of reasons:
a) once the artist is dead, they can't make anymore art, hence what there is is worth more (supply & demand)
b) the artist is often somewhat ahead of their time so it takes a while for what they were doing to be recognized
c) people have some envy of the artist while they're alive and insist on making them suffer for their freedom.
d) the artist is only here for a short while in relation to the time after they die. in other words, say the artist has twenty productive years; future generations have hundreds of years to evaluate what the artist created.
e) see a)
Possibly Lake Ronkonkoma...It's a lovely image, worth every penny. If I had known, I may have bid...
outbid ;)
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