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    Photography Market – 1st Half 2017

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    Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips raised $19,297,765  in photography auction sales in New York and London in the first 6 months of 2017. The result represents an increase of 21.9% from the second half of 2016 and was the highest total since the first half of 2015. The recent photography auctions provide further evidence of a…

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    Photography Market Report – February 2017

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    Overall photography market down 12.5% in 2016, although contemporary photography sees a 23% uplift in sales. The overall photography auction market has remained steady since second half of 2015, with an average half-yearly sales total between $15.8 million and $16.1 million. Whilst the Modern Photography auction sales have slowed down considerably in 2016 (down 22.6%)…

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    Photography Market Report – March 2016

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    In 2015, the photography auction market saw a combination of single-owner and general sales at the three major auction houses in New York, London and Paris.  Indeed, these fetched a total sales value of $36,132,858* (all sales values provided without premium). However, this was the lowest grossing year of photography sales since 2012. It represented a…

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    Photography Market Confidence Survey – February 2015

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    Photography Market Report | Confidence Survey - February 2015 As we see in the Photography Market report, overall confidence in the Modern and Contemporary Photography market decreased by 8% since the last reading in May 2014. The ArtTactic Photography Market Confidence Indicator currently stands at 75. (A reading above 50 implies that there is more positive…

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    Photography Market Confidence Survey – June 2014

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    Confidence in the Photography market is up 9% as the economic outlook improves. The overall confidence in the Modern and Contemporary Photography market increased by 9% since the last reading in December 2013. The ArtTactic Photography Market Confidence Indicator currently stands at 81 (a reading above 50 implies that there is more positive market sentiment…

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    Photography Market Report – January 2014

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    Photography auction sales up 36% in 2013 The Photography auction market has gone from strength to strength since the downturn in 2009. The total auction sales of photography for Phillips, Sotheby’s and Christie’s came in at $50.7 million in 2013, up 36% from 2012. The increase in sales was partly driven by the Modern photography…

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    Photography Market Confidence Survey – Dec 2013

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    The overall confidence in the Modern and Contemporary Photography market increased by 7% in the last 6 months, and currently stands at 75 (a reading above 50 implies that there is more positive market sentiment than negative). After a 38% jump in the Confidence Indicator between November 2011 and May 2012, the market confidence has…

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    Photography Market Auction Analysis – June 2013

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    The positive sentiment in the Photography market continued during the recent season of sales at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips in London and Paris. The overall total for the first half of 2013 reached $29.96 million, up 66% from second half of 2012 and 59% up from first half last year. This is the third highest…

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    Photography Market Confidence Survey – April 2013

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    Photography Market 2013 Confidence Survey | Confidence in the Contemporary Photography market increases by 10% in the last 6 months. The overall confidence in the Modern and Contemporary Photography market 2013 increased by 1.3% in the last 6 months. Currently it stands at 70 (a reading above 50 implies that there is more positive market…

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    Photography Market Auction Analysis – April 2013

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    April season sees photography auction sales up 85% from the same period last year, fuelled by a series of single-owner collections. Photography auctions returned to New York in force at the beginning of April, with all three auction houses offering single owner collections ahead of their traditional sales. The overall auction sales value was up…

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