The Most Expensive Book of the Twentieth Century
Christie’s Photographs sale in London on 16 May featured over 100 works from the nineteenth century through to the twenty-first.
Helmut Newton is an acknowledged master of the recent past and his work was, as ever, in great demand. A self-portrait with his wife and a model from 1980 exceeded its estimate of £70,000 to £90,000 and eventually sold for over £200,000.