Preliminary Auctions 2020

Though there are no photography auctions scheduled until April, there are a few mixed media auctions due with photographic lots including the annual auctions of Erotic Online, Now! and Made in Britain. The following is a calendar of the first quarter’s auctions, their dates and what to expect:

11-20 February: Erotic Online

Hosted by Sotheby’s London, this annual auction brings together images from a broad range of artists focusing on the depiction of nudity in art. This year’s edition is being held exclusively online. View lots and follow the auction here.

18-26 February: Now!

Sotheby’s Paris is hosting this annual auction bringing together works from a variety of contemporary artists with, usually, affordable prices – a great opportunity to invest in art before the artists’ work become mainstream. Sotheby’s bill the auction as ‘NOW! is a clever blend of contemporary, photographs, African and Oceanic and design works’. View lots and follow the auction here.

17 March: Made in Britain

Another mixed-media auction from Sotheby’s, this time based in London. Like the Erotic and Now! auctions, the Made in Britain offers buyers some affordable work, this time with a larger consignment of photographs from artists such as Richard Hamilton, Terry O’Neill and Chris Levine. View lots and follow along here.

Any outstanding sales will be covered on Photography at Auction. If you’re looking for further coverage of the sale of photographs at auction, check out the latest edition of the Photography at auction digest, covering twelve months of photography auctions, the biggest sales and broken records along with the top 50 most expensive photographs ever sold at auction, updated.

Image credit: Julius Drost