Like the AIPAD photography show in New York earlier last week, the accompanying photo sales held at New York auction houses large and small were dominated by household names like Irving Penn, Ansel Adams and William Eggleston. The exception was Phillips de Pury & Company’s pair of photo sales, where the top 10 lots featured a far greater proportion of post-1970s material and where the auction house did what it does best -- introduce new artists to the market.
