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ALL ABOUT CONSIGNMENTS TO OUR PHOTO AUCTIONS:

WHY TO SELL WITH US?

✔︎ Focus on Photography: Our auction house has been specialising exclusively in photography from the very beginning and has years of professional experience in the field. Since 2009 thousands of photographic works and photobooks went through our auctions and a strong and stable connection to the circles of photography collectors has been established.

✔︎ Reliable & Market-Oriented Estimates: Our experts take the utmost care to give you fair and accurate estimates of the submitted works. After you have received our estimate, you decide, whether or not you wish to consign with us.

✔︎ Access to the Global Photography Market: We are constantly expanding our international online presence and online bidding during our auctions, thus extending our connections to the photography collectors and dedicated photo institutions far beyond Europe.

✔︎ Record-Breaking Results: Our hammer has come down on vintage prints from the 19th century, iconic images from the 20th century, and contemporary photographs alike, often achieving some outstanding record-breaking results. Find a selection of highlights from our past auctions here.

HOW TO SUBMIT A CONSIGNMENT?

Step 1 – Tell us about your item: Fill out the form on this page with as many details as possible. The more detailed and precise your specifications are, the more exact our value estimate will be.

Step 2 – Review & submit: Please check the entered information and submit the form. We will contact you shortly.

If you have several objects to consign: Please fill in a separate form for each object individually. In case your items form a one group of works (e.g. they are by the same photographer and form the same series) – only fill in one form.

If you have any technical issues with submitting the form: In this case please contact us directly bu email – send us all the information about your items to info@ostlicht-auction.com.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR AN ESTIMATE?

After we have received the information about your item(s), it may take us up to 5 business days to review it and respond with an estimate and whether we can accept your print(s) or photobook(s) for our upcoming auction.

IS AN ESTIMATE FREE?

Yes, all our estimates are free of charge, non-binding and confidential. After you have received our estimate, you decide, whether or not you wish to consign with us.

We can make a binding and final appraisal only after on first-hand inspection of the original.

WHAT ARE THE TERMS?

Please find all terma and conditions for selling at our auction here.

If you have any further questions about consignments to our auctions – don't hesitate to contact us directly.

SEE ALSO

> Conditions of Sale

> Highlights from Our Past Auctions

EINLADUNG ZUR EINLIEFERUNG

LOS 58, RUDOLF SCHWARZKOGLER, ‘3. Aktion’, Wien 1965
Starting Price: 8.000 € / Price reached: 28.800 €

AUCTION RESULTS: 24. Photo Auction – 19. November 2021

Viennese Actionism and dancing priests
Bidders at the 24th OstLicht Photo Auction made a strong statement for Austrian photography. A Ludwig Hoffenreich photograph of Rudolf Schwarzkogler's famous 3rd Action in 1965 fetched 28,800 euros, while the rare, large-format print of Heinz Cibulka sitting naked with a bandaged penis on a white ball had started at 8,000 euros.

Fellow Actionist Alfons Schilling also landed in the top field with his picture of the street riots on the occasion of the US Democratic Party Convention in August 1968: "Chicago Demo, Teargas", one of his rare lenticular pictures, was worth 26,400 euros to a collector. The lot was called for 18,000 euros.
Several of Franz Hubmann's famous Viennese street photographs between Brunnenmarkt and Café Hawelka as well as portraits of artists were successfully auctioned. In total, the pictures of the pioneering Austrian photojournalist were sold for 24,240 euros.
In addition, numerous icons of international photography history also contributed to the excellent overall result. For example, Mario Giacomelli's "Dancing Priests" ("Pretini") from 1961, which was called at 4,800 Euros, ended up fetching 10,800 Euros.
The excellent sales rate was over 80 percent. All prices with premium.

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INVITATION TO CONSIGN

»Einschluss« (Inclusion), 1972, from the series »Körperkonfigurationen« / © VALIE EXPORT / OstLicht Photo Auction

VALIE EXPORT, “Einschluss” (Inclusion), 1972, from the series “Körperkonfigurationen”, sold for 25,200 Euro (starting price: 14,000 Euro)

READ ABOUT OUR LAST AUCTION RESULTS

It was the first lot of the 22nd OstLicht Photo Auction that climbed to a sensational 408,000 Euro: Nine daguerreotypes, among them the earliest known photographic view of Shanghai. This only recently discovered historic rarity, which sheds new light on the beginnings of photography in China, started at 180,000 Euro. The nine plates have been attributed to the French historian and economist Natalis Rondot, who probably took them during his diplomatic mission in China between 1844 and 1845.

The following 150 lots brought more outstanding results. The excitement of Alfred Eisenstaedt’s “Children at a Puppet Theatre” from 1963 went to a collector for 18,000 Euro (starting price: 8,000 Euro). Feminism is among the further winners: VALIE EXPORT’s “Einschluss” (Inclusion), 1972, from her series “Körperkonfigurationen” was sold for 25,200 Euro (starting price: 14,000 Euro).