Ten x Ten by Athol McCredie7/7/2023 ![]() A seventh print of Untitled #96 sold for $2.88 million at Christie’s in May 2012. Ming Temple editioned print might set you back 2-4 thousand but a print from the Te Papa gift store is perhaps $30-40Ĭhristie’s New York. How many of you buy photography or even consider it? Cartier Bresson’s work has sky rocketed in price since he died in 2004, New Zealand’s Brian Brake work has seen a big jump in value as have several other prominent NZ photographers. I firmly believe you make your own luck to a large extent!! Create what the public perceive as collectible and unique, sometimes its the mundane, sometimes it is pure genius. ![]() ![]() ![]() These photographers that reach the heady heights all have agents, most have studied fine art and more importantly perhaps they have stuck with their craft and believed in themselves, success comes from hard work and good luck. I notice too that some of the names that were on the top of this list several years ago have dropped off of it as newer artists such as the afore-mentioned photographer Peter Lik gain recognition. Whereas Peter Lik from Australia’s top priced work is $1,000,000. Our top-selling Photographer is Fiona Partington with a suite of work that sold for $64.728. Scroll down for the latest auction prices from Art + Object. ![]() Photography as art is gaining momentum in New Zealand, albeit slowly – however there is still a huge gap between our top earning photographers and the rest of the world. ![]()
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