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Remarkable collection of iconic American photos is up for an auction

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Sotheby’s New York will soon offer a truly remarkable collection of photos up for auction. Among the sold works, you’ll be able to bid for the images by Richard Avedon, Dorothea Lange, Lee Friedlander, Robert Adams, Garry Winogrand, and other famous photographers.

While not all photographers are from the States, this body of work tells the story of American history. It contains some iconic photos such as Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, and photos of celebrities like Andy Warhol or Marylin Monroe.

The only photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon could fetch $30,000 on an auction

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On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. It was long believed that his reflection in Buzz Aldrin’s helmet was the only photo of him from the entire Apollo 11 mission. However, a rare print showing Armstrong is now on auction, expected to fetch up to $30,000.

1970s Nikkor 58mm f/1.0 lens fetches record-breaking €187,500 in an auction

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We’ve seen our fair share of record-breaking cameras and lenses in terms of prices. And now, Nikon has broken its own record with the highest-ever price its lens fetched at an auction.

A super-rare 1970s Nikkor 58mm f/1.0 lens was sold for €187,500 (~$183,500) at the latest Wetzlar Camera auction. And this whopping price isn’t for nothing – the lens so rare that it seems to be the only one of its kind known to date.

Elon Musk’s ex-girlfriend sells old photos of him for thousands of dollars

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Like all of the rich and famous, Elon Musk had a life long before he became the richest man in the world. And now pieces of that life have been sold, some for nearly $41,000. Musk’s ex-girlfriend put them up for an auction, and the majority of them include Musk’s old photos showing him as the young, baby-faced, and goofy man he once was.

Man Ray’s iconic photo Le Violon d’Ingres exceeds all expectations; sells for record $12.4 million

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d’Ingres” (Ingres’s Violin). The print was estimated to fetch between five and seven million dollars. However, it has exceeded all expectations and reached around two times the estimate. The iconic photo was sold for $12.4 million, which is an absolute record. This makes it the most expensive photo ever to be sold at an auction.

Actor Richard Gere puts his $2 million worth photo collection up for an auction

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Most of us are used to seeing Richard Gere in front of the camera. However, he’s also into photography and has been a passionate collector of photographs over the years. His collection contains works of famous photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston, Richard Avedon, and Diane Arbus.

But the famous actor’s collection is about to be sold. Auction house Christie’s is offering over 140 photos from Gere’s stunning collection in an online auction. Judging from the estimates, it could fetch around $2 million.

Man Ray’s “Le Violon d’Ingres” soon to become the most expensive photo ever sold

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Man Ray’s “Le Violon d’Ingres” (Ingres’s Violin) is one of the most iconic photos of the early 20th century. And soon, it could also become the most expensive photo ever sold.

Christie’s is soon to hold an auction where the famous photo will be sold. According to the estimate, it could reach as much as the whopping $7 million – the highest estimate of any single photo in auction history!

Seven secrets to buying cheap lenses online

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Over the last few years, cheap lenses have become a big thing, and it’s driven the prices of a number of old cheap lenses right back up to where they used to be when new.

This video from Mathieu Stern of the Weird Lens Challenge presents us with his top seven tips to buying cheap lenses online.  Some of them just make good sense, while others are not so obvious.

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