https://opticandframe.com/auctions/feed.xml Notable camera and lens auctions: results, estimates versus hammer prices, and what the market is saying. en https://opticandframe.com/auctions/understanding-camera-auction-prices/ https://opticandframe.com/auctions/understanding-camera-auction-prices/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Estimate, hammer, and price realized are three different numbers. Misreading them is how collectors overpay. https://opticandframe.com/auctions/christies-vicente-wolf-photography-collection/ https://opticandframe.com/auctions/christies-vicente-wolf-photography-collection/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Nearly 200 photographs, assembled over half a century on Richard Avedon's advice, go under the hammer in New York in a two-part sale on October 22. https://opticandframe.com/auctions/leitz-photographica-autumn-auctions/ https://opticandframe.com/auctions/leitz-photographica-autumn-auctions/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Perspectives brings a century of photography to Leica Gallery Vienna on October 9; the camera auction follows in Wetzlar on November 28, with an online-only sale between them.