The highpoint from the classical photographers of the twentieth century, and one of the highlights of the auction, is Harry Callahan's 1957 photograph Aix-en-Provence, a view of a forest near the southern French city, estimated at € 12.000. Sasha Stone is represented with three vintage prints from the 1930s, among which a work with a grippingly calculated arrangement of diagonals (lot 228, € 7.500). Hans Finsler is represented with four early works from his stay in Halle. The extremely rare photos from this period are in excellent preservation, the prices between € 2.000 and 3.500. The images: ice cream dishes, stockings, a piece of silk fabric and a box of Most Chocolates (lot 77 et sqq).

A lot by Albert Renger-Patzsch with five interior and exterior shots of the Hans-Sachs-Haus in Gelsenkirchen, one of the best-known examples of the "New Construction" of the 1920s, is estimated at € 7.500. August Sander is prominently represented with nine photos. An extreme rarity is an anonymous 1927 photo-automat photo. The surrealists in the circle of André Breton immediately recognized the expanded possibilities of expression offered by photo-automats, which began to appear in Paris in 1927. Potrayed in the small print, estimated at € 3.500, is Man Ray and a fellow surrealist (lot 31).

Among images by classical contemporary photographers are four images of Water Towers by Bernd and Hilla Becher from 1978, numbered 32/50 (lot 254, 4.000). A portfolio with ten prints by various

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