Bidding for the photograph, which was taken in 1962 and won a grand prize at the Cologne Fotokina in 1963, started at HUF 60,000. It sold for HUF 2.2 million, but will cost the buyer HUF 2.6 million, including the gallery's fee.
Also on offer at the auction were two compositions by Martin Munkácsi, the Hungarian who revolutionised fashion photography and became one of the best-paid star photographers of his time. The two photographs, of the motorcycle racer László Urbach, taken in 1927 and 1928, went for HUF 600,000 and HUF 420,000, respectively, which came as little surprise considering much of the artists work was lost after 1963.
