A Vixex colour print from Madame Yevonde has sold at an auction in the United States for $29,210 (approx £21,800). Metis which dates to c1935 was included in an auction of Photographic Masterworks from an Important Private Collection by New Jersey based Rago auctions on 12 February 2026. It had been estimated at $3000-5000. The print had been exhibited by Yevonde at the National Exhibition of Professional Photography held by the Institute of British Photographers in 1952.
It had previously appeared at Christie's auctions in 1992 and 2012 where it sold for £462 and €22,500 respectively. An example is also held in the National Portrait Gallery collection which holds the surviving Yevonde negatives.
See: https://www.ragoarts.com/auctions/2026/02/photographic-masterworks-from-an-important-private-collection/100 and the NPG Collection print
