Art of disaster: photographs go under the hammer for Samoa

Charlie Bibby: Barack Obama meets Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street (2009) Photograph: Charlie Bibby Photograph: guardian.co.uk Associated Press agency: England's soccer captain Bobby Moore holds aloft the Fifa World Cup (1966) Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk David MA Gould: Manoosh the Boatman, Agra, India (2004) Photograph: David MA Gould Photograph: guardian.co.uk Munem Wasif: Young children look for small fish in the mud, Vamia, Satkhira (2009) Photograph: Munem Wasif/VU/Prix Pictet Ltd Photograph: Munem Wasif/guardian.co.uk David Corio: Ian Dury backstage at Brighton Top Rank (1981) Photograph: David Corio Photograph: guardian.co.uk Jane Bown: Donovan (1965) Photograph: Jane Bown Photograph: Jane Bown/guardian.co.uk Sukey Parnell: Grace and Liberty (2006) Photograph: Sukey Parnell Photograph: guardian.co.uk Martin Roemers: Russian WW2 veteran Polina, Moscow (2004) Photograph: Martin Roemers Photograph: guardian.co.uk Sebastian Bustamante-Brauning: A member of the Agrupación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos, a human rights group trying to find out the whereabouts of their relatives who disappeared as a result of the military repression in Chile (2006) Photograph: Sebastian Bustamante-Brauning Photograph: guardian.co.uk Trevor Leighton: Harry Hill (1999) Photograph: Trevor Leighton Photograph: Trevor Leighton/guardian.co.uk Tony McGee: Ed Bunker, crime writer and actor (1996) Photograph: Tony McGee Photograph: guardian.co.uk Annabel Cook: Pastor's daughter, Samoa (2004) Photograph: Annabel Cook Photograph: guardian.co.uk Toby Smith: Ratcliffe on Soar (2009) Photograph: Toby Smith Photograph: guardian.co.uk Tom Hunter: The Vale of Rest (2000) Photograph: Tom Hunter Photograph: guardian.co.uk Sarah Bustamante-Brauning: Grandmother's House (2007) Photograph: Sarah Bustamante-Brauning Photograph: guardian.co.uk David Stewart: Cabbage dress (1995) Photograph: David Stewart Photograph: guardian.co.uk Lottie Davis: Ex Caelo Lux: Chandelier (2009) Photograph: Lottie Davis Photograph: guardian.co.uk Jillian Edelstein: Porcupine Quills, Sangoma (2003) Photograph: Jillian Edelstein Photograph: guardian.co.uk