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Auction Name Photographs Total Sales (USD) 3,321,500.00
Auction Date October 10, 2017 - October 10, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,852,000.00
Sale Number #14977 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,809,000.00
Total Lots 111
Sold Lots 84 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,618,000.00
% of Lots Sold 75.68% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,983,000.00
Unsold Lots 27 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 83.39%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
190 PETER BEARD (B. 1938)

Orphaned Cheetah Cubs, Mweiga, near Nyeri, Kenya, March 1968

1968, printed later and completed in 2017 USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 USD 672,500.00
136 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Poppy: Glowing Embers, New York, 1968

1968, printed 1989 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 336,500.00
131 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986

1986 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 200,000.00
140 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)

Flag, 1987

1987 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 168,750.00
186 HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948)

North Atlantic Ocean, Cape Breton Island, 1996

1996 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 150,000.00
154 MAN RAY (1890–1976)

La Prière, 1930

1930, printed late 1960s USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 131,250.00
104 ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)

Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California, 1938

1938, printed c. 1960 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 100,000.00
101 CONSTANTIN BRÂNCUSI (1876–1957)

Léda, 1920–1921

1920–1921 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 87,500.00
133 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Frozen Food (With String Beans), New York, 1977

1977, printed 1993 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 87,500.00
107 ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)

Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word, In Memory of Russell Varian

1963 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 75,000.00
114 BERND AND HILLA BECHER (1931–2007 and 1934–2015)

Engine Houses, 1986

1986 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 68,750.00
135 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Broken Egg, New York, 1959

1959 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 68,750.00
105 ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

1941, printed 1978 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 43,750.00
155 MAN RAY (1890–1976)

Électricité

1931 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 43,750.00
165 MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO (1902–2002)

Recuerdo de Atzompan (Remembrance from Atzompan), 1943

1943 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 40,000.00
128 HELMUT NEWTON (1920–2004)

Elsa Peretti, New York, 1975

1975 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
123 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)

Lisa Lyon, 1981

1981 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 32,500.00
187 DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)

Sunday Morning, Mayflower Hotel, New York, November 28, 1982

1982 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 32,500.00
122 HORACE BRISTOL (1908–1997)

PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul, 1944

1944, printed later USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 30,000.00
164 WALKER EVANS (1903–1975)

Window Display of Household Supply Store, East 4th Street, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1935

1935 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 30,000.00
171 HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)

Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954

1954, printed later USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 30,000.00
173 ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (1898–1995)

V-J Day, Times Square, 1945

1945 , printed 1991 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 27,500.00
180 DIANE ARBUS (1923–1971)

Two ladies at the automat, N. Y. C., 1966

1966, printed later USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,500.00
183 TINA BARNEY (B. 1945)

The Graham Cracker Box, 1983

1983, printed later USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 27,500.00
118 HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948)

Dead Sea, Ein Gedi, 1992

1992 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
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    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
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