Swann Galleries: Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks | Total Sales (USD) | 1,640,288.00 |
Auction Date | February 15, 2018 - February 15, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,064,900.00 |
Sale Number | #2466 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,561,850.00 |
Total Lots | 321 | ||
Sold Lots | 232 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,504,400.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 72.27% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,202,100.00 |
Unsold Lots | 89 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 74.49% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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20 | Photographic Views of Red River Raft |
1873 | USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | USD 93,750.00 | |
60 | LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940) | Mechanic at Steam Pump in Electric Power House. |
Circa 1921 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 81,250.00 |
119 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) | Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox. |
1937; printed late 1960s | USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | USD 48,600.00 |
4 | EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) | The North American Indian, Portfolio V. |
[1907] | USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | USD 43,200.00 |
115 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico. |
1941; printed before 1977 | USD 30,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 43,200.00 |
45 | LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940) | One of many youngsters working in Carolina cotton mills. |
1908; printed circa 1931 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
214 | BERT STERN (1929-2013) | The Marilyn Portfolio. |
1962; printed 2008-09 | USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | USD 29,700.00 |
164 | ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) | Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge. |
1956; printed 1981 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
3 | EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) | An Offering at the Waterfall, Nambe. |
1925 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
5 | EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) | Male figure with headdress and pipe * Male figure with snakes * Jicarilla Maiden |
Circa 1907 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
178 | CINDY SHERMAN (1954- ) | Self-Portrait as Lucille Ball. |
1975; printed 2001 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
15 | Select group of 19 spectacular ethnographic portraits of indigenous women of Pernambuco and Bahia that was compiled by the Swiss photographer Hermann Kummler. |
1861-62 | USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 | |
116 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) | Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California. |
1944; printed 1960s | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,600.00 |
279 | (NUCLEAR TESTING--BIKINI ATOLL) Mini-archive wit |
1946 WITH--A letter to Professor Eugene Starr from the General Manager of Hotel Whitcomb. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 | |
213 | HERB RITTS (1952-2002) | The Body Shop, Los Angeles, California (Fred with Tires). |
1984 | USD 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
39 | ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985) | Chez Mondrian. |
1926; printed 1960s | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 17,550.00 |
173 | YOUSUF KARSH (1908-2002) | A suite of 7 large-format portraits of artists and performers. |
1943-77; printed 1970s-80s | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,200.00 |
57 | LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940) | Hull house beneficiary, Italian Grandmother. |
1910 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
111 | W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978) | Guardia Civil, Spain. |
1950 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
64 | LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940) | Laborer on connector, Empire State Building. |
1930-31 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
105 | (DOROTHEA LANGE) (1895-1965) | Group of 8 iconic photographs, comprising White Angel Breadline, Woman of the High Plains, Migrant Mother, and more. |
1933-58; printed 1962-66 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
135 | HORST P. HORST (1906-1999) | Round the Clock II. |
1987 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
122 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) | Fresh Snow, Yosemite. |
1947; printed 1974 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 12,825.00 |
51 | LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940) | Climbing into America (Ellis Island group). |
1908 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
110 | HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004) | Praying at the foot of Buddha, Sri Lanka. |
1949; printed 1980s | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 12,500.00 |