Swann Galleries: Images and Objects: Photographs and Photobooks
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Images and Objects: Photographs and Photobooks | Total Sales (USD) | 1,174,688.00 |
| Auction Date | April 19, 2018 - April 19, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 783,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #2474 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,164,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 328 | ||
| Sold Lots | 221 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,193,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 67.38% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,768,450.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 107 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 66.43% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) | River Rouge Plant, Detroit, Michigan (with Ford signage on freight car). |
1947 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 57,500.00 |
| 285 | (NASA) | Archive of approximately 1,540 NASA photographs, which are carefully arranged in 9 thematic binders, relating to the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions. |
1961-72 | USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 52,500.00 |
| 65 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) | Winter in Yosemite [Pine Forest in Snow]. |
1933 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 47,500.00 |
| 91 | DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) | Select group of 5 photographs of uprooted Japanese Americans and their subsequent evacuation to Manzanar, an internment camp in California. |
1942 | USD 30,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 43,750.00 |
| 177 | GARRY WINOGRAND (1928-1984) | A portfolio entitled Garry Winogrand. |
1960-74; printed 1978 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 197 | MARIO GIACOMELLI (1925-2000) | A portfolio entitled La Gente [The People]. |
1956-68; printed 1981 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 |
| 6 | EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) | The North American Indian, Portfolios XIII, XIV, and XV. |
[1924] and [1926] | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 23 | EUGÈNE ATGET (1857-1927) | Nymphéa. |
Circa 1910 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 207 | DUANE MICHALS (1932- ) | The Most Beautiful Part of a Man's Body. |
1986 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 88 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) | A choice suite of 6 iconic prints from the portfolio entitled Walker Evans. |
1931-36; printed 1971 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 16,200.00 |
| 7 | EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) | The Vanishing Race. |
1904 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 1 | EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) | The Oath--Apsaroke. |
USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 | |
| 10 | GUSTAVE LE GRAY (1820-1884) | Portrait of a young woman. |
Circa 1847-48 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 43 | LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940) | A Vegetable Cannery in Delaware. |
1910; printed circa 1930 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 130 | LEE FRIEDLANDER (1934- ) | Haverstraw, New York. |
1966 | USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 72 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) | Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley, National Monument, California. |
Circa 1948; printed 1970s | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 247 | (METROPOLIS--THE MOVIE) | A mini-archive related to Fritz Lang's cult classic sci-fi film Metropolis, with 9 photographs and assorted ephemera. |
1928 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 178 | (GARRY WINOGRAND; RICHARD MISRACH; STEPHEN SHORE, ET ALIA) | A dynamic portfolio entitled New California Views. |
Landweber/Artists, 1964-79; printed 1979 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 153 | BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991) | Greyhound Bus Terminal. |
1936 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 77 | ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985) | Chez Mondrian, Paris. |
1926; printed circa 1970 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,775.00 |
| 150 | ROBERT FRANK (1924- ) | Sunshine Biscuits Building, New York City. |
1949; printed circa 1970s | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 249 | (BILLBOARD ADVERTISING) | An album with 57 photographs by the advertising firm Foster & Kleiser of Portland, Oregon, documenting billboards throughout the city, most of which are graphically highlighted with orange paint. |
1926-27 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 332 | NICK BRANDT. | A Shadow Falls. |
2007 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 143 | BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991) | New York at Night. |
1932; printed 1970s | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 206 | PETER HUJAR (1934-1987) | Seated man. |
Circa 1968 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
