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Auction Info

Sale Name
Post-War and Contemporary Photographs
Auction Date
09/28/2017 - 09/28/2017
Year of Sale
2017
Sale Number
#N09781
Total Lots
94
Sold Lots
70
Lots Sold
74.5%
Unsold Lots
24
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
2,486,120.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
1,524,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
2,319,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
2,103,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
3,168,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
78.48%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
2,690,280.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
62 Philip-Lorca diCorcia A STORYBOOK LIFE (THE COMPLETE SERIES)

1978-1999, printed in 2003

USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 468,500.00
23 Thomas Struth MAILÄNDER DOM (FASSADE), MAILAND

1998

USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 456,500.00
34 Thomas Struth GERHARD RICHTER 1, KÖLN

1993

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 81,250.00
1 Thomas Struth 'WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK, TRIBECA'

1978, printed in 2000

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 68,750.00
45 Cindy Sherman UNTITLED #353

2000

USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 56,250.00
37 Thomas Ruff PORTRAIT (L. HOFFMAN)

1989

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 52,500.00
47 Robert Polidori VESTIBULE, (73) AMI.01.009, SALLES EMPIRE, AILE DU MIDI - R.D.C., VERSAILLES

1985, printed later

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 50,000.00
17 Cindy Sherman UNTITLED #400

2000

USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 50,000.00
26 Richard Learoyd TATIANA IN BLACK SLIP 2

2012

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 43,750.00
4 Rineke Dijkstra CASTRICUM AAN ZEE, THE NETHERLANDS, JUNE 1992

1992, printed in 2005

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 43,750.00
55 Kohei Yoshiyuki THE PARK

1971-73, printed later

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 43,750.00
89 Edward Burtynsky BREEZEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA

2008, printed in 2009

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 43,750.00
36 Stephen Shore MERCED RIVER, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 13, 1979

1979, printed in 2000

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 43,750.00
24 Gregory Crewdson UNTITLED, WINTER (BED OF ROSES)

2005

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 40,000.00
14 Matthew Barney CREMASTER 3: THE SONG OF THE VERTICAL FIELD

2002

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 37,500.00
51 Helena Almeida 'INHABITED DRAWING'

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 37,500.00
31 Thomas Struth PFLANZEN, NR. 22, 35, 67 AND 70

1992-93

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 37,500.00
44 David Hockney 'SITTING IN THE ZEN GARDEN AT THE RYOANJI TEMPLE KYOTO'

1983

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 37,500.00
68 Sandy Skoglund 'REVENGE OF THE GOLDFISH'

1981

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 30,000.00
19 Hiroshi Sugimoto 'GOSHEN, INDIANA'

1980

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 27,500.00
8 Hiroshi Sugimoto BROOKLYN BRIDGE - JOHN & WASHINGTON ROEBLING

2000-01

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 27,500.00
75 Clifford Ross HURRICANE LXXXIII

2009, printed in 2013

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 27,500.00
48 Candida Höfer STIFTSBIBLIOTHEK KLOSTERNEUBERG III

2003

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 27,500.00
50 Vito Acconci 'HAND & MOUTH' (FILM STILLS & TEXT)

1970

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 26,250.00
27 Hiroshi Sugimoto 'LAKE SUPERIOR, CASCADE RIVER'

1995

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 25,000.00

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