Bonhams: Photographs, 30926, Marlborough

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 11, 2025 - September 11, 2025
Page Size: 156 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Berenice Abbott

Pier 18, North River

1938 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,560.00
2 Berenice Abbott

Church of God, from Berenice Abbott's New York IV

1936, printed 1979 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
3 Berenice Abbott

Pingpank Barber Shop

1938, printed 1979 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,024.00
4 Ansel Adams

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico

1941, printed 1973-77 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 38,400.00
5 Ansel Adams

Oak Tree, Sunset City, Sierra Foothills, California, from Portfolio IV

1962, printed 1963 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,520.00
6 Ansel Adams

Fern Spring, Dusk, Yosemite National Park, California

c.1961, printed 1974 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
7 Ansel Adams

Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome, Yosemite National Park, California

1940 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,920.00
8 Ansel Adams

Lake Tenaya, Yosemite National Park, California

c.1946 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,088.00
9 Ansel Adams

Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain, Yosemite National Park, California

c.1948 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 832.00
10 Ansel Adams

El Capitan, Winter

c.1950, printed later USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,816.00
11 Ansel Adams

El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California

1956 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,920.00
12 Ansel Adams

Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California

1960, printed 1991 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,536.00
13 Ansel Adams

Cathedral Peak and Lake, Yosemite National Park, California

1960, printed later USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,664.00
14 Ansel Adams

Unicorn Peak and Thunderclouds, Yosemite National Park, California

c.1967 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 896.00
15 Shelby Lee Adams

The Hog Killing

1990 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 537.60
16 Shelby Lee Adams

Donnie with Baby and Cows

1999 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 409.60
17 Shelby Lee Adams

Amanda with Dolls

2002 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 640.00
18 Wilson A. Bentley

Group of six Snowflake photographs 6

c.1900 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,280.00
19 Ruth Bernhard

Ruth Bernhard 10

1934-76, printed 1993 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 35,840.00
20 Ruth Bernhard

Candy, from Gift of the Commonplace

1942 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
21 Ruth Bernhard

In the Box, Horizontal

1962 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,864.00
22 Ruth Bernhard

Draped Torso

1962 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,144.00
23 Ruth Bernhard

Silk

1968 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,680.00
24 Ruth Bernhard

Doorknob, from Gift of the Commonplace

1975 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
25 After Gambier Bolton

Majesty

c.1890 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.