Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2716, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025
Page Size: 329 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Platt D. Babbitt.

Platt D. Babbitt. Niagara Falls scenery. Circa 1850.

 Circa 1850 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,540.00
2 James Presley Ball.

James Presley Ball. Portrait of a Gentleman. Circa 1850.

 Circa 1850 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,056.00
3 Jeremiah Gurney.

Jeremiah Gurney. Portrait of a Couple. 1850s.

 1850s USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
4 Jeremiah D. Wells.

Jeremiah D. Wells. Portrait of a Gentleman. 1950s.

 1950s USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
5 Robert Maner Wade.

Portrait of a Southern Gentleman: Robert Maner Wade. Circa 1860.

 Circa 1860 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
6 Carleton E. Watkins.

Carleton E. Watkins. Distant View of The Domes. 1865-66.

 1865-66 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 13,970.00
7 Timothy O'Sullivan.

Timothy O'Sullivan. Iceberg Canon, Colorado River, Looking Above. 1871.

 1871 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,112.00
8 Eadweard Muybridge.

Eadweard Muybridge. Cloud's Rest. Valley of the Yosemite (No. 40). 1872.

 1872 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,858.00
9 Eadweard Muybridge.

Eadweard Muybridge. Falls of the Yosemite. From Glacier Rock (No. 36). 1872.

 1872 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,604.00
10

A suite of 18 cabinet cards of Native Americans from the US Geological & Geographical Survey of the Territories. Circa 1868-1876.

 Circa 1868-1876 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 6,604.00
12 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis. An Oasis in the Badlands. 1905.

 1905 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,842.00
13 Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge's experiment track for his seminal project Animal Locomotion. 1881; printed circa 1920.

 1881; printed Circa 1920 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
14 Peter Henry Emerson.

Peter Henry Emerson. The Old Order and the New. 1886.

 1886 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,858.00
15 George Barker.

George Barker. Florida Landscape. 1886.

 1886 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 3,810.00
16

A beautiful Japanese album with 100 hand-colored photographs. 1880s.

 1880s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
17

A collection of 7 late 19th-century portraits of Indian Princes. Circa 1870s-circa 1910.

 Circa 1870s-Circa 1910 USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
18

A selection of 4 group portraits from India, including a hand-colored portrait of two young aristocrats. Circa 1900.

 Circa 1900 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
19

Photographs of Some Principal Buildings in the City of Sydney, New South Wales. 1890.

 1890 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
20 John A. Mather.

John A. Mather. Region Views of Western Pennsylvania, Parts 1 & 2. 1895.

 1895 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 11,430.00
21 James Bert Barton.

James Bert Barton. Mirror Lake, Valley of the Yosemite. Early 1900s.

 Early 1900s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,905.00
22 Brett Weston.

Brett Weston. Tin Roofs, Mexico. 1926.

 1926 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,240.00
23 Edward Weston.

Edward Weston. Chayotes, Mexico. 1926; printed late 1960s by Cole Weston.

 1926; printed late 1960s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
24 Edward Weston.

Edward Weston. Cracked Earth, Borrego Desert, California. 1938.

 1938 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 7,620.00
25 Ansel Adams.

Ansel Adams. Half Dome, Merced River, Winter. 1938; printed 1960s.

 1938; printed 1960s USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,826.00
26 Ansel Adams.

Ansel Adams. Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California. 1944; printed April 1978.

 1944; printed April 1978 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 33,020.00
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    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
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