Heritage Auctions: Photographs from The Abe Frajndlich Collection: A Photographer Collects Showcase Auction, 11256, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
Page Size: 92 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
38076 Walter Chappell (American, 1925-2000)

Torso and Horn, circa 1980s

circa 1980s USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
38077 Gerhard Vormwald (German, b. 1948)

Flying Black Man, 1983

1983 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
38078 John Gutmann (German, 1905-1998)

Bare Backs, 1940

1940 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
38079 Ilse Bing (German/American, 1899-1998)

Scandale, 1947

1947 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 937.50
38080 Aaron Siskind (American, 1903-1991)

Rome 53, 1967

1967 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 687.50
38081 John Gutmann (German, 1905-1998)

Do You Want a Screw, 1939

1939 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
38082 Barbara Klemm (German, b. 1939)

Down Under, 1999

1999 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
38083 Minor White (American, 1908-1976)

Puerto Rico, 1973

1973 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 937.50
38084 Lotte Jacobi (American, 1896-1990)

Group of 3 photographs, circa 1980s

circa 1980s USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,125.00
38085 Aaron Siskind (American, 1903-1991)

Seaweed 1, 1943

1943 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 687.50
38086 Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)

Bullet Through Plexiglass, 1964

1964 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 375.00
38087 Aaron Siskind (American, 1903-1991)

Seaweed 12, 1953

1953 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 475.00
38088 Walter Chappell (American, 1925-2000)

Meta Flora (from Meta Flora portfolio), circa 1980

circa 1980 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
38089 Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)

Dennis Shute, Multiflash, 1938

1938 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
38090 Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)

Bullet Piercing Balloons, 1959

1959 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 500.00
38091 Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)

Hammer Breaking Glass, 1933

1933 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 375.00
38092 Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)

Fan Vortex, 1934

1934 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 525.00
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.