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Auction Name Daydreaming: Photographs from the Goldstein Collection Total Sales (USD) 1,614,750.00
Auction Date April 02, 2019 - April 02, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,055,500.00
Sale Number #17483 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,605,500.00
Total Lots 69
Sold Lots 53 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,263,500.00
% of Lots Sold 76.81% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,920,500.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 84.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
44 RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004)

Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, 1955

1955, printed 1979 USD 350,000.00 - 550,000.00 USD 615,000.00
7 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Harlequin Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), NY, 1950

1950, printed 1979 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 325,000.00
45 RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004)

Marilyn Monroe, actress, New York City, May 6, 1957

1957, printed 1980 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 100,000.00
17 JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815–1879)

Julia Jackson, 1867

1867 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 68,750.00
13 EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)

Loretta Young, Hollywood, August 1931

2019-08-31 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 47,500.00
23 W. EUGENE SMITH (1918–1978)

The Walk to Paradise Garden, 1946

1946, printed c. 1970 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,500.00
24 ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

1941, mounted on board, printed 1973-1977 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
39 EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)

Greta Garbo, Hollywood, 1928

1928, printed 1960s USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
49 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Cigarette no. 69, New York, 1972

1972, printed 1975 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
58 HELMUT NEWTON (1920–2004)

Roselyne at Arcangues, 1975

1975 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 32,500.00
31 ANDREW MOORE (B. 1957)

The Yellow Porch, Sheridan County, NE., 2013

2013 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,500.00
43 PHILIPPE HALSMAN (1906–1979)

Marilyn Monroe, LIFE cover portrait, 1952

1952 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 21,250.00
19 PETER HENRY EMERSON (1856–1936)

Selected Images from Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, 1886

1886 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 15,000.00
28 HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)

Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris, 1932

1932, printed later USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,000.00
5 RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004)

Made in France with signed print of Suzy Parker and Gardner McKay, Café des Beaux Arts, Paris, August 1956

2001 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,875.00
18 EUGÈNE ATGET (1857–1927)

Street vendor selling cheese and cream in Les Halles, corner of rue de l'Arbre-Sec and rue Vauvilliers, 1st arrondissement, 1898

1898 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,000.00
30 ANDREW MOORE (B. 1957)

Staircase, The Jay Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination, 2007

2007 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,000.00
47 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Jascha Heifetz, 1948

1948 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,000.00
8 HARRY CALLAHAN (1912–1999)

Eleanor, 1948

1948, printed later USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,500.00
29 ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894–1985)

Chez Mondrian, Paris, 1926

1926, printed later USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,500.00
50 EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)

Shell, 1927

1927, printed later USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,500.00
51 EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)

Pepper No. 30, 1930

1930, printed later USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,500.00
52 EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)

Nude, 1936

1936, printed later USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
55 ZANELE MUHOLI (B. 1972)

Lungile Cleo Dladla, KwaThema Community Hall, 2011

2011 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,500.00
3 MILTON H. GREENE (1922–1985)

Marlene Dietrich's Legs, 1952

1952, printed later USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,875.00
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