Heritage Auctions: Photographs Signature Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs Signature Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 925,357.50 |
| Auction Date | October 08, 2021 - October 08, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 730,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #8053 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,145,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 380 | ||
| Sold Lots | 262 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 999,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 68.95% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,569,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 118 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 58.96% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73006 | Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) | Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word, In Memory of Russell Varian (complete portfolio with 15 photographs) |
1940-1963, printed 1963 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
| 73380 | Chuck Close (American, 1940-2021) | Kate Moss (diptych) |
2008 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
| 73259 | Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, 1898-1995) | Drum Major and Children, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
1951, printed 1990 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
| 73316 | Steve McCurry (American, 1950) | Afghan Girl |
1984, printed 2006 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
| 73256 | Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, 1898-1995) | VJ Day, Times Square, New York |
1945, printed 1979 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 73379 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Bicentennial Diary (diptych) |
1976, printed 1988 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 |
| 73044 | Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991) | New York at Night |
1932, printed later | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 73067 | Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952) | Cañon del Muerto - Navaho (Canyon of Death) |
1906 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 73184 | Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904-1971) | At the Time of the Louisville Flood, Louisville, Kentucky |
1937, printed 2005 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 73373 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Diary Pages |
1988 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 73070 | Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952) | At the Old Well at Acoma, |
circa1904 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 73247 | Annie Leibovitz (American, 1949) | Muhammad Ali, New York |
1996 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,125.00 |
| 73167 | Ruth Bernhard (American, 1905-2006) | In the Box-Horizontal |
1962, printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 73188 | Dorothea Lange (American, 1895-1965) | Migrant Mother |
1936, printed later | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 73350 | Joel-Peter Witkin (American, 1939) | Woman Masturbating on the Moon |
1981 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 73376 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Untitled (Elephant Eye) |
1983 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 73135 | Manuel Álvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902-2002) | El Ensueño (The Day Dream) |
1931, printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,937.50 |
| 73303 | O. Winston Link (American, 1914-2001) | Hot Shot Eastbound, Iaeger Drive-in, Iaeger, West Virginia |
1956, printed 1982 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 73378 | Nick Brandt (British, 1964) | Wasteland with Cheetahs and Children (from Inherit the Dust series) |
2015, printed 2016 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 73138 | Seydou Keïta (Malian, 1923-2001) | Untitled (Bamako, Father and Child), |
circa1950, printed 1999 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 73370 | Nobuyoshi Araki (Japanese, 1940) | Tokyo Nouvelle |
1995 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 73019 | Ori Gersht (Israeli, 1967) | Olive 11 (from Ghost series) |
2003, printed 2004 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 9,062.50 |
| 73012 | Lynn Davis (American, 1944) | Iceberg, Disko Bay, Greenland |
2004, printed 2008 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 73219 | Jacques Henri Charles au Lartigue (French, 1894-1986) | Renée |
1931, printed 1981 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 73239 | Lawrence Schiller (American, 1936) | Marilyn 12 (complete portfolio of 14 works) |
1962, printed 2007 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
