Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 1,210,122.00 |
| Auction Date | October 20, 2022 - October 20, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 779,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #2618 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,157,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 314 | ||
| Sold Lots | 224 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,124,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 71.34% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,673,250.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 90 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 72.32% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | DOROTHEA LANGE | Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California (Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age 32). |
1936 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 305,000.00 |
| 52 | ANSEL ADAMS | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico. |
1941; printed 1960s | USD 30,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 45,000.00 |
| 218 | DANNY LYON | A portfolio of 40 Civil Rights photographs. Including numerous important images Lyon made while working as a staff photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. |
1962-64; printed 2010 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 83 | MAX DUPAIN | Sunbaker. |
1937; printed early 1970s | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 11 | TIMOTHY O'SULLIVAN | Group of 6 Geological Survey photographs. |
1873-74 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 175 | ROBERT FRANK | Backyard--Venice West, California. |
1956; printed 1970s | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 95 | A selection of 5 real photo postcards, including work by Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp. |
1920-30 | USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | USD 16,875.00 | |
| 252 | ANDY WARHOL | Portrait of Robert Mapplethorpe. |
1983 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 292 | The Year of Tibet Portfolio I. |
1928-90; printed 1990 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 | |
| 30 | EDWARD S. CURTIS | Prayer to the Stars. |
1908 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 7 | JULIA MARGARET CAMERON | Florence [Fisher] after the manner of the Old Masters. |
1872 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 155 | HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON | Siphnos, Greece. |
1961; printed 1990s | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 3 | Album with approximately 89 photographs of the changing New Zealand landscape and Maori portraits. |
1880s | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 11,250.00 | |
| 127 | HELEN LEVITT | New York (Foreign Legion). |
1940; printed 1940s | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 153 | FAN HO | Different Directions, Hong Kong. |
1958 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 230 | PETER HUJAR | Portrait of Anne Burritt. |
1981 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 187 | YOUSUF KARSH | Georgia O'Keeffe. |
1956; printed 1980s | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,100.00 |
| 47 | EDWARD WESTON/COLE WESTON | Silver print, 1930; printed circa 1970 |
1930; printed circa 1970 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 229 | PETER HUJAR | Male Nude. |
1978 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 8,450.00 |
| 33 | EDWIN HALE LINCOLN | A complete suite of 24 lovely botanical studies from the series Wildflowers of New England - Part X. |
1904 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 179 | HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON | Henri Matisse, Vence, France. |
1944; printed 1970s | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 223 | W. EUGENE SMITH | Saipan (soldier holding baby). |
1944; printed 1970s | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 254 | DIANE ARBUS | Lucas Samaras, N.Y.C. |
1966 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 236 | O. WINSTON LINK | Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia. |
1957; printed 1984 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 293 | A portfolio with 16 collotypes entitled Time, published to accompany an exhibition at Fotosphere Gallery. |
2005 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
