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Santa Fe Art Auction: The Christopher Cardozo Collection of Edward Curtis Photogravures

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Auction Name The Christopher Cardozo Collection of Edward Curtis Photogravures Total Sales (USD) 308,584.60
Auction Date April 10, 2024 - April 11, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 178,600.00
Sale Number #41024 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 292,300.00
Total Lots 171
Sold Lots 169.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 180,400.00
% of Lots Sold 98.83% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 295,300.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 104.50%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
165 Edward Sheriff Curtis

The North American Indian - Cardozo Fine Art Republication - Custom Edition, 2014-2017

 2014-2017 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 17,780.00
35 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Shot in the Head - Apsaroke, 1908

 1908 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,985.00
154 Edward Sheriff Curtis

A Piegan Play Tipi, ca. 1927

 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 6,350.00
34 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Wolf Lies Down - Apsaroke, 1908

 1908 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 6,032.50
168 Edward Sheriff Curtis

President Theodore Roosevelt, ca. 1905

 ca. 1905 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,032.50
109 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Sitting Elk - Apsaroke, 1908

 1908 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,397.50
131 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Southwest Pueblos Group of Five: East Side of Walpi, 1921 + A Corner of Zuni, 1903 + Acoma from the South, 1904 + In San Ildefonso, 1925 + Walpi Architecture, 1921

 <html>1921, <b>1903, 1904, 1925, 1921</b></html> USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,397.50
160 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Navajo Ceremonial Group of Three: Haschelti - Navajo, 1904 + Tobadzischini - Navajo, 1904 + Zahadolzha - Navajo, 1904, sheet: 12.5 x 9.5 in. (31.75 x 24.13 cm.)

 1904 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,080.00
19 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Sioux Girl

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,762.50
80 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Chief Hector - Assiniboin, 1926

 1926 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 4,445.00
113 Edward Sheriff Curtis

A Flathead Dance, 1910

 1910 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 4,445.00
36 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Lawyer - Nez Perce, 1905

 1905 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,127.50
38 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Medicine Crow - Apsaroke, 1908

 1908 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,810.00
140 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Volume XIV: The Photogravures, 7 California Tribes, 69 Prints

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,492.50
169 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Edward S. Curtis Self Portrait, 1951

 1951 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,492.50
6 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Tobadzischini - Navajo, 1904

 1904 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,175.00
18 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Zuni Girls at the River, 1903

 1903 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,175.00
26 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Story Telling - Apache, 1903

 1903 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,175.00
94 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Dusty Dress - Kalispel, 1910

 1910 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,175.00
22 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Group of Three Photogravures: Painting a Hat - Nakoaktok, 1914 + A Hesquiat Woman, 1915 + Nootka Woman Wearing Cedar-Bark Blanket, 1915

 1914, 1915 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,857.50
29 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Group of Three Southwest Photogravures: Desert Rovers - Apache, 1903 + The Lost Trail, 1908 + Sunset in Navajo-Land, 1904

 1903, 1908, 1904 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,857.50
30 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Ceremonial Group of Three: The Sun Dancer, 1907 + Invocation - Sioux, 1907 + The Spirit of the Past - Apsaroke, 1908

 1907, 1908 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,857.50
37 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Waihusiwa, A Zuni Kyaqimassi, 1903

 1903 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,857.50
103 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Plenty Coups - Apsaroke, 1908

 1908 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,857.50
108 Edward Sheriff Curtis

Hoop on the Forehead - Apsaroke, 1908

 1908 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,857.50
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