Bonhams: Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 360,409.60 |
| Auction Date | September 11, 2025 - September 11, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 268,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #30926 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 416,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 156 | ||
| Sold Lots | 118.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 389,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.64% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 609,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 38 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 59.12% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Ansel Adams | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico |
1941, printed 1973-77 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 19 | Ruth Bernhard | Ruth Bernhard 10 |
1934-76, printed 1993 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 35,840.00 |
| 131 | Doug and Mike Starn | Untitled #7, from Structure of Thought |
2000 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 35,840.00 |
| 155 | David Wojnarowicz | Untitled (Buffaloes) |
1988, printed 1994 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 28,160.00 |
| 5 | Ansel Adams | Oak Tree, Sunset City, Sierra Foothills, California, from Portfolio IV |
1962, printed 1963 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 |
| 87 | Horst P. Horst | Study in Ivory, N.Y. |
1982 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 108 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Flower |
1980 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 23 | Ruth Bernhard | Silk |
1968 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 35 | Imogen Cunningham | Magnolia Blossom |
1925, printed c. 1965 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 22 | Ruth Bernhard | Draped Torso |
1962 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,144.00 |
| 90 | Horst P. Horst | Round the Clock I, NY |
1987 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,888.00 |
| 34 | Imogen Cunningham | Magnolia Bud |
1920 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,632.00 |
| 21 | Ruth Bernhard | In the Box, Horizontal |
1962 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,864.00 |
| 79 | Horst P. Horst | Fashion with Easel, Reboux Hat, Cartier Jewels (Estrella Boissevain) |
1938 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,608.00 |
| 152 | Edward Weston | Dunes, Death Valley |
1938 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 4,608.00 |
| 146 | Bradford Washburn | After the Storm, Climbers on the Doldenhorn, Switzerland |
1960, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,352.00 |
| 97 | Michael Kenna | Quixote's Giants, Study 10, Consuegra, La Mancha, Spain |
1996 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,096.00 |
| 89 | Horst P. Horst | Perry Ellis Fashion, NY |
1982 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 105 | Loretta Lux | Boy in a Blue Raincoat 2 |
2001 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 113 | Abelardo Morell | Frishmuth-Corot, Yale University Art Gallery |
2009 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 98 | Josef Koudelka | Roma, near Tours, France |
1970 | USD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 101 | Leon Levinstein | Select Photographs of New York City 32 |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 3,328.00 | |
| 51 | Harold Edgerton | Action at the Rodeo |
1940, printed later | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 56 | Walker Evans | Six Photographs including: Shadow Self-Portrait, Anna Maria Island 6 |
1968 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
| 141 | Bradford Washburn | Sunrise from the Aiguille du Midi, Group of the Mont Blanc |
1929, printed later | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
