Bonhams: Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 869,273.60 |
| Auction Date | October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 572,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #30824 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 862,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 203 | ||
| Sold Lots | 150.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 800,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 73.89% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,203,400.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 53 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 72.24% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Ansel Adams | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico |
1941 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 58,880.00 |
| 6 | Lucas Samaras | Photo-Transformation (Eye) |
1973 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 48,640.00 |
| 39 | Ansel Adams | Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, From Lone Pine, California |
1944 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 35,840.00 |
| 41 | Ansel Adams | 'Mt. Williamson from Manzanar, Sierra Nevada, California' |
1944 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 33,280.00 |
| 22 | Lewis Baltz | 'Irvine' (from 'The Prototype Works') |
1970 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 30,720.00 |
| 96 | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Hyeres, France |
1932, printed later | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 104 | Edward S. Curtis | Canyon de Chelly, Navajo |
1904 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 23,040.00 |
| 13 | Helmut Newton | Leash (Paris) |
1977 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 116 | Steve McCurry | Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Peshawar, Pakistan |
1985, printed 2011 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 123 | Sebastiao Salgado | Serra Pelada, Gold Mine, Brazil (Cast of Thousands) |
1986, printed later | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 103 | Edward S. Curtis | The Vanishing Race, Navajo |
1904 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
| 5 | Luigi Ghirri | Riviera Romagnola (Rainbow Wall) (from 'Paesaggio Italiano') |
c. 1989 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,880.00 |
| 9 | John Baldessari | Child with Kitten/Man with Cigar (from 'Above and Below') |
1991/2003 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,880.00 |
| 38 | Ansel Adams | Ice on Ellery Lake, Sierra Nevada, California |
, printed 1979 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,880.00 |
| 105 | Henry P. Bosse | 'Minneiska, Minn.' (from 'Views on the Mississippi River') |
1885 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,880.00 |
| 24 | Sol LeWitt | 'Alternate Straight and Not Straight Lines Drawn on a Photograph of Manhattan' |
2003 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 47 | Fan Ho | 'Sea Painting' |
1963 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 48 | Fan Ho | 'At the Crossroad' |
1955 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 187 | Irving Penn | 'Woody Allen as [Charlie] Chaplin, New York, Sept 14, 1972' |
1972, printed 1984 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 85 | Lee Friedlander | 'Canyon de Chelly' |
1983 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 8,960.00 |
| 177 | Arnold Newman | 'Igor Stravinsky' |
1946, printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,960.00 |
| 1 | Malick Sidibe | 'Nuit de Noel (Happy Club)' |
1963, printed 2011 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 51 | Imogen Cunningham | Magnolia Blossom |
1925, printed later | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 70 | Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden | Cain (Taormina, Sicily) |
c. 1900, printed later | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 138 | Thomas Ruff | 'h.t.b. 09' (from 'l.m.v.d.r.') |
2000 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
![<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.")
