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Auction Name Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction Total Sales (USD) 126,804.50
Auction Date July 09, 2025 - July 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 122,400.00
Sale Number #14226 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 182,300.00
Total Lots 180
Sold Lots 170.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 126,600.00
% of Lots Sold 94.44% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 188,800.00
Unsold Lots 10 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 67.16%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
38023 Jim Goldberg (American, b. 1953)

Untitled (My Wife is Acceptable, Our Relationship is Satisfactory), 1981

 1981 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 13,125.00
38069 Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958)

Cabbage Leaf, 1931

 1931, printed later USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,000.00
38083 Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Unicorn Peak and Thunderclouds, Yosemite National Park, California, circa 1967

 circa 1967, printed later USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,500.00
38173 Jan Groover (American, 1943-2012)

Group of 5 photographs, circa 1977

circa 1977 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,500.00
38029 George Tice (American, 1938-2025)

Amish Children Playing in Snow, Lancaster, PA, 1969

 1969 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,000.00
38174 Jan Groover (American, 1943-2012)

Group of 5 photographs, 1978

1978 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,000.00
38106 Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991)

Water Pattern (from The Science Pictures portfolio), 1982

 1982 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,750.00
38040 Jim Goldberg (American, b. 1953)

I Think it Best to Present Myself as being Kind, Polite and Pleasant, 1982

 1982 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,625.00
38081 William Henry Jackson (American, 1843-1942)

Columnar Basalts on Yellowstone River, circa 1871

circa 1871 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,312.50
38098 Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991)

Swinging Ball (from The Science Pictures portfolio), 1982

 1982 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,875.00
38175 Gianfranco Gorgoni (Italian, b. 1941)

Spiral Jetty 5, 1975

 1975, printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,875.00
38011 Andre Kertesz (Hungarian, 1894-1985)

Paris, Aux Halles, 1928

 1928 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,750.00
38112 Soichi Sunami (American, 1885-1971)

Martha Graham (3 works), circa 1930s

 circa 1930s USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,625.00
38097 Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991)

Spinning Wrench (from Science portfolio), 1982

 1982 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,500.00
38168 Ernst Haas (American/Austrian, 1921-1986)

Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1979

 1979, printed 2025 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,437.50
38001 Paul Strand (American, 1890-1976)

Blind Woman, New York; Photograph-New York (2 works), 1917

 1917 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
38124 Alvin Langdon Coburn (British, 1882-1966)

Portrait of George Bernard Shaw, 1904

 1904 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
38167 Ernst Haas (American/Austrian, 1921-1986)

Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1968

 1968, printed 2025 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,375.00
38021 Miguel A. Gandert (American, b. 1956)

'51 Chevy; Albuquerque (2 works), 1983-1986

 1983-1986 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,250.00
38158 Sylvia Plachy (Hungarian/American, b. 1943)

Natasha Kinski, 1980

 1980 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,250.00
38180 William Wegman (American, b. 1943)

Gray Haze, 1993

1993 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,250.00
38052 Grant Mudford (Australian, 1944)

New York, 1975-1980

 1975-1980 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,187.50
38146 Deborah Turbeville (American, 1938-2013)

Untitled (Side Profile of Woman), 1990s

 1990s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,187.50
38008 Dorothea Lange (American, 1895-1965)

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936

 1936, printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,156.25
38082 Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

El Capitan, Winter, 1948

 1948, printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,156.25
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
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