Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 1,152,179.00 |
| Auction Date | October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 844,050.00 |
| Sale Number | #2716 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,262,150.00 |
| Total Lots | 329 | ||
| Sold Lots | 258.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,070,650.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 78.42% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,596,150.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 71 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 72.19% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314 | Steve McCurry. | Steve McCurry. Portfolio Children, with 10 photographs. Circa 1992-2001; printed 2010. |
Circa 1992-2001; printed 2010 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 35,560.00 |
| 26 | Ansel Adams. | Ansel Adams. Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California. 1944; printed April 1978. |
1944; printed April 1978 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 27 | Ansel Adams. | Ansel Adams. Sierra Nevada, Winter, from the Owens Valley, California. 1944; printed December 1978. |
1944; printed December 1978 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 286 | William Eugene Smith | W. Eugene Smith. Saipan (two soldiers). 1944; printed 1960s. |
1944; printed 1960s | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 242 | Eugene Atget. | Eugene Atget. Coiffeur, Avenue de l'Observatoire, Paris. 1926. |
1926 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 262 | Ruth Orkin. | Ruth Orkin. American Girl in Italy (Ninalee Craig). 1951; printed 1980. |
1951; printed 1980 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 141 | Hiroshi Sugimoto. | Hiroshi Sugimoto. Rosecrans Drive-In, Paramount. 1993. |
1993 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 |
| 140 | Hiroshi Sugimoto. | Hiroshi Sugimoto. Palms, Michigan. 1980. |
1980 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 225 | Herb Ritts | Herb Ritts, Wrapped Torso, Los Angeles. 1989. |
1989 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 22 | Brett Weston. | Brett Weston. Tin Roofs, Mexico. 1926. |
1926 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 74 | Lewis W. Hine. | Lewis W. Hine. Welders on the Empire State Building. Circa 1930. |
Circa 1930 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 300 | Lucas Samaras. | Lucas Samaras. Photo-transformation 11/5/73. 1973. |
1973 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 6 | Carleton E. Watkins. | Carleton E. Watkins. Distant View of The Domes. 1865-66. |
1865-66 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 195 | Harold Eugene Edgerton | Harold Edgerton. Portfolio entitled Seeing the Unseen: Twelve Photographs by Harold Edgerton. 1938-64; printed 1977. |
1938-64; printed 1977 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
| 219 | Francesca Woodman. | Francesca Woodman. Untitled, New York. 1979-80; printed 1990s. |
1979-80; printed 1990s | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 |
| 301 | Barbara Kasten. | Barbara Kasten. Photogenic Painting 74. 1974. |
1974 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 |
| 20 | John A. Mather. | John A. Mather. Region Views of Western Pennsylvania, Parts 1 & 2. 1895. |
1895 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 136 | George Tice. | George Tice. Petit's Mobil Station and Watertower, Cherry Hill, N.J. 1974; printed 1988. |
1974; printed 1988 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 179 | Richard Avedon. | Richard Avedon. Portrait of Andy Warhol. 1969; printed 1975. |
1969; printed 1975 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 221 | Robert Mapplethorpe. | Robert Mapplethorpe. Phillip on Pedestal (Front). 1979. |
1979 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 299 | Sebastiao Salgado. | Sebastiao Salgado. Elephant (against light), Kafue National Park, Zambia. 2010. |
2010 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 94 | William Klein. | William Klein. El, 67th Street, New York. 1955; printed later. |
1955; printed later | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 189 | Aleksandr Michajlovic Rodcenko | Alexander Rodchenko. Power Lines. Circa 1927; printed circa 1950. |
Circa 1927; printed Circa 1950 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 211 | George Platt Lynes. | George Platt Lynes. Yul Brynner. 1951. |
1951 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 308 | Cindy Sherman. | Cindy Sherman. Untitled #229. 1987-90. |
1987-90 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
![<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.")
