Heritage Auctions: Photographs Signature Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs Signature Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 1,355,531.25 |
| Auction Date | October 03, 2025 - October 03, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,413,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #8220 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 2,162,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 513 | ||
| Sold Lots | 402.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,886,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 78.36% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,885,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 111 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 46.99% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73210 | Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009) | The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986 Selenium toned |
1986 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 62,500.00 |
| 73011 | Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) | Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, circa 1944 |
circa1944, printed 1973-1977 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 46,250.00 |
| 73021 | Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico,, 1941 |
1941, printed circa 1963 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 73244 | Joel-Peter Witkin (American, b. 1939) | Humor and Fear, New Mexico, 1999-2000 Unique hand colored |
1999-2000 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
| 73014 | Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) | Monolith, the Face of Half Dome (from Yosemite Valley, Portfolio Three), 1927 |
1927, printed 1959 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 73071 | Robert Frank (American, 1924-2019) | London (Belsize Crescent), 1951 |
1951, printed 1980 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 73095 | Robert Frank (American, 1924-2019) | City Fathers, Hoboken, New Jersey (from The Americans), 1955-1957 |
1955-1957, printed circa 1962 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 73207 | Richard Avedon (American, 1923-2004) | Francis Bacon, artist, Paris 4-11-79, 1979 |
1979 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 73196 | Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009) | Miles Davis, 1986 Selenium toned |
1986 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 73431 | Sante D'Orazio (American, b. 1956) | Cindy Crawford, Malibu, California (for Esquire), 1995 |
1995, printed later | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 73450 | David Yarrow (British, b. 1966) | The Iron Horse II, 2021 Oversized |
2021 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 73061 | Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004) | Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954 |
1954, printed later | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 73007 | Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) | Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California, 1944 |
1944, printed 1973-1977 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 73274 | Horace Bristol (American, 1909-1997) | PBY Blister Gunner, 1944 |
1944, printed 1994 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 73175 | Richard Avedon (American, 1923-2004) | His Holiness The Fourteenth Dalai Lama Gyume Tantric Monastery, Kamataka, India, January 6, 1998 |
1998 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 73079 | Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991) | New York at Night (from Retrospective portfolio), 1937 |
1937, printed 1982 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 73229 | Sante D'Orazio (American, b. 1956) | Linda Evangelista, Hollywood, California, 1995 Oversized |
1995, printed later | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 73442 | Sebastiao Salgado (Brazilian, 1944-2025) | Cast of Thousands, in the Gold Mine of Serra Pelada, Para, Brazil, 1986 |
1986 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 73504 | Vik Muniz (Brazilian, b. 1961) | Sunflowers (after Vincent Van Gogh, from Pictures of Color), 2001 Oversized |
2001 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 73167 | Michael Brennan (English/American, b. 1943) | Muhammad Ali, Training Session Headshot, 1977 Oversized |
1977, printed 2011 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 73057 | Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004) | Hyeres, 1932 |
1932, printed later | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 73232 | Nan Goldin (American, b. 1953) | Skyline from my Window, 1999 |
1999 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 73332 | Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004) | Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, 1932 |
1932, printed later | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 73086 | Ruth Orkin (American, 1921-1985) | The Card Players, New York City (6-work polyptych), 1947 |
1947, printed later | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 73326 | Andre Kertesz (Hungarian, 1894-1985) | Martinique, January 1, 1972 |
1972 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
![<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.")
