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Heritage Auctions: The Art of Exposure II: Pin-Up and Figure Photography Featuring the Bunny Yeager Archive Showcase Auction

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Auction Name The Art of Exposure II: Pin-Up and Figure Photography Featuring the Bunny Yeager Archive Showcase Auction Total Sales (USD) 161,968.50
Auction Date February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #11253 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 218
Sold Lots 204.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 93.58% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
39053 Bunny Yeager

Christine Starr approximately 317 items, 1960s

1960s Not Available USD 4,250.00
39078 Alfred Cheney Johnston

Group of 4 photographs of nude showgirls, 1920s

1920s Not Available USD 4,250.00
39170 Lucien Clergue

Triade de Geneve, 1972

1972 Not Available USD 4,250.00
39046 Bunny Yeager

Dondi Penn 5 works, 1950s

1950s Not Available USD 4,000.00
39172 Lucien Clergue

Zebra Nude, New York, 1997

1997 Not Available USD 4,000.00
39015 Bunny Yeager

Bettie Page with Animals 5 works, 1954

1954 Not Available USD 3,500.00
39024 Bunny Yeager

Bettie Page, circa 1954

circa 1954 Not Available USD 3,250.00
39215 Lucien Clergue

Ligues de Maim, ligues de Vie 25 works, 1984

1984 Not Available USD 3,250.00
39135 Pamela Hanson

Naomi Campbell, Chanel, for French Vogue, 1992

1992 Not Available USD 3,000.00
39136 Bert Stern

Kate Moss, 2007 Digital pigment print, printed 2010

2007, printed 2010 Not Available USD 2,750.00
39134 Bert Stern

Sharon Tate, 1961 Digital pigment print, printed 2010

1961, printed 2010 Not Available USD 2,500.00
39017 Bunny Yeager

Bettie Page in Surf 6 works, 1950s

1950s Not Available USD 2,375.00
39041 Bunny Yeager

Mickey O'Brien Approximately 25 items, circa 1960s

circa 1960s Not Available USD 2,375.00
39061 Bunny Yeager

Ruth Anderson approximately 100 items, 1960s

1960s Not Available USD 2,250.00
39186 Lucien Clergue

Group of 9 photographs, 1999

1999 Not Available USD 2,000.00
39057 Bunny Yeager

Uschi Digard Jobi Winston/Billie Johnson approximately 50 items

N/A Not Available USD 1,875.00
39176 E.J. Bellocq

Nude on a Wicker Chaise, 1911-1913

1911-1913 Not Available USD 1,875.00
39014 Bunny Yeager

Bettie with Cheetahs, 1954

1954 Not Available USD 1,750.00
39027 Bunny Yeager

Bettie Page as a Butterfly, 1954

1954 Not Available USD 1,750.00
39032 Bunny Yeager

Melinda Allison approximately 137 items

N/A Not Available USD 1,750.00
39056 Bunny Yeager

Joan Rawlings, 1950s , printed later

1950s , printed later Not Available USD 1,750.00
39071 Bunny Yeager

Jane Duke approximately 51 items, 1960s

1960s Not Available USD 1,750.00
39085 Alfred Cheney Johnston

Group of 3 photographs of nude showgirls, 1920s

1920s Not Available USD 1,750.00
39153 Harry Callahan

Eleanor, 1954

1954 Not Available USD 1,750.00
39212 Francisco Toledo

Oaxaca, 1994

1994 Not Available USD 1,750.00
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.