Auction Reports
Swann Galleries
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Fine Photographs
- Auction Date
- 02/12/2026 - 02/12/2026
- Sale Number
- #2729
- Total Lots
- 290
- Sold Lots
- 174.0
- Lots Sold
- 60.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 116
- Total Sales (USD)
- 733,821.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 518,100.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 775,150.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 747,900.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 1,116,400.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 65.73%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | Eudora Welty | Eudora Welty. The Eudora Welty Portfolio. 1930s-40s; printed 1992. |
1930s-40s; printed 1992. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,800.00 |
| 116 | Larry Clark | Larry Clark. Complete Tulsa Portfolio with 10 photographs. 1968-1971; printed 1972. |
1968-1971; printed 1972. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 29 | Dorothea Lange | Dorothea Lange. White Angel Breadline, San Francisco. 1934; printed 1970s. |
1934; printed 1970s. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 50 | Ansel Adams | Ansel Adams. Manzanar from Guard Tower. 1943. |
1943 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 79 | Thomas Eakins | Thomas Eakins. Series of 7 photographs from the Naked Series, with a male nude figure. Circa 1883. |
Circa 1883. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 135 | Lewis W. Hine | Lewis W. Hine. On the Hoist, Riveter on the Empire State Building. 1931. |
1931 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 290 | Lalla Essaydi | Lalla Essaydi. Bullets Revisited #26, a triptych. 2014. |
2014 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 250 | Sebastiao Salgado | Sebastiao Salgado. Cast of Thousands in the Gold Mine of Serra Pelada, Brazil. 1986; printed 2007. |
1986; printed 2007. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 86 | Edward Sheriff Curtis | Edward S. Curtis. The North American Indian. Portfolio III. 1908. |
1908 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 53 | Imogen Cunningham | Imogen Cunningham. A Swift. 1939. |
1939 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 52 | Eadweard Muybridge | Eadweard Muybridge. Mills' Seminary, Seminary Park, Alameda Co., Cal. 1872. |
1872 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 225 | Deborah Turbeville | Deborah Turbeville. Asser Levy Bathhouse. 1975; printed late 1980s. |
1975; printed late 1980s. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 12,540.00 |
| 89 | Brett Weston | Brett Weston. Market Place (La Merced Market, Mexico City). 1926. |
1926 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 |
| 114 | Bob Adelman | Bob Adelman. No Man Is an Island, Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama. 1963; printed 1980s. |
1963; printed 1980s. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 11,220.00 |
| 246 | Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Manuel Alvarez Bravo. El Ensueno [The Daydream], Mexico. 1931; printed 1970s. |
1931; printed 1970s. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 105 | Dorothea Lange | Dorothea Lange. Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California (horizontal). March 1936; printed 1950s. |
March 1936; printed 1950s. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 85 | Edward Sheriff Curtis | Edward S. Curtis. Mosa - Mohave, plate 61 from The North American Indian. 1903. |
1903 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 35 | Edward Weston | Edward Weston. Dead Man, Colorado Desert. 1937. |
1937 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 4 | Carleton E. Watkins | Carleton E. Watkins. The Three Brothers, Yosemite. Circa 1872. |
1878-81. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 101 | Lewis W. Hine | Lewis W. Hine. Girls at Sewing Machine Showing Curvature of Spine. 1917. |
January 1917. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
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