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Auction Name Photographs Total Sales (USD) 3,297,563.00
Auction Date October 05, 2018 - October 05, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,613,000.00
Sale Number #16382 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,952,000.00
Total Lots 181
Sold Lots 120 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,968,000.00
% of Lots Sold 66.30% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 6,045,000.00
Unsold Lots 61 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 54.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
242 DIANE ARBUS (1923–1971)

Identical twins, Roselle, N.J., 1966

1966 printed 1966–1969 USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 USD 732,500.00
266 WILLIAM EGGLESTON (B. 1939)

Memphis, 1972

1972, printed 1986 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 372,500.00
292 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Woman in Moroccan Palace (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Marrakech, 1951

1951, printed 1983 USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 USD 372,500.00
355 THOMAS RUFF (B. 1958)

Jpeg NY06, 2005

USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 81,250.00
290 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Marchande de Ballons, Paris, 1950

1950, printed 1976 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 57,500.00
315 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)

Flower, 1983

1983 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 52,500.00
271 WILLIAM EGGLESTON (B. 1939)

Southern Environs of Memphis, 1969-1970

1969-1970, printed 1986 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,000.00
319 MARGARET WATKINS (1884–1969)

Domestic Symphony, c. 1920

c. 1920 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,000.00
265 WILLIAM EGGLESTON (B. 1939)

Winston, from The Democratic Forest, 1983–1986

1983–1986 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 47,500.00
344 ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)

Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California, 1944

1944 printed by 1952 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 43,750.00
221 JOSEF KOUDELKA (B. 1938)

France, 1987

1987 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 40,000.00
368 RICHARD MISRACH (B. 1949)

Boy Scouts and Fremont's Pyramid, Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, 1991

1991, printed 1998 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
235 SALLY MANN (B. 1951)

Jessie Bites, 1985

1985 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 35,000.00
289 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Marchand de Concombres, Paris, 1950

1950, printed 1976 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 32,500.00
305 PIETER HUGO (B. 1976)

Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria, 2005

2005 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 32,500.00
312 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)

Two Men Dancing, 1984

1984 printed in 1989 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 32,500.00
363 ALEC SOTH (B. 1969)

New Orleans, Louisiana from Sleeping by the Mississippi,

2002 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 32,500.00
378 VIK MUNIZ (B. 1961)

Wheat Field with Cypresses, after Van Gogh from Pictures of Magazines 2, 2011

2011 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 32,500.00
313 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)

Lydia Cheng, 1985

1985 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 31,250.00
372 PHILIP-LORCA DICORCIA (B. 1951)

Ike Cole, 38 Years old, Los Angeles, California, 1991–1992

1991–1992 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,000.00
210 LEWIS BALTZ (1945–2014)

South Wall, Unoccupied Industrial Structure, 16812 Milliken, Irvine, #19 from The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California, 1974

1974 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,500.00
211 LEWIS BALTZ (1945–2014)

East Wall, McGaw Laboratories, 1821 Langley, Costa Mesa #24 from The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California, 1974

1974 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,500.00
343 CONSTANTIN BRÂNCU?I (1876–1957)

Endless Column and the Cock, c. 1935

c. 1935 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 27,500.00
240 W. EUGENE SMITH (1918–1978)

The Walk to Paradise Garden, 1946

1946, printed probably late 1950s–1960s USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
217 JOSEF KOUDELKA (B. 1938)

France (Nord Pas-de-Calais), from Chaos, 1989

1989 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 23,750.00
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    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
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