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Christies: An American Journey: The Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Collection of Photographic Masterworks

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Auction Name An American Journey: The Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Collection of Photographic Masterworks Total Sales (USD) 2,470,000.00
Auction Date October 04, 2018 - October 05, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,823,000.00
Sale Number #16381 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,817,000.00
Total Lots 64
Sold Lots 35 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,349,000.00
% of Lots Sold 54.69% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 5,121,000.00
Unsold Lots 29 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 48.23%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
10 ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)

The Terminal, New York, 1893

1893, printed c. 1910 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 225,000.00
25 EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)

Pepper No. 30, 1930

1930, printed c. 1940 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 187,500.00
18 DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)

White Angel Bread Line, San Francisco, 1933

1933, printed 1950s USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 175,000.00
22 DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936

1936, printed before c. 1960 USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 162,500.00
20 MARGARET BOURKE–WHITE (1904–1971)

Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936

1936, printed 1940s USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 125,000.00
23 WALKER EVANS (1903–1975)

Allie Mae Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama, 1936

1936, printed 1930s–1940s USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 125,000.00
26 IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883–1976)

Magnolia Blossom, 1925

1925 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 125,000.00
24 WALKER EVANS (1903–1975)

Roadside Stand near Birmingham, Alabama, 1936

1936 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 112,500.00
36 EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)

Nude, 1934

1934 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 112,500.00
21 CHARLES SHEELER (1883–1965)

Industrial Study No. 2, 1935

1935 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 106,250.00
27 IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883–1976)

Two Sisters, 1928

1928, printed 1930s USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 100,000.00
57 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Frozen Foods, New York, 1977

1977, printed 1984 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 81,250.00
12 PAUL STRAND (1890–1976)

Blind Woman, New York, 1916

1916, printed 1945 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 75,000.00
30 TIMOTHY O'SULLIVAN (1844–1882)

Ancient Ruins in the Cañon de Chelle, New Mexico, 1873

1873 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 68,750.00
35 EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)

Big Sur, 1929

1929 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 62,500.00
52 MAN RAY (1890–1976)

La Prière, 1930

1930, printed late 1960s USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 62,500.00
59 LUCAS SAMARAS (B. 1936)

Lilies Still Life, 1983

1983 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 62,500.00
29 CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829–1916)

El Capitan, Yosemite, 1878-1881

1878-1881 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 60,000.00
37 EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)

Nude, 1934

1934 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 56,250.00
11 ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)

Venetian Gamin, 1894

1894, printed 1934 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,000.00
32 ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)

Equivalent [251 A], 1929

1929 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,000.00
38 EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)

Nude, 1934

1934 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
54 HARRY CALLAHAN (1912–1999)

Multiple Exposure Tree, Chicago, 1956

1956 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 32,500.00
14 PAUL STRAND (1890–1976)

Man, Five Points Square, New York, 1916

1916, printed 1950s USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 30,000.00
51 HARRY CALLAHAN (1912–1999)

Eleanor, Chicago, 1948

1948 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,500.00
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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.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
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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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    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
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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.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
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