Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 1,412,802.00 |
| Auction Date | March 11, 2021 - March 11, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,023,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #2561 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,529,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 406 | ||
| Sold Lots | 318 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,304,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 78.33% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,945,700.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 88 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 72.61% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) | Migrant Mother (horizontal). |
1936 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
| 282 | IRVING PENN (1917-2009) | Tulip/Tulipa: China Pink, New York. |
2006 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
| 1 | FRANCIS FRITH (1822-1898) | Three volumes entitled Sinai & Arabia Petra, Jerusalem & Palestine, and Egypt & Athens, with approximately 140 photographs. |
1860s-70s | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
| 52 | DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) | Migrant Mother. |
1936; printed circa 1960 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 |
| 54 | DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) | Migrant Mother (vertical). |
1936 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 14 | CAMERA WORK. Number 36. |
New York, 1911 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 | |
| 131 | ED VAN DER ELSKEN (1925-1990) | A rare, handmade personal album of 27 Parisian photographs. |
Circa 1951 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 183 | LAWRENCE SCHILLER (1936- ) | Portfolio entitled Marilyn 12. |
Woodland Hills, California: East End Editions KLS, LLC, 1962; printed 2007 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 155 | IRVING PENN (1917-2009) | Spencer Tracy, New York. |
1948 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 218 | DIANE ARBUS (1923-1971)/NEIL SELKIRK (1947- ) | Tattooed man at a Carnival, M.D. |
1970; printed early 1970s | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 62 | DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) | Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering Calif. stalled on the desert near Indio, California. |
1937 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 13 | CAMERA WORK. Steichen Supplement. |
New York, 1906 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 | |
| 396 | A series of 19 photographs by Berlyn Brixner depicting The Trinity Test, the first detonation of a nuc |
1945 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 259 | HARRY CALLAHAN (1912-1999) | Chicago (trees in snow). |
1950; printed 1960s | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 28 | EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) | Oasis in the Badlands. |
1905 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 61 | DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) | Abandoned Tenant House, Hall County, Texas. |
1937 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 164 | PETER HUJAR (1934-1987) | Edwin Denby. |
1975 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 280 | EMMET GOWIN (1941- ) | A trio of photographs from Mount Saint Helen's series. |
1980-81 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 4 | JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815-1879) | Alfred, Lord Tennyson. |
1869 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 306 | ADAM FUSS (1958- ) | Untitled. |
1987 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 345 | Album with 50 hand-colored photographs depicting Hong Kong and Canton. |
Circa 1900 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 10,625.00 | |
| 154 | IRVING PENN (1917-2009) | S.J. Perelman. |
1962; printed 1980 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 2 | JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815-1879) | La Contadina, girl with jar. |
1869 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 92 | HELEN LEVITT (1913-2009) | N.Y. (boys on a pediment). |
Circa 1940; printed 1980s | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 190 | LEE FRIEDLANDER (1934- ) | Nude (Madonna). |
1979; printed 1990s | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
