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Auction Name Photographs Total Sales (USD) 4,776,125.00
Auction Date October 06, 2021 - October 06, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,640,500.00
Sale Number #19673 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,849,500.00
Total Lots 154
Sold Lots 107 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,338,500.00
% of Lots Sold 69.48% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,886,500.00
Unsold Lots 47 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 97.74%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 JUSTIN AVERSANO (B. 1992)

Twin Flames #83. Bahareh & Farzaneh, accompanied by Twin Flames Full Physical Collection, 2017-2018

2017-2018 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 1,110,000.00
8 ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

1941, printed late 1960s USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 USD 930,000.00
2 DIANE ARBUS (1923–1971)

Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1962

1962 USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 USD 625,000.00
18 ROBERT FRANK (1924–2019)

Charleston, South Carolina, 1955

1955, printed c. 1977 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 150,000.00
50 LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY–NAGY (1895–1946)

Untitled Photogram, 1939

1939 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 137,500.00
17 ROBERT FRANK (1924–2019)

U.S. 90, En Route to Del Rio, Texas, 1955

1955, printed 1977 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 125,000.00
16 ROBERT FRANK (1924–2019)

Parade – Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955

1955, printed c. 1977 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 118,750.00
4 RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004)

Rudolf Nureyev, Paris, France, July 25, 1961

1961, printed 1999 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 81,250.00
44 CONSTANTIN BRÂNCUSI (1876–1957)

Vue de l'atelier, c. 1924-1925

c.1924-1925 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 62,500.00
72 ADAM FUSS (B. 1961)

Untitled, 1988

1988 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 60,000.00
133 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)

Tulips, 1987

1987 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 60,000.00
19 ROBERT FRANK (1924–2019)

Rodeo – New York City, 1954

1954, printed c. 1977 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 55,000.00
102 ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

1941, printed 1973-1977 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 50,000.00
116 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Guedras in the Wind, Morocco, 1971

1971, printed July 1978 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,000.00
134 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)

Self-Portrait, 1972

1972 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 43,750.00
80 VIK MUNIZ (B. 1961)

After Mark Rothko (Pictures of Color), 2001

2001 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 40,000.00
95 HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948)

Lightning Fields 226, 2009

2009 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 40,000.00
115 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Orchid, Rhyncholaelia Digbyana, New York, 1969

1969, printed 1990 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
106 HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)

Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954

1954, printed later USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 32,500.00
125 PETER BEARD (1938–2020)

Serval Cat at Bill Woodley's Tsavo West, for ‘The End of the Game,’ 1972

1972, printed later USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 30,000.00
130 ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)

New York City Street Scene, 1976-1986

1976-1986 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 30,000.00
7 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Iceland Poppy/Papaver nudicaule, New York, 2006

2006 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 27,500.00
107 ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (1898–1995)

Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris, 1963

1963, printed 1991 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
144 IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Construction Leftovers, 1980

1980, printed 1980 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 23,750.00
70 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)

Thomas, 1987

1987 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,500.00
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