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Auction Name Photographs - Online 10/10 Total Sales (USD) 1,988,400.00
Auction Date October 17, 2024 - October 17, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,347,000.00
Sale Number #N11477 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,035,000.00
Total Lots 122
Sold Lots 86 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,372,000.00
% of Lots Sold 70.49% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,573,000.00
Unsold Lots 36 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 55.65%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
10 Peter Hujar

David Wojnarowicz Reclining (II)

1981 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 228,000.00
31 Robert Frank

'Pablo Mary and Andrea in Texas' (U.S. 90, En Route to Del Rio, Texas)

1955, printed in the 1960s. USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 180,000.00
32 Robert Frank

'New Mexico' (U. S. 285)

1955, probably printed before 1970. USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 156,000.00
13 Herb Ritts

Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood

1989 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 120,000.00
12 Richard Avedon

Marilyn Monroe, Actress, New York City

1957, printed in 1980. USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 84,000.00
23 Richard Avedon

Santa Monica, California, September 30, 1963

1963, printed in 1964. USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 57,600.00
89 Henri Cartier-Bresson

Rue Mouffetard, Paris

1954, printed later. USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 50,400.00
71 Robert Frank

'NYC' (Bar - New York City)

1955, printed in the 1970s. USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 42,000.00
80 Bert Stern

Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting, A Portfolio of 10 Photographs

1962, printed in 1978. USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 42,000.00
82 Robert Capa

Pablo Picasso and Francoise Gilot

1948, printed posthumously. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 38,400.00
3 Robert Adams

'"Frontier" Gas Station and Pike's Peak, Colorado Springs, Colorado'

1969, printed in 1990. USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 36,000.00
4 Hiroshi Sugimoto

State Theatre, Sydney

1997 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 36,000.00
122 Nick Brandt

Leopard Staring, Masai Mara

2010 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 33,600.00
102 Peter Beard

Selected Images (2 Photographs)

1964 and 1965, printed in 1991. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 31,200.00
14 Michael Dweck

Sonya, Poles, Montauk, New York

2002 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 28,800.00
21 Robert Mapplethorpe

Calla Lily

1985 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 28,800.00
28 Berenice Abbott

New York Portfolio IV

1935-38, printed in 1979. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 26,400.00
2 Bernd and Hilla Becher

'Kuhlturme' [Cooling Towers]

1973 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 24,000.00
17 Helmut Newton

Selected Images (4 Photographs)

1975-86. USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 24,000.00
24 Clifford Ross

Hurricane LXIV

2009 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 24,000.00
94 John Chao

Standing Rock Protest - Water Is Life

2016, printed in 2018. USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 24,000.00
97 Elger Esser

Roghudi II, Italien

1998 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 24,000.00
1 Fan Ho

'Along the Tracks,' (Hong Kong)

1960 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 22,800.00
8 David Wojnarowicz

Untitled (Buffaloes)

1988, printed posthumously in 1994. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,800.00
15 Richard Avedon

Veruschka, dress by Bill Blass, New York, January, 1967

1967, printed in 1981. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,800.00
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