Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2684, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 31, 2024 - October 31, 2024
Page Size: 315 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Yosemite Valley Moonrise, California.

1944 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,750.00
2 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Half Dome, Merced River, Winter.

1938; printed 1962-63 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 12,500.00
3 CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829-1916)

Section of the Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite.

1861 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
4 CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829-1916)

A grid of four oval albumen prints, including the iconic Agassiz Column from Union Point, Yosemite.

1878-81 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,250.00
5 CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829-1916)

Four dome-topped views of Yosemite (2) and Calaveras Big Trees (2), California.

1878-81 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
6 CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829-1916)

Yosemite Valley from the Best General View.

1865-66; printed prior to 1876 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
7 CHARLES LEANDER WEED (1824-1903)

Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail.

1864; printed no later than 1867 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
8 CHARLES BIERSTADT (1818-1903)

A suite of 6 stereoviews of Yosemite, California.

Circa 1870s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
9 GEORGE FISKE (1835-1918)

Views of Yosemite, a suite of 27 photographs.

Circa 1884 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
10 H.C. TIBBITTS (1863-1937)

A pair of photographs of Vernal Falls and Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley, California.

Circa 1920s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
11 ANNE BRIGMAN (1869-1950)

The Grand Canyon.

1921 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
12 WILLIAM DASSONVILLE (1879-1957)

San Francisco from Telegraph Hill.

Circa 1920s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
13 WILLIAM DASSONVILLE (1879-1957)

Carmel Point.

Circa 1905 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,750.00
14 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Mount Lyell and Mount McClure, Yosemite National Park.

Circa 1936; printed 1960s USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,000.00
15 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

White Sands National Monument.

Circa 1942; printed 1950s-60s USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,875.00
16 PIRKLE JONES (1914-2009)

Ansel Adams and Edward Weston at Weston's home, Wildcat Creek, Carmel.

1952; printed 1950s-60s USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,188.00
17 WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT (1800-1877)

The Three Graces.

Circa 1846 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
18 ROGER FENTON (1819-1869)

St. Mary's, Cheltenham * Pittville Spa, Cheltenham.

1852 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,500.00
19 FELIX TEYNARD (1817-1892)

Karnak, Thebes - Grande porte du sud vue du point C.

Circa 1851-52 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
20 FELIX TEYNARD (1817-1892)

Colossal Statues Seen from Three-Quarters View, the Temple of Ramese at Abu Simbel.

1851-52 USD 30,000.00 - 45,000.00 Not Sold
21 JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-1888)/FELICE BEATO (1832--1909)

Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III, Constantinople (present-day Istanbul).

Circa 1857 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
22 PAUL OUTERBRIDGE JR. (1896-1958)

Portrait of My Uncle.

1923 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
23 DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965)

Daughter of Mexican Field Laborer, Near Chandler, Arizona.

1937 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
24 IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883-1976)

Flax.

Circa 1926 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
25 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Alfred Stieglitz, An American Place, NY.

1938; printed 1948 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,250.00
  • High Bids Win
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
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    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD