Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2725, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025
Page Size: 307 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Alfred Stieglitz.

The Hand of Man, from Camera Work Number 1.

1902; printed 1903. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,224.00
27 Karl Struss.

U.S. Capitol, Washington D.C.

1914 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
28 Charles Sheeler.

Buggy in a Barn, Doylestown, Pennsylvania (Christmas card).

1915-17; printed 1928. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 4,064.00
29 Jack Delano.

Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania.

1940 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 476.00
30 Wright Morris.

Adobe Ranch House, New Mexico.

1940; printed 1970s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
31 Harry Callahan.

Untitled (trolley tracks).

Circa 1940s; printed 1960s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,540.00
32 Ansel Adams.

Old Faithful Geyser, late evening, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, from Portfolio Two.

1942; printed 1950. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,826.00
33 Andreas Feininger.

Route 66, Arizona.

1953; printed 1998. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,318.00
34 O. Winston Link.

Group of 5 photographs of steam locomotives.

Circa 1950s; printed 1980s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
35 W. Eugene Smith.

Smoky City, from the Pittsburgh Project.

1955-58; printed 1960s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,810.00
36 Wynn Bullock.

Del Monte Forest.

1956 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,778.00
37 O. Winston Link.

Maude Bows to the Virginia Creeper, Green Cove, Virginia.

1956; printed 1998. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,302.00
38 O. Winston Link.

N&W 2nd 51, Luray, Virginia.

1956; printed 1989. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,032.00
39 O. Winston Link.

Highball for the Double Header, Roanoke, Virginia.

1959; printed 1970s. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
40 Ray K. Metzker.

Philadelphia.

1963; printed no later than 1969. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 8,255.00
41 O. Winston Link.

Second Pigeon Creek Shifter and Icicles, near Gilbert, West Virginia, March 16, 1960 * Extra Merchandise Freight South Passed Lithia, July 31, 1955.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,452.00
42 George Tice.

Pump and Shuttered Windows.

1965; printed 1990s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
43 Lewis Baltz.

Construction Detail, from the series The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California.

1974; printed 2005. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,302.00
44 Bernd and Hilla Becher.

Coal Tipple, Goodspring, Pennsylvania.

1975 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,588.00
45 Michael Kenna.

Bay Bridge and Pier, San Francisco, California.

1985; printed 1986. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,188.00
46

Portrait of the union organizer, schoolteacher, and activist Mother Jones (1837-1930).

Circa 1920. USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 858.00
47

Portrait of Emma Goldman (1869-1940) after her arrest.

1916 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 635.00
48

A portrait of Jim Thorpe, the first Native American athlete to win a gold medal at the Olympic games.

Circa 1915-20; printed 1960s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,270.00
49

Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919) and his followers.

1910-20. USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
50

A selection of 15 photographs documenting the Wright Brothers early flights.

1902-11. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,244.00
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