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
76 Doris Ulmann.

Old man with pipe.

Circa 1925. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
77 Doris Ulmann.

Man in a Hayfield.

Circa 1930. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,524.00
78 Lewis W. Hine.

Fireman from the rescue squad of Protection Engine Company No. 1, Hastings-on-Hudson.

1930s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
79 Dorothea Lange.

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California.

1936; printed 1960s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,160.00
80 Arthur Rothstein.

A trio of images made for the Farm Security Administration.

1937-38; printed circa 1980. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,452.00
81 Arthur Rothstein.

Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma.

1936; printed circa 1980. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,032.00
82 Alfred Eisenstaedt.

Melon Salesman and Fiddler, Scott, Mississippi.

1936; printed circa 1990. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,540.00
83 Margaret Bourke-White.

East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

1936 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,072.00
84 Carl Mydans.

Preparing the Ground for Spring Planting, North Carolina.

1936; printed 1999. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 889.00
85 Margaret Bourke-White.

Seated Mother and Daughter on Steps of Old Mansion, Clinton, Louisiana.

1936; printed 1999. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
86 Margaret Bourke-White.

A flood victim paddling a boat made of washtubs, Louisville, KY.

1937; printed 1998. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
87

A group of 30 production stills from Pare Lorentz's The River.

1938 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 Not Sold
88 Dorothea Lange.

Sugar Beet Lifter, Malheur County, Oregon.

October 1939. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,848.00
89 Marion Post Wolcott.

Bennie's Grocery Store, in negro section of town, Sylvania, Ga.

1940; printed 1977. USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 952.00
90 Marion Post Wolcott.

Woman giving her two children water while hoeing cotton, Allen Plantation Cooperative, near Natchitoches, Louisiana.

1940; printed 1980s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,159.00
91

Collection of approximately 40 circus photos compiled by famed Barnum and Bailey press agent Roland Butler.

1920s-40s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,188.00
92 Jack Delano.

Untitled (little girl in dress).

1942 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,016.00
93 Robert Frank.

Beaufort, South Carolina.

1955; printed 1977. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
94 Diane Arbus.

Bishop by the Sea, Santa Barbara, CA.

1964; printed 1978 by Neil Selkirk. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,795.00
95 Larry Clark.

A group of 5 photographs, from the Tulsa project.

1963-1971, printed 1980. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
96 Danny Lyon.

Uptown.

1965; printed 2000. USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,270.00
97 Danny Lyon.

From the Picket Tower, Ferguson Unit, Texas.

1968; printed 1983. USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,524.00
98 Marion Post Wolcott.

Billboard, "Vote" San Francisco, CA.

1978 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,056.00
99 Danny Lyon.

Defeated Demo Driver, Wall Stadium, New Jersey, from the series The Pits.

1988, printed 1993. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,413.00
100 Berenice Abbott.

Cherry Street, New York City.

Circa 1930-31; printed 1980s. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,079.00
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