Heritage Auctions: Artists at Work: Photographs from the Collection of Milton Esterow Showcase Auction, 11258, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 08, 2026 - April 08, 2026
Page Size: 106 items in 5 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
38076 Alexander Liberman

Alexander Liberman (American, 1912-1999) Barnett Newman, circa 1961 Gelatin silver print 8-3/4 x 13-1/4 inches (22.2 x 33.7 cm) (image) 11 x 14 inches (sheet) Titled in pencil, and with the photographer's studio stamp, verso.

circa 1961 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 159.00
38077 Rudy Burckhardt

Rudy Burckhardt (American, 1914-1999) Various studies by Willem De Kooning, Frank Stella, and Jasper Johns (19 works), 1960s Gelatin silver prints The majority 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) or the reverse (sheet) Each with the photographer's studio stamp

1960s USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 875.00
38078 Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008) Jasper Johns in His Studio, New York City, #11, 1955 Gelatin silver print, printed later 15 x 14-7/8 inches (38.1 x 37.7 cm) (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) Signed, titled and dated in ink, margin recto.

1955 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,375.00
38079 Robert Smeltzer

Robert Smeltzer (American, 1918-2008) Jasper Johns in His Studio, 1960s Gelatin silver print 9 x 13-1/2 inches (22.9 x 34.3 cm) (image) 11 x 14 inches (sheet) Titled in pencil and with the photographer's studio stamp, verso.

1960s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 159.00
38080 Bill Wilson

Bill Wilson (American, 1931-2013) Robert Morris, 1967 Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1969 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches (16.5 x 24.1 cm) Credit, title, date in pencil/ink and with ARTnews stamp in pencil, verso.

1967; circa 1969 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 50.00
38081 Anonymous

Anonymous (20th Century) Robert Rauschenberg with "Soundings", 1968 Gelatin silver print 8-1/4 x 6 inches (21.0 x 15.2 cm) (image/sheet) Titled, dated in pencil/ink and with ARTnews stamp, verso.

1968 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 59.00
38082 Rudy Burckhardt

Rudy Burckhardt (American, 1914-1999) Robert Rauschenberg: Works Exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art, New York's exhibition "16 Americans", December 16, 1959-February 17, 1960 (10 works), Gelatin silver prints Each 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) or the

1959-1960 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 179.00
38083 Rudy Burckhardt

Rudy Burckhardt (American, 1914-1999) Donald Judd: Selected studies (25 works), 1960s Gelatin silver prints, printed later Each c. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) or the reverse (sheet) The majority with the photographer's studio/ ARTnews stamps and affixe

1960s USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,000.00
38084 Gretchen Lambert

Gretchen Lambert (American, active 20th-21st century) Eva Hesse: View of Studio Work, 1965-1966 Gelatin silver print, printed 1970s 7-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches (18.4 x 24.1 cm) (image/sheet) Credited and titled in ink, verso.

1965-1966; 1970s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 625.00
38085 Alexander Liberman

Alexander Liberman (Ukrainian/American, 1912-1999) Sculpture by Alexander Liberman (4 works), 1968 Gelatin silver prints Each 9 x 13-3/8 inches (22.9 x 33.9 cm) (image) Each 11 x 14 (sheet) Each signed, titled, dated in pencil, and with the photographer's

1968 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 94.00
38086 Anonymous

Anonymous (20th Century) Red Grooms, Mimi Gross and Saskia Grooms, 1970s Gelatin silver print 7-7/8 x 7-1/2 inches (19.9 x 19.1 cm) (image) 10 x 8 inches (sheet) Titled in ink, verso.

1970s USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 54.00
38087 Basil Langdon

Basil Langdon (American, 1912-2003) "David Hockney Paints a Picture" (21 works), 1969 Gelatin silver prints Various sizes from 3 x 4 inches (7.6 x 10.2 cm) to 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.2 cm) Some titled, the majority dated in pencil, with ARTnews stamps an

1969 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 450.00
38088 Ellen Auerbach

Ellen Auerbach (American, 1906-2004) Fairfield Porter: Selected Studies (10 works), 1960s-1970s Gelatin silver prints Each c. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) or the reverse Each with artist credit, title, date in pencil/ink and with the photographer's stud

1960s-1970s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 54.00
38089 David Smith

David Smith (American, 1906-1965) Self Portrait with "Detroit Queen", 1957 Gelatin silver print 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm) (sheet) Credit, dated and inscribed Answer is no to question do have any good pictures. I don't have many personals. John Stewar

1957 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 239.00
38090 Andreas Feininger

Andreas Feininger (French/American, 1906-1999) David Smith's "Growing Forms" (1939) and "Unity of Three Forms" (1937) Gelatin silver print, printed later Each 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm) (image/sheet) Each credited, titled in ink and with the photograp

1939; 1937 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 99.00
38091 Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991) Sculpture Exhibition (De Creeft, Lachaise et al.), New York, Before 1963 Gelatin silver print 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches (19.1 x 24.1 cm) (image/sheet) The photographer's studio stamp, verso.

Before 1963 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 139.00
38092 Rudy Burckhardt

Rudy Burckhardt (American, 1914-1999) Various studies of artists and their compositions: Joan Mitchell, Elaine De Kooning, Marisol, Jane Freilicher, and Nell Blaine (42 works), 1960s-1970s Gelatin silver prints Each circa 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) or

1960s-1970s USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 525.00
38093 Ralph Steiner

Ralph Steiner (American, 1899-1986) Morris Carnovsky and Lee Strasberg Conferring on an Empty Stage, 1936 Gelatin silver print, printed 1983 9-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches (24.1 x 19.1 cm) (image) 10 x 8 inches (sheet) Signed and dated in pencil, verso.

1936; 1983 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 550.00
38094 Ralph Steiner

Ralph Steiner (American, 1899-1986) S. J. Perelman with Rose and Gun, 1935 Gelatin silver print, printed 1980 9-5/8 x 7-1/2 inches (24.5 x 19.1 cm) (image) 10 x 8 inches (sheet) Signed and dated in pencil, verso.

1935; 1980 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 400.00
38095 Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) "Belief in Magic" by Maurice Sterne, Tempera Panel in the "Struggle for Justice" Series, Library of the Department of Justice Building, Washington, D.C., 1935-1939 Gelatin silver print 4-3/4 x 9 inches (12.1 x 22.9 cm) (i

1935-1939 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 350.00
38096 Philippe Halsman

Philippe Halsman (American, 1906-1979) Salvador Dali Set for "Sentimental Colloquy", Ballet International at the International Theatre, 1944 Gelatin silver print 9-1/4 x 8 inches (23.5 x 20.3 cm) (image/sheet) Titled in ink and with the photographer's stu

1944 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 750.00
38097 Charles H. Weber

Charles H. Weber (American, 1906-2009) Leon Kroll, 1956 Gelatin silver print, printed later 9-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches (24.8 x 19.1 cm) (image) 10 x 8 inches (sheet) Titled, dated in pencil and with the photographer's Johns Hopkins studio stamp, verso.

1956 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 54.00
38098 Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe (American, 1869-1942) Herbert Cescinsky, 1925 Gelatin silver print 9-1/2 x 7-1/8 inches (24.1 x 18.2 cm) (image/sheet) Titled in pencil and with an affixed photographer's studio label, verso

1925 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
38099 Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883-1976) Alfred Stieglitz, Photographer, 1934 Gelatin silver print, printed later 9-5/8 x 7-3/4 inches (24.5 x 19.7 cm) (image/sheet) Signed and dated in pencil, mount recto. Typed titled and date on an affixed Cunningham Tr

1934 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 718.75
38100 Marc Vaux

Marc Vaux (British, 1932) Selected Studies of Sculpture by Alberto Giacometti (1925-1936) (8 works), 1960s-1970s Gelatin silver prints Each 9 x 7 inches (22.9 x 17.8 cm) (image/sheet) Each titled, dated in pencil and with the photographer's studio stamp,

1925-1936; 1960s-1970s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 129.00
  • Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.