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Bonhams: The Gift of Photographs - online 11/25

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Auction Name The Gift of Photographs - online 11/25 Total Sales (USD) 302,233.60
Auction Date December 05, 2024 - December 05, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 222,500.00
Sale Number #29531 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 330,400.00
Total Lots 145
Sold Lots 93 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 360,900.00
% of Lots Sold 64.14% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 534,400.00
Unsold Lots 52 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 56.56%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
139 Natalie White

'"Pleione"' (from 'Transmissions from Space')

2018 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 46,080.00
3 Helmut Newton

'"Self Portrait with Wife and Models", Vogue Studio, Paris'

1981 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 35,840.00
5 Patrick Demarchelier

Cindy Crawford, New York

1990 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,880.00
75 George Platt Lynes

Narcissus (from 'Mythology')

c.1939 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 9,600.00
1 Andreas Feininger

The Photojournalist (Dennis Stock)

1951, printed 1992 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,320.00
134 Peter Beard

Untitled ('Lake Rudolf')

1968, printed later USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,040.00
91 Julius Shulman

Case Study House #22 (Pierre Koening, Los Angeles)

1960, printed later USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,400.00
57 Philippe Halsman

Halsman/Dali (Portfolio)

, 1981 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,144.00
64 Sally Mann

'The Two Virginias' (from 'Immediate Family')

1988 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,632.00
124 Candida Hofer

Circolo Degli Artisti Turin II

1994 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,376.00
133 Herb Ritts

'"Correya", Africa'

1993 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,376.00
89 Bert Stern

Marilyn Monroe (from 'The Last Sitting')

1962, printed 2000 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,864.00
20 Ansel Adams

Jeffrey Pine

1940, printed later USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,608.00
6 Robert Mapplethorpe

Lisa Marie

1987, printed 1987 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 4,352.00
40 Berenice Abbott

Exchange Place, New York

1933, printed later USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,096.00
68 Robert Frank

The Americans

1958, 1959 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,096.00
118 Brett Weston

Holland Canal

1971, printed 1973 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,096.00
132 Sebastiao Salgado

Coal Mining, Dhanbad, Bihar State, India

1989, printed later USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,096.00
12 Lee Miller

Paris Under Snow (Eiffel Tower seen from the Palisade Chaillot)

1945, printed posthumously USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,840.00
54 Yousuf Karsh

Georgia O'Keeffe

1956, printed later USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
85 Lucien Clergue

Genese 55

1971, printed 1981 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,840.00
50 Terry O'Neill

The Beatles, Abbey Road Backyard

1963, printed later USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,584.00
82 Edward Weston

Nude (Breast)

1922, printed later USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,584.00
97 Alec Soth

Priscilla, Los Angeles (from 'The Last Days of W')

2008 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,584.00
126 Josef Koudelka

Calais, Hoverport

c.1988 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,584.00
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    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.
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    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
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    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
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    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
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    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD