Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Fine Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 451,168.00 |
Auction Date | December 17, 2024 - December 17, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 372,100.00 |
Sale Number | #2691 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 561,050.00 |
Total Lots | 223 | ||
Sold Lots | 176 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 547,600.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 78.92% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 823,750.00 |
Unsold Lots | 47 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 54.77% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) | A portfolio entitled The Vanished World. 1936-38; printed 1977. |
1936-38; printed 1977 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
83 | GEORGE A. TICE (1938- ) | Petit's Mobil Station and Watertower, Cherry Hill, N.J. 1974; printed 1979. |
1974; printed 1979 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
143 | EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) | A selection of 4 plates from Animal Locomotion, including one of Muybridge staging himself. 1887. |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 9,375.00 | |
2 | ALVIN LANGDON COBURN. | London. |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 7,500.00 | |
23 | EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958) | Nude (Charis, Santa Monica). 1936; printed 1970s by Cole Weston. |
1936; printed 1970s by Cole Weston. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,250.00 |
86 | EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958) | Pepper No. 30. 1930; printed 1980s by Cole Weston. |
1930; printed 1980s by Cole Weston. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 7,250.00 |
123 | PAUL CAPONIGRO (1932-2024) | Rock Wall, West Hartford, CT. 1958. |
1958 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 7,250.00 |
54 | EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958) | Eroded Rock No. 50, Point Lobos. 1930. |
1930 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,000.00 |
106 | EUGENE ATGET (1857-1927) | Rue des Canettes, Maison #18 * A la Treille d'Or. 6 Rue de Conde. 1899-1900. |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 6,750.00 | |
68 | WYNN BULLOCK (1902-1975) | Stark Tree #483. 1956; printed 1960s. |
1956; printed 1960s. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
60 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) | Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome, Yosemite. 1940; printed 1970s. |
1940; printed 1970s. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
109 | BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991) | Under the El at the Battery. 1936; printed 1980s. |
1936; printed 1980s. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
212 | ANDREAS FEININGER (1906-1999) | Brooklyn Bridge. 1940. |
1940 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
65 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) | El Capitan, Winter. 1950; printed before 1966. |
1950; printed before 1966 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
88 | ANDRE KERTESZ (1894-1985) | Melancholic Tulip. 1939; printed 1970s. |
1939; printed 1970s. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
94 | MARIO GIACOMELLI (1925-2000) | Lo non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto (I have no hands to caress my face). 1961-63; printed 1980s. |
1961-63; printed 1980s. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
92 | MARC RIBOUD (1923-2016) | The painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris. 1953; printed 1980s. |
1953; printed 1980s. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
174 | EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958) | Cypress and Stone Crop, Point Lobos, from Edward Weston: Fiftieth Anniversary Portfolio, 1902-1950. 1946; printed circa 1951 by Brett Weston. |
1946; printed circa 1951 by Brett Weston. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
182 | DORIS ULMANN (1882-1934) | Man in doorway of American Folk Song Society. Circa 1930. |
circa1930. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
28 | YOUSUF KARSH (1908-2002) | Albert Einstein. 1948. |
1948 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
57 | EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958) | Nude on Sand, Oceano. 1936; printed 1980s by Cole Weston. |
1936; printed 1980s by Cole Weston. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
218 | JOSEF SUDEK (1896-1976) | Labyrinth of Spring, from the Labyrinths series. 1968. |
1968 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
64 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) | Oak Tree, Snowstorm, Yosemite Valley. 1948; printed before 1968. |
1948; printed before 1968 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
67 | WYNN BULLOCK (1902-1975) | Erosion. 1956. |
1956 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
177 | MICHAEL KENNA (1953- ) | Weather Patterns, Calais, France.1998; printed 1999. |
1999 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 4,500.00 |