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Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs

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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
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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.
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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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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    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