Bonhams: Photographs Now: The Collector's Edition
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs Now: The Collector's Edition | Total Sales (USD) | 677,990.40 |
| Auction Date | July 17, 2025 - July 17, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 475,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #30563 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 707,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 265 | ||
| Sold Lots | 192 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 653,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 72.45% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 971,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 73 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 69.80% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | Natalie White | Entangled Particles in One Region of Space |
2015 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 46,080.00 |
| 26 | Ansel Adams | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico |
1941, printed 1978 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 33,280.00 |
| 51 | Irving Penn | 'Cuzco Children, Peru, Dec. 1948' |
1948, printed before 1975 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 33,280.00 |
| 194 | Helen Levitt | Selected Images of Children Playing |
c.1940-42, printed c. 1940s | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 23,040.00 |
| 235 | Philip-Lorca diCorcia | William Charles Everlove; 26 Years Old; Stockholm, Sweden, Via Arizona; $40 (from 'Hustler') |
1990-92 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 206 | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Ile de la Cite, Paris |
1951, printed c. 1995 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 42 | Edward Steichen | Road Into the Valley - Moonrise (from the Steichen Special Edition of 'Camera Work') |
1904, printed 1906 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 1 | Nino Migliori | 'Il Tuffatore' |
1951, printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,960.00 |
| 112 | Irving Penn | '[Saul] Steinberg in Nose Mask, New York, Sept. 30, 1966' |
1966, printed 1984 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 8,960.00 |
| 125 | Walker Evans | Citizen in Downtown Havana |
1933 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,960.00 |
| 6 | Saul Leiter | 'Lanesville' |
1958, printed later | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 133 | Helen Levitt | New York (Mothers and Boys) |
c.1942, printed 1940s | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 2 | Diane Arbus | Two Girls in Matching Bathing Suits, Coney Island, NY |
1967, printed posthumously by Neil Selkirk | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 53 | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Oaxaca, Mexico |
1963, printed later | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 123 | Arnold Newman | 'Igor Stravinsky' |
1946, printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 13 | Henri Cartier-Bresson | On the Banks of the Marne |
1938, printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 27 | Eliot Porter | Selected Images of New Mexico (comprising 'Chama River', 'Storm Over Sangre de Christo', and 'Pojoaque Valley') |
1940-50, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 33 | Eliot Porter | Portfolio One: The Seasons |
1951-61 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 34 | Eliot Porter | Glen Canyon |
1961-71 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 118 | Yousuf Karsh | Muhammad Ali (from the portfolio 'Fifteen Portraits') |
1970, printed 1983 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 220 | Bert Stern | Marilyn Monroe with Pink Roses (from 'The Last Sitting') |
1962, printed 2011 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 8 | Henry Gilpin | Highway 1, Big Sur, California |
1965, printed 1992 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,144.00 |
| 55 | Edward S. Curtis | The Fisherman - Wishham |
1909 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,144.00 |
| 65 | Elliott Erwitt | 'California' (Kiss) |
1955, printed later | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,144.00 |
| 99 | Gilles Bensimon | 'Cindy, American Flag' (Cover of 'Elle', September 1994) |
1994, printed 2025 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,144.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
