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Freeman's | Hindman: Photographs, including property from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Auction Reports

Auction Name Photographs, including property from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Total Sales (USD) 182,358.00
Auction Date November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 149,800.00
Sale Number #6451 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 232,710.00
Total Lots 211
Sold Lots 129.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 301,300.00
% of Lots Sold 61.14% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 464,610.00
Unsold Lots 82 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 39.25%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
119 Ansel Adams

Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake, Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska, 1947; printed ca. 1973-77

1947; printed ca. 1973-77 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 32,500.00
48 Nat Fein

Babe Ruth (Babe Ruth from behind in baseball uniform), 1948; printed later

1948; printed later USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 14,300.00
30 Martin Chambi

Victor Mendivil and the Llusco giant, Cuzco, 1925

1925 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,500.00
149 Edward Weston

Shell, 1927; printed later by Cole Weston

1927; printed later USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,175.00
99 O. Winston Link

Hot Shot east Bound, Iaeger Drive In, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956

1956 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,550.00
67 Emmet Gowin

Edith, Danville, Virginia, 1963

1963 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,900.00
122 Ho Fan

Serenity, School is Over, and Her Study (three works); printed later

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,900.00
27 Paul Strand

The Mexican Portfolio, 1967 (the complete portfolio of 20 with portfolio case)

1967 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,575.00
17 Oscar Graubner

Margaret Bourke-White Working Atop the Chrysler Building, New York, NY, 1934; printed 2006

1934; printed 2006 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
118 Ansel Adams

Fern Spring, Dusk Yosemite Valley, California, ca. 1961; printed later

ca. 1961; printed later USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
180 Yousuf Karsh

Ernest Hemingway, 1957

1957 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,250.00
7 Bruce Davidson

Cathy Fixing her Hair in Cigarette Machine Mirror (from Brooklyn Gang), 1959

1959 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,925.00
97 Herman Leonard

James Moody, NYC, 1951; "Prez" Lester Young, NYC, 1948; and Dexter Gordon, Royal Roost, NYC, 1948; (three works, mounted as a triptych)

1951; 1948; and 1948 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,600.00
98 Herman Leonard

Palm Court Cafe, New Orleans, 1996

1996 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,600.00
143 Harry Callahan

Lincoln Park, Chicago, 1948; printed later

1948; printed later USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,600.00
181 Philippe Halsman

A group of five photographs of Salvador Dali (Dali's Underwater Atomic Explosion; Dali Cyclops; Dali Explosion; Dali's Moustache; Dali)

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,600.00
146 Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Tentaciones en Casa de Antonio (from Manuel Alvarez Bravo), 1970; printed 1979

1970; printed 1979 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,470.00
139 Harry Callahan

Eleanor, Chicago, 1949; printed ca. 1970

1949; printed ca. 1970 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,340.00
76 Louis Faurer

5th Avenue at 34th Street, New York, New York, ca. 1948; printed 1980

ca. 1948; printed 1980 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,210.00
2 Harold Eugene Edgerton

Bullet through apple, 1964

1964 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,080.00
50 Bert Hardy

Neighbours, Vaughton Street, Birmingham, 1954; printed later

1954; printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,080.00
65 Ruth Bernhard

Mr. Reilly, 1956

1956 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,080.00
104 Jerry Uelsmann

Untitled (Philosopher's Desk), 1976

1976 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,080.00
84 Louis Faurer

Looking Toward Queensboro Bridge, New York, New York, 1948; printed 1979

1948; printed 1979 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,950.00
137 John Coplans

Self Portrait (Back with Arms Above), 1984

1984 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,950.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.