Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 715,022.00 |
| Auction Date | December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 556,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #2725 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 834,850.00 |
| Total Lots | 307 | ||
| Sold Lots | 213.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 779,600.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.38% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,171,550.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 94 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 61.03% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Alfred Eisenstaedt. | Children at a Puppet Theater, Paris. |
1963; printed 1991. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 291 | Edward Weston. | Dunes, Oceano (White Dunes). |
1936 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 19 | Edward S. Curtis. | The Vanishing Race. |
1904 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 4 | Francis Frith. | The Pyramids of Dahshoor, from the East. |
1857 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 117 | William Klein. | New York 54/55 Portfolio. |
1954-55; printed 1978. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 253 | Hiroshi Sugimoto. | Sea of Buddha (#033). |
1994 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 214 | Graciela Iturbide. | Nuestra Senora de las Iguanas [Our Lady of the Iguanas], Juchitan, Oaxaca. |
1979; printed circa 1992. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
| 130 | Tina Modotti. | Portrait of the Mexican artist Lola Cueto (1897-1978). |
Circa 1927. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 12,065.00 |
| 18 | Edward S. Curtis. | Canon de Chelly. |
1904 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 259 | Laura Aguilar. | Nature Self-Portrait #3. |
1996 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 94 | Diane Arbus. | Bishop by the Sea, Santa Barbara, CA. |
1964; printed 1978 by Neil Selkirk. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 79 | Dorothea Lange. | Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California. |
1936; printed 1960s. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 257 | Abelardo Morell. | Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking South in Large Room. |
1996 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 175 | Horst P. Horst. | Hands, Hands. |
1941; printed 1980s. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 211 | Irving Penn. | Young woman with baby on her back and jug, Cuzco. |
1948 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 220 | Sebastiao Salgado. | Mentawai, Indonesia [children combing their hair]. |
2008; printed 2009. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 281 | Lisette Model. | Lower East Side. |
1942; printed 1977. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 8,580.00 |
| 40 | Ray K. Metzker. | Philadelphia. |
1963; printed no later than 1969. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 124 | Allen Ginsberg. | Snowy Backyards. |
January 23, 1987. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 9 | Eadweard Muybridge. | Tutokanula, Valley of the Yosemite. |
1872 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,366.00 |
| 292 | Edward Weston. | Eel River Ranch * North Shore, Point Lobos * Cypress, Point Lobos. |
1937; 1944 (2). | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,604.00 |
| 154 | Judy Dater. | Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite. |
1974; printed 1983. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 54 | Willi Ruge. | Photo of Myself at the Moment of my Jump. |
1931 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 5 | Francis Frith. | Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives. |
1858 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 6,096.00 |
| 83 | Margaret Bourke-White. | East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. |
1936 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 6,072.00 |
