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Heritage Auctions: Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction

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Auction Name Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction Total Sales (USD) 113,379.50
Auction Date November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 130,700.00
Sale Number #14230 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 190,900.00
Total Lots 170
Sold Lots 153.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 139,400.00
% of Lots Sold 90.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 204,500.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 55.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
38010 Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

1941 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 20,000.00
38114 Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, 1908-2002)

Winston Churchill, 1941

1941 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,500.00
38011 Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Lone Pine Peak, Sierra Nevada, California (from Portfolio V), circa 1960

circa 1960 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,875.00
38013 Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite Valley, California, 1940

1940 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,500.00
38012 Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Oak Tree, Snowstorm, 1948

1948 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,875.00
38160 Joyce Tenneson (American, b. 1945)

Untitled (from Photographs of Women), 1985-2005

1985-2005 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,250.00
38107 Arnold Newman (American, 1918-2006)

Igor Stravinsky, 1946

1946 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,000.00
38165 Adam Fuss (British, b. 1961)

Untitled, 1987

1987 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,750.00
38030 Paul Caponigro (American, 1932-2024)

Scottish Thistle, Rochester, New York, 1958

1958 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,625.00
38078 E.J. Bellocq (American, 1873-1940)

Nude on a Wicker Chaise, 1911-1913

1911-1913 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,625.00
38079 Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999)

Eleanor, 1954

1954 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,625.00
38095 Andre de Dienes (American, 1913-1985)

Marilyn Monroe, 1950s

1950s USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
38008 John Sexton (American, b. 1953)

Trees, Blowing Snow, El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite Valley, California, 1982

1982 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,500.00
38096 George Barris (American, 1928-2016)

Marilyn Monroe, Santa Monica Beach, 1962

1962 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,500.00
38025 Hiroshi Sugimoto (Japanese, b. 1948)

North Atlantic Ocean, Cape Breton Island, 1996

1996 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,375.00
38035 Jeannette Klute (American, 1918-2009)

Group of 4 photographs, circa 1950

circa 1950 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,312.50
38128 James Van Der Zee (American, 1886-1983)

Harlem Trade School, 1927

1927 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,312.50
38077 Ruth Bernhard (American, 1905-2006)

Knees and Arms, 1976

1976 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,250.00
38101 Clarence Sinclair Bull (American, 1896-1979)

Clark Gable, circa 1930

circa 1930 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,250.00
38064 Aaron Siskind (American, 1903-1991)

Sicily 279, 1984

1984 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,156.25
38006 John Sexton (American, b. 1953)

Birch Trunks, 1984

1984 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,125.00
38059 Hollis Frampton (American, 1936-1984)

and Marion Faller (American, 1941-2014)

1941-2014) USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,062.50
38089 Mona Kuhn (Brazilian/German, b. 1969)

Amsterdam VI, 2004

2004 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,000.00
38080 Wynn Bullock (American, 1902-1975)

Woman and Dog in Forest, 1953

1953 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 937.50
38102 George Hurrell (American, 1904-1992)

Errol Flynn, 1938

1938 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 937.50
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