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| Auction Name | Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 913,372.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 588,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #31872 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 869,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 125 | ||
| Sold Lots | 92.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 753,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 73.60% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,103,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 33 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 82.81% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Irving Penn | Cuzco Children |
1948, printed 1973 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 76,700.00 |
| 9 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Irises |
1986 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 51,200.00 |
| 7 | Sally Mann | 'Sunday Funnies' (from 'Immediate Family') |
1991 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 10 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Hyacinth |
1986 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 74 | Peter Beard | 'Giraffes in mirage on the Taru desert, Kenya, June 1960' (for 'The End of the Game') |
1960, printed later | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 30,720.00 |
| 20 | Irving Penn | 'Four Guedras (Morocco)' |
1971, printed 1985 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 28,160.00 |
| 24 | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Queen Charlotte's Ball, London |
1959, printed later | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 25,600.00 |
| 78 | Edward S. Curtis | An Oasis in the Badlands |
1905, printed before 1920 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 28 | Hiroshi Sugimoto | Colors of Shadow C1030 |
2006 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 91 | Ansel Adams | Half Dome, Orchard, Winter, Yosemite National Park |
c. 1935, printed between 1973 and 1977 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 3 | Youssef Nabil | You Never Left #XII |
2010 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 43 | Herb Ritts | Fred with Tires |
1984 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 86 | Doug and Mike Starn | Structure of Thought 30 |
2013-21 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 11 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Flowers (Orchid) |
1986 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 90 | Ansel Adams | Monolith - The Face of Half Dome (Parmelian Print) |
1927 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 17,920.00 |
| 4 | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Leonor Fini, Italy |
1933, printed later | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 31 | Louise Lawler | Metadata |
2003, printed 2014 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 56 | Ruth Orkin | American Girl in Italy |
1951, printed c. 1980 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 60 | Steve Schapiro | 'Andy Warhol, Henry Geldzahler, Edie Sedgwick and Entourage, New York' |
1965, printed later | USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 75 | Peter Beard | 'Loliondo Lion Charge' (for 'The End of the Game') |
1964, printed later | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 6 | Slim Aarons | Poolside Pairs |
1970, printed posthumously | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 27 | Hiroshi Sugimoto | The Hall of Thirty-Three Bays |
1995 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 34 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Chest / Livingston |
1987 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 |
| 44 | Ruth Bernhard | The Eternal Body (Portfolio) |
1946-67 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 |
| 80 | Edward S. Curtis | The Rush Gatherer - Kutenai |
1910, printed before 1920 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950