Finarte: Ethnographic Photographs: Around the World in 80+80 Shots
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Ethnographic Photographs: Around the World in 80+80 Shots | Total Sales (EUR) | 33,502.60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 19, 2026 - May 19, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 44,790.00 |
| Sale Number | #51926 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 63,910.00 |
| Total Lots | 159 | ||
| Sold Lots | 129.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 53,980.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.13% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 76,190.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 30 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 43.97% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3099 | John Thomson (1837 - 1921) | View from the Fort on the landing of the Duke ; Decoration in honour of the Duke |
1880s | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,270.00 |
| 3024 | Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898 - 1995) | Untitled (Arab Men of Aleppo) |
1934, printed 1940s | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,079.50 |
| 3118 | Kristen Feilberg (1839-1919) | Tribu di Dayak - Interno di Borneo, 1860s |
1860s | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,079.50 |
| 3130 | Anonimo | Native Jarved Meeting House, Ohimnemutu |
1870s | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 889.00 |
| 3019 | Ivan Bianchi (1811 - 1893) | Untitled (Russia) |
1870s | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 698.50 |
| 3025 | Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898 - 1995) | Untitled (Aleppo, interior of an Arabic coffee shop) |
1934, printed 1940s | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 698.50 |
| 3129 | Anonimo | Maori Living House or Whare |
1891 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 635.00 |
| 3001 | Anonimo | Il viaggio di circumnavigazione della Regia Nave Calabria: Europa, America, Oceania, Asia |
1899-1901 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 508.00 |
| 3002 | Anonimo | Costumes de L'Eglise Armenienne |
1880s/1890s | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 508.00 |
| 3034 | Felix Bonfils (1831-1885) | Gerusalemme, Muro delle Lamentazioni, 1870s |
1870s | EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 508.00 |
| 3095 | Scuola di Yokoama | Karamon Gate (Shinto) Temple Nikko |
1880s | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 482.60 |
| 3113 | Pierre Joseph Rossier (1829-1886) | Siam, 1860s |
1860s | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 482.60 |
| 3114 | Anonimo | Siam, 1860s |
1860s | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 482.60 |
| 3141 | B. J. Thompson | Jack "Black Foot" indian ; Blackfoot Indian Sun Dance |
N/A | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 482.60 |
| 3112 | Emile Gsell (1838-1879) | Untitled (Tipi, Siam), 1860s |
1860s | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 444.50 |
| 3134 | Anonimo | Canadian People, Indians |
1940s | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 444.50 |
| 3147 | Isaiah West Taber (1830 - 1912) | Burnt Section, Mariposa Grove |
1880s/1890s | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 419.10 |
| 3010 | Guillaume Gustave Berggren (1835 - 1920) | Vue de la batterie de Madjiankale et d'Anatol Kavak |
1860s/1870s | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 381.00 |
| 3026 | Lewis Larsson (1881 - 1958) | Mayor of Jerusalem and White Flag Party meeting the first British outpost |
1917 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 381.00 |
| 3029 | Kurt Lubinski (1899-1955) | Untitled (Arab Village in the Sinai Desert), 1940s |
1940s | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 381.00 |
| 3081 | Anonimo | Congo-Ubagi |
1950s | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 381.00 |
| 3082 | Kurt Lubinski (1899 - 1955) | Nigeria |
1940s | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 381.00 |
| 3160 | Anonimo | Untitled (Travel Album) |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 381.00 |
| 3014 | Kurt Lubinski (1899 - 1955) | Untitled (Shop Window, USSR) |
1940s | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 355.60 |
| 3015 | Kurt Lubinski (1899 - 1955) | Untitled (Young Man, Soviet Union) |
1940s | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 355.60 |
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Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000 -
Sotheby’s
Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
Live Sale 24 JuneSotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.