Auction Reports
Swann Galleries
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Fine Photographs
- Auction Date
- 12/16/2025 - 12/16/2025
- Sale Number
- #2725
- Total Lots
- 307
- Sold Lots
- 213.0
- Lots Sold
- 69.38%
- Unsold Lots
- 94
- Total Sales (USD)
- 715,022.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 556,000.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 834,850.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 779,600.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 1,171,550.00
- 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 |
| 117 | William Klein. | New York 54/55 Portfolio. |
1954-55; printed 1978. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 4 | Francis Frith. | The Pyramids of Dahshoor, from the East. |
1857 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | 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 |
| 259 | Laura Aguilar. | Nature Self-Portrait #3. |
1996 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 18 | Edward S. Curtis. | Canon de Chelly. |
1904 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | 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 |
| 220 | Sebastiao Salgado. | Mentawai, Indonesia [children combing their hair]. |
2008; printed 2009. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | 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 |
| 175 | Horst P. Horst. | Hands, Hands. |
1941; printed 1980s. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 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 |
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![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
![<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 57<br>[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/f70b3790-9b4a-4990-b402-f0322021c0de.jpg "<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 57<br>[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). <i>Views in the Mysore Country,</i>
[1794]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ad2cf7b4-4d93-4231-a956-b440583b39b3.jpg "<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). <i>Views in the Mysore Country,</i>
[1794]. £2,000-3,000")
![<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 123<br>D'Oyly (Charles). <i>Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book,</i> lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5651043b-3c0d-4e2c-931f-72133bda9b36.jpg "<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 123<br>D'Oyly (Charles). <i>Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book,</i> lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000")
![<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 205<br>Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. <i>The Monuments of Sanchi,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8c8244b7-4573-44d3-9c70-e0d3a3ed3cc4.jpg "<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 205<br>Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. <i>The Monuments of Sanchi,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000")