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Auction Info

Auction Name
Fine Photographs
Auction Date
10/31/2024 - 10/31/2024
Sale Number
#2684
Total Lots
315
Sold Lots
37
Lots Sold
11.75%
Unsold Lots
278
Total Sales (USD)
0.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
182,200.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
277,300.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
1,946,450.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
NaN%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
28 EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)

Church Door, Hornitos.

1940 USD 30,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 25,000.00
51 EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)

Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill.

1877 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 17,500.00
29 EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)

Cypress, Rock, Stone Crop.

1930 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 15,000.00
2 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Half Dome, Merced River, Winter.

1938; printed 1962-63 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 12,500.00
30 BRETT WESTON (1911-1993)

Cactus.

1933 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 12,500.00
15 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

White Sands National Monument.

Circa 1942; printed 1950s-60s USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,875.00
58 LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)

Pennsylvania coal breakers [Breaker Boys].

1912; printed circa 1931 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,625.00
39 EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)

Egg Slicer.

1930; printed circa 1953-54 by Brett Weston USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,125.00
1 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Yosemite Valley Moonrise, California.

1944 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,750.00
42 LEE FRIEDLANDER (1934- )

Lake Louise, Canada.

2000; printed 2002 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 6,250.00
4 CARLETON E. WATKINS (1829-1916)

A grid of four oval albumen prints, including the iconic Agassiz Column from Union Point, Yosemite.

1878-81 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,250.00
56 HERBERT PONTING (1870-1935)

A group of 29 photographs documenting the Terra Nova Expedition.

1910-11 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,250.00
38 PAUL CAPONIGRO (1932- )

Redding Woods, Connecticut.

1968; printed circa 1980 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,000.00
14 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Mount Lyell and Mount McClure, Yosemite National Park.

Circa 1936; printed 1960s USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,000.00
27 EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)

Whale Vertebrae, Point Lobos.

1934; printed circa 1953-54 by Brett Weston USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,000.00
18 ROGER FENTON (1819-1869)

St. Mary's, Cheltenham * Pittville Spa, Cheltenham.

1852 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,500.00
50 EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)

A selection of 4 plates representing horses from Animal Locomotion.

1887 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,250.00
36 WYNN BULLOCK (1902-1975)

Mendocino, California.

1968 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,250.00
25 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Alfred Stieglitz, An American Place, NY.

1938; printed 1948 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,250.00
44 ROGER MINICK (1944- )

Truck on Levee.

1968; printed 1976 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,125.00

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