Auction Reports

Bonhams

Auction Info

Auction Name
Photographs
Auction Date
09/11/2025 - 09/11/2025
Sale Number
#30926
Total Lots
156
Sold Lots
118
Lots Sold
75.64%
Unsold Lots
38
Total Sales (USD)
360,410.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
268,700.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
416,200.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
389,800.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
609,600.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
59.12%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4 Ansel Adams

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico

1941, printed 1973-77 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 38,400.00
19 Ruth Bernhard

Ruth Bernhard 10

1934-76, printed 1993 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 35,840.00
131 Doug and Mike Starn

Untitled #7, from Structure of Thought

2000 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 35,840.00
155 David Wojnarowicz

Untitled (Buffaloes)

1988, printed 1994 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 28,160.00
5 Ansel Adams

Oak Tree, Sunset City, Sierra Foothills, California, from Portfolio IV

1962, printed 1963 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,520.00
87 Horst P. Horst

Study in Ivory, N.Y.

1982 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,320.00
108 Robert Mapplethorpe

Flower

1980 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,320.00
23 Ruth Bernhard

Silk

1968 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,680.00
35 Imogen Cunningham

Magnolia Blossom

1925, printed c. 1965 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,400.00
22 Ruth Bernhard

Draped Torso

1962 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,144.00
90 Horst P. Horst

Round the Clock I, NY

1987 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,888.00
34 Imogen Cunningham

Magnolia Bud

1920 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,632.00
21 Ruth Bernhard

In the Box, Horizontal

1962 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,864.00
152 Edward Weston

Dunes, Death Valley

1938 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 4,608.00
79 Horst P. Horst

Fashion with Easel, Reboux Hat, Cartier Jewels (Estrella Boissevain)

1938 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,608.00
146 Bradford Washburn

After the Storm, Climbers on the Doldenhorn, Switzerland

1960, printed later USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,352.00
97 Michael Kenna

Quixote's Giants, Study 10, Consuegra, La Mancha, Spain

1996 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,096.00
105 Loretta Lux

Boy in a Blue Raincoat 2

2001 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
113 Abelardo Morell

Frishmuth-Corot, Yale University Art Gallery

2009 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
89 Horst P. Horst

Perry Ellis Fashion, NY

1982 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,840.00

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  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st privately printed edition, 1901. £40,000-£60,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea. £7,000-£10,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. £8,000-£12,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). A Happy Pair, 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, 1st (autographed limited) edition, 1929. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, 1903, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £1,500-£2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, 1st deluxe edition, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st deluxe edition, 1903, rare trial binding. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, December 1902. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938. £1,500-£2,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    By a Lady
    1-15 October 2025
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.
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