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Auction Name Photographs - online 4/1 Total Sales (USD) 3,597,910.00
Auction Date April 10, 2024 - April 10, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,023,000.00
Sale Number #N11476 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,047,000.00
Total Lots 197
Sold Lots 143 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,888,000.00
% of Lots Sold 72.59% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,360,000.00
Unsold Lots 54 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 82.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 David Wojnarowicz

Untitled (Face in Dirt)

1991, printed posthumously in 1992-93, USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 381,000.00
38 Jeff Wall

A Woman and Her Doctor

1980-81 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 381,000.00
60 Ansel Adams

'The Golden Gate (Before the Bridge)'

1932, printed in 1965. USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 355,600.00
133 Irving Penn

'Woman in Moroccan Palace (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Marrakech'

in 1951, printed in 1983. USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 152,400.00
52 Ed Ruscha

Gasoline Stations

1962, printed in 1989. USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 101,600.00
67 Ansel Adams

Portfolio III

circa 1927-56, printed in 1960. USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 95,250.00
45 William Eggleston

Untitled

1970, printed in 1996. USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 76,200.00
42 Candida Hofer

Accademia Firenze I

2008 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 60,960.00
114 Gordon Matta-Clark

Conical Intersect

1975 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 57,150.00
46 William Eggleston

Untitled

1965-68, printed in 2012. USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 50,800.00
63 Ansel Adams

'Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico'

1941, probably printed between 1973 and 1977. USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 48,260.00
65 Ansel Adams

Portfolio V

1936-60, printed in 1979. USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 48,260.00
101 Henri Cartier-Bresson

Rue Mouffetard, Paris

1954, printed later. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 48,260.00
64 Ansel Adams

'Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park'

1927, printed in 1979. USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 44,450.00
134 Irving Penn

Cuzco Children

1948 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 44,450.00
33 Giuseppe Penone

Svolgere la Propria Pelle (To Unravel One's Own Skin)

1970-71. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 40,640.00
37 Thomas Struth

Gerhard Richter 1, Koln

1993 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 40,640.00
51 Dennis Hopper

Double Standard

1961, printed later. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 40,640.00
66 Ansel Adams

'Aspens, Northern New Mexico'

1958, probably printed between 1973 and 1977. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 40,640.00
131 Richard Avedon

'Renee, The New Look of Dior, Place de la Concorde, Paris', August 1947

1947, printed in 1978. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 38,100.00
201 Peter Beard

'Orphaned Cheetah Cubs at Mweiga Nr. Nyeri, Kenya'

1968, printed later. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 38,100.00
135 Irving Penn

Miles Davis (New York, July 1, 1986)

1986 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 35,560.00
47 Louise Lawler

Unsentimental

1999-2000. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,480.00
72 Robert Frank

Beaufort, South Carolina

1955, printed no later than 1978. USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 30,480.00
137 Herb Ritts

'Backflip, Paradise Cove'

1987 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 30,480.00
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