Heritage Auctions: Photographs Signature Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs Signature Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 658,752.50 |
| Auction Date | April 30, 2024 - April 30, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 630,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #8158 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 955,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 240 | ||
| Sold Lots | 187 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 804,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 77.92% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,233,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 53 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 53.41% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73004 | Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) | Oak Tree, Snowstorm, 1948 |
1948, printed 1973-1977 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 42,500.00 |
| 73240 | Hiroshi Sugimoto (Japanese, b. 1948) | Castro, San Francisco (from Theater series), 1992 |
1992 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 33,750.00 |
| 73237 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Margritte Ramme and the World-Record Elephant Tusk on the Edge of Driftwood Cove, Montauk, Long Island, 1976 |
1976 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 73028 | Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009) | Theatre Accident, 1947 |
1947, printed 1984 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 73059 | Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, 1908-2002) | Winston Churchill, 1941 |
1941, printed later | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 73239 | Candida Hofer (German, b. 1944) | Museum fur Volkerkunde, Dresden II, 1999 |
1999 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 73002 | Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941 |
1941, printed 1963-1970 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 73122 | Slim Aarons (American, 1916-2006) | Poolside Pairs, 1970 |
1970, printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 73053 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | Peter Beard in the Factory with Andy Warhol, Taylor Mead, and Candy Darling, 1976 |
1976 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 73154 | Horace Bristol (American, 1909-1997) | PBY Blister Gunner, 1944 |
1944, printed later | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 73015 | Henry Edmund Gilpin (American, 1922-2011) | Highway #1, Big Sur, California, 1965 |
1965, printed 1989 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 73191 | George Tice (American, 1938) | Petit's Mobil Station, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 1974 |
1974 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 73037 | Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815-1879) | Prospero and Miranda, 1865 |
1865 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 73063 | Paul Pfeiffer (American, b. 1966) | Four Horseman of the Apocalypse (8), 2003 |
2003 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 73099 | Ruth Bernhard (American, 1905-2006) | In the Box-Horizontal, San Francisco, California, 1962 |
1962, printed later | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 73110 | Sally Mann (American, b. 1951) | The Three Graces, 1994 |
1994, printed 1998 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 73235 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | The Famous Cottar Family of Cottar's Creek, Texas |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 | |
| 73019 | Sally Mann (American, b.1951) | Untitled (Deep South #3), 1998 |
1998, printed 1999 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 73128 | Lillian Bassman (American, 1917-2012) | Betty Threat, Harper's Bazaar, New York, 1957 |
1957 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 73166 | David Goldblatt (South African, 1930-2018) | The Farmer's Son with His Nursemaid, The Farm Heimweeberg, Near Nietverdiend in the Marco Bushveld (North-West Province), South Africa, 1964 |
1964, printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 73236 | Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020) | A Giraffe is So Much a Lady, 1975 |
1975 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,562.50 |
| 73070 | Mike Mitchell (American, 1946) | The Beatles at the First US Concert Tour, 1964 |
1964, printed later | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 73090 | Tom Kelley (American, 1914-1984) | Marilyn Monroe, Pose #1 (from Red Velvet Series), 1949 |
1949, printed later | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 73108 | Sally Mann (American, b.1951) | Shiva, 1991 |
1991, printed 1998 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 73220 | Renee Cox (American/Jamaican, b. 1960) | The Liberation of Lady Jemima and Uncle Ben, 1998 |
1998 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
