Auction Reports
Christies
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Photographs
- Auction Date
- 04/17/2025 - 04/17/2025
- Sale Number
- #23465
- Total Lots
- 222
- Sold Lots
- 169
- Lots Sold
- 76.13%
- Unsold Lots
- 53
- Total Sales (USD)
- 3,748,000.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 2,595,500.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 3,793,200.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 3,531,500.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 5,145,200.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 72.84%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902--1984) | Portfolio Two: The National Parks and Monuments; 15 Photographs by Ansel Adams |
USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 176,400.00 | |
| 16 | ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864--1946) | The Hand of Man, 1902 |
1902, printed c. 1910 | USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 176,400.00 |
| 51 | ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891-1956) | Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924 |
1924 | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 126,000.00 |
| 9 | EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973) | Eleonora Duse, 1904 |
1904 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 100,800.00 |
| 127 | IRVING PENN (1917--2009) | Woman in a Burlap Sack, New York, 2007 |
2007 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 94,500.00 |
| 33 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902--1984) | Maroon Bells, near Aspen, Colorado, 1951 |
1951, printed 1974 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 88,200.00 |
| 137 | IRVING PENN (1917--2009) | Woman in Moroccan Palace (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Marrakech, 1951 |
1951, printed 1992 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 88,200.00 |
| 174 | NICK BRANDT (B. 1966) | Elephant Drinking, Amboseli, 2007 |
2007 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 81,900.00 |
| 87 | IRVING PENN (1917-2009) | After-Dinner Games, New York, 1947 |
1947, printed 1959--1960 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 81,900.00 |
| 116 | RICHARD AVEDON (1923--2004) | Rick Davis, Drifter, Interstate 94, Buffalo, North Dakota, July 13, 1982 |
1982 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 75,600.00 |
| 73 | ROBERT FRANK (1924--2019) | Trolley - New Orleans, 1955 |
1955, printed 1986 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 69,300.00 |
| 152 | ALBERT WATSON (B. 1942) | Kate Moss, Marrakech, January 1993 |
1993-01-01 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 69,300.00 |
| 118 | RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004) | Edward Roop, Coal Miner, Paonia, Colorado, 1979 |
Coal Miner | USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 63,000.00 |
| 119 | RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004) | Annette Gonzales, housewife, and her sister Lydia Ranck, secretary, Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico, Easter Sunday, 1980 |
1980 | USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 63,000.00 |
| 28 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902--1984) | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941 |
1941, printed 1973-1977 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 56,700.00 |
| 86 | IRVING PENN (1917-2009) | Faucet Dripping Diamonds, New York, 1963 |
1963, printed 1984 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 52,920.00 |
| 158 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989) | X Portfolio, 1978 |
1978 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 52,920.00 |
| 90 | DANNY LYON (B. 1942) | Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement, 1962-64 |
1962-64, printed 2003 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 52,920.00 |
| 99 | STEPHEN SHORE (B. 1947) | Trail's End Restaurant, Kanab, Utah, August 10, 1973 |
1973 | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 50,400.00 |
| 4 | GEORGE H. SEELEY (1880-1955) | Nude, the Pool, c.1907 |
c.1907 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 50,400.00 |
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
