Auction Reports
Freeman's | Hindman
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Photographs, including property from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Auction Date
- 11/13/2025 - 11/13/2025
- Sale Number
- #6451
- Total Lots
- 211
- Sold Lots
- 129.0
- Lots Sold
- 61.14%
- Unsold Lots
- 82
- Total Sales (USD)
- 182,358.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 149,800.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 232,710.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 301,300.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 464,610.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 39.25%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | Ansel Adams | Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake, Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska, 1947; printed ca. 1973-77 |
1947; printed ca. 1973-77 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
| 48 | Nat Fein | Babe Ruth (Babe Ruth from behind in baseball uniform), 1948; printed later |
1948; printed later | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 14,300.00 |
| 30 | Martin Chambi | Victor Mendivil and the Llusco giant, Cuzco, 1925 |
1925 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 149 | Edward Weston | Shell, 1927; printed later by Cole Weston |
1927; printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,175.00 |
| 99 | O. Winston Link | Hot Shot east Bound, Iaeger Drive In, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956 |
1956 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,550.00 |
| 122 | Ho Fan | Serenity, School is Over, and Her Study (three works); printed later |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,900.00 | |
| 67 | Emmet Gowin | Edith, Danville, Virginia, 1963 |
1963 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,900.00 |
| 27 | Paul Strand | The Mexican Portfolio, 1967 (the complete portfolio of 20 with portfolio case) |
1967 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,575.00 |
| 180 | Yousuf Karsh | Ernest Hemingway, 1957 |
1957 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 17 | Oscar Graubner | Margaret Bourke-White Working Atop the Chrysler Building, New York, NY, 1934; printed 2006 |
1934; printed 2006 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 118 | Ansel Adams | Fern Spring, Dusk Yosemite Valley, California, ca. 1961; printed later |
ca. 1961; printed later | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 7 | Bruce Davidson | Cathy Fixing her Hair in Cigarette Machine Mirror (from Brooklyn Gang), 1959 |
1959 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,925.00 |
| 97 | Herman Leonard | James Moody, NYC, 1951; "Prez" Lester Young, NYC, 1948; and Dexter Gordon, Royal Roost, NYC, 1948; (three works, mounted as a triptych) |
1951; 1948; and 1948 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,600.00 |
| 143 | Harry Callahan | Lincoln Park, Chicago, 1948; printed later |
1948; printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,600.00 |
| 181 | Philippe Halsman | A group of five photographs of Salvador Dali (Dali's Underwater Atomic Explosion; Dali Cyclops; Dali Explosion; Dali's Moustache; Dali) |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,600.00 | |
| 98 | Herman Leonard | Palm Court Cafe, New Orleans, 1996 |
1996 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,600.00 |
| 146 | Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Tentaciones en Casa de Antonio (from Manuel Alvarez Bravo), 1970; printed 1979 |
1970; printed 1979 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,470.00 |
| 139 | Harry Callahan | Eleanor, Chicago, 1949; printed ca. 1970 |
1949; printed ca. 1970 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,340.00 |
| 76 | Louis Faurer | 5th Avenue at 34th Street, New York, New York, ca. 1948; printed 1980 |
ca. 1948; printed 1980 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,210.00 |
| 50 | Bert Hardy | Neighbours, Vaughton Street, Birmingham, 1954; printed later |
1954; printed later | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,080.00 |
Back
