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Los Angeles Estate Auction

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Auction Name: Santa Barbara Vintage Estate Auction
Auction Date: 07/10/2025 - 07/10/2025
Sale Number: #380693
Total Lots: 131
Sold Lots: 22
Lots Sold: 16.79%
Unsold Lots: 109

Total Sales (USD): 27,984.40
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 25,800.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 39,300.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 215,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 316,200.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 8.85%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
323	Helmut Newton	Helmut Newton (German, 1920-2004) Original Photograph of Anthony Hopkins Inscribed, Signed on Verso		USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 16,510.00
283	Ansel Adams	Ansel Adams - Special Edition Photograph of Yosemite Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite, CA		USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,397.00
279	Ansel Adams	Ansel Adams - Special Edition Photograph of Yosemite Moonrise from Glacier Point Yosemite, CA		USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,143.00
321	George Hurrell	George Hurrell - Original Silver Gelatin Photograph of Hedy Lamarr Signed Edition 238/250		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,016.00
281	Ansel Adams	Ansel Adams - Special Edition Photograph of Yosemite Unicorn Peak and Thunderclouds, Yosemite, CA		USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,016.00
246	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan Hand Written 1982 British Parliament Speech with Signature	1982	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 952.50
292	Andre Kertesz	Andre Kertesz (1894-1985) - Original Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph		USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 889.00
282	Ansel Adams	Ansel Adams - Special Edition Photograph of Yosemite El Capitan, Winter, Yosemite, CA		USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 889.00
280	Ansel Adams	Ansel Adams - Special Edition Photograph of Yosemite Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain Yosemite, CA		USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 825.50
127	Joan Miro	Joan Miro (1893-1983) - Pencil Signed and Dated Lithograph		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 762.00
226	Pablo Picasso	Pablo Picasso Cubist Etching, 1945, Signed and Numbered 8/8	1945	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 508.00
291	John Lennon	John Lennon Signed Black and White Photograph		USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 317.50
348	George Harrison	The Beatles - George Harrison Signed B&W 8x10 Photograph		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 317.50
343		Antique Civil War Hawkins Zouaves 9th New York Infantry Signed Lithograph		USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 285.75
247		Antique Civil War Tin Type Photographs		USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 254.00
253		Antique Civil War Tin Ambrotype Type Photographs		USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 190.50
99		Antique Hand Painted Film Lantern Slide Theatrical Lot of 8		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 158.75
329	Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton	Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Signed Black and White Photograph		USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 158.75
144	Bryan Mon	Bryan Mon Original Disney Donald Duck Hand Signed and Drawn Illustration 2009	2009	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 127.00
136		Original August, 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair Three-Day Ticket wth COA	1969	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 127.00

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