Auction Reports
Swann Galleries
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Fine Photographs
- Auction Date
- 05/08/2025 - 05/08/2025
- Sale Number
- #2703
- Total Lots
- 311
- Sold Lots
- 222
- Lots Sold
- 71.38%
- Unsold Lots
- 89
- Total Sales (USD)
- 795,947.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 659,000.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 988,000.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 902,100.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 1,350,500.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 58.94%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | ROY DECARAVA | Portfolio entitled Roy DeCarava. |
1950-79; printed 1991. | USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 | USD 45,000.00 |
| 243 | HANS BELLMER. | La Poupee [The Doll]. |
1936 | USD 30,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 91 | JOSHUA H. BEAL | Beal's Panoramic View of New York. A monumental 5-part panorama from the Brooklyn Bridge Tower depicting Lower Manhattan. |
1876 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 |
| 31 | ALFRED STIEGLITZ | Weary. |
Circa 1890; printed before 1898. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 27 | GEORGE A. TICE | Petit's Mobil Station and Watertower, Cherry Hill, N.J. |
1974; printed 1978. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 93 | EDWARD STEICHEN | The Flatiron - Evening, from Camera Work XIV. |
1904; printed 1906. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 233 | ANDRE KERTESZ | Chez Mondrian, Paris. |
1926; printed 1967. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 238 | BRASSAI [GYULA HALASZ] | Couple d'amoureux, quartier place d'Italie, Paris. |
1932; printed Circa 1970. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 3 | EDWARD VISCHER. | Vischer's Pictorial of California. |
1870 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 297 | SHIRIN NESHAT | Rebellious Silence, from Women of Allah series. |
1994 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 236 | GERMAINE KRULL | A portfolio entitled Metal [Metal]. |
1928 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 68 | GORDON PARKS | American Gothic, Washington D.C. |
1942; printed 1996. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 38 | ANSEL ADAMS | Tony Lujan, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. |
1929; printed Circa 1930. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 298 | GABRIEL OROZCO | Parachute in Iceland (North). |
1996 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 203 | SEBASTIAO SALGADO | Coal Mining, Dhanbad, State of Bihar, India. |
1989 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 64 | EDWARD WESTON | Charis, Lake Ediza. |
1937; printed 1970s | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 8 | ANSEL ADAMS | Moon and Clouds, Northern California. |
1959; printed 1970. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 275 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE | Bouquet with Gauze. |
1978 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 20 | ANDREAS FEININGER | Navy Helicopter. |
1949; printed 1993. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 7,250.00 |
| 59 | LEE MILLER | Portrait of Man Ray. |
1931 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 7,250.00 |
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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.")
