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Heritage Auctions: Photographs Signature® Auction

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Auction Name Photographs Signature® Auction Total Sales (USD) 1,065,350.00
Auction Date April 07, 2026 - April 07, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 934,300.00
Sale Number #8255 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,397,400.00
Total Lots 417
Sold Lots 330.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,444,700.00
% of Lots Sold 79.14% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,223,200.00
Unsold Lots 87 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 47.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
73105 Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) Thunderstorm, Yosemite Valley, California (from Yosemite and the Range of Light), 1945 Gelatin silver print, printed 1979 19-1/2 x 15 inches (49.5 x 38.1 cm) (image/sheet) Signed and editioned 4/50 in pencil, mount recto.

1945; 1979 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 47,500.00
73001 Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley National Park, California, 1948 Gelatin silver print, printed 1979 18 x 14 inches (45.7 x 35.6 cm) (image/sheet) Signed in pencil, mount recto. Titled and dated in photographer's stamp, m

1948; 1979 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,000.00
73108 Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946-1989) Untitled (Lily) from Flowers Portfolio, 1983 Toned photogravure 21-1/2 x 17-1/2 inches (54.6 x 44.5 cm) (image) 31 x 24 inches (sheet) Signed and editioned 26/40 in pencil, lower margin recto. New York: Barbara Gl

1983 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 25,000.00
73349 Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902-2002) Fifteen Photographs Portfolio, 1929-1972 Gelatin silver prints, printed 1974 7-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches (18.4 x 24.1 cm) or the reverse (images/sheets) Each signed by the artist and editioned 32/75 in an unknown hand in

1929-1972; 1974 USD 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 22,500.00
73219 Walker Evans; Lionel Trilling

Walker Evans (American, 1903-1975) Selected Photographs Portfolio (complete with 15 works), 1930-1937 Gelatin silver prints, printed 1974 Approximately 11-1/2 x 9-3/8 inches (29.2 x 23.8 cm) or the reverse (images/sheets) Each signed and editioned 53/75 i

1930-1937; 1974 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 21,250.00
73287 Jerry Schatzberg

Jerry Schatzberg (American, b. 1927) Bob Dylan, Smoke, New York, 1965 Oversized digital pigment print, printed later 66 x 54 inches (167.6 x 137.2 cm) (image/sheet) Signed in ink, titled, dated, and editioned 1/12 on accompanying certificate of authentici

1965 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,000.00
73258 Yousuf Karsh

Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, 1908-2002) Winston Churchill, 1941 Gelatin silver print 13-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches (34.3 x 26.7 cm) (image/sheet) Signed and inscribed 'Ottawa' in white ink in the image. Photographer's copyright stamp, mount verso.

1941 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,500.00
73399 Joel-Peter Witkin

Joel-Peter Witkin (American, b. 1939) Las Meninas, 1987 Gelatin silver print 11 x 11 inches (27.9 x 27.9 cm) (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed in pencil, verso.

1987 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,187.50
73329 Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004) Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954 Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1977 9-7/8 x 6-3/8 inches (25.1 x 16.2 cm) (image) 10 x 8 inches (sheet) Photographer's credit, Magnum New York stamps and pencil notation"fam. of ch

1954; circa 1977; 1977 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,875.00
73254 Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus (American, 1923-1971) A Young Man and His Girlfriend with Hot Dogs in the Park, NYC, 1971 Gelatin silver print, printed later by Neil Selkirk 14-7/8 x 14-1/2 inches (37.8 x 36.8 cm) (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) Stamped 'A Diane Arbus photogr

1971 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,937.50
73002 Laura Gilpin

Laura Gilpin (American, 1891-1979) The Rio Grande Yields its Surplus to the Sea, 1946 Gelatin silver print 9-1/8 x 12-3/4 inches (23.2 x 32.4 cm) (image/sheet) Signed and dated in pencil, mount recto. From the Collection of Milton Esterow

1946 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,625.00
73122 Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon (American, 1923-2004) Dovima in Balenciaga for Harper's Bazaar, September, 1955 Gelatin silver contact print 9-5/8 x 7-5/8 inches (24.4 x 19.4 cm) (image) 10 x 8 inches (sheet) Avedon's credit and copyright stamps, Harper's Bazaar and the P

1955 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,625.00
73345 Sebastiao Salgado

Sebastiao Salgado (Brazilian, 1944-2025) Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991 Gelatin silver print 14 x 20-3/8 inches (35.6 x 51.8 cm) (image) 20 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) Embossed with photographer's blindstamp, lower margin recto. Signed and dated in pe

1991 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,625.00
73061 Brassai

Brassai (French, 1899-1984) Paris By Night, 1932 Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped 6-3/4 x 9 inches (17.1 x 22.9 cm) (image/sheet) Photographer's studio stamp, verso. From the Collection of Milton Esterow

1932 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,000.00
73200 Alfred Eisenstaedt

Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, 1898-1995) V.J. Day, Times Square,, 1947 Gelatin silver print, printed later 13-3/4 x 10-3/4 inches (34.9 x 27.3 cm) (sight) Signed in ink in the image.

1947 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 10,000.00
73340 Sebastiao Salgado

Sebastiao Salgado (Brazilian, 1944-2025) Chinstrap Penguins, Pygoscelis Antarctica, Deception Island, 2005 Gelatin silver print 20-1/8 x 15 inches (51.1 x 38.1 cm) (image) 24 x 20 inches (sheet) Embossed with photographer's blindstamp, lower margin recto.

2005 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,000.00
73248 George Tice

George Tice (American, 1938-2025) Petit's Mobil Station, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 1974 Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 2001 10-3/8 x 13 inches (26.4 x 33.0 cm) (image/sheet) Signed in pencil, mount recto. Titled, dated, and inscribed in penci

1974; 2001 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,375.00
73006 Harry Callahan

Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999) Chicago (Trees), 1950 Gelatin silver print, printed later 8 x 9-3/4 inches (20.3 x 24.8 cm) (image/sheet) Signed in stylus, lower margin recto. From the Collection of Milton Esterow

1950 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,750.00
73096 Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) Thunderheads, Anza-Borrego, 1963 Gelatin silver print 15 x 18-1/4 inches (38.1 x 46.4 cm) (image/sheet) Titled and inscribed in ink inside photographer's stamp (BMFA 6), mount recto. Titled and inscribed in pencil within

1963 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,750.00
73253 Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus (American, 1923-1971) Two Boys Smoking in Central Park, NYC, 1963 Gelatin silver print, printed later by Neil Selkirk 14-7/8 x 14-7/8 inches (37.8 x 37.8 cm) (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) Stamped 'A Diane Arbus photograph', signed, titled, da

1963 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,750.00
73260 Chris Levine

Chris Levine (Canadian, b. 1960) Lightness of Being, 2004 Gelatin silver print, printed 2021 19-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches (49.5 x 39.4 cm) (sight) Credited, titled, dated, and editioned 22/25 on gallery label affixed to mount verso.

2004; 2021 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,750.00
73380 Nancy Rexroth

Nancy Rexroth (American, b. 1946) A Woman's Bed, Logan, Ohio; Mountain, Carpenter, Ohio (2 works), 1970-1973 Gelatin silver prints 4 x 4-3/8 inches (10.2 x 11.0 cm) (images) 8 x 10 inches (sheets) Each signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso.

1970-1973 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 8,750.00
73028 Harold Eugene Edgerton

Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903-1990) Atomic Bomb Explosion, circa 1952 Gelatin silver print, printed later 18 x 14-1/8 inches (45.7 x 35.9 cm) (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) Signed in pencil, verso. From the Collection of Milton Esterow

circa 1952 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,125.00
73159 Horst P. Horst

Horst P. Horst (American/German, 1906-1999) Odalisque I, New York, 1943 Gelatin silver print, printed later 9-1/2 x 7-3/8 inches (24.1 x 18.7 cm) (image) 14 x 11 inches (sheet) Signed in pencil, lower margin, recto. Signed in pencil, verso.

1943 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,125.00
73198 Ruth Orkin

Ruth Orkin (American, 1921-1985) The Card Players, New York City (6-work polyptych), 1947 Gelatin silver prints, printed 1955 7-5/8 x 9-5/8 inches (19.4 x 24.4 cm) (images) 8 x 10 inches (sheets) Each signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso.

1947; 1955; 1981; 2022 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,125.00
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    28th May 2026
    Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000
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    Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000
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    Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000
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