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Auction Name
Photographs Signature® Auction
Auction Date
04/07/2026 - 04/07/2026
Sale Number
#8255
Total Lots
417
Sold Lots
330.0
Lots Sold
79.14%
Unsold Lots
87
Total Sales (USD)
1,065,350.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
934,300.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
1,397,400.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
1,444,700.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
2,223,200.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
47.92%

Top twenty five by sale price

Top twenty five lots by sale price
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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