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Auction Name Photographs - online 4/1 Total Sales (USD) 3,597,910.00
Auction Date April 10, 2024 - April 10, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,023,000.00
Sale Number #N11476 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,047,000.00
Total Lots 197
Sold Lots 143 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,888,000.00
% of Lots Sold 72.59% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,360,000.00
Unsold Lots 54 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 82.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 David Wojnarowicz

Untitled (Face in Dirt)

1991, printed posthumously in 1992-93, USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 381,000.00
38 Jeff Wall

A Woman and Her Doctor

1980-81 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 381,000.00
60 Ansel Adams

'The Golden Gate (Before the Bridge)'

1932, printed in 1965. USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 355,600.00
133 Irving Penn

'Woman in Moroccan Palace (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Marrakech'

in 1951, printed in 1983. USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 152,400.00
52 Ed Ruscha

Gasoline Stations

1962, printed in 1989. USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 101,600.00
67 Ansel Adams

Portfolio III

circa 1927-56, printed in 1960. USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 95,250.00
45 William Eggleston

Untitled

1970, printed in 1996. USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 76,200.00
42 Candida Hofer

Accademia Firenze I

2008 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 60,960.00
114 Gordon Matta-Clark

Conical Intersect

1975 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 57,150.00
46 William Eggleston

Untitled

1965-68, printed in 2012. USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 50,800.00
63 Ansel Adams

'Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico'

1941, probably printed between 1973 and 1977. USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 48,260.00
65 Ansel Adams

Portfolio V

1936-60, printed in 1979. USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 48,260.00
101 Henri Cartier-Bresson

Rue Mouffetard, Paris

1954, printed later. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 48,260.00
64 Ansel Adams

'Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park'

1927, printed in 1979. USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 44,450.00
134 Irving Penn

Cuzco Children

1948 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 44,450.00
33 Giuseppe Penone

Svolgere la Propria Pelle (To Unravel One's Own Skin)

1970-71. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 40,640.00
37 Thomas Struth

Gerhard Richter 1, Koln

1993 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 40,640.00
51 Dennis Hopper

Double Standard

1961, printed later. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 40,640.00
66 Ansel Adams

'Aspens, Northern New Mexico'

1958, probably printed between 1973 and 1977. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 40,640.00
131 Richard Avedon

'Renee, The New Look of Dior, Place de la Concorde, Paris', August 1947

1947, printed in 1978. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 38,100.00
201 Peter Beard

'Orphaned Cheetah Cubs at Mweiga Nr. Nyeri, Kenya'

1968, printed later. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 38,100.00
135 Irving Penn

Miles Davis (New York, July 1, 1986)

1986 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 35,560.00
47 Louise Lawler

Unsentimental

1999-2000. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,480.00
72 Robert Frank

Beaufort, South Carolina

1955, printed no later than 1978. USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 30,480.00
137 Herb Ritts

'Backflip, Paradise Cove'

1987 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 30,480.00
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
  • ALDE, May 28: KIPLING (RUDYARD). Le Livre de la Jungle. – Le IIe livre de la Jungle. Paris, Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1924-1925. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: NOAILLES (ANNA DE). Les Climats. Paris, Société du Livre contemporain, 1924. €50,000 to €60,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MILTON (JOHN). Paradis perdu. Quatrième chant. S.l., Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1974. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LEBEDEV (VLADIMIR). Russian Placards - Placard Russe 1917-1922. Saint-Petersbourg, Sterletz, 1923. €1,000 to €1,200.
    ALDE, May 28: MARDRUS (JOSEPH-CHARLES). Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris, F.-L. Schmied, 1927. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: TABLEAUX DE PARIS. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1927. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Les Fables illustrées par Paul Jouve. S.l. [Lausanne], Gonin & Cie, 1929. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, May 28: SARTRE (JEAN-PAUL). Vingt-deux dessins sur le thème du désir. Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1961. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: [BRAQUE (GEORGES)]. 13 mai 1962. Alès, PAB, 1962. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MIRÓ (JOAN). Je travaille comme un jardinier. Avant-propos d'Yvon Taillandier. Paris, Société intenationale d'art XXe siècle, 1963. €1,000 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MAGNAN (JEAN-MARIE). Taureaux. Paris, Michèle Trinckvel, 1965. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: PICASSO (PABLO). Dans l'atelier de Picasso. 1960. €15,000 to €20,000.
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  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    30th May 2024
    Forum, May 30: Potter (Beatrix). Complete set of four original illustrations for the nursery rhyme, 'This pig went to market', 1890s. £60,000 to £80,000.
    Forum, May 30: Dante Alighieri.- Lactantius (Lucius Coelius Firmianus). Opera, second edition, Rome, 1468. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum, May 30: Distilling.- Brunschwig (Hieronymus). Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis, first edition of the so-called 'Grosses Destillierbuch', Strassburg, 1512. £22,000 to £28,000.
    Forum, May 30: Eliot (T.S.), W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, Robert Lowell, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, & others. A Personal Anthology for Eric Walter White, 60 autograph poems. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum, May 30: Cornerstone of French Enlightenment Philosophy.- Helvetius (Claude Adrien). De l'Esprit, true first issue "A" of the suppressed first edition, Paris, 1758. £20,000 to £30,000.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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    Forum, May 30: Szyk (Arthur). The Haggadah, one of 125 copies, this out-of-series, Beaconsfield Press, 1940. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 30: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, first impression, 1953. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 30: Japan.- Ryusui (Katsuma). Umi no Sachi [Wealth of the Sea], 2 vol., Tokyo, 1762. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, May 30: Computing.- Operating and maintenance manual for the BINAC binary automatic computer built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation 1949, Philadelphia, 1949. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, May 30: Burmese School (probably circa 1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c.1870s]. £8,000 to £12,000.
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