Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs and Photobooks
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Photographs and Photobooks | Total Sales (USD) | 1,079,189.00 |
| Auction Date | October 17, 2013 - October 17, 2013 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 769,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #2325 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,136,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 251 | ||
| Sold Lots | 143 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,469,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 56.97% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,143,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 108 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 50.34% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | GARDNER, ALEXANDER (1821-1882) | Suite of 4 photographs depicting the hanging of the Lincoln conspirators on July 7, 1865. |
1865 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 100,000.00 |
| 153 | PENN, IRVING (1917-2009) | Cuzco Children, Cuzco. |
1948; printed 1949 | USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 40,000.00 |
| 106 | BRANDT, BILL (1904-1983) | A Snicket in Halifax. |
1937; printed 1970s | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
| 20 | MACPHERSON, ROBERT TURNBULL (1814-1872) | Album titled "Roma," with 59 spectacular views of the Eternal City, |
Circa 1860 | USD 30,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 44 | (STRAND, PAUL) (1890-1976) | Wall Street. Platinum palladium print, |
1915; printed 1983 | USD 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 4 | A full-plate daguerreotype street scene featuring a staged tableau in which two enigmatic figures greet one another in a doorway. |
Mid-1850s | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 | |
| 6 | Group of 28 miscellaneous photographs of people and places in China, |
1860s-1870s | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 20,000.00 | |
| 19 | WILLIAM HENRY (1843-1942) | Rare sample album with 742 half stereo views by Jackson (on 54 leaves) spanning approximately fifteen years of his western career. The photographs feature a range of subjects, |
1870-1885 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 30 | CURTIS, EDWARD S. | The North American Indian. Volume I. |
1907 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 219 | SUGIMOTO, HIROSHI (1948- ) | Cabot Street Cinema, Massachusetts. |
1978 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 243 | BURTYNSKY, EDWARD (1955- ) | Oxford Tire Pile #1, Westly, California. |
1999; printed 2000 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 43 | KAoeHN, HEINRICH (1866-1944) | Tonwertstudie (Innsbruck). Gum bichromate print, |
Circa 1910 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 69 | (EVANS, WALKER; LANGE, DOROTHEA) | Group of 16 prints by major Farm Security Admnistration photographers, |
1936-1939; printed 1970s | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 107 | (BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET) (1904-1971) | DC-4 Flying Over New York City. |
1939; printed 1999 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 141 | ADAMS, ANSEL (1902-1984) | Oak Tree, Autumn. |
Circa 1936 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 27 | A select group of 133 vivid cyanotypes of a New Jersey construction site, |
1902-1903 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 | |
| 8 | Group of 25 photographs of historic Hong Kong. |
1869-1890s | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 | |
| 82 | CUNNINGHAM, IMOGEN (1883-1976) | Agave Pattern. |
1932 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 147 | LINK, O. WINSTON (1914-2001) | Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia. |
1956; printed 1995 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 3 | Delicately hand-tinted half-plate daguerrreotype of a group of hopeful '49ers in blue denim jeans and/or work shirts posing in front of "Aron Perley house," with a goldmining pan at far left and verdant trees in the background; a later identification and |
1850 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 | |
| 5 | (CHINA) thomson, john (attributed to) | Group of 11 rare photographs of China, |
1860s-1870s | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 60 | A spectacular mugshot album with nearly 1500 entries, |
1905-1920 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 | |
| 150 | SISKIND, AARON (1903-1991) | Jerome, Arizona 21. |
1949; printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 173 | DECARAVA, ROY (1919-2009) | Ketchup bottles, table and coat. |
1952; printed 1982 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 193 | BERNHARD, RUTH (1905-2006) | In the Box--Horizontal. |
1962; printed 1970s | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
