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Christie's Photographs (Highlights)

October 8, 2009 by Marion Maneker

[intro]Prices with Premium[/intro]

Father, Son and Grandfather, New Guinea, 1970Lot 708 Walker Evans Saratoga, 1931 gets a solid $68,500 over $50k est.

Lot 710 Irving Penn Father, Son and Grandfather, New Guinea, 1970 hits the top est. for $37,500

Lot 719 Edward Curtis The North American Indian passes

Lot 723 Ansel Adams Portfolio Three makes $116,500 on a $70k high est.

Lot 727 Robert Frank Covered Car sells below est. range for $43,750

Lot 732 Irving Penn Cuzco Newsboy, 1948 makes $72,100 over $25k est.

Lot 734 Robert Frank Political Rally sells at the low est. for $86,500

Lot 735 Robert Frank Barcelona gets a boost over the $30k high est. to sell for $43,750

Robert Frank, Fish Kill, NYLot 741 Eggleston Untitled from 14 Pictures makes $68,500 right in line with est. range.

Lot 747 Robert Frank Mary and Pablo, NYC $52,500

Lot 752 Mapplethorpe Self Portrait doesn’t make the low est. of $30k in bidding but gets their with premium.

Lot 758 Ansel Adams Self Portrait just makes the low est. of $15k for $18,750 with premium

Lot 765 Edward Weston Pepper #35, 1930 sells in line at $50k

Lot 767/768 Edward Curtis Before the Storm and The Vanishing Race both est’d at $10-15k go for $43,750 and $47,500 respectively.

Lot 772 Peter Beard est’d at $18k sells for $52,500

Lot 781 Robert Frank Fish Kill, NY sells for $170,500, nearly twice the high est. (no that’s not George Michael in the picture.)

Ormond Gigli, Girls in WindowsLot 792 Ormond Gigli New York City (Girls in Windows) sells in line for $26,250

Lot 799 Eggleston Greenwood, Mississippi just gets above the low est. of $150k with the premium for $158,500

Lot 813 Irving Penn Vionnet Dress makes $46,250

Lot 819 de Meyer Water Lilies Platinum print sells for $170,500.

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