Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 733,821.00 |
| Auction Date | February 12, 2026 - February 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 518,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #2729 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 775,150.00 |
| Total Lots | 290 | ||
| Sold Lots | 174.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 747,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 60.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,116,400.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 116 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 65.73% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | Eudora Welty | Eudora Welty. The Eudora Welty Portfolio. 1930s-40s; printed 1992. |
1930s-40s; printed 1992. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,800.00 |
| 116 | Larry Clark | Larry Clark. Complete Tulsa Portfolio with 10 photographs. 1968-1971; printed 1972. |
1968-1971; printed 1972. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 29 | Dorothea Lange | Dorothea Lange. White Angel Breadline, San Francisco. 1934; printed 1970s. |
1934; printed 1970s. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 50 | Ansel Adams | Ansel Adams. Manzanar from Guard Tower. 1943. |
1943 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 79 | Thomas Eakins | Thomas Eakins. Series of 7 photographs from the Naked Series, with a male nude figure. Circa 1883. |
Circa 1883. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 135 | Lewis W. Hine | Lewis W. Hine. On the Hoist, Riveter on the Empire State Building. 1931. |
1931 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 250 | Sebastiao Salgado | Sebastiao Salgado. Cast of Thousands in the Gold Mine of Serra Pelada, Brazil. 1986; printed 2007. |
1986; printed 2007. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 290 | Lalla Essaydi | Lalla Essaydi. Bullets Revisited #26, a triptych. 2014. |
2014 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 52 | Eadweard Muybridge | Eadweard Muybridge. Mills' Seminary, Seminary Park, Alameda Co., Cal. 1872. |
1872 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 53 | Imogen Cunningham | Imogen Cunningham. A Swift. 1939. |
1939 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 86 | Edward Sheriff Curtis | Edward S. Curtis. The North American Indian. Portfolio III. 1908. |
1908 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 225 | Deborah Turbeville | Deborah Turbeville. Asser Levy Bathhouse. 1975; printed late 1980s. |
1975; printed late 1980s. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 12,540.00 |
| 89 | Brett Weston | Brett Weston. Market Place (La Merced Market, Mexico City). 1926. |
1926 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 |
| 114 | Bob Adelman | Bob Adelman. No Man Is an Island, Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama. 1963; printed 1980s. |
1963; printed 1980s. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 11,220.00 |
| 85 | Edward Sheriff Curtis | Edward S. Curtis. Mosa - Mohave, plate 61 from The North American Indian. 1903. |
1903 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 105 | Dorothea Lange | Dorothea Lange. Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California (horizontal). March 1936; printed 1950s. |
March 1936; printed 1950s. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 246 | Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Manuel Alvarez Bravo. El Ensueno [The Daydream], Mexico. 1931; printed 1970s. |
1931; printed 1970s. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 4 | Carleton E. Watkins | Carleton E. Watkins. The Three Brothers, Yosemite. Circa 1872. |
1878-81. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 35 | Edward Weston | Edward Weston. Dead Man, Colorado Desert. 1937. |
1937 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 101 | Lewis W. Hine | Lewis W. Hine. Girls at Sewing Machine Showing Curvature of Spine. 1917. |
January 1917. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 150 | Weegee | Weegee [Arthur Fellig]. Coney Island. 1950. |
1950 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,112.00 |
| 253 | William Eugene Smith | W. Eugene Smith. Marine, Battle of Saipan Island. June 27, 1944; printed 1950s. |
June 27, 1944; printed 1950s. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 6,864.00 |
| 91 | Ansel Adams | Ansel Adams. Tony Lujan, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. 1929; printed 1977. |
1929; printed 1977. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 6,858.00 |
| 141 | Weegee | Weegee [Arthur Fellig]. Opening Night at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. December 2, 1940; printed 1950s. |
December 2, 1940; printed 1950s. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 6,858.00 |
| 179 | Eliot Porter | Eliot Porter. Portfolio entitled Intimate Landscapes. 1979. |
1979 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,604.00 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
