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- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500 hammer
- Result
- upcoming — 7 September 2026
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Prints & Photographs Online, Online, Marlborough, Massachusetts · 7 September 2026
- Record ID
- TB-2026-17813229
- Record
- first seen 15 Sep 2026 · updated 15 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Edward Steichen, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Bonhams, 7 Sep 2026, lot 239. estimate $1,000–$1,500, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17813229.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
73% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 72%, 69% sold.
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Edward Steichen, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Bonhams, 7 Sep 2026, lot 239. estimate $1,000–$1,500, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17813229.
From the same sale Prints & Photographs Online · Sep 2026
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|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Hutton | Horst P. Horst | $1,500–$2,500 | upcoming |
| Under The Sun; Mosque II; Guiding Light 3 | Muhammad Ali | $2,000–$3,000 | upcoming |
| Bedized Pudding Canadian Suite 6 | Karel Appel | $3,000–$5,000 | upcoming |
| Cliche 3 | John Baldessari | $6,000–$8,000 | upcoming |
| Snigger, from Engravings with Sounds | John Baldessari | $3,000–$5,000 | upcoming |
| Plant and Lamp (B+Y Y+B) | John Baldessari | $3,000–$4,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Steichen | The Maypole (Empire State Building); Washington Bridge (2 wo | $1,250 | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2025 | |
| Edward Steichen | Greta Garbo (from the Edward Steichen 25 Photographs portfol | Rago, Jun 2023 | ||
| Edward Steichen | Balzac - The Open Sky | Lempertz, May 2025 | ||
| Edward Steichen | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Oct 2024 | ||
| Edward Steichen | Sylvia Sidney, Hollywood, August 15 | Heritage Auctions, Jan 2026 | ||
| Edward Steichen | Gorham Silver | Heritage Auctions, May 2026 | ||
| Edward Steichen | Marlene Dietrich | Heritage Auctions, Feb 2025 | ||
| Edward Steichen | Carl Sandburg ephemera | Rago, Jun 2025 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.