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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,045–$6,742
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, London · 19 May 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3860207
- Record
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Sebastião Salgado, Congo, 1995. Sotheby's, 19 May 2009, lot 135. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3860207.
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Sebastião Salgado, Congo, 1995. Sotheby's, 19 May 2009, lot 135. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3860207.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dans le Jardin de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, à Paris, 1853 | Charles Marville | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| 'Cathédrale de Chartres. Coté occidental. Porte latérale de droite. X… | Charles Nègre | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Cheetah cub orphans in Mweiga, 1968 | Peter Beard | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Flower, Yamorinksi and bondaged woman, 2006 | Nobuyoshi Araki | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Loch Katrine, 1845 | William Henry Fox Talbot | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Weegee with Dorothy Hart, c. 1950 | Weegee | £3,000–£5,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastião Salgado | Coal Mining, Dhanbad, India | $5,376 | Bonhams, Oct 2023 | |
| Sebastião Salgado | Genesis: Art Edition, Taschen, Paris 2013 (SUMO in two volum | Freeman's | Hindman, May 2025 | ||
| Sebastião Salgado | Wild Horses in Navajo Territory Bordering on the Grand Canyo | Bonhams, Jul 2024 | ||
| Sebastião Salgado | Dinka Cattle Camp of Amak, Southern Sudan | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Sebastião Salgado | Bushmen, Botswana (mother & child) | Phillips, Apr 2026 | ||
| Sebastião Salgado | Iceberg Between Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands | Bonhams, Mar 2026 | ||
| Sebastião Salgado | Gisovu Tea Plantation, Rwanda | Phillips, Apr 2026 | ||
| Sebastião Salgado | Genesis [Two-Volume Collector's Edition] | Chiswick Auctions, May 2026 |
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.