Lot 239 · Photographs
'a premonitional work - ceremonial dwelling (a message to timothy o'sullivan)'
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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 13 April 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3916834
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Thomas Joshua Cooper, 'a premonitional work - ceremonial dwelling (a message to timothy o'sullivan)'. Sotheby's, 13 Apr 2010, lot 239. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3916834.
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Thomas Joshua Cooper, 'a premonitional work - ceremonial dwelling (a message to timothy o'sullivan)'. Sotheby's, 13 Apr 2010, lot 239. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3916834.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Selected Images | August Sander | $6,000–$9,000 | |
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| Wall Street | Ilse Bing | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| Orchid | Robert Mapplethorpe | $6,000–$9,000 | |
| Srinagar, Kashmir | Henri Cartier-bresson | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| Oceano | Brett Weston | $20,000–$30,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Joshua Cooper | Ceremonial Gathering/A Premonitional Achnabreck, Argyllshire | $889 | Rago, Nov 2025 | |
| Thomas Joshua Cooper | Five Selected Images | Phillips, Oct 2023 | ||
| Thomas Joshua Cooper | An Indication Piece, No. 1 Inner Hebrides, Scotland | Phillips, Apr 2017 | ||
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| Berenice Abbott | New York Ice (Mary Muller Antiques) | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2024 | ||
| Thomas Joshua Cooper | A Quality of Dancing, Millersdale, Derbyshire, England, 1983 | Freeman's | Hindman, Apr 2025 | ||
| Berenice Abbott | Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery Between Grand and Hester Stre | Heritage Auctions, Aug 2023 | ||
| Berenice Abbott | West Street | Rago, Dec 2021 |
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.