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- Estimate
- $8,000–$12,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Classic Photographs, New York · 7 October 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5059652
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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W. Eugene Smith, Guardia Civil. Sotheby's, 7 Oct 2022, lot 54. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5059652.
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W. Eugene Smith, Guardia Civil. Sotheby's, 7 Oct 2022, lot 54. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5059652.
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From the same sale Classic Photographs · Oct 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby in Basket | W. Eugene Smith | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Bronx 1 | Aaron Siskind | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Pioneer with a Trumpet | Aleksandr Rodchenko | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| 'Two Leaves' | Ruth Bernhard | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| 'Hotel de Beauvais – 68 Rue François Miron' | Eugène Atget | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| 'Angel Wing' | Ruth Bernhard | $3,000–$5,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Eugene Smith | Tomoko Uemura in her Bath, 1972 | $10,080 | Christie's, Apr 2025 | |
| W. Eugene Smith | Three Generations of Miners. A Welsh Coal-Mining Town, Wales | Phillips, Apr 2024 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Tomoko in Bath, Minamata, Japan | Phillips, Oct 2024 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Welsh Miners | Lempertz, Dec 2020 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | dr. albert schweitzer from man of mercy essay | Sotheby's, Apr 2013 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | A Walk to Paradise Garden | Bonhams, Oct 2020 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | w. eugene smith | albert schweitzer, aspen, colorado | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | w. eugene smith | untitled (as from my window i sometimes gl | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 |
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.