Lot 21 · Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Evening Sale
Storyville Portraits
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- Estimate
- $50,000–$70,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Evening Sale, New York · 1 May 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5122282
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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E.j. Bellocq, Storyville Portraits. Sotheby's, 1 May 2023, lot 21. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5122282.
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E.j. Bellocq, Storyville Portraits. Sotheby's, 1 May 2023, lot 21. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5122282.
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From the same sale Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Evening Sale · May 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selected Images from Eden, Colorado | Robert Adams | $150,000–$250,000 | |
| 'Cape Cod - The Day The Daily News Came Out' | Robert Frank | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| U. S. 90, En Route to Del Rio, Texas | Robert Frank | $100,000–$150,000 | |
| 'Woman in a Burlap Sack, New York' | Irving Penn | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| The Music Lesson | Hiroshi Sugimoto | $300,000–$500,000 | |
| 'Mission Viejo' | Lewis Baltz | $15,000–$25,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.j. Bellocq | storyville prostitute, new orleans | $50,000 | Sotheby's, Apr 2018 | |
| Ansel Adams | ‘Thunderstorm, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Cali | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Ansel Adams | Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California | Phillips, Apr 2022 | ||
| Ansel Adams | Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2022 | ||
| E.j. Bellocq | Storyville Portraits | Sotheby's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Ansel Adams | Oak Tree, Snowstorm, Yosemite National Park, 1948 | Christie's, Feb 2024 | ||
| Ansel Adams | 'Golden Gate Before the Bridge, San Francisco' | Sotheby's, Feb 2022 | ||
| Ansel Adams | Snow Covered Tree | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 |
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.