Lot 137 · Old Master Prints
Madison Avenue Looking Toward Time/Life Building, N.Y.C.; and Wedding Cake Hat on Times Square, N.Y.C.
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- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Prints, London (South Kensington) · 2 December 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6045471
- Record
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Louis Faurer, Madison Avenue Looking Toward Time/Life Building, N.Y.C.; and Wedding Cake Hat on Times Square, N.Y.C. Christie's, 2 Dec 1999, lot 137. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6045471.
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Louis Faurer, Madison Avenue Looking Toward Time/Life Building, N.Y.C.; and Wedding Cake Hat on Times Square, N.Y.C. Christie's, 2 Dec 1999, lot 137. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6045471.
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From the same sale Old Master Prints · Dec 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Views of the Bear Valley Irrigation Company, Redlands, California | PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN, POSSIBLY F.H. MAUDE AND COMPANY | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| The History of the Prodigal Son (B. 31-34; Holl. 1-4) | Hans Sebald Beham | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| The Weather Peasant (B. 188 + 189; P., Holl. 189 + 190) | Hans Sebald Beham | £700–£1,000 | |
| Landscapes (Holl. 3-8) | Jan Van Goyen | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Three Plates, from: Views of the Harbour of Messina (Holl. 2, 4 & 10) | Abraham Casembrot | £500–£700 | |
| The little Courier (B. 80; M., Holl. 79; S.M.S. 10) | Albrecht Dürer | £1,500–£2,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Faurer | 'N. Y. C.' | $4,788 | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | |
| Louis Faurer | Union Square, New York City | Phillips, Oct 2022 | ||
| Louis Faurer | 'bus no 7, new york, ny', 1950 | Sotheby's, Nov 2015 | ||
| Louis Faurer | "Bowing Lady", Vogue, Paris, 1972 | Christie's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Louis Faurer | Silent Salesman, Philadelphia, PA., 1937–1938 | Christie's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Louis Faurer | Broadway convertible, Times Square, NYC, c. 1949 | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Louis Faurer | Bowing for the Vogue Collections | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Louis Faurer | Bowing for the Vogue collections, Paris 1972, accompanied by | Sotheby's, Jul 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.