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- Estimate
- $22,000–$28,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Photographs, Online, New York · 28 April 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-722781
- Record
- first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 21 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ray K. Metzker, Composite: Venetian Blinds. Bonhams, 28 Apr 2020, lot 56. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-722781.
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Ray K. Metzker, Composite: Venetian Blinds. Bonhams, 28 Apr 2020, lot 56. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-722781.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Collage, Chicago | Harry Callahan | $25,000–$35,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray K. Metzker | Leapin' zzz | $20,000 | Phillips, Oct 2020 | |
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| Ray K. Metzker | Selected Philadelphia Images | Sotheby's, Sep 2014 | ||
| Ray K. Metzker | Selected Images from Philadelphia | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | Île de la Cité, Paris | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2022 | ||
| Ray K. Metzker | Blind Man's Bluff | Phillips, Apr 2021 | ||
| Ray K. Metzker | Philadelphia (64 CT-17 SG-3) | Phillips, Apr 2025 | ||
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