Lot 11 · Photographs
The Terra Nova at the ice foot, Cape Evans, 16th January 1911
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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,751–$7,918
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Photographs, London, Knightsbridge · 17 May 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-2242525
- Record
- first seen 25 Jul 2026 · updated 25 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Herbert George Ponting, The Terra Nova at the ice foot, Cape Evans, 16th January 1911. Bonhams, 17 May 2012, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2242525.
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Herbert George Ponting, The Terra Nova at the ice foot, Cape Evans, 16th January 1911. Bonhams, 17 May 2012, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2242525.
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| The Dirty Monk (Alfred Lord Tennyson), 1865 | Julia Margaret Cameron | £6,000–£8,000 | |
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| Circus Achille Zavatta, 1949 | Willy Ronis | £700–£900 | |
| White Sleeve, Paris, 1936 | Horst P. Horst | £6,000–£8,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert George Ponting | Grotto in an iceberg with the Terra Nova in the background, | $16,826 | Bonhams, May 2012 | |
| Herbert George Ponting | The Freezing of the Sea | Christie's, Dec 2018 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | Leonor Fini, Italy | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris | Phillips, Oct 2020 | ||
| Herbert George Ponting | Midnight in the Antarctic Summer | Christie's, Apr 1999 | ||
| Horst P. Horst | Odalisque I, New York. 1943 | Grisebach, Oct 2025 | ||
| Herbert George Ponting | Arctic Seascape (or Penguins with moon) | Christie's, Apr 1999 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | Srinagar, Kashmir | Phillips, Apr 2024 |
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.