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- Estimate
- $7,000–$9,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Photographs, New York · 1 October 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-235052
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Lewis Hine, Top of mooring-mast on Empire State Building. Phillips, 1 Oct 2019, lot 16. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-235052.
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Lewis Hine, Top of mooring-mast on Empire State Building. Phillips, 1 Oct 2019, lot 16. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-235052.
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From the same sale Photographs · Oct 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girl in Fulton Street, New York | Walker Evans | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Movie Poster, New York City | Walker Evans | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Window Display, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Walker Evans | $7,000–$9,000 | |
| General Store, Mississippi | Walker Evans | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Man climbs 85-foot ladder to secure torch on the plastic Statue of Li… | Weegee | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Empire State Building | Lewis Hine | $5,000–$7,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hine | Selected Studies of the Construction of the Empire State Bui | $7,560 | Phillips, Apr 2022 | |
| Lewis Hine | One of the little spinners working in a South Carolina Cotto | Phillips, Apr 2019 | ||
| Lewis Hine | Riveters on the Empire State Building | Phillips, Jul 2020 | ||
| Lewis Hine | Selected Images | Phillips, Oct 2014 | ||
| Lewis Hine | A Tenement Madonna, Ellis Island | Phillips, Oct 2019 | ||
| Lewis Hine | Connecting Beams on Skyscraper (Empire State Building) | Phillips, Apr 2024 | ||
| Lewis Hine | 5 P.M., Boys Going Home from Glass Works | Phillips, Apr 2024 | ||
| Lewis Hine | Mechanic at Steam Pump in Electric Power House, 1921 | Christie's, May 2015 |
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.