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- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Photographs, New York · 8 October 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-271909
- Record
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Lewis Hine, Skyscraper Construction, Empire State Building, New York City. Phillips, 8 Oct 2015, lot 137. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-271909.
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Lewis Hine, Skyscraper Construction, Empire State Building, New York City. Phillips, 8 Oct 2015, lot 137. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-271909.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Lauren Hutton, Great Exuma, the Bahamas, October | Richard Avedon | $70,000–$90,000 | |
| The Beatles, London, August 11 | Richard Avedon | $300,000–$500,000 | |
| Domestic Nude III, In the Laundry Room of the Château Marmont, Hollywood | Helmut Newton | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| From Close to Range | Nobuyoshi Araki | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Large tusker (c. 150 lbs per side), Tsavo North, nr. block 33 & Ithum… | Peter Beard | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Spitting Cobra (Tsavo) | Peter Beard | $5,000–$7,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hine | Riveters on the Empire State Building | $10,000 | Phillips, Jul 2020 | |
| Lewis Hine | One of the little spinners working in a South Carolina Cotto | Phillips, Apr 2019 | ||
| Lewis Hine | Connecting Beams on Skyscraper (Empire State Building) | Phillips, Apr 2024 | ||
| Lewis Hine | Selected Studies of the Construction of the Empire State Bui | Phillips, Apr 2022 | ||
| Lewis Hine | Her First Penny, Italian Child at Ellis Island | Phillips, Apr 2021 | ||
| Lewis Hine | Spinner | Phillips, Oct 2019 | ||
| Lewis Hine | A little spinner in Globe Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga | Phillips, Oct 2023 | ||
| Lewis Hine | Mechanic at Steam Pump in Electric Power House, 1921 | Christie's, May 2015 |
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