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- Estimate
- $80,000–$120,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Photographs, New York · 8 October 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-271944
- Record
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Pierre Dubreuil, The Play of Life (Self-portrait). Phillips, 8 Oct 2015, lot 173. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-271944.
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Pierre Dubreuil, The Play of Life (Self-portrait). Phillips, 8 Oct 2015, lot 173. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-271944.
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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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Dubreuil | Antithèse, c. 1930 | $87,500 | Christie's, Oct 2017 | |
| Pierre Dubreuil | Petite place de province, Huile, 1908 | Christie's, Nov 2014 | ||
| Pierre Dubreuil | 'titan du ciel' (aviator) | Sotheby's, Apr 2008 | ||
| Pierre Dubreuil | 'Au Luxembourg' (La Fontaine de Carpeaux au Luxembourg) | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Pierre Dubreuil | 'the woman driver' | Sotheby's, Oct 2006 | ||
| Pierre Dubreuil | 'eléphantaisie' | Sotheby's, Oct 2005 | ||
| Pierre Dubreuil | 'derrière les coulisses' | Sotheby's, Oct 2005 | ||
| Pierre Dubreuil | 'spectacles' | Sotheby's, Oct 2011 |
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