Lot 234 · Photographs
Recycling Yard #5, Seattle from Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption
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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Photographs, New York · 1 April 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-280722
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Chris Jordan, Recycling Yard #5, Seattle from Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption. Phillips, 1 Apr 2014, lot 234. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-280722.
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Chris Jordan, Recycling Yard #5, Seattle from Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption. Phillips, 1 Apr 2014, lot 234. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-280722.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Île de la Cité, Paris | Henri Cartier-bresson | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Acrobat on Ladder, N.Y. | Ilse Bing | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Barbary Castle, Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire | Bill Brandt | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Cabbage Fragment | Edward Weston | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Gloucester 25 | Aaron Siskind | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| From Point Lobos | Edward Weston | $8,000–$12,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Jordan | Pallets #2, Seattle, 2003 | $8,750 | Christie's, Oct 2009 | |
| William Eggleston | Untitled (Confederate Flag) (from the portfolio Troubled Wat | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Edward Burtynsky | Dam #6, Yangtze River, China | Phillips, Apr 2026 | ||
| William Eggleston | Untitled (Blue Truck with Wisteria), Memphis | Heritage Auctions, May 2022 | ||
| Edward Burtynsky | Old Factories #1, Fushun Aluminum Smelter, Fushun City, Liao | Phillips, Jun 2025 | ||
| Chris Jordan | Container Yard #1, Seattle, 2003 | Christie's, Oct 2009 | ||
| Edward Weston | Bird Skeleton, Oceano, California, 1936 | Christie's, Feb 2024 | ||
| Chris Jordan | Circuit Boards #2, New Orleans | Phillips, Apr 2013 |
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.