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- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N07987 · 28 April 2004
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3043853
- Record
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Harold Edgerton, 'SEEING THE UNSEEN'. Sotheby's, 28 Apr 2004, lot 214. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3043853.
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Harold Edgerton, 'SEEING THE UNSEEN'. Sotheby's, 28 Apr 2004, lot 214. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3043853.
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From the same sale Sotheby's N07987 · Apr 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jetta Goudal and Harold Grieve | Margrethe Mather | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| The Old Mill | Alfred Stieglitz | $5,000–$8,000 | |
| Untitled (Jacqueline Goddard) | Man Ray | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| 'Arizona Landscape' | Frederick Sommer | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Portfolio VII | Ansel Adams | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Selected Serra Pelada Images | Sebastião Salgado | $6,000–$8,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Edgerton | Bullet through Banana | $9,100 | Wright, Jul 2019 | |
| Harold Edgerton | Seeing the Unseen | Bonhams, Sep 2023 | ||
| Harold Edgerton | harold edgerton | selected images | Sotheby's, Apr 2020 | ||
| Harold Edgerton | Coronet. 1935 | Grisebach, Dec 2021 | ||
| Ansel Adams | ‘Rocks and Grass, Moraine Lake, Sequoia National Park, Calif | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| André Kertész | 'Chez Mondrian, Paris' | Bonhams, Mar 2025 | ||
| Harold Edgerton | Untitled | Rago, Jun 2025 | ||
| Berenice Abbott | Lyric Theatre, 3rd Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets, Man | Phillips, Oct 2023 |
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.