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- Estimate
- $7,000–$10,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N07987 · 28 April 2004
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3043872
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Diane Arbus, 'russian midget friends in a living room on 100th st., nyc'. Sotheby's, 28 Apr 2004, lot 162. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3043872.
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Diane Arbus, 'russian midget friends in a living room on 100th st., nyc'. Sotheby's, 28 Apr 2004, lot 162. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3043872.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Arbus | Kids in the surf, Coney Island, N.Y. | $32,250 | Phillips, Apr 2026 | |
| Diane Arbus | Two Ladies at the Automat, N.Y.C | Phillips, Apr 2025 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Triplets in their bedroom, NJ, 1963 | Christie's, Feb 2024 | ||
| Diane Arbus | 'A young Brooklyn family going for a Sunday outing, N.Y.C.' | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Diane Arbus | 42nd street movie theater audience, N.Y.C., 1958 | Christie's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Two Ladies at the Automat, NYC | Bonhams, Apr 2026 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Blaze Starr in her Living Room, Baltimore, Maryland | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2024 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Barefoot child jumping rope, N.Y.C. | Phillips, Apr 2022 |
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.