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- Estimate
- $100,000–$150,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08115 · 11 October 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3304296
- Record
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Diane Arbus, 'patriot, with proud button and flag, n. y. c.'. Sotheby's, 11 Oct 2005, lot 173. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3304296.
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Diane Arbus, 'patriot, with proud button and flag, n. y. c.'. Sotheby's, 11 Oct 2005, lot 173. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3304296.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Geronimo | Edward S. Curtis | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| 'Traffic Worm' | Gabriel Orozco | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| 'Devil's Slide, San Mateo County, California' (from sequence 'Song Wi… | Minor White | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Untitled | Henry Wessel, Jr. | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| 'Transmutation 8, Tentations de Saint-Antoine' | Brassaï | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Gargoyles, Notre Dame, Paris | Josef Breitenbach | $5,000–$7,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Arbus | Boy with a straw hat waiting to march in a pro-war parade, N | $119,700 | Christie's, Oct 2024 | |
| Diane Arbus | 'child with a toy hand grenade in central park, n. y. c.' | Sotheby's, Apr 2018 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C. | Phillips, May 2018 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Patriotic Young Man with a Flag, N.Y.C. | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Diane Arbus | diane arbus | 'widow in her bedroom, 55th street, n .y. c.' | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Diane Arbus | King and Queen of a senior citizens' dance, N.Y.C. | Phillips, Oct 2013 | ||
| Diane Arbus | A Waitress in a Nudist Camp in New Jersey | Phillips, Jul 2020 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Identical twins, Roselle, N.J. | Phillips, Apr 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.