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- Estimate
- $7,000–$10,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08115 · 11 October 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3304363
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Diane Arbus, 'man and a boy on a bench in central park, nyc'. Sotheby's, 11 Oct 2005, lot 177. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3304363.
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Diane Arbus, 'man and a boy on a bench in central park, nyc'. Sotheby's, 11 Oct 2005, lot 177. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3304363.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Arbus | Untitled (6) | $7,800 | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | |
| Diane Arbus | A Child Crying, N. J. | Sotheby's, Apr 2026 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Two Girls in matching Bathing Suits, Coney Island, N.Y. 1967 | Grisebach, Jun 2022 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Lady at a Masked Ball with Two Roses on Her Dress, NYC | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Lady at a Masked Ball with Two Roses in Her Dress, NYC | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Woman by a lampost, N.Y.C. | Phillips, Oct 2024 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Topless Dancer In Her Dressing Room, San Francisco, Cal. | Phillips, Oct 2022 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Untitled (I) | Phillips, May 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.