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- Estimate
- $50,000–$70,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08115 · 11 October 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3304451
- Record
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W. Eugene Smith, 'the walk to paradise garden'. Sotheby's, 11 Oct 2005, lot 66. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3304451.
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W. Eugene Smith, 'the walk to paradise garden'. Sotheby's, 11 Oct 2005, lot 66. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3304451.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Eugene Smith | Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath | $42,500 | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2024 | |
| W. Eugene Smith | The Walk to Paradise Garden, 1946 | Christie's, Apr 2019 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Tomoko in her bath, Minamata | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Thelonious Monk Rehearsing in the Loft | Phillips, Apr 2017 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | The Walk to Paradise Garden | Sotheby's, Apr 2013 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | w. eugene smith | the walk to paradise garden | Sotheby's, Apr 2020 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Tomoko Uemura Being Bathed by her Mother, Minamata | Phillips, Oct 2020 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | 'Walk to Paradise Garden' | Bonhams, Mar 2025 |
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.