Lot 140 · Sotheby's L06413
Dancing is Politics Too, Mao Tse Tung, Beijing, 1959
Dmitri Baltermants · Silver Print, with the photographer's estate copyright stamp on the reverse
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,935–$2,903
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L06413 · 27 November 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3536683
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Dmitri Baltermants, Dancing is Politics Too, Mao Tse Tung, Beijing, 1959. Sotheby's, 27 Nov 2006, lot 140. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3536683.
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Dmitri Baltermants, Dancing is Politics Too, Mao Tse Tung, Beijing, 1959. Sotheby's, 27 Nov 2006, lot 140. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3536683.
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From the same sale Sotheby's L06413 · Nov 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward!, 1943, printed circa 1960 | Dmitri Baltermants | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Arbat. Bus Station, 1932 | Aleksandr Rodchenko | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Grand Duke Michael and Tsarevich Alexei, one dated 1895 | Various Photographers | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Fording the Oder, December 1944, printed circa 1960 | Dmitri Baltermants | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Twenty-five studies, 1930-53, printed 1990s | Markov-grinberg, Mark. 1907-2006. | £5,000–£10,000 | |
| From a Day of Grief, Kerch, Crimea, January 1942, printed 1970s | Dmitri Baltermants | £1,000–£1,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitri Baltermants | Baltermants Portfolio (16 of 20 photographs) | $2,000 | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2024 | |
| Dmitri Baltermants | Attack! | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2024 | ||
| Dmitri Baltermants | Grief at Kerch | Heritage Auctions, Jun 2025 | ||
| Dmitri Baltermants | Two studies of the outer republics, circa 1960-65 | Sotheby's, Nov 2006 | ||
| Dmitri Baltermants | Attack, 1941 | Bonhams, May 2012 | ||
| Dmitri Baltermants | Kerch, Crimea (Grief) , 1942 | Freeman's | Hindman, Nov 2025 | ||
| Dmitri Baltermants | khrushchev and brezhnev. four studies, circa 1960-1982 | Sotheby's, Nov 2006 | ||
| Dmitri Baltermants | From a Day of Grief, Kerch, Crimea, January 1942, printed 19 | Sotheby's, Nov 2006 |
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.