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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,200 hammer ≈ $1,348–$1,618
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L07430 · 29 May 2007
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3629387
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Merry Alpern, two studies from the dirty windows series, 1994. Sotheby's, 29 May 2007, lot 214. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3629387.
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Merry Alpern, two studies from the dirty windows series, 1994. Sotheby's, 29 May 2007, lot 214. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3629387.
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|---|---|---|---|
| The painter Heinrich Hoerle, 1931 | August Sander | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Ejaculation in Trajectory XIV, 1989 | Andres Serrano | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Nudes od21, 2002 | Thomas Ruff | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Kirghiz Woman, 1940s | Max Vladimirovitch Alpert | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Private Property, Suite I, 1973-83 | Helmut Newton | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Pina Bausch Ballet, Wuppertal, 1983 | Helmut Newton | £2,000–£3,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merry Alpern | Untitled #3, from the "Window" series | $1,275 | Bonhams, Jul 2019 | |
| Merry Alpern | Ohne Titel, aus der Serie „Dirty Windows“. 1994 | Grisebach, Nov 2012 | ||
| Merry Alpern | Untitled (from The Window Series) | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2020 | ||
| Merry Alpern | Untitled (from the Window Series ) , 1994 | Freeman's | Hindman, Jan 2021 | ||
| Imogen Cunningham | Magnolia Blossom | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2026 | ||
| Merry Alpern | Untitled (from The Window series) | Heritage Auctions, Mar 2022 | ||
| Ansel Adams | Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California | Bonhams, Jan 2026 | ||
| Walker Evans | Kitchen Wall, Alabama Farmstead | Lempertz, Dec 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.