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- Estimate
- $100,000–$200,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 15 October 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3795741
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Diane Arbus, A Young Man in Curlers at Home on West 20th Street, N. Y. C. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2008, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3795741.
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Diane Arbus, A Young Man in Curlers at Home on West 20th Street, N. Y. C. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2008, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3795741.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taos | Dorothea Lange | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Tide Pool, Point Lobos (Dead Pelican) | Edward Weston | $15,000–$25,000 | |
| Mt. Hood from Near Vancouver | Carleton E. Watkins | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| 'The White Tombstone, San Francisco' | Ansel Adams | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| Untitled (the mother of the deceased) | Cindy Sherman | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Selected Images | Wynn Bullock | $10,000–$15,000 |
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| Diane Arbus | Patriotic Young Man with a Flag, N.Y.C. | $113,400 | Phillips, Oct 2021 | |
| Diane Arbus | Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C. | Phillips, May 2018 | ||
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| Diane Arbus | Teenage couple on Hudson Street, N.Y.C. 1963 | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
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| Diane Arbus | 'A family on the lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N. Y.' | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
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