Lot 107 · Photographs
Birch Trees
George H. Seeley · oversized multiple-process print, matted, circa 1910
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- Estimate
- $15,000–$25,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 15 October 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3796085
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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George H. Seeley, Birch Trees. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2008, lot 107. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3796085.
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George H. Seeley, Birch Trees. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2008, lot 107. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3796085.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George H. Seeley | Portrait of a Woman, 1909 | $8,190 | Christie's, Apr 2025 | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe | Raymond | Phillips, May 2021 | ||
| Irving Penn | Carson McCullers, New York | Bonhams, Mar 2025 | ||
| Irving Penn | 'Dahomey Children', 1967 | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| George H. Seeley | portrait of laura | Sotheby's, Oct 2015 | ||
| Irving Penn | Nude 151 | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Irving Penn | Mandrill | Phillips, Nov 2022 | ||
| Irving Penn | 'two asaro mudmen, new guinea' | Sotheby's, Apr 2020 |
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.