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- Estimate
- $70,000–$100,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 15 October 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3796150
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Diane Arbus, 'child with toy hand grenade in central park, n. y. c.'. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2008, lot 48. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3796150.
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Diane Arbus, 'child with toy hand grenade in central park, n. y. c.'. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2008, lot 48. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3796150.
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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 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Arbus | Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C. | $96,292 | Phillips, May 2018 | |
| Diane Arbus | diane arbus | 'widow in her bedroom, 55th street, n .y. c.' | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Patriotic Young Man with a Flag, N.Y.C. | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Diane Arbus | A Waitress in a Nudist Camp in New Jersey | Phillips, Jul 2020 | ||
| Diane Arbus | ‘Identical twins, Roselle, N. J.’ | Sotheby's, Apr 2026 | ||
| Diane Arbus | 'A family on the lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N. Y.' | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Teenage couple on Hudson Street, N.Y.C. 1963 | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
| Diane Arbus | A family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N. Y. | Phillips, Apr 2026 |
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.