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- Estimate
- $70,000–$100,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 30 March 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3844976
- 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, 30 Mar 2009, lot 161. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3844976.
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Diane Arbus, 'child with toy hand grenade in central park, n. y. c.'. Sotheby's, 30 Mar 2009, lot 161. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3844976.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Rue Aubriot, Paris | Helmut Newton | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Chicago 59 (Storefront) | Aaron Siskind | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Forest Scene, Bois de Boulogne | Count Olympe Aguado | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| 'Eleanor, Port Huron' | Harry Callahan | $5,000–$7,000 | |
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| Nude | František Drtikol | $30,000–$50,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Arbus | diane arbus | 'widow in her bedroom, 55th street, n .y. c.' | $81,250 | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | |
| Diane Arbus | Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C. | Phillips, May 2018 | ||
| Diane Arbus | A Waitress in a Nudist Camp in New Jersey | Phillips, Jul 2020 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Patriotic Young Man with a Flag, N.Y.C. | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Diane Arbus | 'A family on the lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N. Y.' | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Diane Arbus | ‘Identical twins, Roselle, N. J.’ | Sotheby's, Apr 2026 | ||
| Diane Arbus | A family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N. Y. | Phillips, Apr 2026 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Two Ladies at the Automat, NYC | Sotheby's, Oct 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.