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- Estimate
- $15,000–$25,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 6 October 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3948883
- Record
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Erwin Olaf, 'grief portraits - barbara'. Sotheby's, 6 Oct 2010, lot 249. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3948883.
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Erwin Olaf, 'grief portraits - barbara'. Sotheby's, 6 Oct 2010, lot 249. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3948883.
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|---|---|---|---|
| American Girl in Italy | Ruth Orkin | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| Pepper | Edward Weston | $10,000–$20,000 | |
| Waterfall, Yosemite, California | Pirkle Jones | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Nighttime Television Studies | Matthew Pillsbury | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Los Agachados | Manuel Alvarez Bravo | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Untitled (Police Car, California) | William Eggleston | $8,000–$12,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin Olaf | The Hallway from Hope | $20,160 | Phillips, Oct 2022 | |
| Erwin Olaf | Grief, Caroline | Rago, Dec 2025 | ||
| Erwin Olaf | Hope Portraits Portfolio | Phillips, May 2023 | ||
| Erwin Olaf | Barbara from Grief | Phillips, Nov 2013 | ||
| Erwin Olaf | Hope, The Hallway | Sotheby's, Apr 2024 | ||
| Erwin Olaf | Keyhole 2 | Phillips, Nov 2014 | ||
| Erwin Olaf | 'hotel paris (room 1134)', 2010 | Sotheby's, May 2014 | ||
| Erwin Olaf | "Grief, Troy", 2007 | Christie's, May 2018 |
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.