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- Estimate
- €3,000–€5,000 hammer ≈ $4,095–$6,825
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographies, Paris · 11 November 2011
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4048444
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 9 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Jean Painlevé, pince de homard, 1929. Sotheby's, 11 Nov 2011, lot 61. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4048444.
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Jean Painlevé, pince de homard, 1929. Sotheby's, 11 Nov 2011, lot 61. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4048444.
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From the same sale Photographies · Nov 2011
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankers Trust, Annual Report, 1960 | Henri Cartier-bresson | €3,000–€4,000 | |
| Ireland, 1962 | Henri Cartier-bresson | €4,000–€6,000 | |
| Poppy, 1988 | Robert Mapplethorpe | €18,000–€23,000 | |
| Foam, 1998 | Zhang Huan | €40,000–€60,000 | |
| Scarred Dahomey Girl, 1967 | Irving Penn | €20,000–€30,000 | |
| Panthéon, 2011 | Ahmet Ertuğ | €20,000–€30,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Painlevé | pince de homard. 1929. photographie originale. | $11,332 | Sotheby's, Feb 2017 | |
| Jean Painlevé | Pince de Galathée, 1928 | Christie's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Jean Painlevé | two male seahorses, 1931 | Sotheby's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Jean Painlevé | tête d'un jeune hippocampe à la naissance, 1931 | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | Henri Cartier-Bresson 4 | Bonhams, Jan 2026 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | Île de la Cité, Paris | Phillips, Apr 2022 | ||
| Hiroshi Sugimoto | Lightning Fields 304 | SBI Art Auction, Jan 2022 | ||
| Otto Steinert | Die Bäume vor meinem Fenster II | Lempertz, Dec 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.