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- Estimate
- $20,000–$30,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 3 April 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4077311
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Diane Arbus, 'senator eugene mccarthy on election night'. Sotheby's, 3 Apr 2012, lot 129. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4077311.
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Diane Arbus, 'senator eugene mccarthy on election night'. Sotheby's, 3 Apr 2012, lot 129. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4077311.
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From the same sale Photographs · Apr 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| London (Seated Nude) | Bill Brandt | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| House on a Hillside | Anonymous American Photographer | $6,000–$9,000 | |
| Child in Forest | Wynn Bullock | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Untitled (Pens) | Richard Prince | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Nude (horizontal) | Brassaï | $15,000–$25,000 | |
| Gold Miners, Johannesburg, South Africa | Margaret Bourke-white | $10,000–$15,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Arbus | A Flower Girl at a Wedding, Conn. | $21,420 | Phillips, Oct 2021 | |
| Diane Arbus | 'Boy with a straw hat waiting to march in a pro-war parade, | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Diane Arbus | 42nd street movie theater audience, N.Y.C., 1958 | Christie's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Boy above a Crowd, N.Y.C. | Phillips, Apr 2025 | ||
| Diane Arbus | 'A young Brooklyn family going for a Sunday outing, N.Y.C.' | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Untitled (3) | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Barefoot child jumping rope, N.Y.C. | Phillips, Apr 2022 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Blaze Starr in her Living Room, Baltimore, Maryland | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2024 |
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.