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- Estimate
- $12,000–$18,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 6 April 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4157804
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Edward S. Curtis, 'watching the dancers' (hopi). Sotheby's, 6 Apr 2013, lot 20. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4157804.
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Edward S. Curtis, 'watching the dancers' (hopi). Sotheby's, 6 Apr 2013, lot 20. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4157804.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Morrison | Joel Brodsky | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Panorama, March 28, 1983 | Lucas Samaras | $15,000–$25,000 | |
| Three men smoking | Anonymous American Photographer | $5,000–$10,000 | |
| Peeled Paint, Rochester, New York | Minor White | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Selected Images | Emmet Gowin | $5,000–$8,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward S. Curtis | The Storm - Apache | $10,240 | Bonhams, Mar 2026 | |
| Edward S. Curtis | Oasis in the Badlands | Bonhams, Apr 2022 | ||
| Edward S. Curtis | The Vanishing Race | Sotheby's, Jan 2024 | ||
| Edward S. Curtis | The Vanishing Race, Navajo | Bonhams, Jul 2024 | ||
| Edward S. Curtis | Watching for Salmon, Hupa | Bonhams, Jun 2021 | ||
| Edward S. Curtis | Signal Fire to the Mountain Gods | Bonhams, Jun 2021 | ||
| Edward S. Curtis | Cañon de Chelly - Navaho | Bonhams, Mar 2026 | ||
| Edward S. Curtis | A Walpi Man | Sotheby's, Dec 2023 |
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.