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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's Designer Showhouse, New York · 20 April 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4349829
- Record
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Yousuf Karsh, Ernest Hemingway. Sotheby's, 20 Apr 2015, lot 171. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4349829.
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Yousuf Karsh, Ernest Hemingway. Sotheby's, 20 Apr 2015, lot 171. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4349829.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cristelle I | Yvonne Domenge | $30,000–$40,000 | |
| A pair of Italian silver four-light candelabra, Turin, circa 1830-40 | — | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| An American silver and enamel marine-theme bowl, Whiting Mfg. Co., Pr… | — | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Mambila Figure, Cameroon | — | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| Skull Snap (Glenn 220) | James Rosenquist | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Chokwe Mask, Angola | — | $6,000–$9,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yousuf Karsh | Pablo Picasso | $6,100 | Sotheby's, Jun 2025 | |
| Yousuf Karsh | Albert Einstein | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2023 | ||
| Yousuf Karsh | Georgia O'Keeffe | Bonhams, Apr 2019 | ||
| Yousuf Karsh | Ernest Hemingway | Bonhams, Jul 2026 | ||
| Yousuf Karsh | Winston Churchill | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2021 | ||
| Yousuf Karsh | Portrait photograph of Sir Winston S. Churchill, 'The Roarin | Lyon & Turnbull, Jun 2026 | ||
| Yousuf Karsh | 'georgia o'keeffe' | Sotheby's, Oct 2013 | ||
| Yousuf Karsh | Albert Einstein; Robert Frost; and Joan Miro 3 | Bonhams, Nov 2021 |
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.