Lot 445 · Photographs
Gussie Moran, Tennis Serve, 1952
Harold Edgerton · gelatin silver print, printed later
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- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs, New York · 3 June 2003
- Dimensions
- image: 17 3/8 x 14 5/8in. (44.5 x 37.5cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4515447
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Harold Edgerton, Gussie Moran, Tennis Serve, 1952. Christie's, 3 Jun 2003, lot 445. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4515447.
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Harold Edgerton, Gussie Moran, Tennis Serve, 1952. Christie's, 3 Jun 2003, lot 445. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4515447.
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| Round the Clock IV, N.Y., 1987 | Horst P. Horst | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Games in a Refugee Camp, India, 1947 | Henri Cartier-bresson | $12,000–$18,000 | |
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| Madrid, 1933 | Henri Cartier-bresson | $10,000–$15,000 | |
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| Paris, 1951 | Robert Frank | $15,000–$25,000 |
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