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- Estimate
- $7,000–$10,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 3 October 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4690439
- Record
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W. Eugene Smith, three generations of welsh miners. Sotheby's, 3 Oct 2018, lot 208. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4690439.
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W. Eugene Smith, three generations of welsh miners. Sotheby's, 3 Oct 2018, lot 208. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4690439.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| bicycle racer | Gordon Coster | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| robert frost, ripton, vermont | Alfred Eisenstaedt | $1,500–$2,500 | |
| future ballerinas of the american ballet theatre | Alfred Eisenstaedt | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| children at a puppet theatre, paris | Alfred Eisenstaedt | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| guggenheim museum, n. y. | Ernst Haas | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| 'dorit & chagit lazarus, girl twins, sabras (german descent), beth ti… | Ruth Orkin | $6,000–$9,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Eugene Smith | w. eugene smith | albert schweitzer, aspen, colorado | $6,875 | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | |
| W. Eugene Smith | The Walk to Paradise Garden | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Welsh Miners | Lempertz, Dec 2020 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Three Generations of Miners. A Welsh Coal-Mining Town, Wales | Phillips, Apr 2024 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Lines of Steel Pittsburgh, 1955-1956 | Christie's, Apr 2022 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | Tomoko Uemura in her Bath, 1972 | Christie's, Apr 2025 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | waiting for survivors: the andrea doria sinking | Sotheby's, Dec 2012 | ||
| W. Eugene Smith | w. eugene smith | dance of the flaming coke, pittsburgh | Sotheby's, Apr 2020 |
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.