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- Estimate
- $6,000–$9,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 3 October 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4690479
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Mapplethorpe With Patti Smith, 'lisa lyon'. Sotheby's, 3 Oct 2018, lot 167. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4690479.
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Robert Mapplethorpe With Patti Smith, 'lisa lyon'. Sotheby's, 3 Oct 2018, lot 167. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4690479.
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From the same sale Photographs · Oct 2018
| 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 | |
| three generations of welsh miners | W. Eugene Smith | $7,000–$10,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastião Salgado | Ethiopie | $2,750 | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2024 | |
| Richard Avedon | Evelyn Avedon, Wife of Photographer, New York City, July 23, | Sotheby's, Dec 2023 | ||
| Terry O'neill | Faye Dunaway, the Morning After – 1977 | Lyon & Turnbull, Jan 2024 | ||
| Robert Mapplethorpe With Patti Smith | self portrait, c. 1973 | Sotheby's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Terry O'neill | Elton John, Dodger Stadium | Sotheby's, Jun 2024 | ||
| Terry O'neill | David Bailey | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Sebastião Salgado | Korem Camp, Ethiopia | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2026 | ||
| Robert Mapplethorpe With Patti Smith | clifton, 1981 | Sotheby's, Sep 2018 |
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