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- Estimate
- $12,000–$18,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Classic Photographs, New York · 5 October 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4960195
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Frank, Selected Images of New York. Sotheby's, 5 Oct 2021, lot 105. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4960195.
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Robert Frank, Selected Images of New York. Sotheby's, 5 Oct 2021, lot 105. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4960195.
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From the same sale Classic Photographs · Oct 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrapata Beach | Brett Weston | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Printing Press, The New York Times | Margaret Bourke-white | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| The Vanishing Race, Navaho | Edward S. Curtis | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| 'Dust Storm, Oklahoma' | Arthur Rothstein | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| 'Tetons' | Minor White | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| 'Ten-Year Old Spinner in Carolina Cotton Mill' | Lewis Wickes Hine | $10,000–$15,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Frank | New York City, 1947 | $15,120 | Christie's, Apr 2022 | |
| Robert Frank | Hoboken, New Jersey | Phillips, Nov 2021 | ||
| Robert Frank | 'Paris' (Window Cleaner) | Sotheby's, Feb 2023 | ||
| Robert Frank | Barber Shop Through the Screen Door, McClellanville, S.C. | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2025 | ||
| Robert Frank | Cafeteria - San Francisco | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Robert Frank | 'Beaufort S. C.' (Couple Seated on the Hood of a Car) | Sotheby's, Feb 2023 | ||
| Robert Frank | 'Elizabethville N.C.' (Courthouse square—Elizabethville, Nor | Sotheby's, Feb 2023 | ||
| Robert Frank | White Tower | Phillips, Oct 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.