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- Estimate
- $8,000–$12,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 13 April 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5014926
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Edward Burtynsky, Shipbreaking #4, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Sotheby's, 13 Apr 2022, lot 174. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5014926.
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Edward Burtynsky, Shipbreaking #4, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Sotheby's, 13 Apr 2022, lot 174. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5014926.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sailor, Philadelphia | Ray K. Metzker | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| 'Night: 45 East 8th Street' | Peter Hujar | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| Connecting to the Infinite | Steven Arnold | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Family Group, Canton, China | John Thompson | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| 'Tenaya Canyon, Valley of the Yosemite From Union Point' | Eadweard Muybridge | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Selected Images | Willy Ronis | $6,000–$9,000 |
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| Edward Burtynsky | Oil Fields #13, Taft, California | Phillips, May 2021 | ||
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