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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern Discoveries, New York · 16 December 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5088018
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Harold Edgerton, Cutting the Card Quickly. Sotheby's, 16 Dec 2022, lot 673. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5088018.
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Harold Edgerton, Cutting the Card Quickly. Sotheby's, 16 Dec 2022, lot 673. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5088018.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Laborer's Departure | Max Weber | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Nu assis, le bras derrière la tête | Henri Matisse | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Winter Street | Johann Berthelsen | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| XXe Siècle, No. 34 | Marc Chagall | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Concetto Spaziale | Lucio Fontana | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Daily News Building | Berenice Abbott | $3,000–$5,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Edgerton | harold edgerton | selected images | $5,625 | Sotheby's, Apr 2020 | |
| Harold Edgerton | Coronet. 1935 | Grisebach, Dec 2021 | ||
| Harold Edgerton | Bullet piercing an apple, 1964 | Christie's, Nov 2013 | ||
| Harold Edgerton | Fanning the cards, 1940 | Christie's, Nov 2013 | ||
| Harold Edgerton | Three Photographs including: Bobby Jones Golf Swing | Bonhams, Jan 2024 | ||
| Harold Edgerton | Bullet through Banana | Wright, Jul 2019 | ||
| Harold Edgerton | Atomic Bomb Explosion | Bonhams, Sep 2024 | ||
| Harold Edgerton | Seeing the Unseen | Bonhams, Sep 2023 |
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.