Lot 26 · Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Evening Sale
The Brown Sisters
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- Estimate
- $250,000–$350,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Evening Sale, New York · 1 May 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5122322
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters. Sotheby's, 1 May 2023, lot 26. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5122322.
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Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters. Sotheby's, 1 May 2023, lot 26. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5122322.
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From the same sale Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Evening Sale · May 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selected Images from Eden, Colorado | Robert Adams | $150,000–$250,000 | |
| 'Cape Cod - The Day The Daily News Came Out' | Robert Frank | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| U. S. 90, En Route to Del Rio, Texas | Robert Frank | $100,000–$150,000 | |
| 'Woman in a Burlap Sack, New York' | Irving Penn | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Storyville Portraits | E.j. Bellocq | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| The Music Lesson | Hiroshi Sugimoto | $300,000–$500,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Nixon | The Brown Sisters | $370,000 | Sotheby's, Apr 2015 | |
| Hiroshi Sugimoto | North Pacific Ocean, Ohkurosaki | Christie's, May 2024 | ||
| Ansel Adams | The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, W | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Ansel Adams | Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine California | Phillips, Jul 2020 | ||
| Ansel Adams | Leaves, Mills College | Phillips, Apr 2023 | ||
| Lee Friedlander | The Little Screens | Rago, Dec 2025 | ||
| Ansel Adams | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico | Sotheby's, Feb 2022 | ||
| Ansel Adams | Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California | Sotheby's, Dec 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.