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- Estimate
- $12,000–$18,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 17 October 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5246348
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Carrie Mae Weems, The Shape of Things (female) (from Africa). Sotheby's, 17 Oct 2024, lot 76. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5246348.
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Carrie Mae Weems, The Shape of Things (female) (from Africa). Sotheby's, 17 Oct 2024, lot 76. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5246348.
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| Interior, Cape Cod | Walker Evans | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Sonya, Poles, Montauk, New York | Michael Dweck | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Maybelle | Robert Mapplethorpe | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Santa Monica, California, September 30, 1963 | Richard Avedon | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| 'Model T Headquarters,' Highland Park, Detroit | Andrew Moore | $10,000–$15,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrie Mae Weems | Magenta Colored Girl | $15,240 | Phillips, Oct 2024 | |
| Carrie Mae Weems | Woman in White | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Carrie Mae Weems | The Broken, See Duchamp | Phillips, Jun 2021 | ||
| Carrie Mae Weems | Untitled (from Africa Series), 1993 | Christie's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Carrie Mae Weems | Made for Him, Made for Her | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Carrie Mae Weems | Untitled from the Louisiana Project series, 2003 | Christie's, Apr 2019 | ||
| Carrie Mae Weems | #3156 from American Icons | Phillips, Apr 2019 | ||
| Carrie Mae Weems | Moody Blue Girl | Sotheby's, Oct 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.