Lot 22 · Photographs
And then they thought they had him; But he got down on t'other side
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- Estimate
- £300–£500 hammer ≈ $483–$805
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs , New York · 17 December 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6219932
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Leonard Leslie Brooke, And then they thought they had him; But he got down on t'other side. Christie's, 17 Dec 1999, lot 22. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6219932.
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Leonard Leslie Brooke, And then they thought they had him; But he got down on t'other side. Christie's, 17 Dec 1999, lot 22. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6219932.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsburg Bridge, NYC; and Factory #3, NY | SCOTT IRVINE | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| GYLLIUS, Petrus. De Constaninopoleos topographia lib. IV , Leiden: El… | GYLLIUS, Petrus. De Constaninopoleos topographia lib. IV , Leiden: Elzevir, 1632. 24, engraved title (slight marginal browning), later vellum, later annotations to fly-leaf and ownership inscription dated 1955. FIRST EDITION. Willems 367. | £400–£600 | |
| Autumn Moon, the High Sierra from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Pa… | Ansel Adams | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| The Mexican Portfolio (1932-33) | Paul Strand | $2,500–$3,500 | |
| Embrace | Eikoh Hosoe | $1,500–$2,000 | |
| Standing female nude | Maurice Greiffenhagen | £800–£1,200 |
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