.jpg?mode=max)
Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.
- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,697–$4,045
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — PHOTOGRAPHS, London (South Kensington) · 11 May 2001
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6270804
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-6270804 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-6270804
Unknown Photographer, Wilbur Wright in flight. Christie's, 11 May 2001, lot 251. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6270804.
Cite this record permanent · resolvable · quotable
Appraisal reports, insurance claims, catalogue entries and footnotes. The identifier never changes, and anyone can resolve it back to this page at https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-6270804.
Unknown Photographer, Wilbur Wright in flight. Christie's, 11 May 2001, lot 251. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6270804.
The citation omits the realized price because this record is not unlocked. Everything else in it is complete and permanent.
From the same sale Photographs · May 2001
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical photographic books | Various Photographers | £200–£300 | |
| David Bailey, London NW1, Urban Landscapes , London: J.M. Dent & Sons… | David Bailey | £25–£200 | |
| Deuxième Exposition d'Art Photographique , Paris: Photo-Club de Paris, 1895 | Various Photographers | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Reference works on 19th century European photography | Various Photographers | £300–£500 | |
| Photographic cuttings, notes and indices from the library of the late… | Various Authors | £500–£700 | |
| La Première Exposition d'Art Photographique Paris 1894 , Paris: Photo… | BOISSONAS, CAMERON, CRAIG-ANNAN, EICKEMEYER AND OTHERS | £800–£1,200 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Photographer | Untitled (Kodak Filmstrip collage) | $3,250 | Heritage Auctions, Jan 2025 | |
| Unknown Photographer | Sean Connery with Aston Martin DB5 During the Filming of 'Go | Sotheby's, Sep 2022 | ||
| Unknown Photographer | Select Employee Identification Badges | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Unknown Photographer | Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe and Harold Sakata, Production Still | Sotheby's, Sep 2022 | ||
| Unknown Photographer | A 1/2-plate Ambrotype of a 0-6-0 Steam Locomotive, 1860s | Heritage Auctions, May 2025 | ||
| Unknown Photographer | Select Employee Photo Identification Badges | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Unknown Photographer | San Francisco Mugshot Album | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Unknown Photographer | Untitled (Woman and Snake) | Heritage Auctions, Jan 2025 |
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.