Lot 345 · Photographs
Open-end Crescent Wrench; and Bill Hook Tool from "Beauties of the Common Tool" for Fortune
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- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs , New York · 15 September 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6282317
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Walker Evans, Open-end Crescent Wrench; and Bill Hook Tool from "Beauties of the Common Tool" for Fortune. Christie's, 15 Sep 1999, lot 345. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6282317.
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Walker Evans, Open-end Crescent Wrench; and Bill Hook Tool from "Beauties of the Common Tool" for Fortune. Christie's, 15 Sep 1999, lot 345. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6282317.
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From the same sale Photographs · Sep 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Lindbergh seaplane on the East River, New York) | HAROLD COSTAIN | $3,000–$4,000 | |
| Alpgottesdienst | STEFAN JASIENSKI | $800–$1,200 | |
| Untitled (nude) | JOHN RAWLINGS | $1,500–$2,000 | |
| The Blue Lagoon, Iceland | VIRGINIA BEAHAN AND LAURA MACPHEE | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| Polish Farmer, World's Fair, New York | ESTELLE WOLF | $1,500–$2,000 | |
| Christo: Five Projects | WOLFGANG VOLZ AND CHRISTO | $3,500–$4,500 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Evans | Subway Portrait (two women) | $10,160 | Phillips, Oct 2024 | |
| Walker Evans | Subway Portrait (two men, Hunt's Point Road, City Hall) | Phillips, Apr 2024 | ||
| Walker Evans | Citizen in Downtown Havana | Bonhams, Jul 2025 | ||
| Walker Evans | Lincoln Kirstein Attempting to Cut the Stem of a Funnel | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Walker Evans | Subway Portrait | Phillips, Oct 2024 | ||
| Walker Evans | Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer's Wife, 1936 | Christie's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Walker Evans | Untitled (Mississippi Hitchhiker) | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Walker Evans | Penny Picture Display, Savannah | Bonhams, Apr 2019 |
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