Collect: Photographs

Updated September 9, 2026

What's in this auction

51 lots. 51 lots have photos. Pre-sale estimates $300–$35,000 across 51 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog, closing September 22, 2026.

Highest-estimated lots

• Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009) Nude 58, 1950; printed 1968 — est. $25,000–$35,000
• Robert Frank (American/Swiss, 1924-2019) Beaufort, South Carolina (from The Americans), 1955; printed later — est. $20,000–$30,000
• Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009) Augustus John, 1960; printed 1976 — est. $10,000–$15,000
• Irving Penn (American, 1917–2009) Two Men with Grass Hair, New Guinea, 1970; printed 1983 — est. $10,000–$15,000
• Helmut Newton (Australian/German, 1920–2004) Nude on Seaweed, Saint Tropez, 1981 — est. $8,000–$12,000

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In this auction (51 lots)

• Lot 1 — Robert Capa (Hungarian, 1913–1954) Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, 1948
• Lot 2 — Arnold Newman (American, 1918–2006) Picasso, 1954; printed ca. 1970s
• Lot 3 — Alfred Eisenstaedt (American/German, 1898–1995) Marilyn Monroe, 1951; printed 1991
• Lot 4 — Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009) Cecil Beaton, 1958; printed 1972
• Lot 5 — Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009) Augustus John, 1960; printed 1976
• Lot 6 — Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009) Nude 58, 1950; printed 1968
• Lot 7 — Irving Penn (American, 1917–2009) Two Men with Grass Hair, New Guinea, 1970; printed 1983
• Lot 8 — Helmut Newton (Australian/German, 1920–2004) Nude on Seaweed, Saint Tropez, 1981
• Lot 9 — David Seidner (American, 1957–1999) Francine Howell, Azzedine Alaia, 1986
• Lot 10 — Shelia Metzner (American, b. 1939) Me'Shell N'degeocello, 1997
• Lot 11 — Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908–2004) La Plaine de la Brie,, France, 1968; printed later
• Lot 12 — László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1845-1946) Ascona, 1929; printed later
• Lot 13 — László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1845-1946) Europe, 1926-1934; printed later
• Lot 14 — László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1845-1946) Europe, 1927-1929; printed later
• Lot 15 — László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1845-1946) Europe, 1930-1936; printed later
• Lot 16 — László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1845-1946) Norway, 1931; printed later
• Lot 17 — László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1845-1946) Marseille, 1929-1932; printed later
• Lot 18 — László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1845-1946) Europe, 1925; printed later
• Lot 19 — László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1845-1946) Sellin, Rügen, 1929; printed later
• Lot 20 — László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1845-1946) Toulon, 1929-1931; printed later
• Lot 21 — László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1845-1946) Amsterdam, 1934; printed later
• Lot 22 — Yuichi Idaka (American, 1914-2012) Queen Anne's Lace
• Lot 23 — Yuichi Idaka (American, 1914-2012) Untitled, 1942-1945
• Lot 24 — Yuichi Idaka (American, 1914-2012) Untitled, 1942-1945
• Lot 25 — Yuichi Idaka (American, 1914-2012) Untitled, 1942-1945
• Lot 26 — Yuichi Idaka (American, 1914-2012) Untitled, 1942-1945
• Lot 27 — Yuichi Idaka (American, 1914-2012) Untitled, 1946-1948
• Lot 28 — Yuichi Idaka (American, 1914-2012) Untitled, 1946
• Lot 29 — Art Sinsabaugh (American, 1924-1983) Water and Untitled (two works)
• Lot 30 — Art Sinsabaugh (American, 1924-1983) Two Works
• Lot 31 — Art Sinsabaugh (American, 1924-1983) Three Works
• Lot 32 — Art Sinsabaugh (American, 1924-1983) Wrigley Building, Chicago, ca. 1946-1947
• Lot 33 — Hedrich-Blessing Studio A group of five photographs of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Minerals and Metals Research Building at the Illinois Institute of Technology,
• Lot 34 — Howard Dearstyne (American, 1903-1979) A pair of photographs of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive
• Lot 35 — Ezra Stoller (American, 1915-2004) A group of four early photographs of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building, New York, ca. 1958
• Lot 36 — Ishimoto Yasuhiro (Japanese, 1921–2012) A group of four images from Chicago, 1950-61; printed late 1970s
• Lot 37 — Ishimoto Yasuhiro (Japanese, 1921–2012) A group of five works from Chicago, 1959-61; printed later
• Lot 38 — Nathan Lerner (American, 1913–1997) Eye and Finger, 1940 (from Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978); printed 1983
• Lot 39 — Nathan Lerner (American, 1913–1997) Light Volume, 1937 (from Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978); printed 1983
• Lot 40 — Joseph Jachna (American, 1935–2016) Foam and Rocks, Slough Gundy, South Fork, Flambeau River,1967
• Lot 41 — Andrea Modica (American, b. 1960) Cedar Key, Florida and Yankeetown, Florida (two works from Florida), 2000
• Lot 42 — Arthur Siegel (American, 1913–1979) Photogram
• Lot 43 — Erwin Blumenfeld (American/German, 1897–1969) Solarized figure, 1953
• Lot 44 — Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925–1972) Untitled, ca. 1960s
• Lot 45 — Paul Caponigro (American, 1932-2024) Scots Thistle, Rochester, NY, 1958
• Lot 46 — James Welling (American, b. 1951) Aperture Portfolio (complete portfolio of seven), 2013
• Lot 47 — Ernst Haas (American/Austrian, 1921–1986) The Creation (complete portfolio of ten with text pages and portfolio case), 1982
• Lot 48 — Sebastião Salgado (Brazilian, b. 1944) The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Alaska, 2009
• Lot 55 — Robert Frank (American/Swiss, 1924-2019) Beaufort, South Carolina (from The Americans), 1955; printed later
• Lot 80 — Slim Aarons (American, 1916–2006) Poolside Pairs
• Lot 82 — David Levinthal (American, born 1949) Selected images from Wild West, 1986

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