• Auction 3453

    Timeless: National Geographic as Celebrated by TASCHEN Books

    19 November 2013 - 3 December 2013, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 119,933 (USD)
76 Lots for Sale 3453
Lot 1
ASAHEL CURTIS
Mount Rainier National Park, 1920
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 2
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
The Matterhorn, 1912
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$1,187
Lot 3
WILLARD PRICE
Mount Fuji, Lake Shoji, 1921
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 5
MARIA STENZEL
Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, 2008
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$1,875
Lot 6
FRANS LANTING
Wilson Harbor, Falkland Islands, 1989
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,250
Lot 7
HERBERT G. PONTING
Terra Nova, c. 1911
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.)
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$1,500
Lot 8
ANTHONY FIALA
Ziegler Polar Expedition, c.1903
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$750
Lot 11
OTIS IMBODEN
Cape Kennedy, Florida, 1964
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 13
W. ROBERT MOORE
Mombasa, Kenya, 1950
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$750
Lot 16
L. GAUTHIER
South Sea Islands, 1918
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$500
Lot 17
JULES GERVAIS COURTELLEMONT
Lagartera Spain, 1914
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$1,250
Lot 18
JULES GERVAIS COURTELLEMONT
Artists on the Bank of the Dordogne River, Near Beaulieu, 1925
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,000
Lot 20
STEVE MCCURRY
Men working on a steam train, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1983
chromogenic print on a polyester base, printed 2013

sheet size: 20 x 16 in. (50.80 x 40.64 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$9,375
Lot 23
DAVID ALAN HARVEY
Mexico, 1996
Pigment inkjet print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$1,875
Lot 24
JAMES L. AMOS
Amstel River, Amsterdam, 1974
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$875
Lot 25
ALISON WRIGHT
Taktsang Monastery, Paro Valley, Bhutan, 2008
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,375
Lot 29
CARL E. AKELEY
Athi Plains, Kenya, 1909
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$2,125
Lot 30
BEVERLY JOUBERT
Lion Hunting Buffalo, Botswana, 2005
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 20 x 24 in. (50.80 x 60.96 cm.)
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$1,875
Lot 31
STEVE MCCURRY
Camels on The Ahmadi Oil Fields, Kuwait, 1991
chromogenic print on a polyester base, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 33
PASCAL MAITRE
Migrants Return from Libya, Niger, 2008
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$875
Lot 34
JAMES L. STANFIELD
Big Bend National Park, 1968
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$1,062
Lot 35
KOLB BROTHERS
Hopi Point, Grand Canyon National Park, 1920
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 37
H. B. BURDEKIN
Victoria Embankment, London, c.1935
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$500
Lot 40
JAMES L. STANFIELD
Sala Regia, Vatican City, 1985
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$812
Lot 43
THOMAS NEBBIA
Paris, 1960
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 20 x 16 in. (50.80 x 40.64 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,000
Lot 46
JAMES A. SUGAR
Old Quarter, Ibiza, 1976
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 20 x 16 in. (50.80 x 40.64 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$750
Lot 47
TOMASZ TOMASZWESKI
San Cristobal Church, Chiapas, Mexico, 1996
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 49
GEORGE F. MOBLEY
Brasilia, Brazil, 1967
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 20 x 16 in. (50.80 x 40.64 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 50
DICK DURRANCE II
Leningrad, 1971
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 20 x 16 in. (50.80 x 40.64 cm.)
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$1,625
Lot 51
DICK DURRANCE II
Nevsky Prospekt Street, St. Petersburg, 1971
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 20 x 16 in. (50.80 x 40.64 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$500
Lot 53
A. BUYSSENS
Embroiderers, Appenzell, Switzerland, 1931
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 55
FRANS LANTING
Octopus Trees, Madagascar, 1985
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,000
Lot 56
CHRIS JOHNS
Ndumu Game Reserve, South Africa, 2001
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$875
Lot 57
EDWIN L. WISHERD
Children on a Giant Oak Tree, Louisiana, c.1929
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 58
HERBERT CLARENCE WHITE AND DENG BAOLING
Yen Tang Shan, China, c. 1937
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 18 x 14 in. (45.72 x 35.56 cm.)
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$875
Lot 63
JIM RICHARDSON
Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 2008
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 20 x 24 in. (50.80 x 60.96 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$3,250
Lot 66
MICHAEL MELFORD
Imnhaha River, Oregon, 2010
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$875
Lot 68
DAVID DOUBILET
Okavango River, Botswana, 2004
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,125
Lot 69
DAVID DOUBILET
Lord Howe Island, Australia, 2004
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,250
Lot 70
BILL CURTSINGER
McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, 1986
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 20 x 16 in. (50.80 x 40.64 cm.)
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$1,125
Lot 71
ANNIE GRIFFITHS
Bottlenose Dolphins, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand, 2000
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,000
Lot 72
CESARE NALDI
Andaman Sea, India, 2008
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheets size: 20 x 24 in. (50.80 x 60.96 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$2,500
Lot 75
STEVE MCCURRY
Fisherman at Weligama, South Coast, Sri Lanka, 1995
chromogenic print on a polyesterbase, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,625
Lot 76
B. ANTHONY STEWART
Women Greeting a Pan Am Flight, Texas, 1939
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$750
Lot 78
JAMES A. SUGAR
A Procession, Inisheer Island, Ireland, 1968
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$1,375
Lot 79
R.W.MAGEE
The Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., 1920
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 80
HANS HILDENBRAND
Genoa, Italy, 1928
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,000
Lot 81
LUIS MARDEN
Holy Week in Sevilla, Spain, 1951
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 12 x 12 in. (30.48 x 30.48 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 83
HARRIET CHALMERS ADAMS
The Bullfight, Spain, 1924
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 84
WESTERN WAYS
Vaughn, New Mexico, 1952
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$500
Lot 85
JACOB J. GAYER
A Circus Billboard, 1931
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$1,125
Lot 89
KIP ROSS
Patagonia, Chile, 1960
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$750
Lot 92
THOMAS NEBBIA
TWA Flight Center, John F. Kennedy International Airport, 1964
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$1,062
Lot 93
HOWELL WALKER
Flushing Meadow Park, 1951
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$1,187
Lot 96
DAVID BOYER
Piccadilly Circus, 1953
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$875
Lot 97
THOMAS NEBBIA
Pan Am Building, Park Avenue, 1964
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

Sheet size: 20 x 16in. (50.80 x 40.64cm.)
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$3,000
Lot 98
BRUCE DALE
Hong Kong, 1977
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

Sheet size: 20 x 16in. (50.80 x 40.64cm.)
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$1,125
Lot 99
BRUCE DALE
Nathan Road, Kowloon, 1971
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

Sheet size: 20 x 16in. (50.80 x 40.64cm.)
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$1,062
Lot 100
THOMAS J. ABERCROMBIE
Casablanca, Morocco, 1971
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

Sheet size: 20 x 16in. (50.80 x 40.64cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$750
Lot 104
BRUCE DALE
Venus de Milo, Paris, 2008
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$750
Lot 105
STEVE MCCURRY
Mother and Child at Car Window, Mumbai, 1993
chromogenic print on a polyester base, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 107
GEORGE F. MOBLEY
Karamojong Herdsmen, Uganda, 1971
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 20 x 16 in. (50.80 x 40.64 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$687
Lot 109
HORST LUZ
Nuba Woman, Sudan, 1966
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$875
Lot 110
CHRIS JOHNS
Gemsbok-Kalahari National Park, South Africa, 1996
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$812
Lot 111
MALCOLM KIRK
Asaro River Valley, Papua New Guinea, c. 1968
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 25.56 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 112
STEVE WINTER
Jaguars, Cancun, 2001
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,250
Lot 113
GILBERT M. GROSVENOR
A Mahout and Elephant, Ceylon, 1965
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$750
Lot 114
TIM LAMAN
Japanese Macaques, Honshu Island, Japan, 2003
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,000
Lot 115
JORGEN BISCH
Padaung Woman, Eastern Burma, 1978
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 20 x 16 in. (50.80 x 40.64 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$625
Lot 116
Frans Lanting
Skua, Falkland Islands, 1988
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,250
Lot 121
MICHAEL NICHOLS
Zakouma National Park, Chad, 2007
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,375
Lot 122
GEORGE SHIRAS
Deer Leap in Earliest Nighttime Flash Photography, 1906
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$750
Lot 123
BELINDA WRIGHT
Indian Tiger, Kahna National Park, India, 1983
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$1,062
Lot 124
JOEL SARTORE
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, 2010
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 20 x 24 in. (50.80 x 60.96 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,250
Lot 125
GREG LUDWIG
Praying in the Snow, Svyato-Kazansky, Murom, Russia, 2009
Digital chromogenic print, printed 2013

sheet size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.80 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,250
Lot 126
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. AROUND THE WORLD IN 125 YEARS

estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$16,250
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