This week’s featured sale is the Heritage Auctions Photographs Signature Auction in New York on October 4.
With iconic images spanning over a century of history, here are 10 lots we’d love to own…
Frank Sinatra, Monte Carlo, 1958
Estimate: $1,500 – $2,500.
Frank Sinatra, Monte Carlo, 1958 by Herman Leonard (American, 1923-2010)
Gelatin silver, printed later.
Les Géants du Nord, 1951
Estimate: $2,000 – $3,000.
Les Géants du Nord, 1951 by Robert Doisneau (French, 1912-1994)
Gelatin silver, 1979.
Gibbons at Play, Tianzi Mountain, 1986
Estimate: $2,000 – $3,000.
Gibbons at Play, Tianzi Mountain, 1986 by Don Hong-Oai (Chinese, 1929-2004)
Toned gelatin silver.
Between Heaven and Earth, New York, 1950
Estimate: $2,000 – $3,000.
Between Heaven and Earth, New York, 1950 BY Bedrich Grunzweig (American, 1910-2009)
Gelatin silver, printed later.
Muhammad Ali throwing a right hook to Ken Norton, New York, 1976
Estimate: $2,000 – $3,000
Muhammad Ali throwing a right hook to Ken Norton during the WBC/ WBA World Heavyweight Title fight at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York, 1976 by Neil Leifer (American, b. 1942)
California Kiss, Santa Monica, 1955
Estimate: $4,000 – $6,000.
California Kiss, Santa Monica, 1955 by Elliott Erwitt (American, b. 1928)
Gelatin silver, printed later.
Marilyn Monroe, New York City, 1956
Estimate: $6,000 – $8,000.
Marilyn Monroe, New York City, 1956 by Elliott Erwitt (American, b. 1928)
Gelatin silver, printed later.
Campoamor, Vista Oeste, Havana, Cuba, 1999
Estimate: $6,000 – $8,000.
Campoamor, Vista Oeste, Havana, Cuba, 1999 by Andrew Moore (American, b. 1957)
Oversized dye coupler, 2000.
Raising the Flag on Mt. Surbachi, Iwo Jima, 1945
Estimate: $15,000 – $25,000.
Raising the Flag on Mt. Surbachi, Iwo Jima, 1945 by Joe Rosenthal (American, 1911-2006)
Gelatin silver. Signed by photographer, John Bradley (1923-1994), Rene Gagnon (1925-1979), and Ira Hayes (1923-1955.
This photograph was originally owned by Felix de Weldon, the sculptor who used it as his basis for the statue for the Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) in Arlington, Virginia.
Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris, 1963
Estimate: $15,000 – $25,000.
Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris, 1963 by Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, 1898-1995)
Gelatin silver, 1990. Signed and editioned ’50/250′ in ink lower margin recto.
