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Ansel Adams sale achieves $4.6 million, 41 new records at Sotheby's New York
Sotheby’s announced extraordinary results for Ansel Adams: A Legacy | Photographs from the Meredith Collection, held Wednesday in a live auction in New York. The sale achieved a 100% sell-through rate, generating a total of $4,567,680—far exceeding the pre-sale estimate between $1,775,000 to $2,801,000. Amid intense bidding, the auction set an unprecedented 41 new records, accounting for nearly half of the total lots, further cementing Sotheby’s position as the global leader for Ansel Adams works.
The collection’s success was marked by:
• 41 outright records for individual photographs, securing the highest price ever achieved for these iconic images
• 15 additional records broken for 1970s prints in Adams’ standard size formats, demonstrating the continued demand for Adams’ varied works across his career
• 77% lots sold above their pre-sale high estimates
• Strong international participation from bidders in 17 countries
This landmark auction featured a comprehensive selection of Ansel Adams’ most significant images, from his sweeping views of Yosemite Valley to his abstract studies of the Pacific Coast. Among the highlights were:
• Aspens, Northern New Mexico (Vertical) achieved a remarkable $720,000, more than double its high estimate, setting a record for the highest price ever attained for this image.
• The highly-coveted Surf Sequence, achieved $576,000, far exceeding its $300,000 high estimate, and setting a record for the series of five images. The selling price for this incredibly rare full set of five photographs shattered Sotheby’s existing record from 2006.
• Rose and Driftwood, San Francisco, California, which achieved $132,000, more than double its high estimate, setting a record for the highest price ever achieved for this image and breaking Sotheby’s own record for a print of this image from 2007.
• The Snake River & the Tetons, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming achieved nearly triple its high estimate, soaring to $96,000 and setting a record for the image at more than six times Sotheby’s existing record from 2010.
Aspens, Northen New Mexico
Ansel Adams sale achieves $4.6 million, 41 new records at Sotheby's New York
Sotheby’s announced extraordinary results for Ansel Adams: A Legacy | Photographs from the Meredith Collection, held Wednesday in a live auction in New York. The sale achieved a 100% sell-through rate, generating a total of $4,567,680—far exceeding the pre-sale estimate between $1,775,000 to $2,801,000. Amid intense bidding, the auction set an unprecedented 41 new records, accounting for nearly half of the total lots, further cementing Sotheby’s position as the global leader for Ansel Adams works.
The collection’s success was marked by:
• 41 outright records for individual photographs, securing the highest price ever achieved for these iconic images
• 15 additional records broken for 1970s prints in Adams’ standard size formats, demonstrating the continued demand for Adams’ varied works across his career
• 77% lots sold above their pre-sale high estimates
• Strong international participation from bidders in 17 countries
This landmark auction featured a comprehensive selection of Ansel Adams’ most significant images, from his sweeping views of Yosemite Valley to his abstract studies of the Pacific Coast. Among the highlights were:
• Aspens, Northern New Mexico (Vertical) achieved a remarkable $720,000, more than double its high estimate, setting a record for the highest price ever attained for this image.
• The highly-coveted Surf Sequence, achieved $576,000, far exceeding its $300,000 high estimate, and setting a record for the series of five images. The selling price for this incredibly rare full set of five photographs shattered Sotheby’s existing record from 2006.
• Rose and Driftwood, San Francisco, California, which achieved $132,000, more than double its high estimate, setting a record for the highest price ever achieved for this image and breaking Sotheby’s own record for a print of this image from 2007.
• The Snake River & the Tetons, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming achieved nearly triple its high estimate, soaring to $96,000 and setting a record for the image at more than six times Sotheby’s existing record from 2010.
Ansel Adams sale achieves $4.6 million, 41 new records at Sotheby's New York
Sothebys announced extraordinary results for Ansel Adams: A Legacy | Photographs from the Meredith Collection, held Wednesday in a live auction
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Aspens, Northen New Mexico
