W. Eugene Smith
American · 1918–1978 · Photographer
William Eugene Smith was an American photojournalist. He has been described as "perhaps the single most important American photographer in the development of the editorial… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Thelonious Monk Rehearsing in the LoftPhillips · $30,000≈ £24,118≈ €28,166Sign up to see
Walk to Paradise GardenPhillips · $23,750≈ £18,290≈ €20,649Sign up to see
Tomoko Uemura Being Bathed by her Mother, MinamataPhillips · $21,250≈ £16,347≈ €18,085Sign up to see
W. Eugene Smith’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
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| Photography | 78 | 57 | 73% | $5.6kSign up | $3kSign up | $30kSign up |
| Photograph | 78 | 57 | 73% | $5.6kSign up | $3kSign up | $30kSign up |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
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