Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Macy's Corner, circa 1930
Photograph · ed. 60/60
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026$2,838 ≈ £2,111 ≈ €2,423Sign up free to see price
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Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan
Berenice Abbott (American, 1898–1991) · 1936
$10,795 price realized incl. premium
≈ £8,250≈ €9,852
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, printed later”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in pencil on the mount
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 14 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. (37.1 x 47 cm) Overall 31 x 33 3/4 in. (78.7 x 85.7 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation Part II (NY040324)
- Date
- October 9, 2024
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 85
- Estimate
- $7,000 – $9,000 (≈ £5,350 – £6,878) (≈ €6,389 – €8,214)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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