Photo © OstLicht Photo Auction — view this lot on OstLicht Photo Auction ↗Mexico, 1980
Photograph · Paper
OstLicht Photo Auction · May 28, 2026€2,600 ≈ $3,020 ≈ £2,253Sign up free to see price
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ANTARCTICA
Sebastião Salgado (Brazilian, 1944–2025)
€6,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $9,041≈ £5,429
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 53,9 x 75 cm
- Auction house
- Lempertz
- Sale
- Auction 949 Photography (949-1)
- Date
- December 5, 2009
- Lot
- 259
- Estimate
- €5,000 – €6,000 (≈ $7,534 – $9,041) (≈ £4,524 – £5,429)
- Source
- Auction house lempertz.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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