© Phillips — view on Phillips website ↗Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly
Etching · Linen
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Flag Day
William Gordon Shields (American, 1883–1947) · 1917
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £3,778 – £5,289) (≈ €4,254 – €5,956)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (32.4 x 24.1 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation (NY040317)
- Date
- October 3, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 67
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £3,778 – £5,289) (≈ €4,254 – €5,956)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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