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Van Vechten was one of the most influential cultural impresarios of the early twentieth century in New York; a patron of the Harlem Renaissance, a photographer who captured the era's icons, and a novelist who created some of the Jazz Age's most salacious stories. He was a close confidant of Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein, George Gershwin, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the Knopfs. He frequented Harlem's jazz clubs, and Greenwich Village's underground gay scene. His novels contained thinly veiled portraits of the era's leading bohemians. Van Vechten photographed Gershwin on several occasions. 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Over the last 24 months the median price was $925 including buyer’s premium (middle half $564–$1,111, n=14). The auction record is $7,071 for The Tattooed Countess (2025, Christie's). Source: OpeningBid, an independent auction-results database.","title":"Carl van Vechten value: auction records & prices (updated Nov 2026)"}}