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List of Most Expensive Photographs
Steichen's The Pond-Moonlight
Billy the Kid
Tobolsk Kremlin by Dmitry Medvedev

This is a list of the 26 highest prices paid for photographs (in US dollars unless otherwise stated). All prices include the buyer's premium, which is the auction house fee for handling the work.

List

Rank Artist Work Price Date Seller/Auction
1 Andreas Gursky Rhein II (1999) $4,338,500 November 8, 2011 Christie's New York[1]
2 Richard Prince Spiritual America (1981) $3,973,000 May 12, 2014 Christie's New York[2]
3 Cindy Sherman Untitled #96 (1981) $3,890,500 May 2011 Christie's New York[3]
4 Gilbert & George To Her Majesty (1973) $3,765,276 June 30, 2008 Christie's London[4]
5 Jeff Wall Dead Troops Talk (A vision after an ambush of a Red Army patrol, near Moqor, Afghanistan, winter 1986) (1992) $3,666,500 May 8, 2012 Christie's New York[5]
6 Andreas Gursky 99 Cent II Diptychon (2001) $3,346,456 February 2007 Sotheby's London auction[6]
7 Andreas Gursky Chicago Board of Trade III (1999-2009) $3,298,755 June 26, 2013 Sotheby's London[7]
8 Richard Prince Untitled (Cowboy) (2000) $3,077,000 May 14, 2014 Sotheby's New York[8]
9 Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #48 (1979) $2,965,000 May 13, 2015 Christie's New York[9][10]
10 Edward Steichen The Pond--Moonlight (1904) $2,928,000 February 2006 Sotheby's New York auction[11][12]
11 Andreas Gursky Los Angeles (1998) $2,900,000 February 27, 2008 Sotheby's London[13]
12 Cindy Sherman Untitled #96 (1981) $2,882,500 May 8, 2012 Christie's New York[14]
13 Cindy Sherman Untitled #153 (1985) $2,770,500 November 8, 2010 Phillips de Pury & Co. New York[15]
14 Andreas Gursky Chicago Board of Trade (1997) $2,507,755 June 23, 2013 Sotheby's London[16]
15 Andreas Gursky Paris, Montparnasse (1992) $2,416,475 October 17, 2013 Sotheby's London[17]
16 unknown Billy the Kid (1879-80) tintype portrait $2,300,000 June 2011 Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction[18]
17 Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #48 (1979) $2,225,000 November 11, 2014 Sotheby's New York[19]
18 Cindy Sherman Untitled #92 (1981) $2,045,000 November 12, 2013 Christie's New York[20]
19 Andreas Gursky Rhein (1996) $1,925,000 May 16, 2013 Phillips[21]
20 Helmut Newton Sie Kommen, French Vogue, Paris (Dressed and Naked diptych) (1981) $1,820,000 April 4, 2019 Phillips New York[22]
21 Thomas Struth Pantheon, Rome (1990-1992) $1,810,000 May 15, 2016 Sotheby's New York[23]
22 Gilbert & George Red Morning (Hate) (1977) $1,805,000 November 12, 2013 Christie's London[24]
23 Dmitry Medvedev Tobolsk Kremlin (2009) $1,750,000 January 2010 Christmas Yarmarka, Saint Petersburg[25][26]
24 Andreas Gursky Shanghai (2000) $1,632,230 July 1, 2015 Sotheby's London[27]
25 Edward Weston Nude, 1925 (1925) $1,609,000 April 7, 2008 Sotheby's New York auction[28]
26 Cindy Sherman Untitled #48 (1979) $1,565,000 April 1, 2008 Christie's New York[29]

Disputed claims

  1. In December 2014, Peter Lik reportedly sold a photograph titled Phantom to an anonymous bidder for $6.5 million, making it potentially the highest price paid for a photograph.[30][31][32] Lik's claim has been greeted with much scepticism. Claims of the sale have never been proven, and the buyer has not come forward,[33] though a lawyer claiming to represent the buyer claims that the deal was real.[34]
  2. In 2015 Kevin Abosch reportedly sold a photograph called Potato #345 (2010) to an anonymous bidder for $1 million.[35][36]

See also

References

  1. ^ The Most Expensive Photo in the World. theatlanticwire.com (2011-11-09). Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
  2. ^ "Christie's New York: Richard Prince, Spiritual America". Retrieved 2016.
  3. ^ "Christie's London: Gilbert & George, To Her Majesty". Retrieved 2016.
  4. ^ [1]. theglobeandmail.com (2012-05-08). Retrieved on 2012-05-09.
  5. ^ The First $3M Photograph. Web.archive.org (2007-03-18). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  6. ^ "Sotheby's London: Andreas Gursky, Chicago Board of Trade III". Retrieved 2020.
  7. ^ "Sotheby's New York: Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy)". Retrieved 2016.
  8. ^ "Christie's New York: Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #48". Retrieved 2016.
  9. ^ "The Most Expensive Photos Sold at Auctions: Part I". 13 August 2018 – via oldlouis.com.
  10. ^ Photograph sale breaks world record. Web.archive.org (2009-02-26). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  11. ^ "The Most Expensive Photos Sold at Auctions: Part II". 18 August 2018 – via oldlouis.com.
  12. ^ "Sotheby's London: Andreas Gursky, Los Angeles". Retrieved 2020.
  13. ^ "Christie's New York: Cindy Sherman, Untitled #96". Retrieved 2016.
  14. ^ "Phillips: Cindy Sherman, Untitled #153". Retrieved 2016.
  15. ^ "Sotheby's London: Andreas Gursky, Chicago Board of Trade". Retrieved 2016.
  16. ^ "Sotheby's London: Andreas Gursky, Paris, Montparnasse". Retrieved 2016.
  17. ^ Pescovitz, David. "Billy The Kid photo sells for $2.3 million". Boing Boing (Happy Mutants LLC). Retrieved .
  18. ^ "Sotheby's New York: Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #48". Retrieved 2016.
  19. ^ "Christie's New York: Cindy Sherman, Untitled #92". Retrieved 2016.
  20. ^ "Phillips: Andreas Gursky, Rhein". Retrieved 2016.
  21. ^ "Phillips New York: Helmut Newton, Sie Kommen diptych". Retrieved 2020.
  22. ^ "Sotheby's London: Thomas Struth, Pantheon, Rome". Retrieved 2016.
  23. ^ "Christie's London: Gilbert & George, Red Morning (Hate)". Retrieved 2016.
  24. ^ -10 ? ? ?. Kommersant.ru (2010-01-18). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  25. ^ ? ? ? ? ?. Lenta.ru. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  26. ^ "Sotheby's London: Andreas Gursky, Shanghai". Retrieved 2016.
  27. ^ Edward Weston's Nude Sells For $1.6 Million at Sotheby's Setting a New Record For The Artist. Artdaily.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  28. ^ "Christie's New York: Cindy Sherman, Untitled #48". Retrieved 2016.
  29. ^ "Peter Lik: Who is the record-breaking photographer behind the $7.8m Phantom?". ABC News. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 2014.
  30. ^ "This is Officially the Most Expensive Photo Ever". Time Magazine. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 2015.
  31. ^ Sender, Hanna (10 December 2014). "Peter Lik Sells Most Expensive Photo of All Time; Similar Images Available Online for Free". International Business Times. Retrieved 2014.
  32. ^ Taylor, Andrew (12 December 2014), "Buyer beware: Treat Peter Lik photo sale with scepticism", Canberra Times
  33. ^ "Why the New York Times took Australian millionaire photographer Peter Lik to task". Financial Review. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 2016.
  34. ^ Zhang, Michael. "This Photo of a Potato Sold for Over $1,000,000". PetaPixel. Retrieved 2016.
  35. ^ Newenham, Pamela. "Irish photographer says he sold picture of potato for EUR1m". irishtimes.com. The Irish Times.

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