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Man Ray's
Le Violon d'Ingres , 1924
This is a list of the 30 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
Man Ray
Le Violon d'Ingres (1924)
$12,400,000
May 14, 2022
Christie's New York
[1]
2
Edward Steichen
The Flatiron (1904)
$11,800,000
Nov 10, 2022
Christie's New York
[2]
3
Andreas Gursky
Rhein II (1999)
$4,338,500
November 8, 2011
Christie's New York
[3]
4
Richard Prince
Spiritual America (1981)
$3,973,000
May 12, 2014
Christie's New York
[4]
5
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #96 (1981)
$3,890,500
May 11, 2011
Christie's New York
[5]
6
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #93 (1981)
$3,861,000
May 14, 2014
Sotheby's New York
[6]
7
Justin Aversano
Twin Flames #49 NFT (2021)
$3,781,159
November 23, 2021
Party Bid
[7]
8
Gilbert & George
To Her Majesty (1973)
$3,765,276
June 30, 2008
Christie's London
[8]
9
Richard Prince
Untitled (Cowboy) (1998)
$3,749,000
May 12, 2014
Christie's New York
[9]
10
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
[10]
11
Richard Prince
Untitled (Cowboy) (2000)
$3,525,000
May 10, 2016
Christie's New York
[11]
12
Richard Prince
Untitled (Cowboy) (2001-2002)
$3,401,000
November 14, 2007
Sotheby's New York
[12]
13
Andreas Gursky
99 Cent II Diptychon (2001)
$3,346,456
February 2007
Sotheby's London
[13]
14
Andreas Gursky
Chicago Board of Trade III (1999-2009)
$3,298,755
June 26, 2013
Sotheby's London
[14]
15
Man Ray
Noire et Blanche (1926)
$3,131,533
Nov 8, 2017
Christie's Paris
[15]
16
Richard Prince
Untitled (Cowboy) (2000)
$3,077,000
May 14, 2014
Sotheby's New York
[16]
17
Richard Prince
Untitled (Cowboy) (1997)
$3,030,000
November 9, 2021
Christie's New York
[17]
18
Cindy Sherman
Untitled Film Still #48 (1979)
$2,965,000
May 13, 2015
Christie's New York
[18]
19
Edward Steichen
The Pond—Moonlight (1904)
$2,928,000
February 2006
Sotheby's New York
[19]
[20]
20
Andreas Gursky
Los Angeles (1998)
$2,900,000
February 27, 2008
Sotheby's London
[21]
21
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #96 (1981)
$2,882,500
May 8, 2012
Christie's New York
[22]
22
Richard Prince
Untitled (Cowboy) (2000)
$2,840,000
May 16, 2007
Christie's New York
[23]
23
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #153 (1985)
$2,770,500
November 8, 2010
Phillips de Pury & Co. New York
[24]
24
Andreas Gursky
Chicago Board of Trade (1997)
$2,507,755
June 23, 2013
Sotheby's London
[25]
25
Andreas Gursky
99 Cent II Diptychon (2001)
$2,480,000
November 16, 2006
Phillips de Pury & Co. New York
[26]
26
Andreas Gursky
Paris, Montparnasse (1993)
$2,416,475
October 17, 2013
Sotheby's London
[27]
27
unknown
Billy the Kid (1879–80)
tintype portrait
$2,300,000
June 2011
Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction
[28]
28
Andreas Gursky
99 Cent (1999)
$2,256,000
May 6, 2006
Sotheby's New York
[29]
29
Andreas Gursky
99 Cent II Diptychon (2001)
$2,250,000
May 2006
Sotheby's London
[30]
30
Cindy Sherman
Untitled Film Still #48 (1979)
$2,225,000
November 11, 2014
Sotheby's New York
[31]
Disputed claim
In December 2014,
Peter Lik reportedly sold a photograph titled Phantom to an anonymous bidder for $6.5 million, making it potentially the third highest price paid for a photograph.
[32]
[33]
[34] Lik's claim has been greeted with much scepticism. Claims of the sale have never been proven, and the buyer has not come forward,
[35] though a lawyer claiming to represent the buyer claims that the deal was real.
[36]
See also
References
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Man Ray’s Famed Photograph of Kiki de Montparnasse Sells for Record $12.4 M .
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s art collection smashes record with $1.6 billion auction .
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The Most Expensive Photo in the World . theatlanticwire.com (2011-11-09). Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
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"Christie's New York: Richard Prince, Spiritual America" . Retrieved May 16, 2016 .
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Cindy Sherman Print Sells For $3.9 Million At Auction, The Highest Ever For A Photograph . Popphoto.com (2011-05-12). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
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"Sotheby's New York: Cindy Sherman, Untitled #93" . Retrieved March 27, 2021 .
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"Twin Flames #49. Alyson & Courtney Aliano" . Retrieved December 28, 2021 .
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"Christie's London: Gilbert & George, To Her Majesty" . 21 October 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .
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"Christie's New York: Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy)" . Retrieved March 27, 2021 .
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[1]
Archived 2012-05-14 at the
Wayback Machine . theglobeandmail.com (2012-05-08). Retrieved on 2012-05-09.
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"Christie's New York: Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy)" . Retrieved March 27, 2021 .
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"Sotheby's New York: Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy)" . Retrieved March 27, 2021 .
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The First $3M Photograph . Web.archive.org (2007-03-18). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
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"Sotheby's London: Andreas Gursky, Chicago Board of Trade III" . Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
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"Christie's Paris: Man Ray, Noire et Blanche" . Retrieved January 22, 2021 .
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"Sotheby's New York: Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy)" . Retrieved March 27, 2021 .
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"Christie's New York: Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy)" . Retrieved September 22, 2022 .
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"The Most Expensive Photos Sold at Auctions: Part I" . 13 August 2018 – via oldlouis.com.
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Photograph sale breaks world record . Web.archive.org (2009-02-26). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
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"The Most Expensive Photos Sold at Auctions: Part II" . 18 August 2018 – via oldlouis.com.
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"Sotheby's London: Andreas Gursky, Los Angeles" . Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
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"Christie's New York: Cindy Sherman, Untitled #96" . Retrieved May 16, 2016 .
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"Christie's New York: Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy)" . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
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"Phillips: Cindy Sherman, Untitled #153" . Retrieved May 16, 2016 .
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"Sotheby's London: Andreas Gursky, Chicago Board of Trade" . Retrieved May 16, 2016 .
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"Phillips: Andreas Gursky, 99 Cent II Diptychon" . Retrieved September 23, 2021 .
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"Sotheby's London: Andreas Gursky, Paris, Montparnasse" . Retrieved May 16, 2016 .
^ Pescovitz, David.
"Billy The Kid photo sells for $2.3 million" . Boing Boing (Happy Mutants LLC). Retrieved 2011-06-28 .
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"Sotheby's Andreas Gursky, 99 Cent II" . Retrieved January 10, 2022 .
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"Sotheby's Andreas Gursky, 99 Cent II Diptychon" . Retrieved October 16, 2021 .
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"Sotheby's New York: Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #48" . Retrieved May 16, 2016 .
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"Peter Lik: Who is the record-breaking photographer behind the $7.8m Phantom?" . ABC News . 11 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014 .
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"This is Officially the Most Expensive Photo Ever" . Time Magazine . 10 December 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015 .
^ Sender, Hanna (10 December 2014).
"Peter Lik Sells Most Expensive Photo of All Time; Similar Images Available Online for Free" . International Business Times . Retrieved 12 December 2014 .
^ Taylor, Andrew (12 December 2014),
"Buyer beware: Treat Peter Lik photo sale with scepticism" , Canberra Times
^
"Why the New York Times took Australian millionaire photographer Peter Lik to task" . Financial Review . 28 February 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2016 .
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