List of most expensive photographs
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Gursky's 99 Cent II Diptychon, the most expensive photograph ever sold.

Steichen's The Pond-Moonlight
This is a list of the highest prices paid for photographs (in US dollars unless otherwise stated).
- Andreas Gursky, 99 Cent II Diptychon (2001), $3,346,456, February, 2007, Sotheby's London auction.[1] A second print of 99 Cent II Diptychon sold for $2.48 million in November 2006 at a New York gallery, and a third print sold for $2.25 million at Sotheby's in May 2006. [1]
- Edward Steichen, The Pond-Moonlight (1904), $2,928,000, February 2006, Sotheby's New York auction.[2]
- Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe (Hands) (1919), $1,470,000, February 2006, Sotheby's New York auction.[2]
- Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe Nude (1919), $1,360,000, February 2006, Sotheby's New York auction.[2]
- Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy) (1989)[3], $1,248,000, November 2005, Christie's New York auction.[4]
- Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, 113.Athènes, T[emple] de J[upiter] olympien pris de l'est (1842)[5] $922,488, 2003, auction.
- Gustave Le Gray, The Great Wave, Sete (1857)[6] $838,000, 1999.
- Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol (1987)[7] $643,200, 2006.
- Ansel Adams, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (1948)[8] $609,600, Sotheby's New York auction, 2006.[9]
- Andreas Gursky, Untitled 5 (1997)[10] $559,724, 6 February 2002.
[edit] References
- ^ a b The First $3M Photograph
- ^ a b c Photograph sale breaks world record
- ^ Richard Prince: Untitled (Cowboy): enlarged view | Works of Art | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- ^ Lang, Daryl (November 9, 2005). "Prince Print Sets Auction Record For Photography". PDN online. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001476300.
- ^ Christie's - Important Daguerreotypes By Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
- ^ Gustave Le Gray: The Great Wave, Sete: enlarged view | Works of Art | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- ^ Andy Warhol (1987)
- ^ Ansel Adams, Original Fine Art Photography
- ^ Walker, David (October 19, 2006). "Moonrise Print Sets Auction Record for Ansel Adams". PDN online. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003285373.
- ^ Gursky - Untitled V
[edit] External links
- Artnet top ten most expensive photographs, April 2003
- The two most expensive Stieglitz photos, 2006, click thumbnalis to enlarge
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