Photographic works ranked by hammer price at public auction in millions of USD. Andreas Gursky's large-format photograph Rhein II sold at Christie's New York in 2011 for $4.3 million, making it the most expensive photograph ever sold at auc...
About: Most Expensive Photographs Sold at Auction (All Time)
Overview of the data behind this chart
Photographic works ranked by hammer price at public auction in millions of USD. Andreas Gursky's large-format photograph Rhein II sold at Christie's New York in 2011 for $4.3 million, making it the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction — a digitally manipulated image of the Rhine river stripped of background elements to produce a meditative horizontal composition that redefined what the auction market was willing to pay for photography as fine art.
Key Findings
Auto-computed highlights from this dataset
🏆
Los Angeles (Andreas Gursky) leads with 2 in 2015.
📊
Average value in 2015: 2 · median: 2.
📅
2011 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.
Chart Controls Customize your visualization
Bar
H-bar
Line
Area
Table
Most Expensive Photographs Sold at Auction (All Time)
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart⬡
Data Points
8
8 categories
·
5 years
↑
Top Value
7
Phantom (Peter Lik)
Auction Price (Million USD) · 2014
◈
Metrics
1
Auction Price (Million USD)
◷
Period
2007 – 2015
5 years of data
Statistical Summary — 2015
2
Maximum
2
Minimum
2
Average
2
Median
What This Data Shows
Auto-generated trend summaries per category
→
→
→
→
→
→
→
→
Full Data Table
8 records across 5 yearsData Sources & References
All external sources cited in this datasetRelated Charts
Most Expensive Basketball Trading Cards Sold at Auction (All Time) Related Chart
Bar
H-bar
Line
Area
Table
Most Expensive Baseball Trading Cards Sold at Auction (All Time) Related Chart
Bar
H-bar
Line
Area
Table
Most Expensive Stamps Sold at Auction (All Time) Related Chart
Bar
H-bar
Line
Area
Table
🎨 Create Your Own Charts!
Transform your data into beautiful, interactive visualizations. No account required - start creating stunning charts in seconds!