American, b. 1949
Annie Leibovitz
318results on record
82%sell-through
$4,482median result (USD, incl. premium; 95% observed, 5% estimated from hammer)
$93,750record in our coverage
Drawn from 318 recorded results (274 sold · 44 passed) across 19 auction houses, 1998–2026. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 95% observed, 5% estimated from hammer method · log scale
Where does a value land in this market?
The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.
Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.
By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line
| Medium | Results | Sell-through | Median result (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| photography | 132 | 87% | $3,769 |
| other | 33 | 88% | $2,625 |
| prints | 26 | 82% | $5,228 |
| ceramics & design | 4 | 75% | $3,027 |
Medium is recorded for 195 of 318 results (61%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Robert Mapplethorpe Annie Leibovitz Robert Mapplethorpe
| Metric | Annie Leibovitz | Robert Mapplethorpe |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $4,482 | $15,000 |
| Record price | $93,750 | $726,348 |
| Results on record | 318 | 1,490 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Robert MapplethorpeHorst P. HorstBerenice AbbottHelmut Newton
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
73/ 100
- Sell-through82%
- Meets estimate49%
- Market depth318 results
How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →
Where this artist sells best
| House | Results | Sell-through | Median | vs. estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Auctions | 100 | 87% | $2,250 | — |
| Sotheby's | 73 | 79% | $7,761 | 0.80× |
| Phillips | 39 | 85% | $17,500 | — |
| Christie's | 33 | — | $7,965 | — |
| Bonhams | 33 | 61% | $3,972 | 0.66× |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 10 | 100% | $2,149 | 0.80× |
| Rago | 9 | 100% | $896 | — |
| Wright | 5 | 80% | $7,500 | — |
| Grisebach | 4 | — | $7,533 | — |
| Artcurial | 2 | — | $7,904 | 0.96× |
| Lempertz | 1 | — | $2,000 | — |
| Lyon & Turnbull | 2 | 50% | $3,027 | 0.72× |
| Karlstad Hammarö Auktionsverk | 1 | — | $95 | 1.76× |
| Lion & Unicorn | 1 | 100% | $78 | 0.41× |
| Tiroche | 1 | 100% | $3,000 | 1.71× |
| Marques dos Santos Leilões | 1 | 100% | $626 | — |
| Viscontea auction house | 1 | 100% | $4,831 | 1.20× |
| Finarte | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Dorotheum | 1 | 0% | — | — |
The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →
Prices realized 318 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 44 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·07 | Hardcover 1st Edition Harper Collins, Photographs 1970 - 1990 & | $90–$200 | Lion & Unicorn | |||
| 2026·06 | Untitled (test cover for The Jim Carroll Band album "Catholic Boy") | $1,000–$1,500 | Rago | |||
| 2026·06 | David Byrne exhibition poster | $500–$700 | Rago | |||
| 2026·04 | "Photographien 1970-1990”. | $43–$43 | Karlstad Hammarö Auktionsverk | |||
| 2026·04 | Keith Haring, New York | $20,000–$30,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·04 | Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·04 | John Lennon and Yoko Ono, New York, December 8 | $25,000–$35,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·04 | Lily Tomlin on a Motorcycle (for 'Vanity Fair') | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·04 | Lily Tomlin as 'Trudy' (in 'The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe') | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·04 | Bette Midler, New York City | Oversized digital pigment print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·04 | John Lennon and Yoko Ono, New York City | Dye bleach print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·03 | Virginia Woolf's Writing Desk, Monks House, East Sussex, England - 2010 | $2,648–$3,972 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2026·03 | John Belushi, Staten Island, New York, 1981 | dye bleach print | $3,000–$5,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2026·03 | Malcolm McLaren and Christian Fletcher, Point Dume, California, 1985 | archival pigment print | $1,500–$2,500 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2026·01 | Steve Martin, Beverly Hills Exhibition Poster | Offset lithograph print, printed 1993 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·01 | Virginia Woolf's Writing Desk, Monks House, East Sussex, England - 2010 | $2,688–$4,032 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2026·01 | 'Mark Morris, New York' | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·12 | Sumo Book Collector's Edition: Whoopi Goldberg | $666–$932 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (test cover for The Jim Carroll Band album "Catholic Boy") and album | $1,000–$1,500 | Rago | |||
| 2025·11 | David Byrne exhibition poster | $500–$700 | Rago | |||
| 2025·11 | Woody Allen, New York , 1981 | cibachrome print | $800–$1,200 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2025·10 | Woody Allen, New York | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·10 | Mark Morris, Cumberland Island, Georgia | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·10 | 'Mark Morris, New York' | $1,500–$2,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·10 | 'Julie Worden, Clifton Point' | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·09 | Sumo Book Collector's Edition: Whoopi Goldberg | $1,083–$1,625 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·07 | 'Alice Waters, Rocktown Apple Orchard, New Jersey' | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·07 | 'Mark Morris, New York' | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·06 | Sumo Book Collector's Edition: Whoopi Goldberg | $1,372–$2,058 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·06 | David Byrne exhibition poster | $500–$700 | Rago | |||
| 2025·06 | Mikhail Baryshnikov (from The Year of Tibet portfolio I) | Platinum Palladium print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·05 | Sumo | $1,134–$1,701 | Lempertz | |||
| 2025·05 | The Collector’s Edition (Patti Smith) SUMO | $1,000–$2,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·05 | Billy Wilder, Los Angeles, Sunset Boulevard | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·04 | Magic Johnson | Platinum print, printed 1996 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·04 | Virgin Islands | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·04 | The Westerners I and II (2 works) | Toned gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·04 | Wizard of Oz (for Vogue) (8 works) | Digital pigment prints, printed 2021 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·10 | Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London | $15,000–$25,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·09 | 'Synchronized Swimming, Culver City, California' | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·07 | 'Clint Eastwood, Burbank, California' | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·05 | Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London | $31,642–$44,299 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·05 | Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London | $31,642–$44,299 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·04 | Merce Cunningham, 1994 | gelatin silver print | $1,500–$2,500 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2024·04 | Kate Moss | $15,000–$20,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·01 | Stephen Petronio | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·12 | Louise Bourgeois, New York City | $7,000–$10,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·12 | Jasper Johns and Leo Castelli, New York | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·12 | 'Magic Johnson, Los Angeles' | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·12 | 'Whoopi Goldberg, Berkeley' | $7,000–$10,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·12 | 'Clint Eastwood, Burbank, California' | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·12 | Duane and Gregg Allman, Ventura, California | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·11 | New York: Taschen, 2014. | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·10 | Keith Haring, New York | Platinum print, printed 1995 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Jodie Foster, Malibu | Dye coupler print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Ella Fitzgerald, Beverly Hills, California | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·10 | John Lennon | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·09 | John Lennon e Yoko Ono, fotografia autografada | — | Marques dos Santos Leilões | |||
| 2023·09 | b.1949 | $1,200–$1,600 | Tiroche | |||
| 2023·07 | Liberace and Scott Thorson, Las Vegas | $5,106–$7,659 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·06 | Selected Images of Dancers | $6,286–$8,800 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·05 | Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London | $14,935–$22,403 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·05 | Glenda, San Francisco | $2,489–$3,734 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·05 | Johnny Cash and Rosanne Cash, Hiltons, Virginia | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·05 | Robert La Fosse and John Kelly | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·04 | Mikhail Baryshnikov, Florida | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·02 | Sumo Book Collector's Edition: Whoopi Goldberg | $3,369–$5,390 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·02 | "Lance Armstrong, New York, 1999" | $2,147–$4,294 | Viscontea auction house | |||
| 2022·12 | Keith Richards | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·12 | John Lennon | $6,000–$9,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·12 | Bob Dylan | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·11 | Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London | $29,742–$41,639 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·10 | Christo, Central Park, New York City | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·10 | The Rolling Stones, New York | Dye bleach print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Elmore Leonard, Miami | Dye bleach print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Jerry Garcia, New York | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Bette Midler, New York City | $15,000–$25,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·04 | Julie Worden, Dancer, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck New York | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·04 | Cindy Sherman, New York City | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·02 | Alice in Wonderland for Vogue, ( Viktor and Rolf with Natalia, Paris ) , 2003 | dye destruction print | $3,000–$5,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2022·02 | Dick van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore, Los Angeles , 1995 | cibachrome print | $3,000–$5,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2022·02 | Jack Nicholson, Los Angeles , 1992 | cibachrome print | $2,000–$4,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2022·02 | John Cleese, London , 1990 | cibachrome print | $2,000–$4,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2022·02 | Rodney Dangerfield, New York , 1980 | cibachrome print | $1,500–$2,500 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2022·02 | Bob Hope, Los Angeles , 1996 | cibachrome print | $2,000–$4,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2021·12 | (SUMO - Collector's Edition, David Byrne) | Hardcover book | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Muhammad Ali, New York | Toned gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Sumo | $2,000–$3,000 | Wright | |||
| 2021·10 | Philip Johnson, Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·10 | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Malibu, CA | $2,000–$3,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·10 | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sun Valley, Idaho | $1,500–$2,500 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·10 | Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, Los Angeles | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·10 | Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·10 | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pretoria, South Africa | $1,500–$2,500 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·05 | (Collector's Edition, Keith Haring) | Hardcover with metal and acrylic stand by Marc Newson | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Langley Air Base, Virginia | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Sam Sheppard, Santa Fe, New Mexico | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Diane Keaton, Los Angeles | Dye bleach | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Carl Lewis, Houston, Texas | Dye coupler | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles | Dye coupler | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.