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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| 2021·04 | Leigh Bowery, New York | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Diamanda Galás, New York | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Robert LaFosse and John Kelly, New York | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Bill T. Jones, New York | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Sting, Lucerne, California | Dye bleach | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon | Dye coupler | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Jerry Hall, August Calendar | Dye bleach | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles | Dye coupler | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Carl Lewis, Houston, Texas | Dye coupler | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Diane Keaton, Los Angeles | Dye bleach | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Sam Sheppard, Santa Fe, New Mexico | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Diane Keaton, New York | Dye bleach | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Mark Morris, Cumberland Island, Georgia | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Stephen Petronius, New York | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Ella Fitzgerald, Los Angeles | Dye bleach | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Martina Navratilova, Dallas, Texas | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken, Chateau Marmont, West Hollywood, California | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·04 | Louise Bourgeois, New York City | $7,000–$10,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·04 | Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London | $30,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·04 | Nicole Kidman, New York City | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Malibu, California, 1988 | $3,572–$4,167 | Finarte | |||
| 2020·12 | 'Bruce Springsteen, New York' | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·12 | 'Bruce Springsteen, Asbury Park, N. J.' | $4,000–$6,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·12 | Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, Los Angeles | Dye coupler | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·12 | Iggy Pop, Miami, Florida. 2000 | Gelatin silver print | $7,240–$9,653 | Grisebach | ||
| 2020·10 | 'june omura, clifton point', 1999 | $5,199–$7,799 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | Paloma Picasso, Paris | Dye destruction | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | Lauren Hutton, Oxford, Mississippi | Dye destruction | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | Sumo | Halftone reproductions of Leibovitz's photographs | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | mick jagger, chicago | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | john lennon, new york city | $7,000–$10,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | ella fitzgerald, beverly hills, california | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | patti smith, new orleans | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | 'bruce springsteen' | $6,000–$9,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | 'john lennon and yoko ono, new york' | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·06 | Untitled (Portrait of Eminem, Dr. Dre and Rakim for Vanity Fair) | $10,000–$15,000 | Wright | |||
| 2020·05 | Mick Jagger, Southampton, Long Island | $1,500–$2,500 | Rago | |||
| 2020·04 | Wilt Chamberlain and Willie Shoemaker, Los Angeles | Dye destruction | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·04 | 'liberace and scott thorson, las vegas' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·04 | dan aykroyd and john belushi, hollywood | $30,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·04 | chris rock, brooklyn, new york | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·04 | lauren hutton, oxford, mississippi | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·04 | cindy crawford, new york | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·03 | Denise Pons | $1,000–$1,500 | Rago | |||
| 2020·01 | Santana | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·01 | Rod Stewart | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·12 | Mikhail Baryshnikov, Brussels | $6,000–$8,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·11 | martin scorsese, steven spielberg, francis ford coppola, george lucas, skywalker ranch, 1996 | $4,414–$6,620 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·11 | Karl Lagerfeld, juin 1992 | $3,333–$5,554 | Christie's | |||
| 2019·10 | Mick Jagger | $6,413–$8,978 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·10 | Muhammad Ali, New York | $10,261–$15,391 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·10 | Alice Cooper | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | Mick Jagger Disembarking from Plane | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | Clint Eastwood, Burbank, California | Dye destruction | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·09 | meryl streep, new york city | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | scarlett johansson, los angeles | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | 'john lennon and yoko ono' | $30,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | r2-d2, pinewood studios, london | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | harry gordon | 'poster dress' (bob dylan) | $1,500–$2,500 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | 'keith haring, new york' | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·07 | Untitled (test cover for The Jim Carroll Band album "Catholic Boy") | $2,000–$3,000 | Wright | |||
| 2019·07 | Keith Haring, New York | $10,000–$15,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·07 | Denise Pons, White Oak Dance Project | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·06 | bette midler, new york city | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·05 | Queen Elizabeth II, The White Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace, London | $38,642–$64,403 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·04 | Pat Benatar, St. Petersburg, Florida | Dye destruction, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·04 | Kate Moss | $12,000–$18,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·04 | John Lennon and Yoko Ono, The Dakota, New York, December 8 | $18,000–$22,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·01 | John Lennon and Yoko Ono, New York | $15,000–$20,000 | Wright | |||
| 2018·10 | David Cassidy | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | Sophia Loren, Los Angeles | Digital pigment print, 2011 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, from Pilgrimage | Digital pigment print, 2012 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | Whoopi Goldberg, Berkeley, California, 1984 | Cibachrome print | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·10 | John Lennon and Yoko Ono, The Dakota, New York, December 8 | $20,000–$30,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·09 | john lennon and yoko ono, c. 1970 | $1,316–$1,974 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·06 | Viv Richards and Daughter, St John's, Antigua | Dye destruction | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·02 | Mireille Radwan-Dana, Dancer, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York (Nude #5) | Digital pigment print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·02 | June Omura, Dancer, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York (Nude #4) | Digital pigment print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·02 | Alek Wek, Model, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York (Nude #9) | Digital pigment print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·02 | Marjorie Folkman, Dancer, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York (Nude #12) | Digital pigment print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·11 | Keith Haring, New York, 1986 | $17,624–$23,498 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·10 | Bruce Springsteen - New York - 1984 | Cibachrome | $7,057–$9,409 | Artcurial | ||
| 2017·10 | Bruce Springsteen, Philadelphia, 1999 | Oversized dye coupler, June 2001 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·10 | Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi (Blues Brothers), Hollywood, California, 1979 | Cibachrome print | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·10 | Muhammad Ali, New York | $12,000–$18,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2017·07 | Alice in Wonderland, Donatella Versace and Rupert Everett with Natalia, Paris | Dye coupler | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·07 | Jacqui Agyepong, Sprinter/Hurdler, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York | Digital pigment print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·07 | Mireille Radwan-Dana, Dancer, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York | Digital pigment print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·05 | 'alek wek, clifton point', 1999 | $5,205–$7,808 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·05 | Miles Davis, New York, 1989 | Cibachrome print | $2,607–$3,911 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·11 | R2-D2 on the set of “Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones”, Pinewood Studios, London | $9,984–$14,975 | Phillips | |||
| 2016·10 | Philip Glass, New York City | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·10 | Lauren Grant, White Oak, Florida | Iris digital | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·10 | Muhammad Ali, New York | $12,000–$18,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2016·10 | Keith Haring, New York | $18,000–$22,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2016·10 | Selected portraits from Vanity Fair | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2016·07 | Steve Martin (Beverly Hills, CA 1981) | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·06 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2016·04 | Clint Eastwood, Burbank, California | Dye destruction | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·04 | Mark Morris and Mikhail Baryshnikov, New York | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
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