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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| 2016·04 | Keith Haring, New York | $20,000–$30,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2016·04 | Lauren Grant, White Oak, Florida | $8,000–$12,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2016·04 | keith haring, new york city | $30,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·04 | John Lennon and Yoko Ono, The Dakota, New York | $6,000–$9,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·12 | Meryl Streep, New York City | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·12 | Mireille Radwan-Dana, Dancer, Clifton Point, New York, 1998 | Iris print | $8,000–$12,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·11 | Mireille Radwan-Dana, Dancer, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York (Nude #5) | Iris digital, 1999 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·11 | Margorie Folkman, Dancer, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York (Nude #12) | Iris digital | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·11 | Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, Los Angeles | Dye coupler | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·10 | Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas, Skywalker Ranch, California | $4,000–$6,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·10 | 'John Lennon and Yoko Ono, The Dakota, New York' | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·09 | Meryl Streep, New York City | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·07 | 'Demi Moore' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·07 | Meryl Streep, New York City | $6,000–$8,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Muhammad Ali, Chicago – 1978 | Tirage cibachrome | $3,340–$4,453 | Artcurial | ||
| 2015·05 | Clint Eastwood, Burbank, California, 1980 | dye-destruction print | $4,692–$7,820 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·05 | Mohammed Ali, Chicago, 1979 | dye-destruction print | $9,384–$12,512 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·05 | Mikhail Baryshnikov, Brussels, Belgium | $7,767–$10,874 | Phillips | |||
| 2015·05 | Kate Moss, for American Vogue, October | $9,321–$12,428 | Phillips | |||
| 2015·05 | Merce Cunningham | Gelatin silver, 2000 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·05 | Robert Redford, Malibu, California | Cibachrome, 1980 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·04 | Meryl Streep, New York City | $7,000–$9,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·04 | Keith Haring, New York | $25,000–$35,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2015·04 | Directors | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2015·04 | Lauren Hutton, Oxford, Mississippi | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2015·04 | selected vanity fair portraits | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·03 | Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London, 2007 | archival pigment print, printed 2010 | $30,000–$40,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·12 | Jodie Foster, Malibu, California | $6,000–$8,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·10 | Demi Moore, Los Angeles | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·10 | Pete Townsend, San Francisco | Dye destruction | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2014·10 | Pete Townsend, San Francisco | Dye destruction | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2014·10 | Bruce Springsteen, Asbury Park, New Jersey | Platinum | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2014·10 | Grateful Dead, San Rafael | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2014·10 | David Hockney, Los Angeles | $6,000–$8,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2014·10 | Scarlett Johansson | $15,000–$20,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2014·10 | Keith Richards, San Francisco | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2014·09 | Miles Davis, New York City, July 1 | $5,000–$7,000 | Wright | |||
| 2014·05 | David Lynch and Isabella Rossellini, 1986 | Cibachrome print | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·04 | Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London | $10,000–$15,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·12 | Brooke Astor, New York | Chromogenic print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2013·10 | 'Demi Moore' | $4,000–$6,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·10 | 'john lennon and yoko ono' | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·10 | 'keith haring, new york' | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·05 | mikhail baryshnikov and linda dowdell, white oak, florida, 1990 | $5,181–$7,771 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·05 | john lennon and yoko ono, new york, 1980 | $12,952–$19,428 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·05 | David Hockney, Los Angeles | $6,210–$9,316 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·04 | 'alek wek' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·04 | Twyla Tharp, New York City | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·03 | Michael Jordan, New York | Cibachrome, 1991 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·12 | 'liberace, las vegas' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·11 | „Louise Bourgeois, New York“. 1997 | Gelatin silver print | $10,313–$12,891 | Grisebach | ||
| 2012·11 | Julie Worden, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York | $7,000–$9,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·11 | June Omura, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York | $7,000–$10,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·05 | John and Yoko, December 8 | Dye destruction, 1980 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·05 | Mikhail Baryshnikov | Platinum, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·04 | 'evander holyfield, new york' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2011·11 | Magic Johnson, Los Angeles | Gelatin silver, 1989 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·11 | Michael Jordan | Gelatin silver, 1991 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·11 | Roseanne and Tom, Vanity Fair cover | Chromogenic, 1990 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·11 | Cindy Crawford, Brookville NYC | Gelatin silver, 1993 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·11 | Cindy Crawford, Brookville, New York | Vintage gelatin silver, 1993 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·05 | John and Yoko, New York, December 8 | Dye destruction, 1980 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·05 | Roseanne and Tom, Vanity Fair cover | Chromogenic, 1990 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·05 | Tom and Roseanne | Chromogenic, circa 1990 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·05 | Serena and Venus Williams | Gelatin silver, 1998 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·05 | Philip Glass | Gelatin silver, work print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·12 | Philip Glass | Gelatin silver, work print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·12 | Christo, New York City, Central park | Cibachrome, 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·06 | Robert Redford, Malibu, California 1980 | Dye-destruction, 1... | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·04 | Mick Jagger disembarking from plane, c. 1972 | gelatin silver print | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2010·04 | John and Yoko, c. 1970 | annotations in ink (in the margin) | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2009·11 | „Glenda, San Francisco“. 1993 | C-Print | $3,768–$5,275 | Grisebach | ||
| 2009·11 | Jodie Foster, Malibu, California | Cibachrome | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·11 | Soccer Player in Air, World Cup Mexico | Dye Destruction | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·11 | Soccer Ball Juggle, World Cup Mexico | Dye transfer | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·11 | Clowns in New York | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·11 | Soccer Ball Toss, World Cup Mexico | Dye transfer print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·10 | 'michael jordan, new york' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2009·10 | 'cindy crawford, brookville, new york' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2009·10 | 'john lennon and yoko ono, new york' | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2009·03 | 'Demi Moore' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·10 | 'Keith Haring, New York' | $30,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·05 | Muhammad Ali, 1996 | $7,797–$11,695 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·05 | evander holyfield, new york, 1992 | $5,848–$9,746 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·04 | 'michael jordan, new york' | $6,000–$9,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·02 | John Belushi, Staten Island, New York, 1981 | dye-bleach print | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2008·02 | Meryl Streep, New York, 1981 | dye-bleach print | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2008·02 | Magic Johnson, Los Angeles, 1989 | gelatin silver print | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·11 | „Jeff Koons and Cicciolina“.. 1990 | Farbphotographie | $7,369–$8,843 | Grisebach | ||
| 2007·11 | 'muhammad ali', new york, 1996 | $6,209–$10,348 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·11 | 'sammy davis jnr.', las vegas, 1989 | $6,209–$10,348 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·10 | Whoopi Goldberg, Berkeley, California, 1984 | dye-bleach print | $8,000–$12,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·10 | 'keith haring, new york' | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·05 | 'steve martin, beverly hills,1981' | $4,968–$6,955 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·11 | june omura, mark morris dance group, clifton point, rhinebeck new york, 1999 | $7,588–$11,381 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·05 | Keith Haring, 1986 | platinum print | $18,964–$28,445 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·05 | Cindy Crawford, 1993 | gelatin silver print | $3,793–$5,689 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | 'john lennon and yoko ono, the dakota - new york' | $7,000–$10,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·03 | jeff koons and ilona staller | c-print, in an edition of 40, 1990's | $1,822–$2,429 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2006·02 | Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Montauk, 1975 | platinum print | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
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