German/British, 1904–1983
Bill Brandt
639results on record
66%sell-through
$4,800median result (USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer)
$265,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 639 recorded results (535 sold · 104 passed) across 18 auction houses, 1998–2026. 5 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% 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 | 366 | 67% | $5,250 |
| other | 16 | 75% | $500 |
| ceramics & design | 4 | 50% | $3,822 |
| works on paper | 3 | n/a | $12,500 |
Medium is recorded for 389 of 639 results (61%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Henri Cartier-bresson Bill Brandt Henri Cartier-bresson
| Metric | Bill Brandt | Henri Cartier-bresson |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $4,800 | $9,375 |
| Record price | $265,000 | $265,000 |
| Results on record | 639 | 1,767 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Henri Cartier-bressonAndré KertészIrving PennEdward Weston
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
64/ 100
- Sell-through66%
- Meets estimate47%
- Market depth639 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | 183 | 100% | $5,250 | — |
| Sotheby's | 185 | 62% | $6,060 | 0.75× |
| Phillips | 119 | 72% | $6,000 | — |
| Bonhams | 72 | 56% | $2,427 | 0.80× |
| Heritage Auctions | 51 | 61% | $2,500 | — |
| Grisebach | 8 | — | $3,686 | — |
| Artcurial | 3 | — | $334 | 0.71× |
| Lempertz | 2 | 100% | $3,199 | — |
| Lyon & Turnbull | 4 | 50% | $917 | 0.77× |
| SBI Art Auction | 2 | 100% | $1,350 | — |
| Finarte | 2 | 100% | $5,110 | 1.12× |
| Strauss & Co | 2 | 100% | $2,106 | 0.78× |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 1 | 100% | $1,250 | 0.67× |
| Galerie Bassenge | 1 | — | $3,128 | — |
| Bertolami Fine Art | 1 | 100% | $27,389 | — |
| Dorotheum | 1 | 100% | $3,853 | — |
| New England Auctions | 1 | 100% | $1,000 | 0.40× |
| Rago | 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 644 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 104 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 realized prices on this page are locked. A Research Pass reads 50 of them for $19, once — buy a pass | ||||||
| 2021·09 | Misty Evening in Sheffield, c. 1933 | $4,157–$6,928 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·09 | Catch Point, Halifax, 1936 | $8,314–$11,085 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·08 | Domino Players in a North London Pub | $2,500–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·08 | East End Morning | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·08 | London Taxi, Lower Regent Street | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·08 | Stonehenge under Snow | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·08 | Coal Miner's Bath, Chester Le Street | $1,200–$1,800 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·08 | Pilgrim's Way, Kent | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·07 | Flea Market, Paris (Dressmaker's Dummy) | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·07 | Rainswept Roofs | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·07 | Vasarely's Right Eye | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·07 | Nude campden hill, London, 1949 | $3,557–$5,929 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·07 | Untitled, Nude, 1970 | $3,557–$5,929 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·05 | Nude, London | $11,299–$16,949 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | East India Dock Road, London | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·04 | Coal Searchers | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·04 | Camden Hill | $4,000–$6,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·04 | Policeman in a Dockland Alley, Bermondsey | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | Bus on Battersea Bridge | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | London | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | Georges Braque, Varengeville | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | Nude, St. Cyprien | $8,000–$12,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | Giacometti's Left Eye | $2,000–$3,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | Evening Light in Burslem | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·03 | Rainswept roofs, 1933 | $2,977–$3,572 | Finarte | |||
| 2020·12 | East Sussex Coast | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·12 | East India Dock Road | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·12 | East End Morning | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·12 | Aldeburgh Beach | $2,500–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·10 | Vienna | $25,000–$35,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·10 | Francis Bacon walking on Primrose Hill | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·10 | 'london', 1952 | $9,099–$12,999 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | kismet and mirror, belgravia | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·09 | London, 1952 | gelatin silver print, mounted on board, affixed to overmat | $8,000–$10,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2020·09 | Nude, London | $15,284–$22,926 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·08 | Rene Magritte with his painting "The Great War", Brussels | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·07 | nude, east sussex, 1977 | $6,848–$9,131 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | nude & stones (east sussex), 1978 | $6,848–$9,131 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | belgravia, london, 1953 | $6,848–$9,131 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | hiding nude (east sussex coast), may 1957 | $3,424–$5,707 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | eygalieres, france, 1953 | $6,848–$9,131 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | nude, london july, 1956 | $6,848–$9,131 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | Yorkshire | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·06 | Early Morning on the Thames, London Bridge | $2,242–$3,363 | Lempertz | |||
| 2020·06 | East End Girl Dancing the Lambeth Walk | — | Galerie Bassenge | |||
| 2020·05 | a snicket in halifax, 1937 | $3,645–$6,075 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·04 | Barbary Castle, Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·04 | In the Public Bar at Charley Brown's | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·04 | Eygalières, France | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·03 | Misty Evening in Sheffield, ca. 1935 | $1,200–$1,800 | Rago | |||
| 2020·03 | Gull’s Nest, Late on Midsummer Night, Isle of Skye, 1947 | $3,295–$5,491 | Finarte | |||
| 2020·03 | london, 1956 | $3,628–$6,046 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·03 | iris murdoch at her front door, steeple aston, oxfordshire, 1963 | $2,418–$3,628 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·02 | Coal Miner's Bath, Chester Le Street | $1,200–$1,800 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·11 | Saint Paul's Cathedral in the moonlight, London. Um 1941 | Later gelatin silver print | $2,202–$3,303 | Grisebach | ||
| 2019·11 | Dame Edith Sitwell, Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire. 1945 | Later gelatin silver print | $2,202–$3,303 | Grisebach | ||
| 2019·10 | London | $12,826–$19,239 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·10 | Cuckmere River, Sussex | $1,283–$2,565 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·10 | Skye Mountains | $1,283–$2,565 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·10 | Coal-Searcher Going Home to Jarrow | $1,283–$2,565 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·10 | Train leaving Newcastle | $1,283–$2,565 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·10 | At Charlie Brown's, Limehouse | $1,283–$2,565 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·10 | After the Theatre, Taxi in Lower Regent Street | $1,283–$2,565 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·10 | The Threat of the Great Roman Wall, the Modern Farm | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | Coal Miners' Houses, Windows to the Street | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·10 | Campden Hill, London (nude with plant) | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·09 | Early Morning on the River, London Bridge | $1,200–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·09 | a snicket in halifax, 1937 | $4,945–$7,418 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | campden hill, london, 1948 | $4,945–$7,418 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | nude, belgravia, london, 1951 | $3,709–$6,181 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·05 | Campden Hill, London | $3,345–$4,460 | Lempertz | |||
| 2019·05 | Northumbrian miner at his evening meal | $2,576–$3,864 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·05 | Parlourmaid preparing a bath before dinner, London | $2,576–$3,864 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·05 | Parlourmaid and under-parlourmaid ready to serve dinner | $2,576–$3,864 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·05 | Francis Bacon walking on Primrose Hill | $3,864–$6,440 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·05 | Nude, East Sussex Coast | $7,728–$10,305 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·05 | Nude, London | $9,016–$11,593 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·05 | Halifax | $2,576–$3,864 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·05 | Seaford, East Sussex Coast | $2,576–$3,864 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·05 | Hampstead, London | $2,576–$3,864 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·05 | Nude, Campden Hill, London | $2,576–$3,864 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·05 | Evening in Kew Gardens | $2,576–$3,864 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·04 | Campden Hill, London, January 1956 | gelatin silver print | $12,000–$18,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·04 | Belgravia, London, February 1958 | gelatin silver print | $12,000–$18,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·03 | connemara, landscape study, c. 1945 | Silver print, printed later. Matted and framed | $1,053–$1,579 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2019·03 | barbary castle, marlborough downs, wiltshire, 1948 | $2,632–$3,948 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·01 | Jean Dubuffet | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·01 | Top Withens, West Riding, Yorkshire | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·01 | A Snicket in Halifax | $2,500–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·01 | West Ham Bedroom (London) | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·01 | Children in Sheffield | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2018·12 | East End Underground Station | $1,200–$1,800 | Bonhams | |||
| 2018·12 | East End Morning | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2018·12 | Coal Miner's Bath, Chester Le Street | $1,800–$2,200 | Bonhams | |||
| 2018·10 | London, East End. 1937 | Gelatin silver print, 1970s | $4,538–$6,807 | Grisebach | ||
| 2018·10 | Rainswept Roofs | Gelatin silver, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | Hornton Street, Campden Hill, London | Gelatin silver, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | St. Paul's Cathedral in Moonlight | Gelatin silver, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | Rainswept Rooftops, 1932 | gelatin silver print, printed probably 1950s–1960s | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·10 | London, 1952 | gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed later | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
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