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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2006·11 | untitled, 1930s, printed 1950s | $1,518–$2,276 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·11 | 'gold cup day at ascot', 1933, printed 1950s | $9,485–$15,175 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·11 | 'yorkshire', 1945, printed 1950s | $1,518–$2,276 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·11 | 'malcolm muggeridge', robertsbridge, sussex, 1966 | $1,897–$2,845 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·11 | 'sheffield', circa 1937, printed 1950s | $2,845–$3,794 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·11 | 'cimetière montparnasse', 1929 and 'cimetière à barcelone', 1932 . two studies, printed 1950s | $2,845–$4,742 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·10 | London, 1952 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | campden hill | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·10 | Portrait of a London Child, Eaton Place, 1955 | gelatin silver print | $7,425–$11,137 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·09 | Bedroom in West Ham, 1930s | gelatin silver print, printed c. 1960 | $2,500–$3,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | London, c. 1956 | gelatin silver print | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | Giant's Causeway, 1947 | titled in ink and credit stamp (on the verso) | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | Untitled, n.d. | gelatin silver print | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | Hampstead, London, 1979 | gelatin silver print | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | Caligo, 1963 | gelatin silver print | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | East Sussex Coast, 1979 | gelatin silver print | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | London, 1978 | gelatin silver print | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | London, 1958 | gelatin silver print | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | Campden Hill, 1950s | gelatin silver print | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | Joan Miro, 1968 | gelatin silver print | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | Untitled, 1960s | gelatin silver print | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·03 | London Nude | silver print, mounted on card, 1956, printed later | $3,036–$4,250 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2006·02 | 'Coach Party, Royal Hunt Cup Day, Ascot' | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·02 | Cocktails in a Surrey Garden, c. 1938 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·02 | Hampstead, London, 1945 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·02 | Campden Hill, 1952 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·02 | Nude, London, 1952 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·11 | Nude, 1950s | gelatin silver print, printed later | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·11 | Nude, London, 1951 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·11 | connemara. landscape studies, before 1947, printed no later than 1961 | Silver Prints | $2,600–$3,466 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2005·11 | 'coalminer's child', probably 1937 | $6,932–$10,398 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·11 | an ascot grandstand, 1933-5 | Silver Print, mounted on board | $10,398–$13,865 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2005·11 | Gull's Nest, Isle of Skye, 1947, printed 1970s | $2,080–$3,120 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·10 | Portrait of a Young Girl, Eaton Place, London, 1955 | gelatin silver print | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·10 | At 'Charlie Brown's', Limehouse, c. 1945 | titled in ink and 'Belsize Avenue' credit stamp (on the verso) | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·10 | 'young housewife, bethnal green' | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·10 | London, 1952 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·10 | Hampstead, London, 1945 | gelatin silver print, printed 1950s | $12,000–$18,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·10 | Top Withens, 1945 | gelatin silver print | $8,000–$12,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·10 | London, 1956 | gelatin silver print | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·10 | Normandy, 1959 | gelatin silver print | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·10 | Nude, East Sussex, 1958 | reproduction annotations in ink (in the margin); credit stamp (on the verso) | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·05 | Photo Journaliste , the portfolio of ten photographs | $5,501–$9,168 | Christie's | |||
| 2005·05 | Nude in Interior, 1953 | gelatin silver print | $11,001–$14,668 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·05 | London (Nude with bent elbow), 1952, printed 1981 | $14,707–$22,060 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·04 | Francis Bacon, 1963 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·04 | Kismet and Mirror, February 1953 | gelatin silver print, printed before 1961 | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·04 | London, 1952 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·04 | Bloomsbury, 1942 | gelatin silver print, printed after 1955 | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·04 | Coming Home, c. 1930 | titled in an unknown hand in pencil and credit stamp (on the reverse of the mount) | $9,000–$12,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·04 | Battersea Bridge, London, 1930s | gelatin silver print, printed 1940s | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·02 | London, 1952 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·02 | Battersea Bridge, 1930s | gelatin silver print, printed later | $2,500–$3,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·11 | Assemblage | $9,286–$13,001 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·11 | Rocks, Grand-Ailly, c.1934 | titled in ink, '58, Hillfield Court, Belsize Avenue' credit stamp on verso | $2,781–$3,708 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·11 | Nixon Street, Jarrow, 1937 | gelatin silver print, printed c.1960 | $2,781–$3,708 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·11 | Hampstead, London, 1956 | gelatin silver print, printed before 1969 | $1,483–$2,225 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·10 | Untitled (Breast with Arm and Hands) | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·10 | 'East-End Crypt Shelter, Autumn 1940' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·10 | 'london' (nude with bent elbow) | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·10 | 'hardy's wessex--shaftesbury' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·10 | London, 1952 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·07 | connemara landscape (stone), before 1947, printed before 1961 | Silver Print, matted | $1,481–$2,222 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2004·07 | 'co. galway. stone cottages near kilkieran', before 1947, printed before 1961 | $2,778–$4,630 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·07 | six landscape images, before 1947, printed before 1961 | $926–$1,481 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·07 | connemara landscape (stream), before 1947, printed before 1961 | Silver Print, matted | $1,481–$2,222 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2004·07 | six landscape views, before 1947, printed before 1961 | Irregularly cut Silver Print, with six contact images, mounted on card, matted | $926–$1,481 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2004·07 | seven landscape images, before 1947, printed before 1961 | including 'Co. Galway', Silver Contact Prints, matted | $926–$1,481 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2004·07 | east sussex coast, 1953, from 'perspective of nudes', printed later | $3,333–$4,074 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·05 | London, 1952 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $21,371–$32,056 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·05 | Halifax, 1937 | gelatin silver print, probably printed 1960s | $8,904–$12,466 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·05 | London, 1956 | gelatin silver print | $3,562–$5,343 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·05 | Caledonian Road, 1929 | gelatin silver print, printed probably 1930s | $1,425–$2,137 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·05 | "Nursery Girlhood" and "The Women" from The English at Home , c.1936 | 2 gelatin silver prints | $1,781–$2,671 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·05 | Young Housewife, Bethnal Green, 1937 | gelatin silver print | $3,562–$5,343 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·05 | Wartime pub scene, c.1941 | credit stamp, printer's notations in pencil on verso | $3,206–$3,918 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·04 | 'gull's nest, isle of skye' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·04 | 'London' (Nude Hip) | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·02 | London, 1952 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $9,000–$12,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·02 | London, 1956 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $2,500–$3,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·02 | Self-portrait, 1966 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·02 | Campden Hill, 1952 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $2,500–$3,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·12 | Dancing the Lambeth Walk, 1939 | gelatin silver print, printed 1970s | $1,573–$2,360 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·12 | Hansom cab, c.1934 | gelatin silver print, printed 1970s | $3,934–$5,507 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·12 | Nude, 1948 | gelatin silver print, printed 1970s | $1,259–$1,888 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·11 | Train Leaving Newcastle, 1937 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $3,137–$4,705 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·11 | Nude, London, 1956 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $2,353–$3,137 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·10 | Untitled, Normandy (Foot Against Beach) | $7,000–$10,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2002·10 | Soho Bedroom | $18,000–$22,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·10 | London | $2,500–$3,500 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | East Sussex Coast | $2,192–$2,923 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | East Sussex Coast | $1,461–$2,192 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Coal Searchers | $1,461–$2,192 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Hampstead, London | $2,923–$4,384 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·04 | Bill Brandt | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·04 | Bill Brandt | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·04 | London, 1952 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·04 | Vastérival, Normandy, 1957 | notation '41' in ink (in the margin); credit stamp (on the verso) | $7,000–$9,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2001·12 | London | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·12 | Nude, Paris | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | |||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.