American, b. 1961
Catherine Opie
125results on record
75%sell-through
$7,620median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$293,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 125 recorded results (100 sold · 25 passed) across 8 auction houses, 2000–2026. 1 upcoming lot on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer method · log scale
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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 | 26 | 92% | $8,574 |
| prints | 5 | n/a | $6,000 |
Medium is recorded for 31 of 125 results (25%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Andy Warhol Catherine Opie Andy Warhol
| Metric | Catherine Opie | Andy Warhol |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $7,620 | $32,500 |
| Record price | $293,000 | $195,040,000 |
| Results on record | 125 | 15,103 |
| Years active at auction | 2000–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Andy WarholHiroshi SugimotoCindy ShermanVik Muniz
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
61/ 100
- Sell-through75%
- Meets estimate25%
- Market depth125 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's | 39 | 78% | $8,750 | 0.74× |
| Phillips | 27 | 70% | $8,750 | — |
| Christie's | 19 | 50% | $13,875 | — |
| Rago | 12 | 92% | $4,410 | — |
| Wright | 10 | 70% | $5,625 | — |
| Bonhams | 11 | 55% | $3,264 | 0.65× |
| Heritage Auctions | 6 | 100% | $938 | — |
| Chiswick Auctions | 1 | 100% | $3,382 | — |
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 A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal.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 126 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 25 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·07 | 700 Nimes Road | $60,000–$80,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·07 | Diana | $15,000–$20,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·07 | 'Surfers' (for MOCA Membership and Los Angeles Art Book Fair) | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·06 | Frankie | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2026·06 | Jerome Caja | $2,500–$3,500 | Wright | |||
| 2026·06 | Frankie | $3,000–$5,000 | Wright | |||
| 2026·06 | Jerome Caja | $2,500–$3,500 | Rago | |||
| 2026·05 | Freedom, OK, 1999 | — | Chiswick Auctions | |||
| 2026·04 | Untitled #4 | $40,000–$60,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·11 | Matt and Jo | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·10 | Dyke | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·08 | Mystery Date | $10,000–$15,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·08 | Mystery Date | $10,000–$15,000 | Wright | |||
| 2025·07 | Alaska Landscape #3 (from 'BAM Photography Portfolio III') | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·06 | Untitled #26 (from the Freeway series) | $4,000–$6,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·04 | Untitled #11 (Icehouses) | $20,000–$30,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·03 | Alaska Landscape #3 (from BAM Photography Portfolio III) | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·02 | Catherine, Melanie, & Sadie Rain, New York, New York | chromogenic print | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·12 | Untitled #17 and #25 (from the Freeway series) | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·11 | Untitled | $500–$700 | Rago | |||
| 2024·11 | Untitled Ice Houses (from the Exit Art: Two O O One portfolio) | $500–$700 | Rago | |||
| 2024·11 | House #7 (Beverly Hills) | $5,393–$8,090 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·10 | Untitled #11 (Chicago) | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·10 | Untitled #10 (Icehouses) | $20,000–$30,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·10 | Surfers | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·09 | Untitled #6 (Norway Mountain) | $50,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·07 | Untitled #1 (Wall Street) | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·07 | Untitled #10; Untitled #3 (two works from the Freeway Series) | $10,000–$15,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·07 | Untitled #3 (from the Large Format Polaroids series) | $7,000–$9,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·07 | Untitled (from Surfers) | $6,000–$8,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·06 | Lawrence (Black Shirt) | $6,000–$8,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·05 | Untitled #3 (Icehouses) | $20,000–$30,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·04 | Crenshaw High School Marching Band | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·04 | 'Untitled No. 5 (Icehouses)' | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·03 | Untitled #40 and #41 (from the Freeway series) | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·02 | Chara’s 70th Birthday Gift | $1,000–$1,500 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·02 | Untitled #7, 2012 | pigment print | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·12 | 'Jo' | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·12 | 'John' | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·12 | Crenshaw High School Marching Band | $1,200–$1,800 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·12 | 'Sunday Morning Breakfast' | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·12 | 'Frankie' | $4,000–$6,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·10 | Untitled #31 (i); Untitled #35 (ii) [2 works] (from Freeways) | $4,616–$6,923 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·10 | Bravo | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·09 | Surfers | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·07 | Crenshaw High School Marching Band | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·05 | John and Scott | $2,697–$4,045 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·05 | 'Chloë' | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·04 | Sheats-Goldstein #4 (The Modernist) | $2,000–$3,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·03 | Dyke Deck | $500–$700 | Rago | |||
| 2023·01 | Untitled #6 (from the Freeway series) | $8,000–$12,000 | Wright | |||
| 2022·10 | Untitled #19, 2011 | inkjet print, face-mounted to Plexi and flush-mounted on aluminum | $40,000–$60,000 | upcoming | Christie's | |
| 2022·07 | Sula | $2,308–$3,462 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·05 | Scott and John | $5,393–$8,090 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·05 | Untitled (Side Street Projects' Mobile HQ) | Digital pigment print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Surfers | $6,000–$8,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·10 | Match fire #2 (The Modernist) | $26,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·10 | 'Nick' | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·09 | 'Untitled #9 (Icehouses)' | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·09 | Kristopher & Clara, Tulsa, Oklahoma (from Domestic) | $6,000–$9,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·04 | Untitled #8 | $20,000–$30,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | Untitled #7 (Surfers) | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | 30 Minutes After Inauguration | Digital pigment print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·08 | house #3 (beverly hills) | $5,393–$8,090 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·04 | Untitled from the series Billboard | Digital pigment print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·04 | Untitled No. 1 | Dye coupler | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | Mendenhall Glacier and Waterfall | $30,000–$50,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·09 | divinity fudge | $15,000–$20,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | selected images (from freeways) | $6,000–$9,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·06 | bo | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·06 | dyke | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·05 | untitled #14 | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·03 | rachel | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·11 | Untitled #7 (Icehouses) | $12,000–$18,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·10 | 'untitled #5 (icehouses)' | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·10 | 'untitled #6 (icehouses)' | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·09 | Emily, Sts, & Becky, Durham, North Carolina from the series Domestic | $7,000–$10,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·09 | Untitled # 9 (Wall Street) | $6,000–$8,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·09 | Untitled # 14 (Wall Street) | $6,000–$8,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·09 | Surfer for One Drop | $80,000–$120,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·03 | 'surfers' | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·03 | 'ship and whale' | $4,000–$6,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·10 | Untitled #6, 2010 | archival pigment print, face-mounted to acrylic, flush-mounted on aluminum | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·10 | Untitled #8, 2011 | archival pigment print, face-mounted to acrylic, flush-mounted on aluminum | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·09 | Bravo | Dye coupler | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·07 | Untitled #14 | archival pigment print, face-mounted to acrylic, flush-mounted on aluminum | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·04 | Millie Wilson | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·03 | Untitled #6 (Icehouses) | $25,000–$35,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·02 | Idexa | $3,000–$5,000 | Wright | |||
| 2017·02 | Diane di Masa | $3,000–$5,000 | Wright | |||
| 2016·10 | Alaska Landscape #3 | $2,000–$2,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·10 | Untitled #9 (Icehouses), 2001 | chromogenic print, flush-mounted on board | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·09 | Untitled #11 (Icehouses) | chromogenic print | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·03 | Richard | $6,000–$8,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·02 | Untitled #14 (Icehouses) | $30,000–$50,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2015·05 | Untitled #10 | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·04 | Untitled #8 from Freeway | $2,000–$3,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2014·11 | Untitled #14 (Icehouses) | $40,000–$60,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2014·09 | 30 Minutes After Inauguration | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2014·05 | Untitled #7 (Surfers) | $40,000–$60,000 | Phillips | |||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $39, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.