Artist
Edward Sheriff Curtis
332results on record
81%sell-through
$938median result (USD, incl. premium; 98% observed, 2% estimated from hammer)
$104,454record in our coverage
Drawn from 332 recorded results (272 sold · 60 passed) across 9 auction houses, 2006–2026. 2 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 98% observed, 2% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| prints | 144 | 80% | $500 |
| photography | 98 | 87% | $938 |
| other | 64 | 89% | $2,188 |
| ceramics & design | 8 | 25% | $1,571 |
| works on paper | 3 | n/a | $8,190 |
Medium is recorded for 317 of 332 results (95%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Ansel Adams Edward Sheriff Curtis Ansel Adams
| Metric | Edward Sheriff Curtis | Ansel Adams |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $938 | $11,875 |
| Record price | $104,454 | $988,000 |
| Results on record | 332 | 2,991 |
| Years active at auction | 2006–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Ansel AdamsBerenice AbbottEdward SteichenEdward Weston
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
79/ 100
- Sell-through81%
- Meets estimate67%
- Market depth332 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 | 300 | 82% | $750 | — |
| Christie's | 12 | 100% | $8,190 | — |
| Sotheby's | 5 | — | $20,475 | 1.20× |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 4 | 100% | $3,944 | 1.00× |
| Bonhams | 5 | 60% | $6,875 | 0.88× |
| Grisebach | 2 | — | $3,920 | — |
| Phillips | 3 | 33% | $17,500 | — |
| Lion & Unicorn | 1 | 100% | $100 | — |
| 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 335 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 60 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 realized prices on this page are locked. A Research Pass reads 50 of them for $19, once — buy a pass | ||||||
| 2023·09 | Cayuse Matron; Flute Dancers Approaching the Spring; and Mohave Child (3 works) | Photogravures | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Group of 15 Photographs | Photogravures, printed later, some hand colored | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Santa Domingo - "Cornstalk" (from The North American Indian) | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Sitting Elk - Apsaroke (Plate 146) | Photogravure on vellum, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Swallow Bird - Apsaroke (Plate 134) | Photogravure on vellum, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Sioux Chiefs | Photogravure on vellum, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Waihusiwa, A Zuni Kyaqimassi (Plate 612) | Photogravure, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Homeward | Orotone, printed 2000 by the Curtis Centennial Project | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·07 | Cheyenne Maiden; Paguate (2 works) | Photogravures on rag paper, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·07 | Vanishing Race | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·07 | Kneeling Woman with Bowl | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·07 | The Fisherman - Wishham | Orotone, printed 2001 by the Curtis Centennial Project | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·07 | The Potter | Orotone, printed 2001 by the Curtis Centennial Project | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·06 | Photogravure | $200–$800 | Lion & Unicorn | |||
| 2023·06 | Spearing Salmon | Orotone, printed 2000 by the Curtis Centennial Project | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·06 | Flathead Camp on the Jocko River | Orotone, printed 2000 by the Curtis Centennial Project | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·06 | Group of 5 Plates from Vol. 9 and 12 of "The North American Indian" | Photogravures on tissue | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·06 | Group of 5 Photogravures from Vol. 11, 13, and 16 of "The North American Indian" | Photogravures on tissue | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·05 | Taos Water Girls | Orotone, printed 2002 by the Curtis Centennial Project | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·05 | Hopi Snake Priest | Orotone, printed 2000 by the Curtis Centennial Project | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·03 | A Group of Seven Photogravures from Vol. 11, 13, and 16 of "The North American Indian" | Photogravure on tissue | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·03 | Group of Five Plates from Vol. 9 and 12 of "The North American Indian" | Photogravures on tissue | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·03 | Group of Six Plates from Vols. 17 and 19 of "The North American Indian" | Photogravures on tissue | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·02 | Group of Eight Plates from Vols. 4 and 18 of "The North American Indian" | Photogravures | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·02 | Group of 5 Plates from Portfolio 10 of "The North American Indian" | Photogravure printed on Tweedweave paper, printed 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·02 | Group of Three Plates from Vol. 13 of "The North American Indian" | Photogravures printed on rag paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·02 | Navajo Medicine Man | Photogravure on Vellum | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·02 | A Group of Seven Photogravures from Vol. 8 of "The North American Indian" | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·01 | Group of 8 Plates from The North American Indian, Vol. 7 | Photogravures on tissue paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·01 | Untitled from a Film Set | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·01 | Group of 6 Plates from The North American Indian, Vol. 1, 2, and 20 | Photogravures on tissue paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·01 | Group of 6 Plates from The North American Indian, Vol. 5 | Photogravures on tissue paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·12 | Flathead Camp on the Jocko River | Toned gelatin silver print, printed later with hand-coloring by an unknown hand | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·12 | The Sentinel - San Ildefonso | Photogravure on vellum tissue, printed by Suffolk Engraving Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·12 | Quiet Waters - Tule River Reservation | Photogravure on Japanese tissue paper, printed by Suffolk Engraving Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·12 | A Primitive Camp | Photogravure on Japanese tissue paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·12 | Farm Security Administration Photographs (seven works) | Seven gelatin silver prints, ferrotyped, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·11 | The North American Indian (six works) | Six gelatin silver prints, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·11 | Piegan Encampment | Toned gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | The Vanishing Race | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | In the Mountains - Spokan | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Cayuse Matron; Flute Dancers Approaching the Spring; and Mohave Child (three works) | Three photogravures | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Old Eagle - Oto, Plate 679 | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Portraits of Indigenous Americans (seven works) | Seven gelatin silver prints, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Night Scout - Nez Perce, Plate 260 | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | The Sentinel - Sans Ildefonso, Plate 580 | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Watching for Salmon - Hupa | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | An Oasis in the Badlands | Toned gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Before the Storm | Toned gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·09 | A Klamath Type | Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·09 | Untitled from a Film Set | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·09 | Duck White | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·09 | Sally Rand | Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·08 | Acoma Belfry, Plate 564 | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·06 | Acoma Belfry, Plate 564 | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·06 | Portrait of a Starlet Seated on the Floor in a Spotlight | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·06 | Group of Photogravures (three works) | Three photogravures | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·06 | Group of Photogravures (two works) | Two photogravures, one printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·06 | Group of Photogravures (two works) | Two photogravures | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·06 | Hopi Girls | Platinum print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·06 | Flathead Childhood and Innocence-Umatilla (two works) | Two photogravures, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·05 | Hopi Farmers, Yesterday and Today (2 works) | One photogravure on paper, one gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·05 | Entering the Spring, Walpi Flute Dance | Toned gelatin silver print, printed circa 1920 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·05 | End of the day, Hopi | Toned gelatin silver print, printed circa 1920 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Street Scene - San Ildefonso | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Tablita Dancers Returning to the Kiva - San Ildefonso | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Wetchepeck Drummer | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Santa Clara Woman | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Ukiah Portrait | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | The Three Chiefs - Piegan, 1900 | platinum print, mounted on layered mount | $12,000–$18,000 | upcoming | Christie's | |
| 2022·04 | Sioux Chiefs, 1905 | platinum print, mounted on paper, mounted on board | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·04 | Singing to the Snakes, Shipalovi, 1906 | platinum print, flush-mounted on board | $8,000–$12,000 | upcoming | Christie's | |
| 2022·04 | The Storm, Apache, 1906 | $7,000–$9,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2022·04 | Cheyenne Warriors, 1905 | platinum print, mounted on layered mount | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·02 | Untitled (Young woman in a woven cap and beaded dress), circa 1920s | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·02 | Drying Wheat (San Juan) | Gelatin silver print, printed later, ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·01 | Vash Gon - Jicarilla | Photogravure on paper, printed later from the original plate | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·01 | John Quapaw | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·01 | Warrior Society Encircling Camp-Cheyenne; A Chipewyan Woman (2 works), 1910 and | Photogravure on Japanese tissue paper mounted on Van Gelder paper; photogravure on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·01 | Façade, San Xavier Del Bac Mission | Photogravure, printed by John Andrew & Son | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·01 | Red Cloud - Ogalala | Photogravure on paper, printed later by John Andrew & Sons | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·01 | Hopi Farmers, Yesterday and Today (2 works) | One photogravure on paper, one gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·12 | Spearing Salmon | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·12 | San Juan Woman, Tahm-oio-ah-tsay (Dawn) | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·11 | The Fisherman - Southern Miwok | Photogravure, printed by Suffolk Engraving Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·11 | A Comanche Mother | Photogravure, large plate, printed by Suffolk Engraving Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·11 | Cheyenne Sun-Dance Lodge | Photogravure, large plate, printed by Suffolk Engraving Co., Cambridge Massachusetts | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·11 | Awaiting the Return of the Snake Racers | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·11 | Signal Fire to the Mountain Gods | orotone | $5,000–$7,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2021·10 | Portrait of Alden Sampson | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | A Diegueño Home | Photogravure on Japanese paper, printed by Suffolk Engraving Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | The Sentinel - San Ildefonso | Photogravure on vellum tissue, printed by Suffolk Engraving Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | A Primitive Camp | Photogravure on Japanese tissue paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Stsimaki ("Reluctant-To-Be-Woman") - Blood | Photogravure, printed by Suffolk Engraving Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Quiet Waters - Tule River Reservation | Photogravure on Japanese tissue paper, printed by Suffolk Engraving Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Elmo Lincoln as the Original Tarzan | Toned gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Cañon del Muerto - Navaho (Canyon of Death) | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Zuni Bread Maker | Platinum print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | At the Old Well at Acoma | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·09 | Pima Baskets | Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.