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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2021·09 | The Lower Columbia | Photogravure, printed later by John Andrew & Son | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·09 | Under the Palms - Cahuilla | Photogravure, printed by Suffolk, England Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·08 | The Columbia Near Wind River | Photogravure, printed by Andrew & Son | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·08 | Façade, San Xavier Del Bac Mission | Photogravure, printed by John Andrew & Son | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·05 | After the Snow | Photogravure, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·05 | Bear's Belly - Arikara #64/228 | limited edition intaglio print | $200–$300 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2021·05 | Vanishing Race | orotone | $2,000–$3,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2021·02 | Group of 10 Photographs of Native Americans | Gelatin silver, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·12 | Signal Fire to the Mountain God | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | Author's Camp, Walapai-Land; Mosa-Mohabe; and. Clayoquot Woman in Cedar-bark Hat (3 works), 1907; | Two photogravures and one collotype | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | The Flute of the Gods by Marah Ellis Ryan | Hardcover book with collotype reproductions | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | The Bark Gatherer; Shores of Nootka Sounds; and, The Whaler-Clayoquot (3 works) | Photogravure, printed by John Andrew & Son | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 20 (complete with thirty-five photographs) | Photogravures on Japanese tissue | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | Maid of Dreams | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·09 | Hopi Boy Herding Sheep | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·09 | A Group of Six Native American Photogravures (6 works) | Photogravure (3 printed later) | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·04 | Self Portrait | Photogravure, printed by Deli Sacilotto circa 1968 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·04 | Hopi Boy Herding Sheep | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 3 (Complete with 36 works) | Photogravure printed on Tweedweave paper, 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 1 (Complete with 39 works) | Photogravure printed on Tweedweave paper, 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 2 (Complete with 36 works) | Photogravure printed on Tweedweave paper, 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 4 (Complete with 36 works) | Photogravure printed on Tweedweave paper, 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 5 (Complete with 36 works) | Photogravure printed on Tweedweave paper, 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 6 (Complete with 36 works) | Photogravure printed on Tweedweave paper, 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 7 (Complete with 36 works) | Photogravure printed on Tweedweave paper, 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 9 (Complete with 36 works) | Photogravure printed on Tweedweave paper, 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 10 (Complete with 36 works) | Photogravure printed on Tweedweave paper, 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 11 (Complete with 36 works) | Photogravure printed on Tweedweave paper, 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 12 (Complete with 36 works) | Photogravure printed on Tweedweave paper, 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | Maid of Dreams | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | Clam Diggers | Gelatin silver, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | Variant of The Shores of Nootka, 1915 | platinum print | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·10 | Night Scout - Nez Percé, 1911 | platinum print | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·04 | Teddy Roosevelt | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·04 | A Group of Seven Photogravures (7 works) | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·11 | Ûgiyankû-Nunivak, Plate 693 | Photogravure, printed by Suffolk Eng. Co. | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·11 | Inscription Rock, Plate 604 | Photogravure, printed by Suffolk Eng. Co. | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·11 | San Juan Pottery, Plate 597 | Photogravure, printed by Suffolk Eng. Co. | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | Snake Dancer in Costume, Plate 430;, Zuni Girls at the River, Plate 610; Grinding Meal, 1900; 1903; | Photogravure, printed by Suffolk Eng. Co. | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | A Group of Four Photographs | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | A Group of Four Photographs | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | Signal Fire to the Mountain God | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | A Group of Six Photographs | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | An Oasis in the Badlands | $15,000–$25,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·09 | A Group of Three Photographs Depicting Native Americans, 1908; | Photogravure on Japanese tissue paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | The Hopi Maiden | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | Waíhusiwa, a Zuñi Kyáqimâssi | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | A Group of Four Photographs | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | A Feast Day at Acoma, Plate 565 | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | Embarking- Kutenai, Plate 250 | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | The North American Indian, Portfolio Seven (partial portfolio, twelve photographs) | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | Kutenai Duck Hunter | Photogravure, probably printed 1970s | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | The Maid of Dreams | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | Red Cloud--Ogalala, Plate 103 | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | The North American Indian, Portfolio 20 (complete with thirty-five photographs) | Photogravures on Van Gelder | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | The Piki Maker | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | Canon de Chelly | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | Teddy Roosevelt | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | The North American Indian, Volume 7: The Indians of the United States and Alaska | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·02 | Homeward | Orotone in original frame with original paper label affixed to verso | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·02 | The North American Indian, Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Alaska. [Norwood: Plimpton Press,] 1916. | $5,500–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2018·02 | The North American Indian, Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Alaska. [Norwood: Plimpton Press], 1926. | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·12 | Mishongnovi | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·10 | Náne-Qágyuhl, 1914, Incense Over a Medicine Bundle- Hidasta, 1908, and Éskande- Apache (Plate 16), 1903 (three photographs) | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·10 | Carved Posts at Alert Bay | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·10 | Bread- Apsaroke | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·10 | Ambrosio Martinez-San Juan | Photogravure on Japanese tissue | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·10 | The Vanishing Race | Platinum | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·10 | Carlos Rios- Papago chief | Platinum | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·10 | Quinaika- Mohave | Platinum | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·10 | The Vanishing Race, 1904 | platinum print on layered mount | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·10 | Tapa, Antelope Water, Taos, 1905 | toned platinum print | $15,000–$25,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·07 | Signal Fire to the Mountain God | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·06 | The North American Indian, Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Alaska. [Norwood: Plimpton Press,] 1926. | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·06 | The North American Indian, Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Alaska. [Norwood: Plimpton Press,] 1915. | $7,000–$9,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·06 | The North American Indian, Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Alaska. [Norwood: Plimpton Press,] 1916. | $7,000–$9,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·05 | Portrait of Young Boy | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·05 | Mishongnovi | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·04 | Waiting in the Forest, Cheyenne | $7,000–$9,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2016·10 | Four young Hopi Indian women at the portal | Platinum | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·10 | Signal Fire to the Mountain God | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·10 | The Oath, Apsaroke | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·10 | Vash Gon, Jicarilla | Sepia-toned gelatin silver, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·10 | The Clam Digger | Platinum | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·06 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2016·04 | Cañon de Chelly - Navaho | Photogravure, a vintage proof printed by John Andrew & Son | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·04 | At the Old Well of Acoma | Platinum | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·04 | Portrait of Young Boy | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·02 | The Three Chiefs - Piegan, 1900 | platinum print, mounted on original paper | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·11 | Signal Fire to the Mountain Gods | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·11 | Maid of Dreams | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·11 | Flathead Camp on the Jocko River | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2014·12 | Selected Images from The North American Indian | $2,000–$3,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2014·11 | The Vanishing Race - Navaho | Orotone print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2014·05 | The Three Chiefs - Piegan, 1900 | $8,000–$12,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2014·05 | Badlands, 1905 | platinum print with applied color | $15,000–$25,000 | Unsold listing | Christie's | |
| 2014·05 | The Vanishing Race, Navaho, 1904 | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2014·04 | Maid of Dreams | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2014·04 | The Vanishing Race - Navaho | Orotone | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2014·04 | Jicarilla Child | Photogravure | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.