French/American, 1928–2023
Elliott Erwitt
687results on record
78%sell-through
$3,328median result (USD, incl. premium; 97% observed, 3% estimated from hammer)
$30,720record in our coverage
Drawn from 687 recorded results (564 sold · 123 passed) across 17 auction houses, 1998–2026. 12 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 97% observed, 3% 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 | 270 | 80% | $3,525 |
| other | 10 | 100% | $5,172 |
| sculpture | 3 | 33% | $1,280 |
| ceramics & design | 3 | n/a | $2,925 |
Medium is recorded for 286 of 687 results (42%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Henri Cartier-bresson Elliott Erwitt Henri Cartier-bresson
| Metric | Elliott Erwitt | Henri Cartier-bresson |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $3,328 | $9,375 |
| Record price | $30,720 | $265,000 |
| Results on record | 687 | 1,767 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Henri Cartier-bressonHorst P. HorstAnsel AdamsAndré Kertész
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
68/ 100
- Sell-through78%
- Meets estimate40%
- Market depth687 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonhams | 232 | 76% | $2,304 | 0.65× |
| Heritage Auctions | 127 | 80% | $1,912 | — |
| Phillips | 97 | 82% | $6,381 | — |
| Christie's | 63 | 89% | $6,555 | — |
| Sotheby's | 57 | 77% | $5,217 | 1.04× |
| Grisebach | 33 | — | $4,071 | — |
| Lempertz | 26 | 76% | $2,981 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 12 | 83% | $1,088 | 0.65× |
| Rago | 10 | 100% | $1,180 | — |
| Finarte | 10 | 70% | $725 | 0.76× |
| Dorotheum | 7 | 57% | $3,229 | — |
| Wright | 4 | 75% | $1,500 | — |
| Artcurial | 2 | — | $7,450 | 1.27× |
| Chiswick Auctions | 3 | 67% | $963 | — |
| SBI Art Auction | 2 | 50% | $2,176 | — |
| Hermitage Fine Art | 1 | 100% | $4,347 | 0.92× |
| Bertolami Fine Art | 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 699 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 123 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2013·11 | Salvation Army Couple / Boy Scout and Scout Master / Hippie Couple, aus der Serie „Corning, New York“. 1976 | 3 Vintages | $4,079–$5,438 | Grisebach | ||
| 2013·11 | Wyoming | $2,409–$4,015 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·11 | New York | $6,425–$9,637 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·11 | New York City | $2,409–$4,015 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·10 | Ruthie, Nighclub Entertainer in Des Moines, Iowa, 1950s | titled in ink and Erwitt/Magnum credit stamp (verso) | $1,116–$1,435 | Christie's | ||
| 2013·10 | Provence, France | $8,000–$10,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·10 | Paris | $4,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·05 | Pirate, the Johnston family's dog, pictured at their Great Tew estate, Banbury, Oxfordshire. 2010 | Gelatin silver print | $3,238–$4,533 | Grisebach | ||
| 2013·05 | „New York City“. 1989 | Gelatin silver print | $4,533–$7,124 | Grisebach | ||
| 2013·05 | New York City | $2,329–$3,881 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·05 | California Kiss | $2,329–$3,881 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·04 | Reno, Nevada, 1960 | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2013·04 | Las Vegas, Nevada, 1954 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $7,000–$9,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2013·04 | Provence, France, 1955 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $8,000–$12,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2013·04 | Hoboken, New Jersey | $8,000–$12,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·04 | Wyoming | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·03 | California Kiss | Gelatin silver, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·12 | Managua, Nicaragua | $500–$700 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·12 | Mrs. Peanut | $300–$500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·12 | vice president nixon and soviet premier khrushchev during the 'kitchen debate' at the u. s. exhibition in moscow | $2,000–$3,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·11 | Kent, England. 1968 | Vintage | $1,934–$2,578 | Grisebach | ||
| 2012·11 | California, 1955 | $3,824–$6,372 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·10 | 'photographs: elliott erwitt' | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·09 | Bratsk, Siberia | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·09 | Guanajuato, Mexico | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·06 | Mrs. Peanut | $600–$800 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·05 | Marilyn, New York City, 1956 | $3,167–$4,751 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·05 | California Kiss, 1955 | $2,376–$3,167 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·05 | Seagull and Crossed Trees, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1975 | $1,900–$2,851 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·05 | Alsatian, New Jersey, 1971 | $1,900–$2,851 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·05 | Wyoming, 1954 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $3,187–$4,781 | Christie's | ||
| 2011·11 | „Paris“. 1989 | Gelatin silver print | $3,347–$4,016 | Grisebach | ||
| 2011·11 | „London“. 1966 | Later gelatin silver print | $3,347–$4,016 | Grisebach | ||
| 2011·11 | New York City (Dog Legs) | Gelatin silver, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·11 | New york City, 1953 | annotated in ink and pencil (verso) | $1,282–$1,923 | Christie's | ||
| 2011·11 | Cupid, New York City, DATE | gelatin silver print, printed later | $2,403–$4,005 | Christie's | ||
| 2011·11 | California, 1956 gelatin silver print, printed later signed, titled and dated (in pencil, verso) | gelatin silver print | $2,403–$4,005 | Christie's | ||
| 2011·05 | „New York City (Central Park)“. 1967 | Later gelatin silver print | $1,417–$2,125 | Grisebach | ||
| 2011·05 | „New York City“ (Marilyn Monroe). 1956 | Later gelatin silver print | $2,834–$4,250 | Grisebach | ||
| 2011·05 | Marilyn Monroe, New York City | Gelatin silver, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·11 | „California“. 1955 | Späterer Silbergelatineabzug | $2,398–$2,931 | Grisebach | ||
| 2010·11 | Marilyn Monroe in dem Film „The Seven Year Itch“. 1955 | 4 spätere Silbergelatineabzüge | $5,328–$7,993 | Grisebach | ||
| 2010·06 | „Dublin, Ireland“. 1962 | Späterer Silbergelatineabzug | $1,227–$1,840 | Grisebach | ||
| 2010·04 | Elliott Erwitt | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2009·12 | East Hampton, New York | $1,200–$1,800 | Wright | |||
| 2009·12 | The Masterprints, Vol. I | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2009·12 | Paris, 1989 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $2,500–$3,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2009·12 | Elliott Erwitt | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2009·11 | „Amsterdam“. 1968 | Later gelatin silver print | $1,809–$2,261 | Grisebach | ||
| 2009·11 | New York City, 1974 | gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on aluminum, printed later | $8,000–$12,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2009·11 | Bratsk, Siberia, Russia | Gelatin silver, circa 1985 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·11 | Tahiti | Gelatin silver, circa 1985 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·11 | New York | Gelatin silver, 1974 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·04 | Nudist | Gelatin silver, 1970s | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·04 | Naturist Members of the North Sun Club at Sidcup, England | — | Heritage Auctions | |||
| 2009·04 | Yale's Oldest Living Graduate | Gelatin silver, printed later... | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·03 | selected images | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·12 | New York | Silver gelatin, 1974 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2008·02 | New York City, 1999 | gelatin silver print | $1,500–$2,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·11 | California, 1955 | oversized gelatin silver print, printed later | $6,175–$8,233 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·11 | Mother and Child, New York, 1953 | $3,104–$5,174 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·11 | New York City, 1974 | $4,139–$6,209 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·10 | 'hoboken, n. j.' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·10 | 'venice, italy' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·06 | Ballycotton, Ireland, 1968 | gelatin silver print, printed 1989 | $1,594–$2,391 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·05 | paris and kent, england. two studies, 1929 and 1968 | $3,974–$5,962 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·03 | Soldier, New Jersey | $1,983–$2,644 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·03 | Parade Group | $1,983–$2,644 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·03 | Hungary | $1,718–$2,379 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·12 | Provence, 1955 | $7,915–$10,554 | Christie's | |||
| 2006·11 | 'california', 1955, printed later | $2,276–$3,414 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·11 | Wyoming, 1954 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $2,855–$4,758 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·05 | New York City, 1953 | gelatin silver print, printed 1989 | $2,845–$3,793 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·05 | Orleans, France, 1952 | gelatin silver print, printed 1989 | $2,845–$3,793 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·05 | New York City, 1974 | gelatin silver print, printed 1989 | $2,845–$3,793 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·05 | Arlington, Virginia, 1963 | gelatin silver print, printed 1989 | $3,793–$4,741 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | Selected Images | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·03 | kyoto japan | $1,822–$2,429 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·03 | Paris | $1,822–$2,429 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·03 | marilyn monroe and the cast of the misfits | marilyn monroe and the cast of the misfits | $1,214–$1,822 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2006·03 | untitled | $1,822–$2,429 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·11 | The Cast of the Misfits | Silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2005·10 | selected images from 'master prints' portfolios, volumes i and ii | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·05 | Reno, Nevada (On the set of The Misfits ), 1960 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $2,750–$3,667 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·05 | Bazios, Brazil, 1960; Untitled (Mexico), n.d. | 2 gelatin silver prints | $1,467–$2,200 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·05 | Jacqueline Kennedy, Arlington, 1963 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $1,834–$2,750 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·10 | selected images | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2002·04 | Segregated Water Fountains, North Carolina, 1950 | gelatin silver print | $2,500–$3,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2001·12 | North Carolina | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·11 | Orleans, France | $3,500–$4,500 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·10 | Our town - (yours and mine) Pittsburgh | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·10 | Bratsk, Siberia | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·04 | England | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·04 | Paris | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·04 | Hoboken | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·04 | Venice, Italy | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·09 | Cracked Glass with Boy, Colorado | $2,500–$3,500 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·05 | California | $1,500–$2,000 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·10 | New York City, 1953, Printed Later | $861–$1,206 | Christie's | |||
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