Russian/American, 1906–1979
Philippe Halsman
439results on record
73%sell-through
$1,627median result (USD, incl. premium; 96% observed, 4% estimated from hammer)
$100,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 439 recorded results (352 sold · 87 passed) across 18 auction houses, 1998–2026. 2 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 96% observed, 4% estimated from hammer method · log scale
Where does a value land in this market?
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 | 323 | 77% | $1,237 |
| other | 13 | 33% | $3,600 |
| ceramics & design | 5 | 75% | $989 |
Medium is recorded for 341 of 439 results (78%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Ansel Adams Philippe Halsman Ansel Adams
| Metric | Philippe Halsman | Ansel Adams |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $1,627 | $11,875 |
| Record price | $100,000 | $988,000 |
| Results on record | 439 | 2,991 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Ansel AdamsBerenice AbbottEdward WestonWalker Evans
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
66/ 100
- Sell-through73%
- Meets estimate43%
- Market depth439 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 | 208 | 75% | $656 | — |
| Christie's | 64 | — | $3,792 | — |
| Sotheby's | 48 | 80% | $5,056 | 0.73× |
| Bonhams | 56 | 62% | $2,040 | 0.68× |
| Grisebach | 11 | — | $2,805 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 10 | 90% | $704 | 0.57× |
| Rago | 9 | 100% | $1,397 | — |
| Dorotheum | 12 | 75% | $961 | — |
| Phillips | 8 | 38% | $6,875 | — |
| Lempertz | 3 | 67% | $3,508 | — |
| Artcurial | 2 | — | $1,046 | 1.01× |
| Chiswick Auctions | 1 | 100% | $930 | — |
| Ketterer Kunst | 1 | — | $855 | — |
| Finarte | 1 | 100% | $870 | 0.71× |
| Cordier Auctions | 1 | 100% | $2,625 | 0.84× |
| Viscontea auction house | 1 | 100% | $2,013 | 0.60× |
| A10 by Artmark | 1 | 100% | $210 | — |
| Wright | 2 | 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 441 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 87 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2024·02 | Untitled (Woman in Bathtub), circa 1960s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·02 | Untitled (Woman in Bathtub with Two Bars of Soap), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·01 | Walk in Space (Salvador Dali) | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·01 | Salvador Dali and The Persistence of Memory | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·12 | Refugee Girl, Paris | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·12 | Mary Martin | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·12 | Two Women | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·12 | Jennifer Jones | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·12 | Louis Armstrong | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·12 | Dali's "Youths", circa 1960s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·12 | Jane Ball | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·12 | Miladova, ( Milada Mladova ) | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·12 | Natalie Thompson | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·12 | Ethel Merman | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·12 | Albert Einstein | Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1970 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·12 | Clint Eastwood in 'Magnum Force' | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·11 | Peter Unistov | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·11 | Eleanor Roosevelt | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Albert Einstein | Gelatin silver print on Agfa paper, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Model, Paris | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Study of Dali's Head | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Aldous Huxley, 1958 | gelatin silver print | $1,000–$1,500 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2023·08 | Albert Einstein | $500–$1,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·04 | Marlon Brando | Gelatin silver print, printed 1978 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·04 | Georgia O'Keefe | Gelatin silver print, printed 1978 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·04 | Frank Sinatra | Gelatin silver print, printed 1978 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·04 | Albert Einstein | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·04 | Grace Kelly | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·02 | "Salvador Dali', 1953" | $2,147–$3,220 | Viscontea auction house | |||
| 2023·01 | Marilyn Monroe | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·01 | Marilyn Jumping | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·01 | Marilyn as Mao | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·12 | Denise Darcel | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·12 | Portrait of Marilyn Monroe | $1,000–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·12 | Marilyn Monroe, Jumping | $1,000–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·12 | Marilyn Bookcase | $1,200–$1,800 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·11 | Dali Skull (In Voluptas Mors; and Dali Atomicus)1987 photographer's stamp on print versogelatin silver print31 by 25 cm. 12 3/16 by 9 13/16 in. | $915–$1,372 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·11 | Dali Atomicus1948 | $5,719–$8,006 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·11 | Anthony Perkins | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·11 | Secretaries with L.C. Smith typewriters and Children with Piggy Bank and Money (two works) | Two gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·11 | Study of Dali's Head | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·11 | Vice President Nixon Jumping, White House | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·11 | Salvador Dali with magnifying glass1946. | $915–$1,372 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·10 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2022·10 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2022·10 | Marilyn Portfolio | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·10 | Marilyn Monroe (cover for Life Magazine) | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Alfred Hitchcock, The Birds | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·08 | Halsman/Dali Portfolio | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·06 | Salvador Dalí | $1,071–$1,285 | Lempertz | |||
| 2022·05 | A pair of photographs | gelatin silver print | $800–$1,200 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2022·05 | Cantinflas | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·05 | Martha Graham (and Dancers) | Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | William W. Keeler (Principal Chief of the Cherokees of Bartlesville, Oklahoma and CEO of Philips Petroleum Company) (8 works) | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Martha Graham, circa 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Grace Kelly | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·03 | June Lockhart; Katharine Cornell (two works) | $1,000–$1,500 | Rago | |||
| 2022·03 | Alexis Smith; Marta Torren (two works) | $1,000–$1,500 | Rago | |||
| 2022·02 | Self Portrait, circa 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·02 | Woody Allen , 1969 | gelatin silver print | $1,000–$2,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2022·02 | Gloria Swanson, c. 1950 | gelatin silver print | $800–$1,200 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2022·01 | Clement Greenberg | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·01 | David Merrick | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·01 | Group of 7 Photographs (Film and Television), circa 1950s-1960s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·01 | Cantinflas | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·01 | Group of 9 Photographs, circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·12 | Group of 3 Celebrity Photographs, circa 1940s-1950s | Gelatin silver prints, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·12 | Donald McKayle, Games (2 works) | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·12 | Cecile Aubrey, French Film Actress, (Jump) | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·12 | Group of 6 Photographs, Dance and the Theatre, circa 1960s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·12 | Alfred Hitchcock | $2,032–$2,258 | Lempertz | |||
| 2021·11 | Marilyn Monroe, "Life" Cover | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·11 | Marilyn Monroe (At a drive-in, eating a hamburger) | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·11 | Marilyn Monroe (Barbell) | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·11 | "Halsman/ Dali Portfolio, 1948-1964" | $4,000–$6,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·11 | Martha Graham, Dark Meadow | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·11 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2021·10 | Denise Darcel | Gelatin silver print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Group of 16 Photographs from Caligula | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Ballerinas on the Beach (14 works) | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Marilyn Portfolio | $4,000–$6,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·09 | Clement Greenberg | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·08 | Marlon Brando | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·08 | Brigitte Bardot | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·08 | Dali, Tete de Morte (Skull) | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·08 | Dali Atomicus | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·08 | Gina Lollobrigida | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·08 | Bertrand Russell | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·08 | David Merrick | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·06 | Albert Einstein | $4,775–$5,968 | Lempertz | |||
| 2021·05 | Marilyn Monroe posing for her first LIFE Magazine cover | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Winston Churchill | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Bertrand Russell | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Marilyn Monroe posing for her first LIFE Magazine cover | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Ed Wynn | Oversized gelatin silver, printed 1972 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Marilyn Jumping | Gelatin silver, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | John F. Kennedy | Oversized gelatin silver, printed 1972 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Edward Steichen Jumping | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Dalí Atomicus | Gelatin silver, printed 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·03 | marilyn monroe, life magazine cover, 1952 | $5,984–$8,378 | Sotheby's | |||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $39, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.