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. 3 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 442 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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| 2015·05 | Marta Toren (Cleopatra) | Vintage gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·05 | Marcel Marceau | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·05 | Peter Ustinov | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·05 | Kitty Carlisle Hart + Moss Hart | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·04 | Cosmic Dali | $15,000–$20,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2014·11 | Marilyn Monroe. 1949 | Gelatin silver print, 1955 | $4,616–$6,923 | Grisebach | ||
| 2014·10 | Dali Atomicus | Gelatin silver, printed circa 1970 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2014·10 | Aquacade | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2014·07 | Woody Allen | $300–$500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·05 | Marilyn Mao - 1952 | Tirage argentique postérieur | $923–$1,154 | Artcurial | ||
| 2014·05 | Albert Einstein | $1,000–$1,200 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·04 | Marilyn Portfolio (Ten Photographs) | Gelatin silver, 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2014·04 | Winston Churchill | Vintage gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2014·04 | Dali's Mustache | $2,000–$3,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·12 | Woody Allen | $600–$800 | Bonhams | |||
| 2013·10 | Churchill, 1951 | gelatin silver print | $9,438–$12,135 | Christie's | ||
| 2013·10 | Marilyn Flirting, c. 1952 | gelatin silver portfolio print, printed 1981 | $1,348–$2,022 | Christie's | ||
| 2013·10 | Marilyn Monroe Jumping | $25,000–$35,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·10 | Audrey Hepburn with Doves | $7,000–$10,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·05 | Woody Allen, 1969 | $1,731–$2,308 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·05 | Albert Einstein | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2013·04 | Picasso's Kiln; and Picasso's Ceramic Assistant | $1,000–$2,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·04 | 'marilyn monroe jumping' | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·12 | Elizabeth Taylor | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·11 | Marilyn at the Door | Gelatin silver, 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·11 | Marilyn Listening to Music | Gelatin silver, 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·11 | Dali, 1981 | $8,077–$10,385 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·11 | Elizabeth Taylor | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·10 | 'dali's leopard skull' | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·05 | Dali Cyclops | Gelatin silver, 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·05 | Marilyn Listening to Music | Gelatin silver, 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·05 | Dali Skull | Gelatin silver, 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·05 | Dali Atomicus | Gelatin silver, 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·05 | Marilyn Relaxing | Gelatin silver, 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·02 | Eli Wiesel | Gelatin silver, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·11 | Georgia O’Keeffe. 1967 | Gelatin silver print, 1979 | $3,462–$5,770 | Grisebach | ||
| 2011·11 | Acting Test: Marilyn Monroe drinking the most wonderful drink, 1949 | gelatin silver print | $2,697–$4,045 | Christie's | ||
| 2011·05 | Italian Women Confess, for New York Times Book Review | Gelatin silver, circa 1957 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·05 | Chagall and Matisse (Two Photographs), 1943 | Gelatin silver, 1978, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2011·05 | Marilyn Monroe, Life Cover Variant | Gelatin silver, circa 1960 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·12 | Albert Einstein | Gelatin silver, before 1968 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·12 | Andy Warhol | Chromogenic, 1989 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·11 | Marilyn Monroe. 1952 | Späterer Silbergelatineabzug | $2,308–$2,885 | Grisebach | ||
| 2010·06 | Le Surrealisme, C'est Moi (Salvador Dalí) | Gelatin silve... | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·06 | Marc Chagall | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·06 | Untitled (Girl Lying on Beach), circa 1940s | Gelatin silver, p... | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·06 | Untitled (Girls Frolicking on the Beach, circa 1940s | Gelatin... | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·11 | Three Marilyns | Gelatin silver, 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·11 | Marilyn Monroe with Hamburger, 1950s | Gelatin silver, circa 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·10 | Selected Photographs | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2009·10 | 'the blind poet believes that he is the emperor of china' (jean cocteau with birds) | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2009·04 | Untitled, 1950s | Gelatin silver, circa 1950s | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2008·12 | Three Marilyns | Silver gelatin, 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2008·12 | Elizabeth Taylor | Silver gelatin, circa 1948 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2008·12 | Marilyn Monroe with Hamburger, 1950s | Silver gelatin, circa 19... | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2008·11 | Dali skull, 1951 | $5,393–$8,090 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·05 | Helmar Lerski, 1936 | $5,393–$8,090 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·05 | giorgio de chirico and his wife, rome, 1951 | $4,045–$6,742 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·05 | heinrich mann, 1938 | $5,393–$8,090 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·05 | marc chagall and pablo picasso, st. paul de vence, 1955 | $4,045–$6,742 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·05 | Alfred Hitchcock, 1963 | $5,393–$8,090 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·04 | Marilyn Monroe for Life , November 1959 | 2 gelatin silver prints, mounted together | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2008·04 | Dali Atomicus, 1948 | gelatin silver print, printed before 1955 | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2008·04 | Dali Skull | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·02 | Marilyn Monroe, c. 1955 | 2 gelatin silver prints, the second printed 1960s | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·11 | Various portraits of Marilyn Monroe, 1950s | 3 gelatin silver prints, printed later | $2,697–$4,045 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·10 | Selected Dali Studies | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·06 | Untitled (Models jumping on beach), 1940s | gelatin silver print | $1,079–$1,348 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·06 | Audrey Hepburn, 1955 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $1,079–$1,348 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·05 | Three Portraits of British Actresses | $2,427–$2,966 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·03 | Marilyn Monroe | $1,500–$1,731 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·12 | Dali and Rhinoceros, 1981 | copyright credit stamp, titled and annotated in unknown hand in pencil on verso | $1,348–$2,022 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·11 | Brigitte Bardot, 1955 | $2,697–$4,045 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·10 | 'halsman/marilyn' | $4,000–$6,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·10 | tête de mort pour dali1954 | $1,385–$1,731 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·09 | Dali Atomicus, 1953 | number '250/250' in ink and portfolio stamp (on the verso) | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·09 | Marilyn Monroe, 1955 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·05 | Portrait of Marilyn Monroe | Photograph | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2006·05 | Portrait of Marilyn Monroe | Photograph | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2006·05 | Portrait of Marilyn Monroe | Photograph | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2006·04 | Marilyn Monroe, 1952 | numerous annotations in pencil and ink, 'Halsman/ | $30,000–$50,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·02 | Brigitte Bardot, 1955 | gelatin silver print flush-mounted on masonite | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·02 | Albert Einstein, 1947 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·11 | Warhol: Photographs | $4,045–$5,393 | Christie's | |||
| 2005·10 | 'marilyn monroe' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·03 | Alfred Hitchcock, 1976 | Gelatin silver print | $923–$923 | Ketterer Kunst | ||
| 2005·02 | How's Business? (Dali), 1954 | gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970 | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·02 | Marilyn Monroe, Life cover, 1955 | gelatin silver print, printed 1981 by Stephen Gersh | $1,500–$2,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·02 | Dali's Moustache, 1954 | gelatin silver print, printed c. 1980 | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·02 | Ingrid Bergman, 1944-1945 | title, date in pencil and copyright credit stamp (on the verso) | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·02 | Lauren Bacall, 1944 | gelatin silver print | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·02 | Marilyn with Barbells, 1952 | number '201/250' in ink and Portfolio stamp (on the verso) | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·11 | marilyn at the drive-in, a plate from the halsman/marilyn portfolio, 1952, printed 1981 | $1,618–$2,427 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·11 | marilyn mao, a plate from the halsman/marilyn portfolio, 1952, printed 1981 | $1,079–$1,618 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·11 | marilyn listening to music, a plate from the halsman/marilyn portfolio, 1952, printed 1981 | $1,618–$2,427 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·11 | marilyn in bikini top, a plate from the halsman/marilyn portfolio, 1952, printed 1981 | $1,079–$1,618 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·10 | Portrait of Marilyn Monroe | Edition: 165/250 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2004·10 | Portrait of Marilyn Monroe | Edition: 150/250 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2004·10 | Portrait of Marilyn Monroe | Has stamp of the Halsman studio, 1981 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2004·10 | Portrait of Marilyn Monroe | Edition: 178/250 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
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