Hungarian/American, 1913–1954
Robert Capa
148results on record
88%sell-through
$2,897median result (USD, incl. premium; 96% observed, 4% estimated from hammer)
$162,500record in our coverage
Drawn from 148 recorded results (138 sold · 10 passed) across 13 auction houses, 1998–2026. 1 upcoming lot 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?
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 | 96 | 82% | $2,830 |
| other | 6 | 100% | $4,544 |
Medium is recorded for 102 of 148 results (69%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Henri Cartier-bresson Robert Capa Henri Cartier-bresson
| Metric | Robert Capa | Henri Cartier-bresson |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $2,897 | $9,375 |
| Record price | $162,500 | $265,000 |
| Results on record | 148 | 1,767 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Henri Cartier-bressonAndré KertészHorst P. HorstAnsel Adams
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
78/ 100
- Sell-through88%
- Meets estimate56%
- Market depth148 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's | 28 | 100% | $6,129 | 0.80× |
| Heritage Auctions | 33 | 85% | $1,031 | — |
| Christie's | 25 | 100% | $4,560 | — |
| Grisebach | 17 | — | $2,836 | — |
| Bonhams | 10 | 90% | $3,072 | 0.96× |
| Dorotheum | 9 | 100% | $1,482 | — |
| Phillips | 9 | 78% | $3,821 | — |
| Lempertz | 6 | 100% | $2,217 | — |
| SBI Art Auction | 3 | 100% | $3,319 | — |
| Finarte | 5 | 60% | $1,378 | 0.85× |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 1 | 100% | $344 | 0.55× |
| Artcurial | 1 | — | $3,057 | 0.88× |
| Clark's Auction Company | 1 | 100% | $875 | 0.35× |
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 149 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 10 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026·09 | Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, 1948 | gelatin silver print, printed posthumously in 1996 | $2,000–$3,000 | upcoming | Freeman's | Hindman | |
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| 2026·07 | Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, Golfe-Juan | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·06 | The Mexican Suitcase (2 books) | 4to | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·06 | D-Day, Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944 | $1,746–$2,328 | Lempertz | |||
| 2026·06 | D-Day, Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944 | $1,746–$2,328 | Lempertz | |||
| 2026·06 | The Falling Soldier | $2,328–$3,492 | Lempertz | |||
| 2026·04 | Paratrooper Carries Causality to Medical Aid Station | Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·04 | Untitled (Italy), 1944 | $1,741–$2,321 | Finarte | |||
| 2026·04 | Tragedy of Spain: People fleeing Barcelona, January 1939, 1939 | $1,160–$1,741 | Finarte | |||
| 2026·01 | Israel | — | SBI Art Auction | |||
| 2025·12 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2025·12 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2025·12 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2025·12 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2025·12 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2025·12 | Pablo Picasso & Francoise Gilot, Golfe-Juan, France | $4,667–$5,834 | Lempertz | |||
| 2025·11 | Death of a Loyalist Militiaman near Espejo, Córdoba Front, Spain (Falling Soldier) | $23,166–$34,749 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·10 | The Falling Soldier. 1936 | Gelatin silver print, presumably printed early 1950s | $2,336–$2,803 | Grisebach | ||
| 2025·10 | Fighting For Israel, Arab-Isaeli War Photograph | Photograph | $1,500–$2,500 | Clark's Auction Company | ||
| 2025·07 | Haifa, Israel | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·06 | American Soldiers Landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, Normandy France, June 6 | Digital pigment print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·06 | Soldier at Moment of Death, Spanish Civil War | Photogravure from Venice portfolio, printed 1979 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·04 | Pablo Picasso & Francoise Gilot, Golfe-Juan, France, August 1948 | gelatin silver print, printed later | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·03 | Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, Golfe-Juan | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·01 | Running for Shelter During Air Raid, Barcelona | $1,000–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·12 | Hungary (Wedding Party) | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·10 | Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot | $2,000–$3,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·10 | Death of a Loyalist Militiaman near Espejo, Córdoba Front, Spain | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·10 | D-Day Landing on Omaha Beach, Normandy | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·10 | The Last Man Killed | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·10 | Selected Images of World War II | $30,000–$50,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·10 | Fallen Soldier: Spanish Civil War | Gelatin silver print, printed 2006 under the supervision of Cornell Capa | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·04 | D-Day Landing, Omaha Beach, Normandy | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·01 | Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·01 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2024·01 | Naples, Italy (Anti-fascist slogans on city walls) | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·10 | Young Boy, Arlon Luxembourg Province, Belgium | Gelatin silver print, printed by Cornell Capa, 1993 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Along the Road from Namdinh to Thaibinh, Red River Delta, Indochina | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·10 | Place de l'Opera, Real Coffee at Last! | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·07 | This is Israel | — | SBI Art Auction | |||
| 2023·06 | Place de l'Opera, Real Coffee at Last! | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·05 | D-Day Landing, Omaha Beach, Normandy | $1,245–$2,489 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·08 | Group of 4 Photographs of the Japanese Invasion of China | Gelatin silver prints, ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·05 | This Is Israel | — | SBI Art Auction | |||
| 2022·05 | Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot in France | Gelatin silver print, printed 2005 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·05 | Group of 4 Photographs of the Japanese Invasion of China | Gelatin silver prints, ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·05 | Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, Golfe-Juan, 1948 | $3,728–$6,214 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·04 | Refugee Camp, Spanish Civil War | Gelatin silver print of a halftone original, printed 1964 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Exhausted Soldier, Leaning on His Rifle (Spanish Civil War) | Gelatin silver print, printed 1964 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·02 | Untitled (Soldiers dancing in a chow-line, Spanish Civil War) | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·02 | The Falling Soldier | Gelatin silver print on Agfa paper, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·02 | Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot in France | Digital pigment print, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·02 | An Apartment Building in Ruins, Barcelona (Spanish Civil War) | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·12 | Santa Eulalia, Spain | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·11 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2021·11 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2021·10 | The Falling Soldier | Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1961 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·09 | Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot in France | Digital pigment print, printed 2021 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·08 | Sur le front de Tolède (Soldiers under fire, Spanish Civil War) | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·06 | A pair of photographs ( China , 1930s; Chartres , August 18, 1944) | gelatin silver prints (one vintage) | $400–$600 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2021·06 | Spanish Civil War Press Photograph | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·06 | Segre River Attack, Spanish Civil War Press Photograph | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Selected images, Brussels, China, Spain and World War II 21 | $15,000–$20,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·03 | Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, Golfe-Juan, 1948 | $6,893–$9,650 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·03 | Loyalist soldiers near Madrid, 1936 | $1,786–$2,381 | Finarte | |||
| 2021·03 | Spanish Civil War, 1936 | $953–$1,429 | Finarte | |||
| 2021·03 | Visitors in Line at Lenin's Tomb, Moscow | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·12 | D-Day Landing on Omaha Beach, Normandy | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2020·10 | Leon Trotsky, Copenhagen, November 27 | Gelatin silver, printed 1985 by Igor Bakht | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·09 | Normandy | $3,821–$6,368 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·07 | D-Day Landing, Omaha Beach, Normandy | $20,000–$30,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·07 | Child at the Sha'ar Ha'aliya transit camp for new immigrants. Near Haifa, Israel. 1950 | Gelatin silver print, c | $2,836–$3,970 | Grisebach | ||
| 2020·07 | Berlin, August. 1945 | Gelatin silver print, presumably 1970s | $1,701–$2,268 | Grisebach | ||
| 2020·06 | The Last Man killed | $1,682–$2,242 | Lempertz | |||
| 2020·06 | Silvana Mangano in "Bitter Rice", 1949 | $449–$673 | Finarte | |||
| 2019·12 | Picasso and Francoise Gilot | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·11 | death of a loyalist militiaman, cordoba front, september 1936, known as "the falling soldier" | $66,204–$88,272 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·10 | Henri Matisse at Cimiez (Nice) | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·05 | Untitled (Second Sino-Japanese War) | $1,338 | Lempertz | |||
| 2019·05 | Picasso und Françoise Gilot, Golfe-Juan. 1948 | Later gelatin silver print by Igor Bakht | $3,347–$5,578 | Grisebach | ||
| 2018·10 | An American Soldier, El Guetar, Tunisia, North Africa | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·10 | Norwegian Fisherman | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·04 | Death of a Loyalist Soldier | $80,000–$120,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·02 | hubei, hankou, china, april 29th 1938 | Silver print, printed 1970s. On the reverse, photographer's stamp. Matted | $2,443–$3,664 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2017·11 | the liberation, champs elysees, paris, 26th august 1944 | $11,654–$17,481 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·05 | 'Barcelona', January 1939 | $3,904–$6,506 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·05 | 'Madrid', Winter 1936-1937 | $3,904–$6,506 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·10 | Death of a Loyalist Soldier, Cordoba, Spain | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·10 | Hemingway and Son Gregory During Hunting Trip in Sun Valley | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·05 | Henri Matisse, Vence | $2,911–$4,367 | Phillips | |||
| 2016·04 | Interior Courtyard of a House in Safed | Gelatin silver | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·04 | Selected Images | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·11 | Henri Matisse, Hôtel Regina, Nice – Août 1949 | Tirage argentique d'époque | $2,138–$3,206 | Artcurial | ||
| 2015·10 | d-day landing on omaha beach, normandy, june 6, 1944 | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·10 | US Troops Assault Omaha Beach During the D-Day Landings, Normandy France, June 6, 1944 | gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1952 | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·05 | D-Day, 1944 | ferrotyped gelatin silver print, printed before June 2 1958 | $6,256–$9,384 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·05 | Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot Golfe-Juan, August | Gelatin silver, printed 1966 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·04 | hemingway and son gregory during hunting trip in sun valley | $4,000–$6,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·05 | Pablo Picasso und Françoise Gilot am Strand von Golfe-Juan. 1948 | Gelatin silver print of the estate, 2000 | $2,722–$4,082 | Grisebach | ||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.