Artist
Unknown Photographer
299results on record
79%sell-through
$519median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$27,940record in our coverage
Drawn from 299 recorded results (253 sold · 46 passed) across 8 auction houses, 1998–2026. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer method · log scale
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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 | 259 | 79% | $550 |
| prints | 12 | 73% | $149 |
| other | 10 | 100% | $425 |
Medium is recorded for 281 of 299 results (94%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Berenice Abbott Unknown Photographer Berenice Abbott
| Metric | Unknown Photographer | Berenice Abbott |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $519 | $3,884 |
| Record price | $27,940 | $60,000 |
| Results on record | 299 | 1,226 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Berenice AbbottAnsel AdamsEdward WestonWalker Evans
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
72/ 100
- Sell-through79%
- Meets estimate50%
- Market depth299 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 | 150 | 74% | $194 | — |
| Christie's | 79 | — | $1,477 | — |
| Sotheby's | 55 | 98% | $1,290 | 0.88× |
| Phillips | 5 | 80% | $7,500 | — |
| Bonhams | 6 | 50% | $1,250 | 0.74× |
| Galerie Bassenge | 2 | — | $569 | — |
| Chiswick Auctions | 1 | 100% | $271 | — |
| Ben-Ami Endres | 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 A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal.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 300 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 46 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2022·08 | Culver Theater, n.d. | Digital pigment print on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·08 | Spectroheliograms in the H line of Ca + | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·07 | Ford Motor Co. (two works), early 20th century | Two gelatin silver prints, ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·07 | Clean Up Campaign, New York and HI-FY (two works) | Two gelatin silver prints, one ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·05 | Culver Theater, n.d. | Digital pigment print on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Spectroheliograms in the H line of Ca + | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·02 | Culver Theater, n.d. | Digital pigment print on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·11 | Culver Theater | Digital pigment print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | Marilyn Monroe in a USS "Henley" T-shirt | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·06 | Studio portrait of a Russian mother and her three daughters | — | Galerie Bassenge | |||
| 2020·06 | Flower still life with Lily of the Valley | — | Galerie Bassenge | |||
| 2019·10 | photographer unknown | selected images of car races and vintage cars | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·02 | unknown photographer | photograph | — | Ben-Ami Endres | ||
| 2018·02 | unknown photographer | photograph | — | Ben-Ami Endres | ||
| 2017·10 | Portrait of an Actor with Eggs | $6,000–$8,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2017·06 | Publicity Stills for "Let's Make Love," starring Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand and Frankie Vaughn | $1,200–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·04 | Portrait of Francis E. Brownell, “Ellsworth’s Avenger,” and Portrait of an Unknown Woman | $7,000–$9,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2017·04 | Childhood Portrait | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2017·04 | The Silver Merchants | $15,000–$25,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2017·04 | Wilbur Wright in Flight | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2016·10 | The First Inaugural of Abraham Lincoln, 4 March 1861 | salt print, mounted, 1861 (Ostendorf 54) | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2016·02 | Ahremaneras, 2000s | achival pigment print | $539–$809 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·07 | Fireman with Hat, c. 1845 | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·07 | Weaver with Shuttlecock, c. 1850 | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·07 | Author Holding a Painting of a Soldier and a Book, c. 1850 | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·07 | Farmer and Wife, with a Shovel, 1843 | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·07 | Judge in Judge’s Robe, c. 1850 | $1,500–$2,500 | Unsold listing | Christie's | ||
| 2015·07 | Musician Couple with Accordion and Violin, 1856 | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·05 | Selma, 1965 | ferrotyped gelatin silver print, printed 1975 or earlier | $1,348–$2,697 | Christie's | ||
| 2009·12 | Tree study, c. 1855 | salted paper print | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2009·10 | Richmond, Virginia, after the Civil War, c. 1865 | 14 albumen prints | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2009·10 | Untitled (Three children with dog and Christmas tree), c. 1920 | gelatin silver print | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2009·10 | Chepstow Castle, ca. 1855 | title, date and annotation in an unknown hand in pencil (on the mount) | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2008·06 | S.S. Paris Outward Bound | $1,500–$2,500 | Christie's | |||
| 2007·09 | Singapore, 1930s | $809–$1,079 | Christie's | |||
| 2007·09 | Scenery in the Bernese Oberland, 1913 | $404–$674 | Christie's | |||
| 2007·09 | Untitled (Carriage on snowy street, New York; and Gathering of fisher folk), c. 1910 | 2 gelatin silver prints | $500–$700 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·01 | A portrait of Dauntless | albumen print | $1,500–$2,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·12 | Three locomotives | gelatin silver print | $800–$1,200 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·12 | The New York Central System | gelatin silver print | $400–$600 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·12 | Side of locomotive, stripes | gelatin silver print | $400–$600 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·12 | Male torso, before 1933 | gelatin silver print | $1,348–$2,022 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·09 | Selected images: the Columbia River, 1889 | one titled in the negative; each titled in ink (on the mount) | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·11 | Marilyn Monroe at age 16, Lake Sherwood, California, 1942 | gelatin silver print | $2,022–$2,697 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·10 | New York City and Long Island, Photographed and Compiled by Lockwood, Kessler and Bartlett Inc., Distributed by Long Island Association of Commerce and Industry, Scale 1" 7500 feet, September 1968 | gelatin silver print | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·08 | Views of Mount Fuji | 3 gelatin silver prints | $200–$300 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·05 | Hon. D. Monson, age 15, holding cricket bat, 1845 | $1,079–$1,618 | Christie's | |||
| 2005·05 | Zande tribesmen with skull tree, Congo, probably mid-late 1850s | salt print | $2,697–$4,045 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·11 | Woman in Arab dress, c.1920s | $404–$674 | Christie's | |||
| 2004·11 | Individual and double portraits, mid-1840s-50s | $404–$539 | Christie's | |||
| 2004·11 | Individual and double/group portraits, mid-1850s and later | $404–$674 | Christie's | |||
| 2004·11 | Group of men drinking wine at table, c.1850 | $1,079–$1,618 | Christie's | |||
| 2004·05 | Colonnade du Louvre; Portail de St. Gervais; Portail méridional de St. Eustache, 1851 | $2,022–$2,697 | Christie's | |||
| 2004·02 | Kaloma (Mrs. Wyatt Earp), 1914 | gelatin silver print | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·12 | Still life with dog, 1850s | arched top, paper passe-partout, gilt borders | $2,022–$2,697 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·12 | Street scene, Paris, 1850s | Initialled 'C.B.' twice in ink/pencil on reverse, oval, paper passe-partout | $2,022–$2,697 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·12 | Mannequins, Surrealist Exhibition, 1938 | 2 gelatin silver prints | $674–$944 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·12 | Elphinstone Circle, Bombay, c.1870 | 4-part albumen print panorama | $1,618–$2,427 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·05 | Canova's Three Graces with globe and stereo viewer | $1,348–$1,618 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | St. James's Palace | $944–$1,214 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Egyptian boy | $1,214–$1,618 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Eritrean views | $809–$1,079 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Travel views of Madeira and Canary Islands | $944–$1,214 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Bolivia | $1,079–$1,348 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Group of Tasmanian Aborigines | $539–$809 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Seated man with hands folded | $674–$944 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Seated man | $1,618–$2,022 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Double portrait of seated man with newspaper and standing woman with turban | $1,348–$2,022 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Photographer with wet-plate camera | $674–$944 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Young man with dog | $1,618–$2,157 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Uncle Dr. Leete and Silver Tail, Thrapston | $1,079–$1,618 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Château de Goulaine | $4,045–$5,393 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Framed miniature painting, hanging on wall | $674–$944 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·11 | Julia Lord Barry and Edward Bodman: Photographs and Travel Diaries from 1850-1934 | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·09 | Photographer Unknown | $404–$674 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·09 | The gold and silver guns of the Gaekwar of Baroda | $202–$337 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·09 | Photographer Unknown | $404–$674 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·09 | Calcutta, with St. Paul's Cathedral | $8,090–$12,135 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·05 | Wilbur Wright in flight | $2,697–$4,045 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·05 | Grand Prix de l'Aero-Club de France Paris Tuileries 1906 | $944–$1,214 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·05 | Armenian, Afghan and Persian portraits | $2,022–$2,697 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·05 | Prominent Hungarians | $1,348–$2,022 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·03 | Temple with three monks, Japan | $270–$404 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·03 | Greyhound | — | Christie's | |||
| 2001·03 | Far East including China and Japan | $674–$944 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·03 | Japanese portraits and views | $539–$809 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·03 | Indian portrait | $809–$1,214 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·03 | Baroda [Vadodara], Gujarat | $674–$944 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·03 | P. Orr & Sons showrooms, factory and workshops, Madras | — | Christie's | |||
| 2001·03 | Village with palms; Another | — | Christie's | |||
| 2001·03 | Zanzibar and Mombasa, East Africa | $809–$1,079 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·04 | Redwood forest | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·12 | Princess Alexandra, 1920 | photograph by wire transmission, printed on a thin sheet of pewter | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | ||
| 1999·04 | The Q.T.S.S. Mauretania | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·04 | The Coronilla , circa 1890 | $1,500–$1,800 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·04 | The whaleship Charles W. Morgan at round hill point near New Bedford, Mass. | $1,500–$1,800 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·12 | Portrait of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas | $800–$1,200 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·12 | Daguerreotype portraits, 1840s-50s | $2,022–$2,697 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·10 | The Star Spangled Banner - The Flag of Fort McHenry: Worn during its bombardment by the British Sept. 13th & 14th 1814 | $7,000–$9,000 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·04 | Kino Puhlmann, Berlin Schnhauser Allee | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | |||
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