American/French, 1926–2009
Vivian Maier
202results on record
100%sell-through
$688median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$12,500record in our coverage
Drawn from 202 recorded results (201 sold · 1 passed) across 6 auction houses, 2016–2026. 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
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 | 145 | 100% | $688 |
| other | 24 | 100% | $462 |
| prints | 17 | 100% | $500 |
| ceramics & design | 3 | 100% | $4,096 |
Medium is recorded for 189 of 202 results (94%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Edward Weston Vivian Maier Edward Weston
| Metric | Vivian Maier | Edward Weston |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $688 | $8,365 |
| Record price | $12,500 | $1,805,000 |
| Results on record | 202 | 1,374 |
| Years active at auction | 2016–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Edward WestonBert SternAnsel AdamsBerenice Abbott
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
92/ 100
- Sell-through100%
- Meets estimate78%
- Market depth202 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 | 183 | 100% | $575 | — |
| Bonhams | 9 | 89% | $3,712 | 1.16× |
| Rago | 4 | 100% | $2,750 | — |
| Lempertz | 3 | 100% | $1,906 | — |
| Grisebach | 2 | — | $3,874 | — |
| Locati LLC | 1 | 100% | $750 | 0.67× |
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 202 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 1 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2024·05 | On a Bench, circa 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Ready for the Day, circa 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Reflections, 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | A Long Day, 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Child in Wastebasket, circa 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Warming Up, circa 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Chutes and Ladders, San Francisco, California | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Ring Around the Rosie, circa 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Smoking in the Street | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Shop Cat, 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Cats in Window | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Child and Cat | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | On Today's News, circa 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Split Jump in Central Park | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Disgruntled, circa 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Palisades Amusement Park Wave Pool | Gelatin silver print on Kodak Velox paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Beach Scene (2 works) | Dye coupler prints on Kodak paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Self Portrait on a Mountain | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Self Portrait with Still Life | From the Ron Slattery collection | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Self Portraits (3 works), circa 1960s | Negatives | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Self Portrait with Others | From the Ron Slattery collection | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Self Portraits and Nice Surprises (11 works) | Negatives | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Self Portrait in Reflections | From the Ron Slattery collection | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Become a Collector at Garage Sale Prices and Other Images (16 works), circa 1960s | Negatives | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Countercultural Days in Chicago (12 works) | Negatives | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | State Street, Chicago (12 works) | Negatives | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | A Rainy Day in Chicago (12 works) | From the Ron Slattery collection | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Protests and Street Scenes (14 works) | 35mm and larger color transparencies | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Chicago and Apollo 13, Through the Eyes of Vivian (9 works) | Negatives | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Portraits and Candids (7 works), circa 1960s | Negatives | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Street Scenes of a Changing Chicago (6 works), 1960s | Negatives | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | At the News Stand, Chicago (6 works) | Negatives | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Group of 4 contact sheets with matching negatives, circa 1970s | Negatives and gelatin silver prints, printed later | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Chicago from the River to the Whisky A Go Go (12 works), 1960s | Negatives | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Faces and Places, Chicago (12 works) | Negatives | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Hospital Portraits (18 works) | From the Ron Slattery collection | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | A Day at the Rodeo (16 works) | From the Ron Slattery collection | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Hobo Convention (9 works) | From the Ron Slattery collection | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Summer of '69 (In Chicago) (12 works) | From the Ron Slattery collection | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Self Printed Landscape | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Chicago by Day (7 works) | Dye coupler prints on Kodak paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Through the Eyes of Children (9 works) | Dye coupler prints on Kodak paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Tough Kids (3 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Abstracts (3 works), 1950s | Gelatin silver prints, one ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Child and Balloon (3 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Childhood Outings (5 works), 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | The Moods of Children (5 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Children and their Pets (9 works), 1950s | Gelatin silver prints, some ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Animal Encounters (8 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Actor on the Set of Taxi (2 works) | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Jones Beach (4 works) | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Elegance and Wisdom (5 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Park Bench Portraits (9 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints, some ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Chess and Checkers in Riverside Park, NYC (5 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints, some ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | The New York Elite (4 works) | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | On the Set of Taxi (4 works) | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | On the Set of Taxi, 983 Third Avenue (5 works) | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Reading Lines on the Set of Taxi (4 works) | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Window Experiments (2 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Toddler and Doll (4 works), 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Children and Shadows (5 works), 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Siblings (3 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | South Hamptons (7 works) | Gelatin silver prints, ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Unsettled and Unsettling Moments (8 works), 1950s-1960s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Nature Shots (4 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Shadows and Windows (8 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Architectural Studies (8 works) | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | San Francisco, California (3 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Three Works, circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Low Angle New York (6 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Statue of Liberty and Waterscapes (9 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Central Park, New York City (10 works) | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | The Elders (6 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Kids in Costume (3 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints, ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Serious Women (4 Works) | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Beach Trips (9 works) | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Days as a Nanny (6 works) | Dye coupler prints on Kodak paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | In the Junkyard (15 works) | Dye coupler prints on Kodak paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Street Scenes (10 works) circa 1960s | Dye coupler prints on Kodak paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Halloween Masks (2 works) | Dye coupler prints on Kodak paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Travelling Abroad (9 works) | Dye coupler prints on Kodak paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Book of Travels (22 works) | Dye coupler prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | First Try with Eve Light (9 images), 1960s | Negatives | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Portrait of a Girl | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Dapper Youths (2 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | French Woman (2 works) | Gelatin silver print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Still Lifes (3 works), early 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Close Up Portraits (4 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Rural France (9 works) | Gelatin silver prints, some ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Portraits of Vivian Maier by Self and Others (6 works), circa 1950s | Gelatin silver prints, ferrotyped | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·06 | Chicago | $1,602–$2,137 | Lempertz | |||
| 2023·04 | Untitled | $2,500–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·04 | Untitled | $2,500–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·06 | Untitled | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2022·06 | Chicago, IL, circa 1950s | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2021·10 | Im Schaufenster. 1952/60 | Posthumous gelatin silver print of the estate, 2015 | $2,900–$3,480 | Grisebach | ||
| 2021·06 | New York Public Library, New York. Um 1952 | Posthumous gelatin silver print of the estate, 2011 | $3,049–$3,658 | Grisebach | ||
| 2020·10 | Untitled (Shadow in the Parking Lot) | Gelatin silver, 2013 printed by Ron Gordon and Sandra Steinbrecher | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | Untitled | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·11 | Untitled | $1,318–$1,647 | Lempertz | |||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.