Artists/Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams: Auction Results & Market Statistics
Ansel Adams (1902–1984) has 394 recorded auction sales between 2011 and 2025, totaling $13.3M in hammer-price volume. Statistics are computed from the Art Market API auction database and updated regularly.
Sold lots
394
Total volume
$13.3M
hammer prices, USD
Average price
$33,825
Auction record
$988,000
Sell-through rate
92%
share of offered lots that sold
Sold above estimate
44%
share of sold lots beating the high estimate
Volume by category
- Photograph
245 lots · $10.2M
- Other
1 lots · $630,000
Yearly auction performance
| Year | Lots sold | Total volume | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | $523,060 | $40,235 |
| 2024 | 21 | $1.6M | $77,421 |
| 2023 | 26 | $935,080 | $35,965 |
| 2022 | 25 | $744,534 | $29,781 |
| 2021 | 13 | $245,824 | $18,910 |
| 2020 | 183 | $7.7M | $42,187 |
| 2019 | 96 | $1.2M | $12,943 |
| 2018 | 3 | $6,625 | $2,208 |
| 2017 | 6 | $116,875 | $19,479 |
| 2016 | 1 | $13,510 | $13,510 |
| 2015 | 1 | $6,080 | $6,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | $136,522 | $27,304 |
| 2011 | 1 | $10,625 | $10,625 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Ansel Adams's complete lot-level auction history is available as structured JSON, filterable by date, price, category, and more.
curl "https://api.artmarketapi.com/api/v1/auction_records?artist=5cee085df6cf5572e99b936c&limit=10" \
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