Market Data/Photograph
The Photograph Auction Market
7,979 photograph lots have sold at auction since 2001, for a combined $358.0M in hammer prices. Yearly volume, transaction counts, and average prices below are computed from the Art Market API auction database.
Sold lots
7,979
since 2001
Total volume
$358.0M
hammer prices, USD
2025 average price
$185,884
2001peak $40.1M2025
Yearly performance
| Year | Lots sold | Total volume | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | $4.6M | $185,884 |
| 2024 | 446 | $36.5M | $81,890 |
| 2023 | 269 | $25.0M | $92,884 |
| 2022 | 254 | $37.4M | $147,050 |
| 2021 | 304 | $40.1M | $131,805 |
| 2020 | 631 | $36.1M | $57,138 |
| 2019 | 1,171 | $32.2M | $27,501 |
| 2018 | 486 | $19.9M | $40,894 |
| 2017 | 891 | $32.4M | $36,312 |
| 2016 | 276 | $10.3M | $37,439 |
| 2015 | 691 | $11.4M | $16,439 |
| 2014 | 703 | $22.9M | $32,537 |
| 2013 | 226 | $7.7M | $34,132 |
| 2012 | 153 | $5.0M | $32,918 |
| 2011 | 302 | $9.6M | $31,747 |
| 2010 | 174 | $7.7M | $44,053 |
| 2009 | 44 | $1.9M | $43,965 |
| 2008 | 338 | $10.0M | $29,562 |
| 2007 | 435 | $5.6M | $12,938 |
| 2006 | 159 | $1.8M | $11,143 |
| 2001 | 1 | $938 | $938 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level photograph auction results is available as structured JSON, filterable by date, price, category, and more.
curl "https://api.artmarketapi.com/api/v1/auction_records?category=photograph&limit=10" \
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