Most Expensive Photographs

Iconic photos sold for staggering sums

Le Violon dIngres by Man Ray

$12.4 Million

Surrealist masterpiece by Man Ray reflecting double-exposure technique.

$11.8 Million

Edward Steichen's early 1900s photograph of NYC Flatiron building, iconic view.

$4.3 Million

One of the largest photographic prints; minimalist Rhine river depiction.

$4 Million

Controversial Richard Prince appropriation art photograph auctioned at high price.

$3.9 Million

Photographic self portrait by Cindy Sherman in her centerfold series.

$3.9 Million

Part of Sherman's seminal Untitled Film Stills collection.

$3.8 Million

Large scale portrait photo by leading British artist duo.

$3.7 Million

Cindy Sherman style influenced appropriation work by Richard Prince.

$3.7 Million

Staged photograph depicting soldiers in surreal narrative style.

$3.5 Million

Another high-selling appropriation photograph from Prince's cowboy series.