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List of most expensive photographs

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List of most expensive photographs

This is a list of the 25 highest prices paid for photographs (in US dollars unless otherwise stated). All prices include the buyer's premium, which is the auction house fee for handling the work.

Disputed claims

  1. In December 2014, Peter Lik reportedly sold a photograph titled Phantom to an anonymous bidder for $6.5 million, making it potentially the highest price paid for a photograph. Lik's claim has been greeted with much scepticism. Claims of the sale have never been proven, and the buyer has not come forward, though a lawyer representing the buyer claims that the deal was real.
  2. In 2015 Kevin Abosch reportedly sold a photograph called Potato #345 (2010) to an anonymous bidder for $1 million. Claims of the sale have never been proven, with all news sources referencing the claim without further investigation.

References

List of most expensive photographs Wikipedia