The total cost of the ten most expensive photos - almost 40 million US dollars! Almost all photos were sold with auctions while the authors' lifetime. And some photographers were able to sell not one of their photograph for more than a million dollars each.
Let's look at the photos that made their authors millionaires:
10th place - Cindy Sherman - Photo Untitled No. 48 (1979) - sold for $ 2,965,000 in 2015 at Christie's New York auction
9th place - Richard Prince - Name from the Cowboy series (2000) - sold for $ 3,077,000 in 2014 at Sotheby's New York Auction
8th place - Andreas Gursky - Chicago Market Exchange III (1999) - Sold for $ 3,298,755 in 2013 at Sotheby's London Auction
7th place - Andreas Gursky - 99 cents II, diptych (2001) - sold for $ 3,346,456 in 2007 at Sotheby's London Auction
6th place - Jeff Wall - Dead Warriors say - sold for $ 3,666,500 in 2012 at Christie's New York auction
5th place - Gilbert and George - for Her Majesty, collage of photos (1973) - Sold for $ 3,765,276 in 2008 at Christie's London auction
4th place - Cindy Sherman - Photo Untitled No. 96 (1981) - Sold for $ 3,890,500 in 2011 at Christie's New York auction
3rd place - Richard Prince - Spiritual America (1981) - sold for $ 3,973,000 in 2014 at Christie's New York auction
= Photo did not post it here for ethical considerations. I do not want to be condemned for the distribution of child pornography ... You can see the photo on the auction website Christie's =
2nd place - Andreas Kurski - Rhine II (1999) - Sold for $ 4,338,500 in 2011 at Christie's New York auction
1st place - Peter Lick - Phantom - Photography became the most expensive in history and was bought by a collector from Los Angeles for $ 6,500,000 ... In the first photo at the beginning of the post, the color version of this photo. But 6.5 million paid for h / w:
What to say - cool!
My most expensive photo was sold for $ 290. And although I consider myself a photographer wildlife, there was Lady Gaga on the sold photo :))
What do you think? Are these photos of the money that they paid for them?
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