What is a Bill Owens photograph worth?
b. 1938 · Price guide from past auction results
Based on 9 priced auction sales, works by Bill Owens have sold for a median of $1,493Sign up free to see. Half of them sold between $819Sign up free to see and $2,772Sign up free to see. For photographs alone, the median is $1,493Sign up free to see across 9 sales. In the last five years the median was $1,216Sign up free to see across 5 sales. These are past auction results, not a valuation: medium, size, condition and provenance all change what a particular work brings.
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Bill Owens prices by medium
- Auction results
- 11
- Sold rate
- 82%
- Active at auction
- 2013–2026
- Median price
- $1.5kSign up free to see
- Record price
- $3.8kSign up free to see I don’t feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect, 1970; Our house is built with the living room in the back, Phillips, Oct 2014
| Medium | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photographs | 9 | $819–$2.8kSign up free to see | $1.5kSign up free to see |
Top auction houses: Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (3), Phillips (3), Bonhams (2)
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Typical range is the middle half of priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). Past auction results, not a valuation.
Prices by size
| Size (longest side) | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (under 30 cm) | 4 | $630–$2.1kSign up free to see | $1.2kSign up free to see |
| Mid-size (30–75 cm) | 5 | $1.2k–$2.8kSign up free to see | $1.5kSign up free to see |
Recent Bill Owens sales
- We had a ball on the Fourth of July. The whole neighborhood came out for the parade., gelatin silver print — $1,216Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Jul 30, 2026
- Untitled (Scene from Space Museum), unique Polaroid SX-70 print — $64Sign up free to see, Rago Auctions, Jun 10, 2025
- We’re Really Happy, vintage gelatin silver print — $819Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Dec 12, 2024
- Richie (from the Suburbia series), gelatin silver print, text — $2,772Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Dec 12, 2024
- Selected Images from Suburbia, Six gelatin silver prints, printed later — $3,048Sign up free to see, Phillips, Dec 10, 2024
- 4th of July Block Party, from Suburbia, Gelatin silver print — $625Sign up free to see, Bonhams, Jan 26, 2015
- I don’t feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect, 1970; Our house is built with the living room in the back, Two gelatin silver prints, one printed later — $3,750Sign up free to see, Phillips, Oct 1, 2014
- Untitled (from the series: Suburbia), Later gelatin silver print — $1,493Sign up free to see, Lempertz, Nov 27, 2013
Questions about Bill Owens prices
What is a Bill Owens photograph worth?
Based on 9 priced auction sales recorded by ArtSell, works by Bill Owens have sold for a median of $1,493, and half of them sold between $819 and $2,772. For photographs alone the median is $1,493 (9 sales). Medium, size, condition, subject and provenance all affect the price of a particular work; these are past auction results, not a valuation.
What is the most expensive work by Bill Owens sold at auction?
The highest price in ArtSell’s records is $3,750 for “I don’t feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect, 1970; Our house is built with the living room in the back” at Phillips in October 2014.
How often do Bill Owens works sell at auction?
82% of the 11 lots recorded between 2013 and 2026 sold.
How can I sell a Bill Owens photograph?
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ArtSell has recorded 11 auction results for Bill Owens between 2013 and 2026, and 9 of them sold (82%).
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