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Bruce Davidson

Bruce Davidson

American · b. 1933 · Photographer

Bruce Landon Davidson is an American photographer, who has been a member of the Magnum Photos agency since 1958. His photographs, notably those taken in Harlem, New York City,… (Wikipedia)

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128auction results2011–2026years recorded82%sold (105)$2.6kSign up free to seemedian price

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Record prices

  1. Bruce Davidson, Subway, 1980, ROSEGALLERY, Los Angeles and Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 2006. Forty-seven dye transfer printsSubwayPhillips · $82,550≈ £60,833≈ €71,361Sign up to see
  2. Bruce Davidson, Untitled, Subway, New York, 1980, Chromogenic print, printed laterUntitled, Subway, New YorkPhillips · $33,020≈ £25,235≈ €30,136Sign up to see
  3. Bruce Davidson, Aus der Serie „Subway, 1980, 4 C-Prints, 2005. Je Fujicolor-Crystal-Archive-PapierAus der Serie „SubwayGrisebach · €20,000≈ $21,424≈ £17,032Sign up to see

Bruce Davidson’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Lots sold
105
of 128 offered · 2011–2026
Sell-through
82%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$10$100$1k$10k$100k20132015201720192021202320252011-05-31 · $3,8292012-11-30 · $1,4262012-11-30 · $1,9012013-04-02 · $12,5002013-04-02 · $4,3752014-11-18 · $7,8272015-04-02 · $3,0002015-04-02 · $2,3752015-05-29 · $1,6322015-05-29 · $2,0402015-10-08 · $17,5002016-04-04 · $6,8752016-10-05 · $4,7502016-11-03 · $7,0192016-11-03 · $7,7992017-07-18 · $3,5002019-05-16 · $3,8432019-05-16 · $1,6012019-06-06 · $5002019-06-07 · $3,7502019-10-01 · $10,0002020-07-13 · $6,2502020-09-25 · $1,7512020-10-22 · $302021-10-07 · $2,5202021-12-01 · $7,0712021-12-01 · $5,6572022-03-30 · $5,2922022-06-01 · $21,4242022-10-12 · $5,0402022-10-12 · $4,0322022-10-12 · $6,0482022-10-14 · $1,3002022-10-14 · $1,5002022-10-14 · $1,8002022-10-14 · $1,4002022-10-14 · $3,0002022-10-14 · $1,3002022-10-14 · $1,0002022-11-16 · $1,5002022-11-30 · $552023-04-04 · $11,4302023-04-04 · $3,0482023-04-04 · $3,8102023-05-19 · $5002023-05-19 · $4002023-06-02 · $2,3682023-06-02 · $6,9962023-07-07 · $2,5942023-08-02 · $4412023-10-11 · $4,8262023-10-11 · $3,5562023-11-18 · $4,8922023-11-18 · $8,6982023-12-01 · $9592023-12-01 · $6552023-12-01 · $7562023-12-01 · $6302024-03-08 · $1,8902024-03-08 · $1,3862024-04-04 · $2,4132024-04-04 · $2,7942024-04-04 · $3,8102024-04-04 · $1,9052024-04-05 · $4,4452024-06-04 · $1,7802024-06-04 · $2,4642024-06-05 · $2,8272024-06-05 · $4,3492024-06-05 · $3,2622024-10-09 · $33,0202024-10-09 · $2,0322024-10-09 · $1,9052024-12-10 · $2,1592024-12-10 · $1,7782025-01-15 · $7482025-04-02 · $3,5562025-04-02 · $3,0482025-04-02 · $3,0482025-06-17 · $82,5502025-06-17 · $12,0652025-06-17 · $3,0482025-06-17 · $2,5402025-06-17 · $1,9052025-10-09 · $3,0962025-11-21 · $2,3042025-12-11 · $2,7942025-12-11 · $2,7942025-12-11 · $2,3762026-01-22 · $7682026-01-22 · $1,0242026-02-12 · $2,5402026-02-12 · $1,2702026-02-27 · $1,0882026-03-10 · $2,9042026-04-09 · $9602026-04-09 · $6,1442026-04-11 · $4,9022026-05-05 · $3,0722026-05-05 · $1,5362026-05-05 · $2,0482026-05-28 · $1,3942026-05-28 · $2,3232026-06-05 · $1,7742026-07-30 · $2,560
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Prints & multiples22100%$5.2kSign up$5.2kSign up$6.9kSign up
Print (other)22100%$5.2kSign up$5.2kSign up$6.9kSign up
Photography12610382%$4.5kSign up$2.5kSign up$82.5kSign up
Photograph12610382%$4.5kSign up$2.5kSign up$82.5kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
20261816$1.9kSign up
20251814$2.9kSign up
20242217$2.4kSign up
20232117$2.6kSign up
20221814$1.6kSign up
202143$5.7kSign up
202033$1.8kSign up
201965$3.8kSign up
201721$3.5kSign up
201654$6.9kSign up
201555$2.4kSign up
201411$7.8kSign up
201322$8.4kSign up
201222$1.7kSign up
201111$3.8kSign up

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