What is a Catherine Opie photograph worth?
b. 1961 · Price guide from past auction results
Half of the 56 works by Catherine Opie with a published auction price sold between $3,806Sign up free to see and $12,031Sign up free to see, and the median is $5,837Sign up free to see. For photographs alone, the median is $6,144Sign up free to see across 49 sales. In the last five years the median was $6,048Sign up free to see across 37 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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Catherine Opie prices by medium
- Auction results
- 69
- Sold rate
- 81%
- Active at auction
- 2010–2026
- Median price
- $5.8kSign up free to see
- Record price
- $293kSign up free to see Untitled #7 (Surfers), Phillips, May 2014
| Medium | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photographs | 49 | $4.4k–$12.5kSign up free to see | $6.1kSign up free to see |
| Prints | 6 | $835–$7.2kSign up free to see | $2.3kSign up free to see |
Top auction houses: Phillips (27), Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (21), Rago Auctions (9)
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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) | 12 | $4.8k–$10.6kSign up free to see | $5.4kSign up free to see |
| Mid-size (30–75 cm) | 23 | $2k–$7.6kSign up free to see | $4.8kSign up free to see |
| Large (75–150 cm) | 16 | $5.9k–$37.3kSign up free to see | $10.6kSign up free to see |
Recent Catherine Opie sales
- Pig Pen (Crown of Thorns), inkjet print — $5,120Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Jul 30, 2026
- 'Surfers' (for MOCA Membership and Los Angeles Art Book Fair), Pigment print; the photographer's label — $6,144Sign up free to see, Bonhams, Jul 14, 2026
- Frankie, Cibachrome print — $8,320Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Jun 18, 2026
- Jerome Caja, Cibachrome print — $15,360Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Jun 18, 2026
- Untitled #4, Chromogenic print — $70,950Sign up free to see, Phillips, Apr 11, 2026
- Gone Fishing, digital pigment print — $4,826Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Jul 31, 2025
- Still Life #5, Durham, North Carolina, C-print mounted to Sintra — $2,540Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Jul 31, 2025
- Untitled #26 (from the Freeway series), platinum print — $3,810Sign up free to see, Rago Auctions, Jun 11, 2025
Questions about Catherine Opie prices
What is a Catherine Opie photograph worth?
Based on 56 priced auction sales recorded by ArtSell, works by Catherine Opie have sold for a median of $5,837, and half of them sold between $3,806 and $12,031. For photographs alone the median is $6,144 (49 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 Catherine Opie sold at auction?
The highest price in ArtSell’s records is $293,000 for “Untitled #7 (Surfers)” at Phillips in May 2014.
Which Catherine Opie medium sells for the most?
By median price, photographs lead with $6,144 (49 sales).
How often do Catherine Opie works sell at auction?
81% of the 69 lots recorded between 2010 and 2026 sold.
How can I sell a Catherine Opie photograph?
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ArtSell has recorded 69 auction results for Catherine Opie between 2010 and 2026, and 56 of them sold (81%).
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