What is a Eadweard Muybridge print worth?
1830–1904 · Price guide from past auction results
Based on 41 priced auction sales, works by Eadweard Muybridge have sold for a median of $594Sign up free to see. Half of them sold between $315Sign up free to see and $1,920Sign up free to see. For prints alone, the median is $449Sign up free to see across 30 sales. In the last five years the median was $504Sign up free to see across 33 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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Eadweard Muybridge prices by medium
- Auction results
- 44
- Sold rate
- 93%
- Active at auction
- 2003–2026
- Median price
- $594Sign up free to see
- Record price
- $8.8kSign up free to see Selected Images from Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements, Phillips, Oct 2021
| Medium | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prints | 30 | $275–$1kSign up free to see | $449Sign up free to see |
| Photographs | 7 | $1.1k–$5.5kSign up free to see | $4.6kSign up free to see |
Top auction houses: Rago Auctions (19), Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (8), Bonhams (7)
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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) | 5 | $4.6k–$6.4kSign up free to see | $4.6kSign up free to see |
| Mid-size (30–75 cm) | 32 | $291–$999Sign up free to see | $445Sign up free to see |
Recent Eadweard Muybridge sales
- Discovery Rocks, Valley of the Yosemite, Mammoth-plate albumen print; mounted — $1,920Sign up free to see, Bonhams, Jul 14, 2026
- Plate 56 (from the Animal Locomotion series), vintage collotype — $384Sign up free to see, Rago Auctions, Jun 26, 2026
- Plate 707 (from the Animal Locomotion series), collotype — $448Sign up free to see, Rago Auctions, Jun 26, 2026
- Female Nude Descending a Plank, plate 117, from Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements, Collotype, on two-toned wove paper, with full margins — $1,548Sign up free to see, Phillips, Apr 23, 2026
- Female Nude Ascending a Staircase, plate 98, from Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements, Collotype, on two-toned wove paper, with full margins — $1,290Sign up free to see, Phillips, Apr 23, 2026
- Animal Locomotion (Plate 247), Collotype; letterpress title, plate number '247', copyright, date, and credit in — $3,328Sign up free to see, Bonhams, Apr 9, 2026
- Plate 765 (from the Animal Locomotion series), vintage collotype — $1,056Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Dec 11, 2025
- Plate 758 (from the Animal Locomotion series), vintage collotype — $990Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Dec 11, 2025
Questions about Eadweard Muybridge prices
What is a Eadweard Muybridge print worth?
Based on 41 priced auction sales recorded by ArtSell, works by Eadweard Muybridge have sold for a median of $594, and half of them sold between $315 and $1,920. For prints alone the median is $449 (30 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 Eadweard Muybridge sold at auction?
The highest price in ArtSell’s records is $8,820 for “Selected Images from Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements” at Phillips in October 2021.
Which Eadweard Muybridge medium sells for the most?
By median price, photographs lead with $4,556 (7 sales).
How often do Eadweard Muybridge works sell at auction?
93% of the 44 lots recorded between 2003 and 2026 sold.
How can I sell a Eadweard Muybridge print?
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Eadweard Muybridge have appeared at auction 44 times in ArtSell’s records between 2003 and 2026; 41 sold, a sell-through rate of 93%.
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