Eugène Atget
French · 1857–1927 · Photographer
Eugène Atget was a French flâneur and a pioneer of documentary photography, determined to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Boutique Coiffeur, Boulevard de StrasbourgPhillips · $125,000≈ £99,968≈ €117,250Sign up to see
Rue MouffetardPhillips · $60,000≈ £45,331≈ €51,051Sign up to see
Saint-CloudPhillips · $30,000≈ £21,234≈ €24,382Sign up to see
Eugène Atget’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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Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
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| Works on paper | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Prints & multiples | 13 | 10 | 77% | $24.1kSign up | $6.3kSign up | $125kSign up |
| Print (other) | 13 | 10 | 77% | $24.1kSign up | $6.3kSign up | $125kSign up |
| Photography | 76 | 52 | 68% | $6.6kSign up | $3.3kSign up | $30kSign up |
| Photograph | 76 | 52 | 68% | $6.6kSign up | $3.3kSign up | $30kSign up |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 8 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2023 | 12 | 9 | $3.3kSign up |
| 2022 | 12 | 10 | $6.3kSign up |
| 2021 | 8 | 7 | $2.8kSign up |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | $3.7kSign up |
| 2018 | 16 | 5 | $12.5kSign up |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | $15kSign up |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | $25kSign up |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | $2kSign up |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | $16.9kSign up |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 | $9.7kSign up |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | $1.5kSign up |