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Gustave Le Gray

French · 1820–1884 · Painter, Photographer

Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray was a French painter, draughtsman, sculptor, print-maker, and photographer. He has been called "the most important French photographer of the… (Wikipedia)

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9auction results2017–2024years recorded89%sold (8)$55kSign up free to seemedian price

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  1. Gustave Le Gray, Souvenirs du Camp de Châlons au Général Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, 1857, A unique album of 66 albumen prints (44 scenes and 22 portraits) from wet-collodion negatives, mounted to album pages. Fifty-six with red ink facsimile signature stamps and 4 smaller prints with red ink credit stamps, all on the recto; 38 annotated, possibly by Regnaud, in blue ink on the mounts. The majority mounted one-per-page. Oblong folio, dark green leather with gilt embossed title, date, dedication and imperial arms on front coverSouvenirs du Camp de Châlons au Général Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'AngélyPhillips · £327,600≈ $409,271≈ €384,075Sign up to see
  2. Gustave Le Gray, Troncs d’Arbres, Fontainebleau, 1855, Albumen print, mountedTroncs d’Arbres, FontainebleauPhillips · $200,000≈ £159,949≈ €187,600Sign up to see
  3. Gustave Le Gray, Cavalry Maneuvres, Camp de Châlons, 1857, Albumen silver printCavalry Maneuvres, Camp de ChâlonsPhillips · $106,250≈ £84,973≈ €99,662Sign up to see

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Lots sold
8
of 9 offered · 2017–2024
Sell-through
89%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$10k$100k$1M20182019202020212022202320242017-04-03 · $200,0002017-04-03 · $106,2502017-04-04 · $35,0002017-10-03 · $75,0002017-10-03 · $22,5002020-07-09 · $11,3422022-05-25 · $409,2712024-12-03 · $17,492
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 & multiples11100%$22.5kSign up$22.5kSign up$22.5kSign up
Print (other)11100%$22.5kSign up$22.5kSign up$22.5kSign up
Photography8788%$122kSign up$75kSign up$409kSign up
Photograph8788%$122kSign up$75kSign up$409kSign 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
202411$17.5kSign up
202221$409kSign up
202011$11.3kSign up
201755$75kSign up

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