Helmut Newton

Australian · 1920–2004 · Photographer

Helmut Newton was a German-Australian photographer. The New York Times described him as a "prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged… (Wikipedia)

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412lots offered2003–2026years recorded87%sold (354)$11.3kSign up free to seemedian price

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Sie Kommen, Paris (Dressed and Naked)Phillips · Apr 2019$1,820,000≈ £1,385,716≈ €1,622,248Sign up to see
Panoramic Nude with Gun, Villa d'Este, ComoPhillips · May 2018£729,000≈ $983,494≈ €834,814Sign up to see
Walking Women, ParisPhillips · Apr 2015$905,000≈ £613,019≈ €841,469Sign up to see

Helmut Newton’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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Average price

$33.4kSign up free to see

median $11.3kfree account

High

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Lots sold

354

of 406 offered · 2003–2026

Sell-through

87%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

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.

1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

6 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Prints & multiples	13	13	100%	$853Sign up	$403Sign up	$3.7kSign up
Engraving	1	1	100%	$378Sign up	$378Sign up	$378Sign up
Lithograph	6	6	100%	$818Sign up	$644Sign up	$2kSign up
Print (other)	5	5	100%	$421Sign up	$385Sign up	$567Sign up
Multiple	1	1	100%	$3.7kSign up	$3.7kSign up	$3.7kSign up
Photography	379	328	87%	$35.9kSign up	$12.9kSign up	$1.8MSign up
Photograph	379	328	87%	$35.9kSign up	$12.9kSign up	$1.8MSign up
Sculpture	7	7	100%	$5.6kSign up	$5.3kSign up	$10.6kSign up
Other	7	6	86%	$2.4kSign up	$2.1kSign up	$4.8kSign 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	10	8	$2.5kSign up
2025	23	19	$6.2kSign up
2024	106	101	$13.7kSign up
2023	26	23	$12.7kSign up
2022	26	23	$8.2kSign up
2021	16	14	$17.9kSign up
2020	8	7	$6.3kSign up
2019	27	16	$12kSign up
2018	38	36	$10.1kSign up
2017	16	15	$15.5kSign up
2016	18	13	$11.3kSign up
2015	21	17	$13.8kSign up
2014	25	21	$21.3kSign up
2013	22	17	$15.5kSign up
2012	1	1	$28.3kSign up
2011	3	3	$6.3kSign up
2010	5	5	$9.9kSign up
2009	4	4	$6.4kSign up
2008	3	3	$6.3kSign up
2007	2	2	$14kSign up
2006	3	3	$2.3kSign up
2005	1	1	$2kSign up
2003	2	2	$376Sign up