Margaret Bourke-White
American · 1904–1971 · Photographer
Margaret Bourke-White was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. She was known as an architectural and commercial photographer for the first half of her… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Flood Refugees, Louisville, KentuckyPhillips · $400,000≈ £304,553≈ €356,538Sign up to see
Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York CityPhillips · $152,400≈ £123,983≈ €143,719Sign up to see
Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York CityPhillips · $127,000≈ £101,747≈ €116,503Sign up to see
Margaret Bourke-White’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).
ArtSell has recorded 89 auction results for Margaret Bourke-White between 2006 and 2026, of which 61 sold (69%). A further 8 lots were offered at auction without a published result. Recorded sale prices range from $100Sign up free to see to $400kSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $400kSign up free to see for Flood Refugees, Louisville, Kentucky at Phillips in April 2019. The most common medium is photographs (87 lots). Most results come from Phillips (30), Bonhams (19) and Grisebach (9).
89 results · page 1 of 3
- $960≈ £717≈ €842Sign up free to see
- Broadcast Transmitting Tubes, circa 1930$11,610≈ £8,635≈ €9,914Sign up free to see
- $4,096≈ £3,051≈ €3,505Sign up free to see
- $950≈ £721≈ €822Sign up free to see
- $1,400≈ £1,028≈ €1,190Sign up free to see
- $3,960≈ £3,105≈ €3,751Sign up free to see
- €5,842≈ $6,145≈ £4,855Sign up free to see
- $1,200≈ £949≈ €1,142Sign up free to see
- Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York City, circa 1930$76,200≈ £58,235≈ €69,545Sign up free to see
- $44,450≈ £35,169≈ €41,002Sign up free to see
Also offered, result not published (8)
Lots by Margaret Bourke-White that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
Margaret Bourke-White photographs (87)
Margaret Bourke-White: quick facts
What is the highest price paid for a work by Margaret Bourke-White at auction?
$400,000Sign up free to see, for Flood Refugees, Louisville, Kentucky at Phillips (April 2019) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.
What is a typical auction price for Margaret Bourke-White?
The median sale price is $5kSign up free to see across 61 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.
How many works by Margaret Bourke-White have sold at auction?
61 of 89 recorded lots sold between 2006 and 2026. 8 further lots were offered with no published result and are not counted.
Which auction houses sell Margaret Bourke-White?
Phillips, Bonhams and Grisebach account for the most recorded results. Phillips · Bonhams · Grisebach
About Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. She was known as an architectural and commercial photographer for the first half of her career, representing corporate clients and highlighting the success of industrial capitalism with black and white images of steel factories and skyscrapers. In 1930, she became the first foreign photographer granted official access to document industrial sites in the Soviet Union during the first five-year plan. In 1933, she was commissioned to create the NBC photomural, a monumental photomural about radio for its rotunda at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, then considered the largest photomural in the world. The success of her corporate commissions led her to work at Fortune magazine in the 1930s. She took the photograph of the construction of Fort Peck Dam that became the cover of the first issue of Life magazine.
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