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Ming Smith

b. 1947

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3auction results2025–2026years recorded67%sold (2)$1.7kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Ming Smith, MOMA, gelatin silver print and paper collage on paper boardMOMABonhams · $2,176≈ £1,637≈ €1,912Sign up to see
  2. Ming Smith, James Baldwin, 1978, Gelatin silver printJames BaldwinBonhams · $1,152≈ £858≈ €984Sign up to see

Ming Smith’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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auction record in database
Lots sold
2
of 3 offered · 2025–2026
Sell-through
67%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$316$1k$3k$10k2026-01-22 · $1,1522026-07-29 · $2,176
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
Photography3267%$1.7kSign up$1.7kSign up$2.2kSign up
Photograph3267%$1.7kSign up$1.7kSign up$2.2kSign 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
202622$1.7kSign up
202510—Sign up

Related artists, born 1922–1972