Nan Goldin

American · b. 1953 · Printmaker, Photographer

Nancy Goldin is an American photographer and activist. Her work explores in snapshot-style the emotions of the individual, in intimate relationships, and the bohemian LGBTQ… (Wikipedia)

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303lots offered2001–2026years recorded91%sold (273)$5.7kSign up free to seemedian price

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Misty in Sheridan Square, NYCPhillips · Oct 2024$50,800≈ £38,823≈ €46,363Sign up to see
Greer and Robert in the Bed, NYCRago Auctions · Dec 2025$42,240≈ £31,555≈ €36,059Sign up to see
Jimmy Paulette and Misty in the taxi, NYCPhillips · Oct 2022$40,320≈ £36,489≈ €41,541Sign up to see

Nan Goldin’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

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median $5.7kfree account

High

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Lots sold

273

of 301 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

91%

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.

2 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.

1 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Works on paper	1	1	100%	—Sign up	—Sign up	—
Prints & multiples	7	7	100%	$5.7kSign up	$760Sign up	$25kSign up
Print (other)	7	7	100%	$5.7kSign up	$760Sign up	$25kSign up
Photography	290	263	91%	$8.1kSign up	$5.9kSign up	$50.8kSign up
Photograph	290	263	91%	$8.1kSign up	$5.9kSign up	$50.8kSign up
Other	3	2	67%	$2kSign up	$2kSign up	$3.6kSign 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	19	17	$7kSign up
2025	28	23	$5.7kSign up
2024	34	31	$5.7kSign up
2023	30	30	$4.7kSign up
2022	29	27	$3.6kSign up
2021	14	14	$6.1kSign up
2020	16	16	$3.5kSign up
2019	14	13	$3.6kSign up
2018	11	10	$6.9kSign up
2017	9	9	$5.9kSign up
2016	16	12	$7kSign up
2015	11	9	$8.4kSign up
2014	15	11	$10.6kSign up
2013	20	18	$7.2kSign up
2012	6	5	$7.5kSign up
2011	7	6	$5.2kSign up
2010	6	6	$5.5kSign up
2009	6	6	$2.2kSign up
2008	2	2	$3.7kSign up
2007	1	1	$2.7kSign up
2006	3	3	$5.1kSign up
2005	2	2	$1.6kSign up
2002	1	1	$678Sign up
2001	1	1	$1.5kSign up