What is a Nasa photograph worth?
Price guide from past auction results
Half of the 90 works by Nasa with a published auction price sold between $996Sign up free to see and $3,052Sign up free to see, and the median is $1,493Sign up free to see. For photographs alone, the median is $1,493Sign up free to see across 90 sales. In the last five years the median was $1,817Sign up free to see across 8 sales. These are past auction results, not a valuation: medium, size, condition and provenance all change what a particular work brings.
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Nasa prices by medium
- Auction results
- 100
- Sold rate
- 90%
- Active at auction
- 2007–2025
- Median price
- $1.5kSign up free to see
- Record price
- $36.8kSign up free to see Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin walks on the Surface of the Moon, Apollo 11, Lempertz, Nov 2019
| Medium | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photographs | 90 | $996–$3.1kSign up free to see | $1.5kSign up free to see |
Top auction houses: Lempertz (99), Phillips (1)
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Typical range is the middle half of priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). Past auction results, not a valuation.
Prices by size
| Size (longest side) | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (under 30 cm) | 75 | $909–$2.3kSign up free to see | $1.3kSign up free to see |
| Mid-size (30–75 cm) | 15 | $3.6k–$9.8kSign up free to see | $7kSign up free to see |
Recent Nasa sales
- Apollo 15. Apollo 16, 4 vintage photographs: 3 chromogenic prints on Kodak paper, 1 gelatin silver pri — $1,286Sign up free to see, Lempertz, May 30, 2025
- Apollo 11, 6 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints. From — $2,019Sign up free to see, Lempertz, Jun 6, 2023
- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. prepares to deploy the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package on the surface of the Moon, Apollo 11, Vintage chromogenic print on Kodak paper — $1,346Sign up free to see, Lempertz, Jun 6, 2023
- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. walks on the Moon near a leg of the Lunar Module, Apollo 11, Vintage chromogenic print on Kodak paper — $2,288Sign up free to see, Lempertz, Jun 6, 2023
- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. walks on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module "Eagle", Apollo 11, Vintage chromogenic print on Kodak paper — $2,558Sign up free to see, Lempertz, Jun 6, 2023
- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. steps down to the Moon's surface, Apollo 11, Vintage chromogenic print on Kodak paper — $1,346Sign up free to see, Lempertz, Jun 6, 2023
- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. deploying the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package, Apollo 11, Vintage chromogenic print on Kodak paper — $2,961Sign up free to see, Lempertz, Jun 6, 2023
- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag, Apollo 11, Vintage chromogenic print on Kodak paper — $1,615Sign up free to see, Lempertz, Jun 6, 2023
Questions about Nasa prices
What is a Nasa photograph worth?
Based on 90 priced auction sales recorded by ArtSell, works by Nasa have sold for a median of $1,493, and half of them sold between $996 and $3,052. For photographs alone the median is $1,493 (90 sales). Medium, size, condition, subject and provenance all affect the price of a particular work; these are past auction results, not a valuation.
What is the most expensive work by Nasa sold at auction?
The highest price in ArtSell’s records is $36,768 for “Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin walks on the Surface of the Moon, Apollo 11” at Lempertz in November 2019.
How often do Nasa works sell at auction?
90% of the 100 lots recorded between 2007 and 2025 sold.
How can I sell a Nasa photograph?
Request a free auction estimate on ArtSell: send photos and details, and our specialists will reply with an estimate. There is no obligation.
ArtSell has recorded 100 auction results for Nasa between 2007 and 2025, and 90 of them sold (90%).
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