Peter Beard
American · 1938–2020 · Photographer
Peter Hill Beard was an American artist, photographer, diarist, and writer. He lived and worked in New York City, Montauk, Long Island and Kenya. His photographs of Africa,… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Heart Attack CityPhillips · $603,000≈ £426,812≈ €490,085Sign up to see
756 elephants in a “misery likes company” formation / destroyed social units from starvation / exceeding carrying capacity / over-population / + mismanagement / TSAVO / @ the Mkomazi border / for The End of the Game / last word from ParadisePhillips · £212,500≈ $272,553≈ €245,388Sign up to see
Downwind on the Tiva Lugga, Tsavo North near KathamulaPhillips · £187,500≈ $252,956≈ €214,715Sign up to see
Peter Beard’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).
Coming up at auction
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Price trend
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 1 | 1 | 100% | $5kSign up | $5kSign up | $5kSign up |
| Acrylic | 1 | 1 | 100% | $5kSign up | $5kSign up | $5kSign up |
| Works on paper | 3 | 3 | 100% | $10kSign up | $9.7kSign up | $11.5kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 7 | 7 | 100% | $8.8kSign up | $8.1kSign up | $20kSign up |
| Lithograph | 2 | 2 | 100% | $1.6kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $1.6kSign up |
| Print (other) | 5 | 5 | 100% | $11.7kSign up | $13.4kSign up | $20kSign up |
| Photography | 227 | 192 | 85% | $44.9kSign up | $25.7kSign up | $603kSign up |
| Photograph | 227 | 192 | 85% | $44.9kSign up | $25.7kSign up | $603kSign up |
| Sculpture | 1 | 1 | 100% | $223Sign up | $223Sign up | $223Sign up |
| Other | 7 | 4 | 57% | $5.6kSign up | $2.8kSign up | $16.1kSign 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 | 14 | 14 | $4.3kSign up |
| 2025 | 16 | 14 | $21kSign up |
| 2024 | 15 | 10 | $16.2kSign up |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | $14.4kSign up |
| 2022 | 19 | 15 | $19.5kSign up |
| 2021 | 10 | 8 | $15.1kSign up |
| 2020 | 16 | 14 | $27.7kSign up |
| 2019 | 15 | 13 | $17.6kSign up |
| 2018 | 28 | 24 | $26.8kSign up |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 | $15kSign up |
| 2016 | 18 | 14 | $28.4kSign up |
| 2015 | 27 | 22 | $13.1kSign up |
| 2014 | 22 | 16 | $42.6kSign up |
| 2013 | 15 | 13 | $47.5kSign up |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | $69.2kSign up |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | $12kSign up |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | $55.6kSign up |