Robert Capa, The Magnificent Eleven

Robert Capa

American · 1913–1954 · Photographer

Robert Capa was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history. (Wikipedia)

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63auction results2008–2026years recorded81%sold (51)$2.8kSign up free to seemedian price

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Record prices

  1. Robert Capa, Death of a Loyalist Soldier, 1936, Gelatin silver print with applied pigment, probably printed in the 1930s or early 1940sDeath of a Loyalist SoldierPhillips · $162,500≈ £115,020≈ €132,071Sign up to see
  2. Robert Capa, D-Day Landing, Omaha Beach, Normandy, 1944, Gelatin silver print, probably printed no later than 1954D-Day Landing, Omaha Beach, NormandyPhillips · $43,750≈ £34,733≈ €38,618Sign up to see
  3. Robert Capa, Spanish Civil War, 7. November 1938, Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug, 1938–1941Spanish Civil War, 7. November 1938Grisebach · €12,200≈ $16,252≈ £10,327Sign up to see

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Average price
median $2.8kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
51
of 63 offered · 2008–2026
Sell-through
81%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$10k$100k201920202021202220232024202520262018-04-09 · $162,5002019-05-29 · $5,5782019-05-31 · $1,3832019-10-01 · $3,2502020-06-19 · $3,9242020-07-13 · $43,7502020-09-25 · $3,8212021-04-16 · $4,0752023-05-19 · $3,4772023-06-02 · $5,3822023-07-26 · $9682023-08-02 · $1,6382023-08-02 · $3,2762023-11-18 · $3,6962023-12-01 · $3,5282023-12-01 · $1,2602024-03-08 · $1,1972024-04-05 · $3,8102024-06-05 · $1,7402024-06-05 · $2,8272024-12-12 · $1,3862025-04-03 · $2,0482025-11-21 · $2,9952025-11-21 · $1,0942025-11-21 · $2,5342025-11-21 · $1,6132025-11-21 · $2,7652025-11-21 · $1,2672025-11-21 · $2,0742025-11-21 · $4,1472025-11-21 · $2,0742025-11-21 · $1,1522025-12-03 · $5,1462026-04-14 · $3302026-06-05 · $2,3652026-06-05 · $2,0702026-06-05 · $1,9222026-07-14 · $3,584
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
Photography635181%$7.1kSign up$2.8kSign up$163kSign up
Photograph635181%$7.1kSign up$2.8kSign up$163kSign 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
202655$2.1kSign up
20251212$2.1kSign up
202475$1.7kSign up
202398$3.4kSign up
202121$4.1kSign up
202033$3.9kSign up
201933$3.3kSign up
201811$163kSign up
2016168$2.8kSign up
201411$6.5kSign up
201311$6.5kSign up
201022$8.8kSign up
200811$8kSign up

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