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Sebastião Salgado

Brazilian · 1944–2025 · Painter, Photographer

Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior was a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist. (Wikipedia)

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289lots offered2008–2026years recorded79%sold (222)$9.4kSign up free to seemedian price

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Record prices

  1. Sebastião Salgado, Gold Mine, 1986, Paris: Self-published, 2013-2014. Twenty selenium-toned silver printsGold MinePhillips · $129,000≈ £95,946≈ €110,153Sign up to see
  2. Sebastião Salgado, Southern Right Whale, Navigating in the Golfo Nuevo, Valdés Peninsula, Argentina, 2005, Gelatin silver print, printed 2014Southern Right Whale, Navigating in the Golfo Nuevo, Valdés Peninsula, ArgentinaPhillips · $100,000≈ £75,552≈ €85,085Sign up to see
  3. Sebastião Salgado, The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA, 2009, Gelatin silver printThe Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USAPhillips · $97,500≈ £65,865≈ €90,028Sign up to see

Sebastião Salgado’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
$14.1kSign up free to see
median $9.4kfree account
High
$129kSign up free to see
auction record in database
Lots sold
222
of 280 offered · 2008–2026
Sell-through
79%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k$100k2010201220142016201820202022202420262008-11-27 · $6,1402008-11-27 · $5,5262009-05-28 · $6,8172009-06-04 · $9,2252009-06-04 · $8,3872009-12-05 · $9,0412010-06-03 · $10,9492010-06-03 · $9,0512010-11-25 · $6,3382010-12-03 · $6,3582011-05-31 · $2,7852011-11-23 · $13,0662011-11-23 · $8,1662012-05-24 · $3,0642012-05-24 · $7,9662012-11-28 · $10,2232012-11-28 · $9,4362013-04-03 · $7,5002013-04-03 · $50,0002013-05-25 · $8,3662013-05-29 · $7,9012013-05-29 · $7,1112013-10-01 · $43,7502013-10-01 · $37,5002013-10-01 · $9,3752013-11-07 · $52,2022013-11-07 · $26,1012014-04-01 · $40,0002014-04-01 · $16,2502014-04-01 · $68,7502014-05-08 · $16,9482014-05-08 · $15,8892014-05-28 · $8,1652014-05-28 · $5,9542014-05-30 · $8,3002014-07-20 · $1,8752014-10-01 · $12,5002014-10-01 · $43,7502014-10-01 · $18,7502014-11-18 · $37,1782014-11-18 · $11,7412014-11-18 · $18,5892015-04-02 · $15,0002015-04-02 · $11,2502015-04-02 · $97,5002015-04-02 · $62,5002015-04-12 · $8002015-05-21 · $68,6092015-05-21 · $29,4042015-05-21 · $10,7812015-06-03 · $18,0932015-08-17 · $3,7502015-10-08 · $15,0002015-10-08 · $43,7502015-10-08 · $12,5002015-10-08 · $43,7502015-11-06 · $5,6772015-11-06 · $8,5152015-11-06 · $24,5992016-02-21 · $3,1252016-04-04 · $15,0002016-04-04 · $7,5002016-04-04 · $12,5002016-05-19 · $16,4482016-05-19 · $15,5342016-10-05 · $4,3752016-11-03 · $14,0392016-11-03 · $43,6772016-11-03 · $14,8192017-04-04 · $3,7502017-05-18 · $11,4072017-05-31 · $11,1312017-10-03 · $10,0002017-10-03 · $100,0002017-10-03 · $12,5002017-12-01 · $8,8422018-04-09 · $4,3752018-05-18 · $11,8052018-05-18 · $9,2752018-06-01 · $7,2352018-06-01 · $10,1292019-04-04 · $47,5002019-04-04 · $11,8752019-04-04 · $10,0002019-04-04 · $30,0002019-04-04 · $9,3752019-05-16 · $12,8092019-05-16 · $8,0062019-05-31 · $11,0622019-10-01 · $31,2502019-10-01 · $13,7502019-10-01 · $9,3752019-10-01 · $8,7502019-10-25 · $24,0492019-10-25 · $11,2232019-11-08 · $1,7082020-07-03 · $9422020-07-13 · $10,0002020-07-13 · $8,1252020-07-13 · $15,0002020-07-13 · $12,5002020-07-17 · $8,5712020-09-25 · $9,5532020-09-25 · $6,3692020-09-25 · $7,9612020-09-25 · $15,1252020-10-14 · $7,5002020-10-14 · $8,7502020-10-14 · $8,7502020-10-14 · $11,8752020-10-14 · $12,5002020-10-14 · $15,0002020-11-27 · $1,3082020-11-27 · $9232020-12-07 · $9,8542021-04-08 · $12,6002021-05-20 · $12,4572021-05-20 · $6,2292021-05-20 · $7,1192021-05-20 · $7,1192021-06-09 · $22,8662021-06-09 · $15,2442021-10-07 · $11,3402021-10-07 · $6,3002021-10-07 · $10,0802021-11-23 · $5,0552021-11-23 · $18,5362021-11-23 · $7,0782022-04-06 · $9,4502022-04-06 · $10,0802022-04-06 · $13,8602022-04-06 · $30,2402022-04-06 · $4,7882022-04-06 · $11,3402022-05-25 · $10,2322022-05-25 · $9,4452022-10-12 · $18,9002022-10-12 · $8,1902022-10-12 · $8,1902022-10-12 · $8,1902023-02-10 · $3082023-04-04 · $13,9702023-04-04 · $12,7002023-04-04 · $7,6202023-04-04 · $10,1602023-05-18 · $7,9022023-05-19 · $6,3232023-05-19 · $6,3232023-05-19 · $7,1132023-05-19 · $7,1132023-05-30 · $1,1482023-06-02 · $4,3052023-06-02 · $6,4582023-07-26 · $1,3932023-08-02 · $6,3002023-08-02 · $4,5852023-08-29 · $3,5202023-08-30 · $2,2992023-10-11 · $12,7002023-10-11 · $9,5252023-10-11 · $5,0802023-10-11 · $20,3202023-11-18 · $2,8272023-11-21 · $6,3732023-11-21 · $4,4612024-04-05 · $15,2402024-04-05 · $3,8102024-04-05 · $8,2552024-05-16 · $45,0082024-05-31 · $44,1032024-06-05 · $3,2622024-06-05 · $4,1312024-06-05 · $4,8922024-09-18 · $2,0012024-10-09 · $10,1602024-10-25 · $4,0322024-11-21 · $13,6452024-12-15 · $6,1452025-03-04 · $8892025-04-02 · $11,4302025-04-02 · $5,0802025-10-09 · $15,4802025-10-10 · $20,4802025-10-10 · $5,6322025-10-19 · $8,1592026-02-12 · $5,3342026-04-02 · $7,0952026-04-02 · $20,6402026-04-02 · $12,2552026-04-02 · $6,1922026-04-02 · $7,7402026-04-02 · $9,0302026-04-02 · $6,4502026-04-02 · $5,1602026-04-02 · $4,1282026-04-02 · $10,9652026-04-02 · $3,6122026-04-02 · $5,4182026-04-02 · $5,8052026-04-02 · $5,8052026-04-02 · $10,3202026-04-09 · $7,6802026-04-11 · $129,0002026-04-11 · $15,4802026-04-11 · $25,8002026-04-11 · $64,5002026-04-11 · $15,4802026-04-11 · $7,7402026-04-11 · $7,0952026-04-11 · $15,4802026-04-11 · $36,1202026-04-11 · $9,6752026-04-11 · $9,6752026-04-11 · $4,5152026-04-14 · $1,1792026-04-14 · $1,1792026-04-14 · $1,1792026-05-28 · $3,0202026-05-28 · $3,0202026-07-14 · $8,9602026-07-15 · $10,0872026-07-30 · $896
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.

9 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

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Prints & multiples33100%$3.7kSign up$1.7kSign up$8.6kSign up
Print (other)33100%$3.7kSign up$1.7kSign up$8.6kSign up
Photography27521879%$13.7kSign up$9.4kSign up$100kSign up
Photograph27521879%$13.7kSign up$9.4kSign up$100kSign up
Other2150%$129kSign up$129kSign up$129kSign 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
20264537$7.7kSign up
202577$8.2kSign up
20241713$6.1kSign up
20232925$6.3kSign up
20221412$9.8kSign up
20211713$10.1kSign up
20202919$8.8kSign up
20191915$11.2kSign up
201865$9.3kSign up
2017147$11.1kSign up
20161610$14.4kSign up
20152217$15kSign up
20141815$16.3kSign up
20131010$17.7kSign up
201244$8.7kSign up
201133$8.2kSign up
201044$7.7kSign up
200944$8.7kSign up
200822$5.8kSign up

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