What is a Spencer Tunick photograph worth?
b. 1967 · Price guide from past auction results
Half of the 10 works by Spencer Tunick with a published auction price sold between $719Sign up free to see and $1,994Sign up free to see, and the median is $1,544Sign up free to see. For photographs alone, the median is $1,728Sign up free to see across 9 sales. In the last five years the median was $1,728Sign up free to see across 3 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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Spencer Tunick prices by medium
- Auction results
- 13
- Sold rate
- 77%
- Active at auction
- 2013–2025
- Median price
- $1.5kSign up free to see
- Record price
- $11kSign up free to see Untitled, Lempertz, May 2013
| Medium | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photographs | 9 | $688–$2kSign up free to see | $1.7kSign up free to see |
Top auction houses: Leonard Joel (2), Wright (2), Phillips (2)
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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.
Recent Spencer Tunick sales
- Pennsylvania, Gelatin silver print; flush-mounted to aluminum — $410Sign up free to see, Bonhams, Oct 10, 2025
- 23rd Street and Tenth Avenue, NYC 1, 1999, chromogenic colour photograph face-mounted on perspex — $1,728Sign up free to see, Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 28, 2023
- Chambers Street, NYC 1, 1999, Chromogenic color print — $2,600Sign up free to see, Clarke Auction Gallery, Feb 6, 2022
- Nude C-, Print — $812Sign up free to see, Palm Beach Modern Auctions, Feb 18, 2021
- Sea Earth Change, c-type photograph — $2,008Sign up free to see, Leonard Joel, Jul 29, 2020
- Senza titolo — $423Sign up free to see, Capitolium Art, Jun 30, 2020
- Sea Earth Change, c-type photograph — $1,359Sign up free to see, Leonard Joel, Apr 8, 2020
- Venezuela 3 (Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art), c-print mounted behind Plexiglas — $1,950Sign up free to see, Wright, Jan 16, 2020
Questions about Spencer Tunick prices
What is a Spencer Tunick photograph worth?
Based on 10 priced auction sales recorded by ArtSell, works by Spencer Tunick have sold for a median of $1,544, and half of them sold between $719 and $1,994. For photographs alone the median is $1,728 (9 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 Spencer Tunick sold at auction?
The highest price in ArtSell’s records is $11,050 for “Untitled” at Lempertz in May 2013.
How often do Spencer Tunick works sell at auction?
77% of the 13 lots recorded between 2013 and 2025 sold.
How can I sell a Spencer Tunick photograph?
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Of the 13 lots by Spencer Tunick recorded at auction between 2013 and 2025, 10 found a buyer (77%).
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