Taryn Simon

American · b. 1975 · Photographer

Taryn Simon is an American multidisciplinary artist who works in photography, text, sculpture, and performance. (Wikipedia)

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15auction results2013–2026years recorded80%sold (12)$9.5kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Taryn Simon, Larry Mayes, Scene of Arrest, The Royal Inn, Gary, Indiana. Police found Mayes hiding beneath a mattress in this room. Served 18,5 years of an 80-year sentence for rape, robbery and unlawful, 2002, C-PrintLarry Mayes, Scene of Arrest, The Royal Inn, Gary, Indiana. Police found Mayes hiding beneath a mattress in this room. Served 18,5 years of an 80-year sentence for rape, robbery and unlawfulVan Ham · €18,060≈ $21,584≈ £15,430Sign up to see
  2. Taryn Simon, Playboy Braille Edition. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. New York, New York“, aus der Serie: „An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, 2006, C-PrintPlayboy Braille Edition. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. New York, New York“, aus der Serie: „An American Index of the Hidden and UnfamiliarGrisebach · €10,160≈ $11,594≈ £8,561Sign up to see
  3. Taryn Simon, The Central Intelligence Agency Main Entrance Hall, CIA Original Headquarters Building, Langley, Virginia, 2003/2007, Archival pigment print, flush-mountedThe Central Intelligence Agency Main Entrance Hall, CIA Original Headquarters Building, Langley, VirginiaPhillips · £8,125≈ $10,421≈ €9,382Sign up to see

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Average price
median $9.5kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
12
of 15 offered · 2013–2026
Sell-through
80%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$3k$10k$32k2015201720192021202320252013-12-11 · $9,8302019-10-25 · $10,4212020-09-26 · $9,7552020-09-26 · $6,4532021-06-23 · $21,5842021-12-01 · $4,7122021-12-01 · $10,0982022-06-09 · $9,2172022-06-09 · $9,2172023-11-21 · $8,7632024-04-04 · $8,2552025-06-06 · $11,594
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
Photography151280%$10kSign up$9.5kSign up$21.6kSign up
Photograph151280%$10kSign up$9.5kSign up$21.6kSign 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
202620—Sign up
202511$11.6kSign up
202411$8.3kSign up
202311$8.8kSign up
202222$9.2kSign up
202133$10.1kSign up
202022$8.1kSign up
201911$10.4kSign up
201610—Sign up
201311$9.8kSign up

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