Thomas Ruff

German · b. 1958 · Photographer

Thomas Ruff is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. He has been described as "a master of edited and reimagined images". (Wikipedia)

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345lots offered2001–2026years recorded89%sold (304)$11kSign up free to seemedian price

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"13h 18m/-60°"Van Ham · Jun 2015€126,438≈ $142,609≈ £90,655Sign up to see
Nudes fe16Phillips · Jun 2015£74,500≈ $117,174≈ €104,722Sign up to see
Sterne, 17h 51m /-22°Phillips · Oct 2021$113,400≈ £83,388≈ €98,080Sign up to see

Thomas Ruff’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

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median $11kfree account

High

$143kSign up free to see

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Lots sold

304

of 341 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

89%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

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.

4 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
Works on paper	3	3	100%	$15.1kSign up	$14.8kSign up	$17.8kSign up
Prints & multiples	32	28	88%	$12.8kSign up	$4.8kSign up	$117kSign up
Lithograph	8	7	88%	$5.5kSign up	$4kSign up	$12.7kSign up
Screenprint	3	3	100%	$14kSign up	$12.4kSign up	$27.5kSign up
Print (other)	21	18	86%	$15.5kSign up	$4.9kSign up	$117kSign up
Photography	297	265	89%	$23.1kSign up	$14kSign up	$143kSign up
Photograph	297	265	89%	$23.1kSign up	$14kSign up	$143kSign up
Other	9	8	89%	$5.5kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$21.9kSign 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	9	9	$10.3kSign up
2025	23	22	$8.2kSign up
2024	31	30	$14kSign up
2023	21	18	$17.6kSign up
2022	19	16	$6.2kSign up
2021	17	17	$17.2kSign up
2020	18	18	$14.9kSign up
2019	33	28	$15.6kSign up
2018	24	19	$9.2kSign up
2017	14	12	$27kSign up
2016	22	17	$14.6kSign up
2015	35	33	$4.4kSign up
2014	16	14	$4.8kSign up
2013	19	12	$25kSign up
2012	4	4	$24.6kSign up
2011	3	2	$26.9kSign up
2010	6	6	$14.7kSign up
2009	8	8	$2.9kSign up
2008	7	7	$3kSign up
2007	2	2	$4.3kSign up
2006	2	2	$6.6kSign up
2005	4	4	$2.1kSign up
2004	2	2	$1.6kSign up
2003	1	1	$1.8kSign up
2001	1	1	$3.4kSign up