W. Eugene Smith Photographs: Auction Prices

American · 1918–1978

ArtSell has recorded 78 auction results for W. Eugene Smith photographs between 2011 and 2026, of which 57 sold (73% sell-through). Prices realised range from $228 to $30,000, with a median of $3,024 across 57 priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). A further 3 lots offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed but not counted. The highest recorded price is $30,000 for “Thelonious Monk Rehearsing in the Loft” at Phillips in 2017.

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1. 
   Nurse Midwife, Maud Callen Cases Pain of Birth - Life and Death

   Photograph

   35 x 27 cm

   James Lisboa · Oct 21, 2020 · Lot 1492
   Result not publishedView at James Lisboa ↗
2. 
   Nurse Midwife, Maud Callen Cases Pain of Birth - Life and Death

   Photograph

   35 x 27 cm

   James Lisboa · Oct 14, 2020 · Lot 1492
   Result not publishedView at James Lisboa ↗
3. 
   Tomoko Uemura Being Bathed by her Mother, Minamata, 1971-1973

   Photograph

   8 3/8 x 13 1/8 in. (21.3 x 33.3 cm)

   Phillips · Oct 14, 2020 · Lot 241
   $21,250≈ £16,347≈ €18,085Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
4. 
   Nurse Midwife, Maud Callen Cases Pain of Birth - Life and Death

   Photograph

   35 x 27 cm

   James Lisboa · Sep 30, 2020 · Lot 1492
   Result not publishedView at James Lisboa ↗
5. 
   Bob Dylan at Piano, New York, 1965

   Photograph

   32,3 × 22,6 cm

   Grisebach · Jul 9, 2020 · Lot 2071
   €5,000≈ $5,671≈ £4,483Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €4,000–5,000View at Grisebach ↗
6. 
   Three Generations of Miners. A Welsh Coal-Mining Town, Wales, Great Britain, 1950

   Photograph

   9 1/4 x 13 in. (23.5 x 33 cm)

   Phillips · Apr 4, 2019 · Lot 151
   Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $6,000–8,000View at Phillips ↗
7. 
   Walk to Paradise Garden, 1946

   Photograph

   14 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (37.1 x 31.8 cm)

   Phillips · Oct 4, 2018 · Lot 184
   $23,750≈ £18,290≈ €20,649Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $15,000–25,000View at Phillips ↗
8. 
   Selected Images, 1947-1959

   Photograph

   Varying dimensions from 7 x 5 7/8 in. (17.8 x 14.9 cm) to 13 1/4 x 10 in. (33.7 x 25.4 cm) or the reverse

   Phillips · Oct 4, 2018 · Lot 182
   Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $12,000–18,000View at Phillips ↗
9. 
   Saipan (Soldier Holding Baby), 1944

   Photograph

   17 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (44.5 x 34.9 cm)

   Phillips · Apr 9, 2018 · Lot 103
   Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $10,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
10. 
    The Spinner, Spanish Village, 1951

    Photograph

    16 3/8 x 11 1/4 in. (41.6 x 28.6 cm)

    Phillips · Apr 9, 2018 · Lot 102
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $8,000–12,000View at Phillips ↗
11. 
    Leper Patient and Religious Medal from A Man of Mercy, 1954

    Photograph

    8 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (22.2 x 32.4 cm)

    Phillips · Oct 3, 2017 · Lot 185
    $3,000≈ £2,267≈ €2,553Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $4,000–6,000View at Phillips ↗
12. 
    Thelonious Monk Rehearsing in the Loft, 1959

    Photograph

    8 3/4 x 13 1/8 in. (22.2 x 33.3 cm)

    Phillips · Apr 4, 2017 · Lot 169
    $30,000≈ £24,118≈ €28,166Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $7,000–9,000View at Phillips ↗
13. 
    Dance of the Flaming Coke, Pittsburgh, 1955

    Photograph

    8 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (21 x 32.4 cm)

    Phillips · Apr 4, 2017 · Lot 144
    $10,000≈ £8,039≈ €9,389Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $8,000–12,000View at Phillips ↗
14. 
    Aerial Of U.S. Naval Shipyard, Baltimore

    Photograph

    27.9 x 35.3cm

    Leonard Joel · Nov 10, 2016 · Lot 89
    A$300≈ $228≈ £184≈ €209Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. A$600–800View at Leonard Joel ↗
15. 
    The Jazz Singer

    Photograph

    33.5 x 24.5cm

    Leonard Joel · Nov 10, 2016 · Lot 40
    A$450≈ $342≈ £276≈ €314Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. A$1,200–1,800View at Leonard Joel ↗
16. 
    Two men reading newspapers, Hitachi, Japan, 1961-1962

    Photograph

    26.1 x 38.4 cm (10 1/4 x 15 1/8 in.)

    Phillips · Nov 6, 2015 · Lot 77
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £2,000–3,000View at Phillips ↗
17. 
    Madness from Haiti, 1959

    Photograph

    23.8 x 33.5 cm (9 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.)

    Phillips · Nov 18, 2014 · Lot 77
    £4,375≈ $6,849≈ €5,473Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £3,000–4,000View at Phillips ↗
18. 
    Hitachi, Japan, 1961-1962

    Photograph

    39.3 x 26.5 cm (15 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)

    Phillips · Nov 18, 2014 · Lot 76
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £3,000–4,000View at Phillips ↗
19. 
    Untitled from New Mexico, 1947

    Photograph

    32.7 x 26 cm (12 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

    Phillips · Nov 18, 2014 · Lot 56
    £1,000≈ $1,565≈ €1,251Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £1,800–2,500View at Phillips ↗
20. 
    Untitled, n.d.

    Photograph

    7 1/2 x 13 1/8 in. (19.1 x 33.3 cm)

    Phillips · Oct 1, 2014 · Lot 78
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $5,000–7,000View at Phillips ↗
21. 
    Untitled from As From My Window I Sometimes Glance, 1957-1958

    Photograph

    16 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (42 x 34.3 cm)

    Phillips · Oct 1, 2014 · Lot 77
    $10,000≈ £6,175≈ €7,935Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
22. 
    Spanish Village, 1950

    Photograph

    13 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (33.3 x 26 cm)

    Phillips · Oct 1, 2014 · Lot 76
    $5,000≈ £3,087≈ €3,967Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–7,000View at Phillips ↗
23. 
    Worker with raised arms, aus der Serie: „Taft & Ohio Railroad, 1949

    Photograph

    29,5 × 25,9 cm

    Grisebach · May 28, 2014 · Lot 2164
    €5,250≈ $7,144≈ £4,266Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,500–2,500View at Grisebach ↗
24. 
    Guardia Civil, Spain, 1950

    Photograph

    31.8 x 40.4 cm (12 1/2 x 15 7/8 in)

    Phillips · Nov 7, 2013 · Lot 93
    £11,875≈ $19,074≈ €14,271Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £7,000–9,000View at Phillips ↗
25. 
    Maud Callen, Nurse Midwife, 1951

    Photograph

    13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. (34 x 26.4 cm)

    Phillips · Oct 1, 2013 · Lot 158
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $6,000–8,000View at Phillips ↗
26. 
    Spanish Wake, 1951

    Photograph

    8 3/4 x 13 1/8 in. (22.2 x 33.3 cm)

    Phillips · Oct 1, 2013 · Lot 157
    $6,000≈ £3,694≈ €4,427Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–7,000View at Phillips ↗
27. 
    Dance of the Flaming Coke, Pittsburgh, 1955

    Photograph · ed. AP

    8 1/4 x 12 7/8 in. (21 x 32.7 cm)

    Phillips · Oct 1, 2013 · Lot 156
    $12,500≈ £7,696≈ €9,222Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $8,000–12,000View at Phillips ↗
28. 
    Three Generations of Welsh Miners, 1950

    Photograph

    10 x 13 1/4 in. (25.4 x 33.7 cm)

    Phillips · Oct 1, 2013 · Lot 153
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $7,000–9,000View at Phillips ↗
29. 
    Wake-Man in Doorway, from Spanish Village series, 1951

    Photograph

    13 3/8 x 9 3/4in

    Bonhams · Jun 30, 2013 · Lot 5163
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $1,500–2,000View at Bonhams ↗
30. 
    Wake-Man in Doorway, from Spanish Village series, 1951

    Photograph

    13 3/8 x 9 3/4in

    Bonhams · Dec 16, 2012 · Lot 5201
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $2,500–3,000View at Bonhams ↗
31. 
    Thelonius Monk and his Smashed Cigarette, from the loft inside

    Photograph

    133 x 212mm

    Art+Object · Jun 9, 2011 · Lot 26
    NZ$15,242≈ $12,595≈ £7,666≈ €8,619Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Art+Object ↗

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