# Brassaï - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T02:50:52.166Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 750
- Lots with prices: 475
- First auction date: 2001-05-10
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-14
- Median realised price: $3,750
- Price range: $30 to $159,200

## Market Takeaway
Brassaï shows very deep auction liquidity with 745 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 24 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-13.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,875 and $6,500.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 18% (85 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 65.8% (310 sales)
- $10,000\+: 16.1% (76 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 24
- Previous 12 months sales: 14
- Recent 12 months median: $650
- Previous 12 months median: $1,100
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-13
- Days since latest sale: 36
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 243 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 101 lots
- Bonhams: 48 lots
- Ader: 45 lots
- Piasa: 42 lots
- Sotheby's: 41 lots
- Artcurial: 24 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 24 lots
- Phillips: 18 lots
- Waddington's: 18 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-13 | BRASSAÏ \(1899\-1984\) Chez Suzy. Circa 1932\-33; printed 1970s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,500
2. 2024-12-05 | GYULA \(JULIUS\) MAROSAN \(HUNGARIAN/CANADIAN, 1915\-2003\), UNTITLED \(FALL SPLENDOUR WITH CABINS\) | Waddington's | CA$192
3. 2024-11-12 | BRASSAÏ \(=Gyula Laléasz\) \-\- MORAND, P. Paris de Nuit. 60 photos inédites de | Burgersdijk & Niermans | €440
4. 2021-12-04 | Gyula, Hary | Dusseldorfer Auktionshaus | €500
5. 2026-04-14 | BRASSAÏ \(1899\-1984\) \- Les escaliers de Paris, 1934 | Hessink's | €600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-brassai-1899-1984-les-escaliers-de-paris-1934-42-c-a28b3b5291
6. 2026-01-13 | Brassaï \(1899 \- 1984\) \- Henry Miller ; Graffiti ; Scultura, 1930s | Finarte | €550
7. 2026-01-13 | Brassaï \(1899 \- 1984\) \- Graffiti, 1930s | Finarte | €500
8. 2026-01-13 | Brassaï \(1899 \- 1984\) \- Graffiti, 1930s | Finarte | €240
9. 2026-01-13 | Brassaï \(1899 \- 1984\) \- Bal musette, Four Seasons Dance Hall, Rue de Lappe, Paris, 1931/1932 | Finarte | €260
10. 2025-12-10 | BRASSAÏ \(1899\-1984\) | Veilinggebouw de Zwaan | €2,000
11. 2025-11-10 | Brassaï \(1899 \- 1984\) \- Graffiti, 1950 | Finarte | €280
12. 2025-10-23 | Brassaï \(Gyula Halász\), Hungarian/France 1899\-1984, "Madame Bijou", gelatin silver print | Neal Auction Company | $1,170
13. 2025-10-16 | Brassaï \(1899 \- 1984\) \- La Seine au Pont des Arts, 1935 | Finarte | €6,000
14. 2025-10-09 | BRASSAÏ \(1899–1984\). M.B. in a Gold Brocade Kimono, c. 1931. signed and ann | Christie's | $3,048 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-brassai-1899-1984-m-b-in-a-gold-brocade-kimono-c-1931-signed-and-ann-21-c-a8e49c3b24
15. 2025-09-15 | Brassaï \(French, Hungarian 1899 \- 1984\). Student of the Academie Religieuse Russe, Paris, c. 1935. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A
16. 2025-09-15 | Brassaï \(French, Hungarian 1899 \- 1984\). Academie Religieuse Russe, Crimée, Paris, 1935. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A
17. 2025-09-15 | Brassaï \(French, Hungarian 1899 \- 1984\) . Self\-portrait in the mountains, c. 1950/1954. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €275
18. 2025-09-15 | Brassaï \(French, Hungarian 1899 \- 1984\). Paris, Avenue Victor Hugo, 1962. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A
19. 2025-09-15 | Brassaï \(French, Hungarian 1899 \- 1984\). Salvador Dalí and Gala, Villa Seurat, Paris, 1932. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €2,400
20. 2025-09-15 | Brassaï \(French, Hungarian 1899 \- 1984\). Colonne Vendôme, Paris, La Nuit, 1930's. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €500
21. 2025-09-15 | Brassaï \(French, Hungarian 1899 \- 1984\). Untitled, c. 1940's/printed later. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €200
22. 2025-09-15 | Brassaï \(French, Hungarian 1899 \- 1984\). Hotel de Passe, Rue Quincampoix, Paris, Study for the Diana Slip catalogue, 1932. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €500
23. 2025-09-09 | Brassaï \(1899 \- 1984\) \- Graffiti, from the 7th series "Death", 1930s/1940s | Finarte | €2,000
24. 2025-09-09 | Brassaï \(1899 \- 1984\) \- Graffiti, images primitives, 1932/1933 | Finarte | €650

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