# Edward Steichen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T06:17:33.183Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 609
- Lots with prices: 373
- First auction date: 2000-10-18
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-06
- Median realised price: $3,125
- Price range: $45 to $11,840,000

## Market Takeaway
Edward Steichen shows very deep auction liquidity with 606 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,125. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 40 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,125\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $850 and $18,000.
- 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: 28.6% (106 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40.7% (151 sales)
- $10,000\+: 30.7% (114 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 40
- Previous 12 months sales: 49
- Recent 12 months median: $1,125
- Previous 12 months median: $550
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-06
- Days since latest sale: 43
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 115 lots
- Sotheby's: 71 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 56 lots
- Piasa: 34 lots
- Phillips: 30 lots
- STAIR: 27 lots
- Bonhams: 21 lots
- Leonard Joel: 15 lots
- Morgan Auctions: 14 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 11 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-19 | Edward Steichen \(1879\-1973\) Self\-portrait, 1902 | Piasa | €1,300
2. 2025-02-13 | EDWARD STEICHEN \(1879\-1973\) Vauquois Mine Crater \(Argonne Sector\). Circa 1918. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,250
3. 2024-12-17 | EDWARD STEICHEN \(1879\-1973\) The Photographer's Best Model, George Bernard Shaw \* E. Gordon Craig \* Clarence White. 1907; printed 1913 \( | Swann Auction Galleries | $812
4. 2024-12-05 | EDWARD STEICHEN \(1879\-1973\), 'AUTOPORTRAIT', 1902 | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | N/A
5. 2024-11-29 | Edward Steichen, Isodora Duncan, c. 1901 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | N/A
6. 2024-09-26 | EDWARD STEICHEN \(1879\-1973\) The Flatiron \- Evening, from Camera Work XIV. 1904; printed 1906. | Swann Auction Galleries | $25,000
7. 2024-07-29 | EDWARD STEICHEN \(Luxembourg, 1879 \- West Redding, Connecticut, 1973\). "The sea", 1904. Platinum photograph mounted on original black paper on cream paper \(original\). Presents label on the back of German collection \(Hamburg 1971\). | Setdart Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-steichen-luxembourg-1879-west-redding-connecticut-1973-the-sea-1904-platinum-photograph-mounted-on-original-black-paper-on-cream-paper-original-presents-label-on-the-back-of-german-collection-hamburg-1971-54-c-57f4ec1bd4
8. 2024-06-20 | Edward Steichen \(1879\-1973\): Portrait of J. P. Morgan | STAIR | $350
9. 2024-06-05 | EDWARD STEICHEN \(1879–1973\) | OstLicht Auctions | €1,700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-steichen-1879-1973-7-c-47744e8903
10. 2024-02-15 | EDWARD STEICHEN \(1879\-1973\) Dawn Flowers. | Swann Auction Galleries | $625
11. 2026-01-06 | Edward Steichen \(1879\-1973\) Paris New York | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $110
12. 2025-12-16 | Edward Steichen, 1879\-1973, M. Auguste Rodin \* Balzac\-\-The Open Sky \* Balzac\-\-Toward the Light, Midnight, from Camera Work 34/35. 1911. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,320
13. 2025-12-05 | Eduard \(Edik\) Steinberg \(1937 Moskau \- 2012 Paris\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €4,000
14. 2025-12-05 | Eduard \(Edik\) Steinberg \(1937 Moskau \- 2012 Paris\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €4,400
15. 2025-12-05 | Eduard \(Edik\) Steinberg \(1937 Moskau \- 2012 Paris\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €4,400
16. 2025-12-05 | Eduard \(Edik\) Steinberg \(1937 Moskau \- 2012 Paris\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €5,500
17. 2025-12-05 | Eduard \(Edik\) Steinberg \(1937 Moskau \- 2012 Paris\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €5,000
18. 2025-11-27 | Edward Steichen \(1879\-1973\) Untitled \(Portrait\),1906 | Chiswick Auctions | £400
19. 2025-11-21 | Edward Steichen, Balzac, Towards the Light, Midnight | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $650
20. 2025-10-09 | EDWARD STEICHEN \(1879\-1973\). Calla Lily, c. 1930. image: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. | Christie's | $48,260
21. 2025-10-09 | Edward Steichen \(1879\-1973\), THREE APPLES, FRANCE, CA. 1921 | Waddington's | CA$625
22. 2025-10-09 | Edward Steichen \(1879\-1973\), LAUGHING BOXES: WEST 86TH STREET, NEW YORK, C. 1922 | Waddington's | CA$1,125
23. 2025-10-09 | Edward Steichen \(1879\-1973\), PORTRAIT \- LADY H., FROM CAMERA WORK 23, 1908 | Waddington's | CA$435
24. 2025-10-08 | Carl Sandburg Signed Photo by Edward Steichen | University Archives | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-carl-sandburg-signed-photo-by-edward-steichen-396-c-2124e2bb2f

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