# Elliott Erwitt - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T03:02:57.393Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 729
- Lots with prices: 490
- First auction date: 2001-10-04
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-01
- Median realised price: $2,500
- Price range: $12 to $210,000

## Market Takeaway
Elliott Erwitt shows very deep auction liquidity with 719 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 41 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-13.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,320 and $4,900.
- 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: 19.5% (94 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 74.8% (360 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5.6% (27 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 41
- Previous 12 months sales: 39
- Recent 12 months median: $1,500
- Previous 12 months median: $2,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-13
- Days since latest sale: 36
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 99 lots
- Bonhams: 70 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 60 lots
- Phillips: 60 lots
- OstLicht Auctions: 50 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 46 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 33 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 23 lots
- Sotheby's: 23 lots
- Piasa: 20 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-21 | ELLIOTT ERWITT \(1928–2023\) | OstLicht Auctions | €5,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elliott-erwitt-1928-2023-98-c-30a2ac0b5f
2. 2025-11-21 | ELLIOTT ERWITT \(1928–2023\) | OstLicht Auctions | €800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elliott-erwitt-1928-2023-97-c-cffa677053
3. 2025-11-21 | ELLIOTT ERWITT \(1928–2023\) | OstLicht Auctions | €3,400
4. 2025-02-13 | ELLIOTT ERWITT \(1928\-2023\) A Portfolio of Ten Photographs. 1946\-68; printed 1974. | Swann Auction Galleries | $10,000
5. 2024-10-31 | ELLIOTT ERWITT \(1928\-2023\) A selection of 5 photographs depicting beach scenes. Circa 1970s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,750
6. 2024-06-05 | ELLIOTT ERWITT \(1928–2023\) | OstLicht Auctions | €2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elliott-erwitt-1928-2023-69-c-90f4c798e0
7. 2019-06-27 | ELLIOTT ERWITT | Koller Auctions | CHF 3,500
8. 2019-06-08 | 2 Elliott Erwitt photographs from Photographs: Elliott Erwitt | Concept Art Gallery | $450
9. 2026-04-01 | Elliott Erwitt \(1928 \- 2023\) \- Sasha and Emy, in front of American flag, 1983 | Finarte | €500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elliott-erwitt-1928-2023-sasha-and-emy-in-front-of-american-flag-1983-184-c-e9968a4388
10. 2026-04-01 | Elliott Erwitt \(1928 \- 2023\) \- Untitled \(Our Lady of the Finger\), 1987 | Finarte | €400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elliott-erwitt-1928-2023-untitled-our-lady-of-the-finger-1987-182-c-f2ec227867
11. 2026-01-13 | Elliott Erwitt \(1928 \- 2023\) \- Untitled \(Pia\+Elliott\), 2001 | Finarte | €330
12. 2026-01-13 | Elliott Erwitt \(1928 \- 2023\) \- Untitled \(Elliott and Pia\), 1999 | Finarte | N/A
13. 2026-01-13 | Elliott Erwitt \(1928 \- 2023\) \- Untitled, 2000s | Finarte | €260
14. 2026-01-13 | Elliott Erwitt \(1928 \- 2023\) \- Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, 2001 | Finarte | €650
15. 2026-01-08 | Recent Developments, signed by Elliott Erwitt | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $110 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-recent-developments-signed-by-elliott-erwitt-318-c-1592cca198
16. 2026-01-08 | On the Beach, signed by Elliott Erwitt | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $130 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-on-the-beach-signed-by-elliott-erwitt-317-c-1d1ac76b4b
17. 2026-01-08 | Cuba, signed by Elliott Erwitt | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $190 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-cuba-signed-by-elliott-erwitt-310-c-b99c9a5d73
18. 2026-01-08 | Observations on American Architecture, signed by Elliott Erwitt | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-observations-on-american-architecture-signed-by-elliott-erwitt-308-c-93d577f685
19. 2025-12-04 | Elliott Erwitt: "California" | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €4,300
20. 2025-12-04 | Elliott Erwitt: Wyoming | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €2,000
21. 2025-11-27 | Elliott Erwitt \(1928\-2023\) Nudist Wedding, Kent, 1984 | Chiswick Auctions | £1,500
22. 2025-11-21 | ELLIOTT ERWITT \(1928–2023\) | OstLicht Auctions | €1,800
23. 2025-11-21 | ELLIOTT ERWITT \(1928–2023\) | OstLicht Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-elliott-erwitt-1928-2023-99-c-4c35bac171
24. 2025-11-21 | ELLIOTT ERWITT \(1928–2023\) | OstLicht Auctions | €600

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