# Harry Callahan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T13:33:58.845Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 856
- Lots with prices: 587
- First auction date: 2001-01-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-26
- Median realised price: $5,040
- Price range: $75 to $254,500

## Market Takeaway
Harry Callahan shows very deep auction liquidity with 851 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,040. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 22 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($5,040\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,000 and $9,375.
- 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: 4.8% (28 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 71.9% (420 sales)
- $10,000\+: 23.3% (136 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 22
- Previous 12 months sales: 24
- Recent 12 months median: $1,300
- Previous 12 months median: $1,700
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-12
- Days since latest sale: 68
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 266 lots
- Sotheby's: 177 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 86 lots
- Phillips: 84 lots
- Bonhams: 49 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 19 lots
- Finarte: 12 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 12 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 9 lots
- STAIR: 9 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-03 | Three works by Harry Callahan | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $140 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-three-works-by-harry-callahan-7-c-8944ea3993
2. 2026-03-26 | Harry Callahan \(1912\-1999\), ELEANOR, 1947 | Waddington's | CA$2,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-harry-callahan-1912-1999-eleanor-1947-19-c-220b3838dc
3. 2026-03-05 | Harry Callahan \(American, 1912–1999\) Michigan, 1941 | Freeman’s | $2,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-harry-callahan-american-1912-1999-michigan-1941-90-c-23b08bd295
4. 2025-12-11 | Harry Callahan, Providence, RI | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,100
5. 2025-12-10 | Harry Callahan, gelatin silver print, signed | Millea Bros Ltd | $1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-harry-callahan-gelatin-silver-print-signed-1288-c-2dc09249d3
6. 2025-12-06 | Harry Callahan 1961 gelatin silver print Rhode Island | Concept Art Gallery | $1,400
7. 2025-11-27 | Harry Callahan \(1912\-1999\) Chicago, c.1950 | Chiswick Auctions | £5,000
8. 2025-11-19 | Harry Callahan \(1912\-1999\) Photographs. | Piasa | €150
9. 2025-11-04 | Harry Callahan, Barbara | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
10. 2025-11-04 | Harry Callahan, Aix\-en\-Provence | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,300
11. 2025-11-04 | Harry Callahan, Chicago | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $5,000
12. 2025-10-21 | Eleanor | Sotheby's | N/A
13. 2025-10-09 | HARRY CALLAHAN \(1912–1999\). Eleanor, Chicago, 1947. signed in pencil \(margi | Christie's | $3,810
14. 2025-10-09 | HARRY CALLAHAN \(1912–1999\). Eleanor, c. 1956. initialed in pencil \(verso\)im | Christie's | $3,810
15. 2025-10-09 | HARRY CALLAHAN \(1912–1999\). Leaves, Chicago, c.1947. signed in pencil \(marg | Christie's | $5,334
16. 2025-10-09 | HARRY CALLAHAN \(1912–1999\). Telephone Wires, 1962. signed in pencil \(margin | Christie's | $6,985
17. 2025-09-11 | 3 photograph books by Harry Callahan | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-3-photograph-books-by-harry-callahan-71-c-c2940dea76
18. 2025-09-11 | Five Books of Photography by Harry Callahan | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-five-books-of-photography-by-harry-callahan-67-c-ac8424dae4
19. 2025-07-31 | Harry Callahan, Providence | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $900
20. 2025-07-31 | Harry Callahan, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,300
21. 2025-05-07 | Harry Callahan \(American, 1912\-1999\) Eleanor, 1949 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-harry-callahan-american-1912-1999-eleanor-1949-101-c-9f446a3953
22. 2025-04-26 | HARRY CALLAHAN SIGNED "PHOTOGRAPHS" FIRST EDITION VOLUME | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $427
23. 2025-04-17 | HARRY CALLAHAN \(1912–1999\). Chicago, 1958. signed in pencil \(margin\); signe | Christie's | $6,300
24. 2025-04-15 | Harry Callahan \(American, 1912\-1999\) Chicago, 1948 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $3,750

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