# Helen Levitt - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T07:45:37.931Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 270
- Lots with prices: 189
- First auction date: 2001-01-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-02
- Median realised price: $4,063
- Price range: $30 to $34,375

## Market Takeaway
Helen Levitt shows deep auction liquidity with 269 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,063. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($4,063\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,500 and $6,000.
- 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: 8% (15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 85.6% (161 sales)
- $10,000\+: 6.4% (12 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 12
- Recent 12 months median: $900
- Previous 12 months median: $2,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-03
- Days since latest sale: 77
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 72 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 61 lots
- Phillips: 32 lots
- Bonhams: 22 lots
- Sotheby's: 13 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 8 lots
- Grisebach: 6 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 5 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 5 lots
- Jackson's International: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-05 | Helen Levitt, two photographs of Mexican children, 1941 | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-helen-levitt-two-photographs-of-mexican-children-1941-213-c-04843b58ca
2. 2024-07-29 | HELEN LEVITT \(New York, 1913\-2009\). "NYC. Masked children on stop", New York, 1940. Gelatin silver, later print. Signed, dated and inscribed "N.Y.C." in pencil \(on verso\). Provenance: From the private collection of Schroeder New Jersey. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
3. 2023-10-05 | HELEN LEVITT \(1913\-2009\) N.Y. \(Man in front of a vitrine\) \* N.Y. \(Family porch\) \* N.Y. \(Children playing\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,750
4. 2026-04-02 | Limited edition signed by Helen Levitt | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $225 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-limited-edition-signed-by-helen-levitt-69-c-7786e9871d
5. 2025-12-03 | Helen Levitt, Untitled, 1930s | Lempertz | €3,800
6. 2025-12-03 | Helen Levitt, Untitled, 1930s | Lempertz | €4,000
7. 2025-12-03 | Helen Levitt, Boys playing with large branch, New York, c. 1940 | Lempertz | €3,000
8. 2025-12-03 | Helen Levitt, Three Kids on stoop, New York, 1940 | Lempertz | N/A
9. 2025-09-18 | Helen Levitt, Mexico, 1941 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $768
10. 2025-06-17 | HELEN LEVITT PHOTOGRAPH | Jackson's International | $200
11. 2025-06-17 | HELEN LEVITT PHOTOGRAPH | Jackson's International | $900
12. 2025-06-17 | HELEN LEVITT PHOTOGRAPH | Jackson's International | $325
13. 2025-06-17 | HELEN LEVITT SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | Jackson's International | N/A
14. 2025-05-08 | HELEN LEVITT \(1913\-2009\) N.Y. \(ABC graffiti girl\). Circa 1940; printed 1980s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,000
15. 2025-02-04 | Helen Levitt \(American, 1913\-2009\) New York, 1940; printed later | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $3,000
16. 2024-10-31 | HELEN LEVITT \(1913\-2009\) New York \(woman at bar\). Circa 1940. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
17. 2024-09-26 | Helen Levitt \(American, 1913\-2009\) New York, 1940; printed later | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
18. 2024-07-27 | Helen Levitt, Brooklyn, NY 1918\-2009, Helen Levitt, Two Kids Dancing, 1940 | La Belle Epoque Auction House | $2,500
19. 2024-06-19 | Helen Levitt 1913\-2009 New York | Cambi Casa d'Aste | €3,000
20. 2024-05-16 | HELEN LEVITT \(1913\-2009\) N.Y. \(children in masks\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,000
21. 2024-05-16 | HELEN LEVITT \(1913\-2009\) Girl holding bread and a man in the window, NYC. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,375
22. 2024-05-16 | HELEN LEVITT \(1913\-2009\) N.Y. \(Two women with a dog\) \* N.Y. \(Man with boxes\) \* West Side \(Man in hat\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,080
23. 2024-03-26 | Helen Levitt \(1918\-2009\), "New York 1980 \(spider girl\)," 1980, Chromogenic print on paper, Image: 9.625" H x 14.25" W; Sheet: 14.25" H x 17.875" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,905
24. 2024-03-07 | Helen Levitt \(American, 1913\-2009\) New York, c. 1940 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $4,000

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