# Irving Penn - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:10:03.874Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,595
- Lots with prices: 1,090
- First auction date: 2001-01-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-11
- Median realised price: $23,750
- Price range: $5 to $1,200,000

## Market Takeaway
Irving Penn shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,563 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $24,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 46 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($24,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $10,625 and $49,000.
- 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: 6.7% (72 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 16.5% (176 sales)
- $10,000\+: 76.8% (819 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 46
- Previous 12 months sales: 72
- Recent 12 months median: $22,860
- Previous 12 months median: $5,250
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-03
- Days since latest sale: 15
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 862 lots
- Phillips: 156 lots
- Sotheby's: 137 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 59 lots
- Gregory's Casa d'Aste: 57 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 38 lots
- Bonhams: 34 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 23 lots
- Morgan Auctions: 20 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 17 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-06 | IRVING PENN 'MAN LIGHTING GIRL'S CIGARETTE' | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | N/A
2. 2024-12-11 | Irving Penn, 10 Most Influential Photographers of the 20th Century, Superb Original Print! | University Archives | $650 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-irving-penn-10-most-influential-photographers-of-the-20th-century-superb-original-print-175-c-da14771b09
3. 2026-04-11 | Irving Penn Photograph Covent Garden Market London 1966 | Concept Art Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-irving-penn-photograph-covent-garden-market-london-1966-267-c-1b8b16fed6
4. 2026-03-10 | Irving Penn, Pablo Picasso at La Californie, Cannes | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $5,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-irving-penn-pablo-picasso-at-la-californie-cannes-175-c-7a7ef53c73
5. 2026-03-09 | Irving Penn \(American 1917 \- 2009\). Contact sheet \- Emanuel Ungaro for Vogue, 1985. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-irving-penn-american-1917-2009-contact-sheet-emanuel-ungaro-for-vogue-1985-311-c-82bd7a7fa8
6. 2026-03-04 | IRVING PENN \(1917\-2009\). Truman Capote, New York, 1948. signed, titled, dat | Christie's | $27,940 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-irving-penn-1917-2009-truman-capote-new-york-1948-signed-titled-dat-28-c-84bfe6b218
7. 2026-02-28 | IRVING PENN 'MILES DAVIS' CONTACT SHEET | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-irving-penn-miles-davis-contact-sheet-344-c-3691854a9c
8. 2026-02-12 | Irving Penn, Watercolor Palette, New York | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $20,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-irving-penn-watercolor-palette-new-york-124-c-72737844e2
9. 2026-02-03 | Irving Penn "Woody Allen as Chaplin" Photograph | Revere Auctions | $5,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-irving-penn-woody-allen-as-chaplin-photograph-178-c-3a34b17bf4
10. 2025-12-11 | Irving Penn, Two Liqueurs | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
11. 2025-11-27 | Irving Penn \(1917 \- 2009\) Fish Bones on a Plate, New York, 21 October 1993 | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
12. 2025-11-27 | Irving Penn \(1917 \- 2009\) Jean Giono, Manosque, 1957 | Chiswick Auctions | £1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-irving-penn-1917-2009-jean-giono-manosque-1957-219-c-c4b865ebc7
13. 2025-11-27 | Irving Penn \(1917 \- 2009\) Nude 141, 1949\-1950 | Chiswick Auctions | £9,000
14. 2025-11-27 | Irving Penn \(1917 \- 2009\) Nude 132, 1949\-1950 | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
15. 2025-11-25 | Irving Penn,  American 1917\-2009,  Truman Capote, 1979;  silver gelatin p | Roseberys | £200
16. 2025-11-19 | Irving Penn, Passage: A Work Record promotional poster | Poster Auctions International Inc | $800
17. 2025-10-24 | Irving Penn \(1917\-2009\). Chanel Feather Headdress \[by Karl Lagerfeld for Ch | Christie's | €53,340
18. 2025-10-09 | IRVING PENN \(1917–2009\). 1,000 Year Old Eggs \(B\), New York, 2003. signed, t | Christie's | $22,860
19. 2025-10-09 | IRVING PENN \(1917–2009\). Two Miyake Warriors \(B\), New York, June 3, 1998. s | Christie's | $25,400
20. 2025-10-09 | IRVING PENN \(1917–2009\). Girl Pulling Strand of Hair, Marisa Berenson, New | Christie's | $35,560
21. 2025-10-09 | IRVING PENN \(1917\-2009\). Three Dahomey Girls, One Reclining, 1967. signed, | Christie's | $12,065
22. 2025-10-09 | IRVING PENN \(1917–2009\). Ballet Theatre, New York, 1947. signed, titled, da | Christie's | $7,620
23. 2025-10-09 | IRVING PENN \(1917–2009\). Aaron Copland, 1946. signed, titled, dated, number | Christie's | N/A
24. 2025-10-09 | IRVING PENN \(1917\-2009\). Bicorne Skimmer, New York, December 1949. signed, | Christie's | $25,400

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