# James Nachtwey - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T23:47:51.695Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2010-05-20
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-30
- Median realised price: $1,900
- Price range: $50 to $6,250

## Market Takeaway
James Nachtwey has 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,900. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($1,900\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,200 to $2,800\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 17.6% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 82.4% (14 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $1,800
- Previous 12 months median: $2,400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-30
- Days since latest sale: 333
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 5 lots
- Lempertz: 4 lots
- Artcurial: 3 lots
- Guernsey's: 3 lots
- OstLicht Auctions: 3 lots
- Ader: 2 lots
- Phillips: 2 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 1 lots
- Schneider\-Henn: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-30 | James Nachtwey, Iraq, 2003 | Lempertz | €2,800
2. 2025-05-30 | James Nachtwey, West Bank, 2002 | Lempertz | N/A
3. 2025-05-30 | James Nachtwey, Northern Ireland, 1981 | Lempertz | N/A
4. 2025-05-30 | James Nachtwey, World Trade Center, 11th Sept., 2001 | Lempertz | €1,800
5. 2024-11-29 | James Nachtwey, Rwanda, 1994 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | N/A
6. 2024-11-29 | James Nachtwey, Nicaragua, 1994 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €2,600
7. 2024-11-29 | James Nachtwey, El Salvador, 1984 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €1,200
8. 2024-11-29 | James Nachtwey, World Trade Center, 11th Sept., 2001 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €2,400
9. 2023-11-18 | JAMES NACHTWEY \(\*1948\) | OstLicht Auctions | N/A
10. 2023-11-18 | JAMES NACHTWEY \(\*1948\) | OstLicht Auctions | €1,800
11. 2023-11-18 | JAMES NACHTWEY \(\*1948\) | OstLicht Auctions | €2,000
12. 2023-09-22 | James Nachtwey geb. 1948 | Schneider\-Henn | €5,000
13. 2020-07-02 | James NACHTWEY \(Né en 1948\) \- XHOSA YOUNG MEN OF PASSAGE, 1992 | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr | €1,500
14. 2016-12-02 | James Nachtwey \(b. 1948\) | Guernsey's | $650
15. 2016-12-02 | James Nachtwey \(b. 1948\) | Guernsey's | N/A
16. 2016-12-02 | James Nachtwey \(b. 1948\) | Guernsey's | $750
17. 2015-06-29 | James NACHTWEY \(Né en 1948\) AFGHANISTAN – 1996 Tirage argentique réalisé en 2000 | Artcurial | €3,875
18. 2014-05-20 | James NACHTWEY \(Né en 1948\) St Vincent Hospital, 2001 Tirage couleur | Artcurial | N/A
19. 2014-05-20 | James NACHTWEY \(Né en 1948\) West Bank, 2000 Tirage couleur | Artcurial | N/A
20. 2013-05-24 | JAMES NACHTWEY, Afghanistan, 1996 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €4,270
21. 2012-11-18 | James Nachtwey \(né en 1948\) Survivor of Hutu death | Ader | €1,900
22. 2011-05-19 | JAMES NACHTWEY | Phillips | £6,250
23. 2011-03-31 | James Nachtwey \(né en 1948\) Faits de guerre | Ader | €50
24. 2010-05-20 | JAMES NACHTWEY | Phillips | £1,000

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