# Pentti Sammallahti - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T09:06:42.959Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 49
- Lots with prices: 40
- First auction date: 2011-04-30
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-21
- Median realised price: $700
- Price range: $190 to $3,800

## Market Takeaway
Pentti Sammallahti has 49 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $700. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 9 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 \($700\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($550 to $1,000\) 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: 70% (28 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 30% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 11
- Recent 12 months median: $600
- Previous 12 months median: $1,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-21
- Days since latest sale: 160
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Karl & Faber: 7 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 7 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Finarte: 4 lots
- Piasa: 4 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 3 lots
- Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques: 2 lots
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 2 lots
- PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-21 | Pentti Sammallahti, Namibia | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $250
2. 2025-11-20 | 2 Pentti Sammallahti photobooks | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $190 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-2-pentti-sammallahti-photobooks-147-c-e868df4c00
3. 2025-11-04 | Pentti Sammallahti, Pyhajarvi, Finland | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $800
4. 2025-11-04 | Pentti Sammallahti, Lake Numakawa, Japan | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,000
5. 2025-09-11 | 2 Pentti Sammallahti photobooks | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-2-pentti-sammallahti-photobooks-362-c-07e4c09860
6. 2025-07-31 | Pentti Sammallahti, Kirkkonummi, Finland | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $700
7. 2025-07-31 | Pentti Sammallahti, Varanasi, India; Swayambhunath, Nepal; Swayambhunath, Nepal II | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,300
8. 2025-06-30 | Pentti Sammallahti \(b. 1950\), "Llanwuno, Wales", 1995 | Veritas Art Auctioneers | €500
9. 2025-05-16 | Pentti Sammallahti | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €600
10. 2025-04-10 | Pentti Sammallahti \(1950\) \- Solovki, White Sea, Russia, 1992 | Finarte | €1,000
11. 2025-03-31 | Pentti Sammallahti \(n. 1950\), "Martinmere, England", 1996 | Veritas Art Auctioneers | N/A
12. 2025-03-04 | Pentti Sammallahti, Cilento, Italy | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,700
13. 2025-02-19 | Pentti Sammallahti \(born 1950\) The Baltic Sea, 1978 | Piasa | €1,000
14. 2025-02-19 | Pentti Sammallahti \(born 1950\) Llandudno, Pays de Galles, 1995 | Piasa | €600
15. 2025-02-19 | Pentti Sammallahti \(born 1950\) Vuonninen, Karelia, Russia, 1991 | Piasa | €500
16. 2025-02-19 | Pentti Sammallahti \(born 1950\) Solovetski, White Sea Russia, 1992 | Piasa | €2,200
17. 2024-11-19 | Pentti Sammallahti \(b.1950\) | Chiswick Auctions | £650
18. 2024-10-15 | Pentti Sammallahti \(1950\) \- Delhi, India, 1999 | Finarte | €1,800
19. 2024-10-15 | Pentti Sammallahti \(1950\) \- Ulug \- Khem, Tuva, 1997 | Finarte | €900
20. 2024-07-10 | Pentti Sammallahti, Solovki, White Sea, Russia | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $2,000
21. 2024-03-08 | Pentti Sammallahti, Cilento, Italy | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,800
22. 2023-12-01 | Pentti Sammallahti, Jurmo, Finland, 1973 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | N/A
23. 2023-12-01 | Pentti Sammallahti, Helsinki, Finland, 2002 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €600
24. 2023-09-14 | PENTTI SAMMALLAHTI \(Finnish, born 1950\). LAKE NUMAKAWA, JAPAN, 2005, Gelatin silver print. Pencil signed and dated lower right hand cor | Sloans & Kenyon | $650

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