# Philippe Halsman - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T05:06:36.046Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 696
- Lots with prices: 403
- First auction date: 2001-01-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-24
- Median realised price: $1,063
- Price range: $15 to $100,000

## Market Takeaway
Philippe Halsman shows very deep auction liquidity with 679 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,100. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 52 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-07.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,100\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $500 and $2,750.
- 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: 45.9% (181 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 49.5% (195 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4.6% (18 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 52
- Previous 12 months sales: 56
- Recent 12 months median: $850
- Previous 12 months median: $812
- Median shift: 4.7%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-07
- Days since latest sale: 73
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 75 lots
- Bonhams: 55 lots
- East Coast Books: 36 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 31 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 30 lots
- Sotheby's: 27 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 22 lots
- OstLicht Auctions: 20 lots
- Waddington's: 19 lots
- Leonard Joel: 16 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-28 | PHILIPPE HALSMAN \(1906\-1979\) American photographer | East Coast Books | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-philippe-halsman-1906-1979-american-photographer-249-c-f283680e77
2. 2026-02-13 | PHILIPPE HALSMAN \(1906\-1979\) American photographer | East Coast Books | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-philippe-halsman-1906-1979-american-photographer-249-c-484e1ea22c
3. 2026-01-15 | PHILIPPE HALSMAN \(1906\-1979\) American photographer | East Coast Books | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-philippe-halsman-1906-1979-american-photographer-249-c-3ee2960756
4. 2025-12-11 | PHILIPPE HALSMAN \(1906\-1979\) American photographer | East Coast Books | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-philippe-halsman-1906-1979-american-photographer-249-c-5581f7ca49
5. 2025-12-07 | PHILIPPE HALSMAN 'ALBERT EINSTEIN' PHOTO\-LITHO | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $50
6. 2025-12-06 | PHILIPPE HALSMAN 'ALBERT EINSTEIN' PHOTO | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | N/A
7. 2025-12-05 | Philippe Halsman \(AM 1906\-1979\) New York Opera | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $600
8. 2025-11-27 | Philippe Halsman \(1906\-1979\) Marilyn Monroe, The True Marilyn, Triple Portrait, 1954 | Chiswick Auctions | £400
9. 2025-11-27 | Philippe Halsman \(1906\-1979\) Winston Churchill, 1951 | Chiswick Auctions | £750
10. 2025-11-27 | Philippe Halsman \(1906\-1979\) Jean Cocteau, Poet Drawing, 1949 | Chiswick Auctions | £1,000
11. 2025-11-21 | PHILIPPE HALSMAN \(1906–1979\) | OstLicht Auctions | N/A
12. 2025-11-21 | PHILIPPE HALSMAN \(1906–1979\) | OstLicht Auctions | €1,500
13. 2025-11-21 | PHILIPPE HALSMAN \(1906–1979\) | OstLicht Auctions | €2,200
14. 2025-11-21 | PHILIPPE HALSMAN \(1906–1979\) | OstLicht Auctions | €800
15. 2025-11-13 | PHILIPPE HALSMAN \(1906\-1979\) American photographer | East Coast Books | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-philippe-halsman-1906-1979-american-photographer-249-c-d73968454d
16. 2025-10-23 | Philippe Halsman \(1906\-1979\) | Veilinggebouw de Zwaan | €460
17. 2025-10-23 | Philippe Halsman \(1906\-1979\) | Veilinggebouw de Zwaan | €525
18. 2025-10-16 | Philippe Halsman, Dali Atomicus. 1948; printed 1970s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,048
19. 2025-10-09 | Philippe Halsman \(1906\-1979\), MATISSE, 1952 | Waddington's | N/A
20. 2025-10-09 | Philippe Halsman \(1906\-1979\), DALI EXPLODING, 1953 | Waddington's | CA$225
21. 2025-08-27 | Philippe Halsman, Bewitched | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $650
22. 2025-08-27 | Philippe Halsman, June Lockhard, Jon Provost and Lassie | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $150
23. 2025-08-27 | Philippe Halsman, The Munsters Television Show | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,100
24. 2025-08-27 | Philippe Halsman, Morticia and Gomez Addams | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $800

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