# Roman Vishniac - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:32:08.459Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 102
- Lots with prices: 68
- First auction date: 2004-02-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-26
- Median realised price: $2,600
- Price range: $250 to $28,125

## Market Takeaway
Roman Vishniac shows solid auction liquidity with 101 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,300 and $4,780.
- 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: 14.7% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 70.6% (48 sales)
- $10,000\+: 14.7% (10 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $550
- Previous 12 months median: $3,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 69
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 31 lots
- Christie's: 8 lots
- Sotheby's: 8 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 5 lots
- Leonard Joel: 4 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 4 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 4 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 3 lots
- Hindman: 3 lots
- Artcurial: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-05-16 | Roman Vishniac \(1897\-1990\), UNTITLED \(OLD WOMAN SEARCHING FOR WORK, WARSAW OR LUBLIN\), CA. 1935\-38 | Waddington's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-roman-vishniac-1897-1990-untitled-old-woman-searching-for-work-warsaw-or-lublin-ca-1935-38-106-c-9fc4dec8de
2. 2026-03-26 | Roman Vishniac \(1897\-1990\), UNTITLED \(OLD WOMAN SEARCHING FOR WORK, WARSAW OR LUBLIN\), ca. 1935\-38 | Waddington's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-roman-vishniac-1897-1990-untitled-old-woman-searching-for-work-warsaw-or-lublin-ca-1935-38-28-c-3763625f20
3. 2025-12-11 | Roman Vishniac, Warsaw | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
4. 2025-12-11 | Roman Vishniac, In Front of the Synagogue on Saturday | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
5. 2025-12-11 | Roman Vishniac, Warsaw | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,000
6. 2025-11-05 | ROMAN VISHNIAC \- FACE OF WISDOM PHOTO | Litchfield Auctions | $250
7. 2025-10-12 | ROMAN VISHNIAC \(RUSSIAN\-AMERICAN, 1897\-1990\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $550
8. 2025-10-12 | ROMAN VISHNIAC \(RUSSIAN\-AMERICAN, 1897\-1990\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $2,200
9. 2025-10-12 | ROMAN VISHNIAC "NEWSSTAND WITH YIDDISH AND POLISH PERIODICALS" SILVER PRINT | Bradford's | $260 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-roman-vishniac-newsstand-with-yiddish-and-polish-periodicals-silver-print-5191-c-3ff41e49d8
10. 2025-05-22 | Roman Vishniac \(1897\-1990\) | Chiswick Auctions | £1,900
11. 2024-12-17 | ROMAN VISHNIAC \(1897\-1990\) A portfolio entitled The Vanished World. 1936\-38; printed 1977. | Swann Auction Galleries | $13,750
12. 2024-10-31 | ROMAN VISHNIAC \(1897\-1990\) One of the People of the Book, Warsaw. 1938; printed circa 1977. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,000
13. 2024-06-05 | ROMAN VISHNIAC \(1897–1990\) | OstLicht Auctions | €2,400
14. 2024-05-16 | ROMAN VISHNIAC \(1897\-1990\) Grandfather and Granddaughter, Warsaw. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,125
15. 2024-05-16 | ROMAN VISHNIAC \(1897\-1990\) A group of 9 street photographs, both larger scenes and portraits, depicting Jewish life in Poland. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,250
16. 2024-02-15 | ROMAN VISHNIAC \(1897\-1990\) Grandfather and Granddaughter, Warsaw. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,000
17. 2023-12-01 | Roman Vishniac, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $700
18. 2023-10-05 | ROMAN VISHNIAC \(1897\-1990\) A selection of six street scenes and portraits depicting Jewish life in Poland. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,750
19. 2023-08-08 | Roman Vishniac, Vilno Side Entrance of the Ghetto | Wright | $1,200
20. 2023-05-02 | Roman Vishniac \(1897\-1990\) Munkatch, Baruch Rabinovitch examining the Yeshiva, 1938 | Hindman | $1,100
21. 2023-05-02 | Roman Vishniac \(1987\-1990\) Street in the Jewish Quarter of Lublin, Poland, 1935\-1938 | Hindman | $1,200
22. 2023-05-02 | Roman Vishniac \(1897\-1990\) The Cheder in Slonim, 1938 | Hindman | $1,000
23. 2023-04-27 | ROMAN VISHNIAC \(1887\-1990\) Musarnic \[sic\] \(follower of the Musar movement\) studying in a yeshiva, Vilna. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,250
24. 2022-10-20 | ROMAN VISHNIAC \(1897\-1990\) Entrance to the Old Ghetto, Kraków. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,750

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