Sam Haskins Auction Prices and Value Guide

Sam Haskins auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 180 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Sam Haskins auction prices: quick answer

Sam Haskins auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Sam Haskins
Source records
180
Market update
2026-02-06

Sam Haskins market snapshot

Sam Haskins shows solid auction liquidity with 75 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $650. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-21.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (55.1% · 27 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (42.9% · 21 sales)
  • $10,000+ (2.0% · 1 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$5,500
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-21

Artist context

About Sam Haskins

Sam Haskins portrait
Camera5 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Born

1926

Died

2009

Nationality

British

Also known as

Samuel Joseph Haskins

Samuel Joseph Haskins (1926–2009) was a British photographer born and raised in South Africa. He began his professional career in Johannesburg and relocated to London in 1968. Haskins is best known for experimental figure photography, especially his use of in-camera montage, and for a group of photographic books and poster projects. The source pack identifies Five Girls, Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, November Girl, African Image, and Haskins Posters as central bodies of work. Across these projects, collectors encounter staged figure studies, nude photography, graphic sequencing, African subject matter, and images conceived for book or poster presentation. His identity is established through Wikidata and several international authority identifiers, although the available research pack contains limited institution-grade biographical text. For appraisal purposes, the name may therefore appear on photographic works as well as books and posters connected to his published projects. This profile does not assign Haskins to a formal movement because the collected sources do not support one.

PhotographyIn-camera photographic montagePhotographic books and postersFigure studiesNude photographySub-Saharan African subjects represented in African Image

Common works and media

Works associated with Sam Haskins commonly fall within photography, photographic publishing, and poster design. The collected sources emphasize figure studies and nude photography, experimental in-camera montage, the African subjects of African Image, and images connected to Five Girls, Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, November Girl, and Haskins Posters. An appraisal should identify whether the object is a photographic work, a book, or poster-related material before selecting comparable records.

Market and appraisal context

Sam Haskins material should first be classified by object type: a photographic work, an illustrated book, and a poster-related object represent distinct forms of his practice. A documented connection to Five Girls, Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, November Girl, African Image, or Haskins Posters can provide useful context, as can evidence that a photograph employs the in-camera montage associated with his work. Comparable auction records are most informative when they match the same type of object and, where recorded, the same project or title. Sale date and realized price can then provide historical market context, but the collected evidence does not support forecasts, broad price trends, or assumptions that unlike formats have equivalent value.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Photographic works and prints
  • Artist photobooks and illustrated books
  • Poster-related works

Value drivers

  1. Classification as a photographic print, book, or poster-related object
  2. A documented relationship to a named project such as Five Girls, Cowboy Kate & Other Stories, November Girl, African Image, or Haskins Posters
  3. Use of in-camera montage or another process associated with Haskins's documented photographic practice
  4. Comparable public auction records matched by work type, project, sale date, and realized price when those details are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not include detailed auction-house lot descriptions, so it cannot establish edition structures, print dates, or price trends.
  • Books, posters, and photographic prints should not be treated as directly equivalent market objects without object-specific evidence.
  • The available sources do not support price predictions or claims about rarity.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

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Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Sam Haskins

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Sam Haskins worth?

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