# Sam Haskins artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/sam-haskins/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:47:08.820Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Photography, In-camera photographic montage, Photographic books and posters

## Portrait

![Sam Haskins](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Sam_Haskins_by_Ludwig_Haskins.jpg)
Camera5 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_Haskins_by_Ludwig_Haskins.jpg

## About Sam 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.

## 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.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720310
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Haskins
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Haskins
- Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Haskins
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/sam-haskins/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_Haskins_by_Ludwig_Haskins.jpg