List of most expensive photographs


This is a list of the 30 highest prices paid for photographs. All prices include the buyer's premium, which is the auction house fee for handling the work.

Disputed claim

  1. In December 2014, Peter Lik reportedly sold a photograph titled Phantom to an anonymous bidder for $6.5 million, making it potentially the third highest price paid for a photograph. Lik's claim has been greeted with much scepticism. Claims of the sale have never been proven, and the buyer has not come forward, though a lawyer claiming to represent the buyer claims that the deal was real.