{"id":40,"date":"2008-06-30T16:45:37","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T20:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/wordpress\/?p=40"},"modified":"2008-06-30T16:45:37","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T20:45:37","slug":"the-most-expensive-photographs-ever-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/40\/the-most-expensive-photographs-ever-sold\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Expensive Photographs Ever Sold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3highestphotographs.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nHave you ever wondered what photographs are worth at auction?<br \/>\nHere are three photos that won the highest bids to date.<br \/>\nAndreas Gurky\u2019s 99 cent II, Diptych, the first photograph to sell for more than $3 million, sold for $3,340,456 at a Sotheby\u2019s auction in London, February 2007.<br \/>\nEdward Steichen\u2019s \u201cThe Pond &#8211; Moonlight\u201d, once the world&#8217;s highest selling photograph, was sold for $2,928,000 at Sotheby\u2019s in New York in February, 2006.<br \/>\nRichard Prince\u2019s &#8220;Anonymous (Cowboy)&#8221;, the first photograph to reach $1 million, sold for $1,248,000 at Christie\u2019s in New York in November 2005.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/app\/live\/dept\/DeptGlobal.jsp?dept_id=32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See what&#8217;s at auction at Sotheby&#8217;s.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christies.com\/departments\/photographs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See what&#8217;s at auction at Christie&#8217;s.<\/a><br \/>\nThe live auction benefit for Maine Media Workshops is happening now on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveauctions.ebay.com\/catalogs\/25569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eBay Live Auctions<\/a>.<br \/>\nTell us what you think about the prices of photographs today. 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