October 7, 2008

El Ten Most Expen$ive Photographs Of All Time::


Ten most expensive photographs of all time

While many will doubt the photographic value of some of these photos, one thing is for certain; photography has entered the art world and is gaining ground in galleries everyday. Still, there is quite some way till a photograph reaches the $137.5 millions that Willem de Kooning’s Woman III (or the $140 million of Jackson Pollock’s No.5) was sold for.



10. Identical Twins (1967) by Diane Arbus $478,400

9. Tree (1855) Gustave Le Gray $513,150

8. Untitled 5 (1997) Andreas Gursky $559,724

7. Moonrise (1948) Ansel Adams $609,600

6. Andy Warhol (1987) Robert Mapplethorpe $643,200

5. The Great Wave (1857) Gustave Le Gray $838,000

4. Temple de Jupiter (1842) Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey $922,488

3. Untitled (Cowboy) (1989) Richard Prince $1,248,000

2. The Pond-Moonlight (1904) Edward Steichen $2,928,000

1. 99 Cent II Diptychon (2001) Andreas Gursky $3,346,456

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