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ARTS / THE VISUAL ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
List: Top 10 Most Expensive Photos Sold at Auction
Date: Sold at auction up to end of year 2004
Source: Top-Ten-10.com
Base: Photographs Sold at Auctions
Notes: The record price was US$922,488 paid for Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey's daguerreotype of the Temple of Jupiter in Athens, which was produced in 1842. The buyer was Sheikh Saud al-Thani on behalf of the state of Qatar.
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Photograph
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Photographer
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Price (£)
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Where Sold
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Athénes
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JP Girault de Prangey
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511,155
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Christie's London - 2003
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La Grande Vague
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Gustave Le Gray
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465,650
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Sotheby's London - 1999
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Hêtre
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Gustave Le Gray
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384,920
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Sotheby's London - 1999
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Karnac
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JP Girault de Prangey
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359,240
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Christie's London - 2003
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Untitled V
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Andreas Gursky (with Nina Pohl)
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366,420
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Christie's London - 2002
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Criss Crossed Conveyors
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Charles Sheeler
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336,685
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Sotheby's N.Y. - 1999
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Noire et Blanche
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Man Ray
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336,685
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Christie's N.Y. - 1998
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Paris, Montparnasse
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Andreas Gursky
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332,528
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Christie's N.Y. - 2001
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Memphis
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JP Girault de Prangey
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288,399
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Christie's London - 2003
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Identical Twins
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Diane Arbus
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265,140
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Sotheby's N.Y. - 2004
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