How much is an Andreas Gursky?

October 17, 2008 12:13 PM

How much is an Andreas Gursky?

Looking for a rough price for an Andreas Gursky. My particular favorite is Nha Trang. Heh, you have to save up for something.

posted by priorpark17 to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

At auction, a dyptich of his went for 3.3million.
posted by gyusan at 12:19 PM on October 17, 2008

An original? His works sell for several million. "99 Cent" sold for over $3m, but I got a poster print of it from the MOMA for about $25.
posted by mkultra at 12:23 PM on October 17, 2008

Anywhere from around $8000 to 3.3million, it seems.
posted by suedehead at 12:26 PM on October 17, 2008

One of his 99 cent store diptychs sold at auction in 2007 for about $3.3 Million, the highest ever paid for a photography by anyone at the time--a record which still stands, I think.

You could always call The Matthew Marks Gallery and ask about the specific one you're interested in.

Keep saving!
posted by dontoine at 12:26 PM on October 17, 2008 [1 favorite]

he used to make limited runs of his works and a signed print of some of them can still be had below 10k. I'd expect that to be a pretty good buy and to rise substantially as gursky produces still new works, which of course only further his reputation.
posted by krautland at 1:42 PM on October 17, 2008

I bought a copy of Andreas Gursky 1994-1998 when it came out at the Strand Bookstore in NYC for $35.00. It is selling now for over $600.
posted by R. Mutt at 1:59 PM on October 17, 2008

Also mind that if you were to buy an original (not a museum store print or book), you'd have to go through an art gallery. Galleries sell art to collectors and institutions. Galleries ensure that the work of their top artists end up in important collections. By representing an artist, the gallery hopes to sell the art, but also to place it correctly. Yes it's elitist. Start making friends in the art world if you really want a Gursky.
posted by Jason and Laszlo at 8:21 AM on October 18, 2008

Perhaps I'm a chauvinist, but I can't reconcile the idea of spending millions on a photograph. Were it painting or sculpture etc ("traditional" art), then that would be another matter entirely.

$3M for a photograph?!

Do you get to ritually burn the negative at a cross-roads, at midnight on the winter solstice whilst sacrificing a virgin at the same time?


Nope, didn't think so.
posted by Mephisto at 8:28 AM on October 18, 2008