Talk:List of most expensive photographs

message: My intention was to just get this page started with as much information as I could gather from the Internet and then to pass this on to someone more informed. Is there a place on the Internet that keeps track of this? I couldn't find any - just found mention of high auctions on several different websites. CDA 19:29, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creation 

message: Looking at this 2007 article on Artnet, they mention a Cindy Sherman photo selling for over US$2 million and a Hiroshi Sugimoto triptych selling for US$1.8 million. The top 10 list probably needs to be updated. Asianartfan 10:00, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates 

message: I note with interest that artnet's 2003 list has two photos listed at a sale price of 607,500, yet neither is listed in this article, even though the price is higher than of some items that are listed. Assuming that artnet's listing is correct, and that this article has only existed since 2005, I am left to conclude that this article has never been accurate. Worse still, the artnet link has been in the article since 25 October 2005, shortly after its creation. Samsara (talk • contribs) 12:43, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Top ten per artnet, 2003 

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:DianeArbusAperture.jpg

message: This item was pulled from the list, because it is a print, not a photograph:
* Richard Prince, "Untitled (Cowboy)" (c.2001–2002), $3,401,000, Sotheby's New York, November 14, 2007
– Paine Ellsworth ( CLIMAX )  06:45, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Print not photo 

message: Once again If we can't get any verification of this sale other Kevin Abosch  himself. His Prints will be removed from this list. "Encyclopedic content must be verifiable." This breaks Wikipedia's own rules.
Any photographer with any claim could say "I sold this photo of my dog / a rose / or this carrot" and make such claims? Would we add them to this list? I don't think so. 
Like I stated on February of 2015: 
::  Again no third party or public verification. All references lead back to the originator of the content ... So regardless of who you are or what your last name is we need verification of said amount before it can be listed. Other wise it just all leads back to the same source in this case Lik. My thread is not specifically targeted at Lik, But any unsubstantiated claim.  Coffeerob (talk) 21:29, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Currently: "In 2015 Kevin Abosch reportedly sold a photograph called Potato #345 (2010) to an anonymous bidder for $1 million." Let's suppose that he indeed did. A mere million would put it out of the top 25 (or 26). I suggest complete removal from this (to me, rather strange) article. -- Hoary (talk) 02:10, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kevin Abosch Potato #345 (2010) 

message: We had a call on de:Wikipedia:Telefonberatung for a missing photograph worth 3.265.000 US-Dollar. Please find article at Christies  . Conny (talk) 18:11, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  missing entry 

message: I did my best to update the list of the 30 most expensive photographs ever sold. I decided to keep this number, because its extremely difficult to update a bigger one. Its still larger than the previous number of 27 photographs.Mistico Dois (talk) 23:44, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Updating

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message: They aren't purchasing the image, they're purchasing a token that "corresponds" to the image NerdKnight66 (talk) 06:07, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, NFTs should not be counted as photographs whole-sale. 64.228.255.18 (talk) 19:00, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I also agree. I am removing it, when I have more time. It needs a work done to correct the entire list.Mistico Dois (talk) 04:24, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Doge doesn't count because it's an NFT