Price Guides

A handful of publications in the Prints and Photographs Study Room record current print prices. The most frequently called for is Gordon’s Print Price Annual indexing auction prices, available in both print and online versions. The others listed here are useful because they cover different parts of the market, or specific categories of works.

Gordon's Print Price Annual. New York: Martin Gordon, 1978- . MDCF 78-1170 1978- . Annually updated listing of prices realized at international auctions of all categories of prints, including Old Master, contemporary, decorative, historical, sporting, topographical, natural history, botanical, and Japanese prints; posters, illustrated books, livres d' artiste, books and periodicals with original graphics, and Picasso ceramics. Also available in online format in the Prints and Photographs Study Room (Room 308). See Electronic Resources.

Lawrence's Dealer Print Prices. Phoenix, AZ: Gordon’s Art Reference, 1992- . MDCF 92-477. Annually updated listing of prices realized by art dealers for all categories of prints.

Printworld Directory of Contemporary Prints and Prices [Bala-Cynwyd, PA]: Printworld, 1982- . MDA 86-2457. Listings of prices for selected contemporary artists.