This is a list of the 30 highest prices paid for photographs (inUS dollars unless otherwise stated). All prices include thebuyer's premium, which is the auction house fee for handling the work.

1. In December 2014,Peter Lik reportedly sold a photograph titledPhantom to an anonymous bidder for $6.5 million, making it potentially the third highest price paid for a photograph.^[32][33][34] Lik's claim has been greeted with much scepticism. Claims of the sale have never been proven, and the buyer has not come forward,^[35] though a lawyer claiming to represent the buyer claims that the deal was real.^[36]

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