David Bailey — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works70

Museum Acquisitions

Previous Sales 47

David Bailey (British, born 1938) Catherine Bailey Gelatin silver print with acrylic paint embellishment and photo collage elements, 1990, signed in pencil verso, the full sheet, framedSheet 593 x 502mm (23 3/8 x 19 3/4in)

£2,400 ($3k USD)

Apr 2026

Christie's

The Kray Brothers, 1965

£3,500 ($5k USD)

May 2016

Christie's

Michael Caine, 1965

£6,875 ($9k USD)

May 2011

Christie's

Jean Shrimpton, 1960s

Christie's

Christie's

Jean Shrimpton for Vogue, 1963

£3,000 ($4k USD)

Nov 2010

Christie's

Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski, 1969

Christie's

Christie's

Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1989

£1,250 ($2k USD)

Nov 2008

Christie's

Jean Shrimpton, 1963

$16,250

Apr 2008

Christie's

Lennon and McCartney, January 1965

Christie's

Christie's

Catherine Bailey, 1983

£1,000 ($1k USD)

Nov 2007

Christie's

Catherine Bailey, Saint Paul de Vence, 1983

£1,000 ($1k USD)

Nov 2007

Christie's

The Kray Brothers, 1965

Christie's

Christie's

Jean Shrimpton, 1964

£2,280 ($3k USD)

Jun 2007

Christie's

Catherine Deneuve, 1967

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Lennon & McCartney, 1965

$38,400

Apr 2006

Christie's

Bill Brandt with 10x8 Camera, c. 1965

$5,760

Oct 2005

Christie's

Jean Shrimpton, 1965

Christie's

Skinner, Inc.

David Bailey (born 1938); Mick Jagger (for 'Vogue');

Unknown

Jun 2026

For Sale 22

Dellasposa · Artsy

Nudes 81-84 [Bare Essentials] , 1981

Wallector · Artsy

Galería Hilario Galguera · Artsy

Untitled 14, 2008

Price on request

Lambda print

Galería Hilario Galguera · Artsy

Skull with Pink Flowers, 2008

Price on request

Lambda print

CLAMP · Artsy

Catherine Bailey, 1990

Price on request

Gelatin silver print

TASCHEN · Artsy

David Bailey, ‘Jean Shrimpton, 1965’, 2019

€10,000

Hardcover, numbered and signed by David Bailey, 50 x 70 cm (19.7 x 27.6 in.), 440 pages; with the signed print Jean Shrimpton, 1965, 51 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.), fiber-based silver gelatin on Ilford paper

TASCHEN · Artsy

David Bailey, ‘Andy Warhol, 1965’, 2019

€10,000

Hardcover, numbered and signed by David Bailey, 50 x 70 cm (19.7 x 27.6 in.), 440 pages; with the signed print Andy Warhol, 1965, 51 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.), fiber-based silver gelatin on Ilford paper

Dellasposa Gallery · 1stDibs

Elton John

$27,438

Dellasposa Gallery · 1stDibs

OASIS

$27,438

Wallector · 1stDibs

Nude - Photograph by David Bailey - 1980s

$3,569

Taschen · 1stDibs

Bailey. 80s. 1–100, Yves Saint Laurent 1981. Signed, Limited Book & Print

$3,000

Dellasposa Gallery · 1stDibs

Jean Shrimpton (box of pin ups)

$34,304

Dellasposa Gallery · 1stDibs

Queen Live Aid

$27,438

Dellasposa Gallery · 1stDibs

Marie Helvin

$48,016

Taschen · 1stDibs

David Bailey. SUMO book and FIne Art Print, Andy Warhol.

$12,500

Dellasposa Gallery · 1stDibs

Rolling Stones [Avebury Hill]

$41,157

Dellasposa Gallery · 1stDibs

Miles Davis

$27,438

Dellasposa Gallery · 1stDibs

Paul McCartney [Mirror]

$27,438

Dellasposa Gallery · 1stDibs

Penelope Tree with Flowers

$41,157

Dellasposa Gallery · 1stDibs

Patti Smith

$16,463

Taschen · 1stDibs

Bailey. 80s. 101–200, Jerry Hall & J. Henri Lartigue 1983. Signed book & Print

$3,000

Dellasposa Gallery · 1stDibs

Kate Bush

$16,463

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Market158 auction results

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$38 – $17.4K

28 of 34 photographs lots with prices

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$5.8K

Object-type specific

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$6.0K

28 priced photographs lots

calendar_todayLast Photographs Sale

Mar 2025 · $1.6K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Photographs: $6.0K medianPaintings: $2.0K medianWorks on paper: — medianUnclassified lots: $12.3K medianEditioned photos: $3.2K medianBooks/portfolios: — medianEditioned objects: — median

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Galleries5

#166 Paul Stolper Gallery

#433 The PhotoGallery

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#855 Ira Stehmann Fine Art

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Prizes & Awards1

Centenary Medal (RPS)

Winner 2005

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Publications6

Monograph 2

Eye Author

Steidl · 2010

David Bailey Author

Steidl · 2007

Exhibition Catalog 3

Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life Author

Thames & Hudson · 2024

Vogue 100: Hundert Jahre BritChic

Hatje Cantz · 2016

Giorgio Armani: Twenty-Five Photographers

Hatje Cantz · 2001

Group Catalog 1

8 Minutes Author

Steidl · 2010

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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Recent News8

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Past Exhibitions10

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#2,606 ATLAS Gallery

Legacy of Light: 200 Years of Photography

Paul Strand, Irving Penn, Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bill Brandt, Elliott Erwitt, Mario Giacomelli, Dorothea Lange, Daido Moriyama, Steve Schapiro, Harry Benson, Margaret Bourke-White, Patrick Demarchelier, William Klein, Saul Leiter, Marc Riboud, W. Eugene Smith, Yamamoto Masao, Alexander Rodchenko, Andreas Feininger, Franco Fontana, Horst P. Horst, Tina Modotti, Jeanloup Sieff, Willy Ronis, Steve McCurry, Barry Lategan, Eve Arnold, Thomas Hoepker, Joe Rosenthal, John Dominis, David Bailey, Herbert George Ponting, Leni Riefenstahl, Alberto Korda, Lewis Morley, Rudolf Koppitz, Jürgen Schadeberg, Terence Donovan, Iain Macmillan, Cornell Capa, George Hoyningen-Huene, Harold Edgerton

49 Dorset St, London W1U 7NF, United Kingdom

Mar 27, 2026 — May 30, 2026

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