Key Takeaways
- The Endangered Species market has grown through price appreciation, not increased supply.
- Bald Eagle is the portfolio’s strongest growth story, while Siberian Tiger continues to command the highest values.
- Proof formats are increasingly treated as a separate category of the market, with premiums driven by scarcity and rarity.
- Value is now distributed across multiple subjects, with several works regularly achieving six-figure prices.
Over the past decade, values have risen significantly across both standard editions and rarer proof formats, while complete sets have achieved multi-million-pound results. This report examines how the market has evolved between 2017 and 2026, identifying the subjects, formats, and trends that have shaped performance across the portfolio.
A separate 1985 Sea Turtle (F. & S. II.360A) is sometimes associated with Endangered Species but was produced outside the original 1983 series and is excluded from the analysis below.
Andy Warhol Endangered Species Print Value & Market Performance
The Endangered Species market has undergone a substantial repricing over the past decade. Annual sales grew from £650,000 across 15 lots in 2017 to a record £4.6m across 15 lots in 2024. Even in 2025 – a year without a complete set sale – individual works alone generated £1.6m, more than double the 2017 total.
Throughout the ten-year period, supply remained relatively stable. Annual lot counts ranged between 9 and 23 works, with the temporary decline in 2020 reflecting pandemic-era disruption rather than a lasting change in collector behaviour. Since 2021, between 13 and 15 lots have appeared at auction each year, indicating a market in which availability has changed little despite rising values.
The key turning point came in 2022, when sales excluding the complete set more than doubled year-on-year to £1.7m, driven by a cluster of high-value transactions including two Siberian Tiger main editions above £140,000. Annual totals remained above £1.3m between 2023 and 2025, suggesting the higher pricing levels established in 2022 have been sustained rather than reversed. Rather than a short-lived spike, the period marked a step-change in how the market valued the portfolio.
Which Andy Warhol Endangered Species Prints Are Most Valuable?
Siberian Tiger holds the highest average value in the series, achieving £163,900 between 2023 and 2026. Bald Eagle ranks close behind at nearly £150,000 and has delivered the strongest long-term growth in the portfolio. Compared with its average value of £52,000 in 2017–19, Bald Eagle’s average price rose to £150,000 in 2023–26, representing a 188% increase – the highest rate of appreciation among the ten subjects.
Bald Eagle has also appeared at auction more frequently than Siberian Tiger since 2017, providing a broader sales history against which to assess performance. For collectors, this means the portfolio’s strongest growth story is also one of its most consistently traded subjects. At current levels, the gap between the two subjects has narrowed to less than 10%.
The strength of the portfolio extends beyond Siberian Tiger and Bald Eagle. Orangutan, African Elephant, Bighorn Ram, Black Rhinoceros, and Grévy’s Zebra have all achieved average values above £110,000 between 2023 and 2026. The breadth of performance across multiple subjects suggests collector demand is no longer concentrated in a handful of headline images but is increasingly supporting the portfolio as a whole. Understanding how individual subjects perform relative to one another is an important consideration for collectors building an Endangered Species portfolio.
Andy Warhol Endangered Species Artist Proof and Trial Proof Values
Artist proofs have consistently commanded a premium over main editions in recent years. In 2024, APs averaged £184,800 – 91% above the main edition average of £96,600. In 2025, the premium moderated to 40%, with APs averaging £128,000 against £91,000 for main editions.
The premium reflects genuine scarcity: APs represent just 30 examples per subject, compared with 150 in the standard edition. Increasingly, rarity appears to be influencing value independently of subject matter. Trial proofs, which are rarer still and exist in unique colourways, occupy a distinct tier of the market. A Siberian Tiger (TP) achieved £246,000 in 2022, while a Black Rhinoceros (TP) reached £160,600 in 2023.
For collectors, these results highlight the growing distinction between edition types within the portfolio. While subject matter remains an important driver of value, the strongest prices are increasingly being achieved by the rarest formats when they come to market.
Andy Warhol Endangered Species Complete Set Value
Complete sets have sold publicly in almost every year since 2021, achieving hammer prices between £2.2m and £2.9m. The strongest result came in November 2024, when a complete set achieved a hammer price of £2.86m (£3.43m with fees), a record price for the portfolio.
The market demonstrated similar strength in New York May 2026 sales, when a complete set of trial proofs achieved £2.69m hammer (£3.33m with fees). Although distinct from the standard complete set, the result came within striking distance of the 2024 record and highlighted the significant premium collectors are willing to pay for the rarest formats within the portfolio.
Complete sets occupy a distinct segment of the market, trading at values far above those achieved by individual works. While examples have appeared at auction with some regularity in recent years, supply remains limited to a small number of transactions. As a result, complete sets function less as a collection of individual prints and more as a separate market category with its own pricing dynamics.
Most Expensive Andy Warhol Endangered Species Prints Sold at Auction
| Work | Year | Price Realised (GBP) |
|---|---|---|
| Siberian Tiger (TP | 2022 | £309,957 |
| Siberian Tiger (AP) | 2024 | £245,928 |
| African Elephant (R) | 2025 | £215,900 |
| Bald Eagle (AP) | 2024 | £209,368 |
| Black Rhinoceros (TP) | 2023 | £202,427 |
| Bald Eagle | 2022 | £192,190 |
| Siberian Tiger | 2025 | £192,025 |
| Siberian Tiger | 2022 | £183,240 (hammer) |
What Is the Future Value of Andy Warhol’s Endangered Species Portfolio?
One of the defining strengths of the Endangered Species portfolio is its breadth. While Siberian Tiger and Bald Eagle remain the most recognisable subjects, recent results demonstrate that collector demand extends well beyond the portfolio’s traditional leaders. Multiple subjects now achieve six-figure values, creating a market that offers a range of collecting opportunities across different price points and rarity levels.
That diversity extends beyond subject matter. Collectors can pursue standard editions, artist proofs, trial proofs, individual works, or complete sets, each occupying a distinct position within the market. Recent results suggest that rarity is increasingly influencing value, with proof formats and complete sets attracting substantial premiums when they appear at auction.
The result is a portfolio that supports multiple collecting strategies rather than a single route to ownership. Whether focused on liquidity, rarity, subject preference, or long-term value, collectors are engaging with a market that has become increasingly nuanced over the past decade. As the portfolio continues to mature, those distinctions are likely to play an increasingly important role in determining performance.
Owners looking to understand the current market value of an Endangered Species print explore the Trading Floor and MyArtBroker’s Instant Valuation tool for a real-time estimate based on recent market activity.
Methodology
This report analyses public auction results for Andy Warhol’s Endangered Species portfolio between 2017 and 2026. Unless otherwise stated, all values refer to hammer prices in GBP. Sales data and subject-level analysis relate exclusively to the original 1983 Endangered Species portfolio; the 1985 Sea Turtle (F. & S. II.360A) is excluded from all performance calculations.
Data is sourced from MyArtBroker’s proprietary auction database, which tracks public auction results from more than 400 auction houses worldwide. Where buyer’s premium figures are referenced, these are clearly identified.
While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, errors or omissions may occur. This report reflects MyArtBroker’s analysis at the time of publication and is provided for informational purposes only. Opinions may change as new information becomes available. This report does not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice, and MyArtBroker accepts no liability for decisions made on the basis of its contents.
