X17's Greatest Hits

Price then: About $300,000 worldwide
Price today: About $100,000

“The day after we got these exclusive shots set off the wildest week I’ve ever had,” says Brandy Navarre, co-owner of paparazzi agency X17 Inc., who agreed to walk through The Daily Beast through some of the most iconic images their photographers snapped during the boom years, between 2005 and 2007, revealing just how much pricing has changed. “The phone rang non-stop; I spoke to people in almost every country around the globe; and there was literally no client that didn’t want these pictures.”