# Albert Paley - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T14:51:49.665Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 223
- Lots with prices: 196
- First auction date: 2001-06-02
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-14
- Median realised price: $5,000
- Price range: $20 to $59,375

## Market Takeaway
Albert Paley shows deep auction liquidity with 222 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 28 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($5,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,000 and $8,750.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 5.6% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 72.8% (142 sales)
- $10,000\+: 21.5% (42 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 28
- Previous 12 months sales: 33
- Recent 12 months median: $4,500
- Previous 12 months median: $5,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-14
- Days since latest sale: 35
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 103 lots
- Cottone Auctions: 20 lots
- Bonhams: 18 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 13 lots
- Hindman: 11 lots
- Sotheby's: 11 lots
- Wright: 8 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Alex Cooper: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-14 | Albert Paley, Early floor\-standing candelabrum | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $8,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-albert-paley-early-floor-standing-candelabrum-130-c-512ddb22de
2. 2025-09-26 | Albert Paley, Large Demilune Console | Alex Cooper | $3,750
3. 2025-09-18 | Albert Paley, Masterworks sideboard | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $10,000
4. 2025-06-13 | Albert Paley, Large Demilune Console | Alex Cooper | N/A
5. 2025-05-04 | Albert Paley, American Modernist steel bookends, 1993; Forged and fabricated steel; Signed, dated and numbered S 27 6. Each: 9 x 7 in. Provenance: Property from the estate of Myrna Kaye, prominent author, furniture hi... | Tremont Auctions | $1,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-albert-paley-american-modernist-steel-bookends-1993-forged-and-fabricated-steel-signed-dated-and-numbered-s-27-6-each-9-x-7-in-provenance-property-from-the-estate-of-myrna-kaye-prominent-author-furniture-hi-186-c-db648febe2
6. 2025-04-04 | Albert Paley, Large Demilune Console | Alex Cooper | N/A
7. 2024-09-19 | Albert Paley, Partner's desk for Rosecliff, Inc., New York | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $12,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-albert-paley-partner-s-desk-for-rosecliff-inc-new-york-167-c-06949a0a1b
8. 2026-01-14 | Albert Paley, Table lamps, pair | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $8,500
9. 2026-01-14 | Albert Paley, Door handles for Peter Joseph's arbitrage firm | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,200
10. 2026-01-14 | Albert Paley, Door handles for Peter Joseph's arbitrage firm | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,500
11. 2026-01-14 | Albert Paley, Table lamp | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,000
12. 2026-01-14 | Albert Paley, Table lamp | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,800
13. 2026-01-14 | Albert Paley, Dragon's Back dining table | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $13,000
14. 2026-01-14 | Albert Paley, Arabesque Parabolic floor lamp | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $7,500
15. 2026-01-08 | Albert Paley, Tuft candleholder | Wright | $550
16. 2025-11-20 | Albert Paley \(American, b. 1944\) Chrysalis Vessel, 1994 | Freeman’s | $5,000
17. 2025-11-20 | Albert Paley \(American, b. 1944\) Millennium candleholder, 2002 | Freeman’s | $3,500
18. 2025-11-20 | Albert Paley \(American, b. 1944\) Pair of Comet candleholders, 2001 | Freeman’s | $2,500
19. 2025-10-23 | Albert Paley, Meridian table | Wright | $10,000
20. 2025-09-18 | Albert Paley, Corona lamp | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,800
21. 2025-07-17 | Albert Paley \(American, b. 1944\) Animal Sculpture, 1984 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $30,000
22. 2025-06-05 | Albert Paley, Objet d'Art occasional table | Wright | $4,000
23. 2025-05-15 | Albert Paley, Table Lamp | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,800
24. 2025-05-15 | Albert Paley, Menorah | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,500

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