# Alison Saar - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T18:59:08.330Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 39
- Lots with prices: 34
- First auction date: 2008-04-01
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-13
- Median realised price: $2,794
- Price range: $220 to $65,000

## Market Takeaway
Alison Saar has 39 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,794. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($2,794\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,430 to $5,500\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 11.8% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 70.6% (24 sales)
- $10,000\+: 17.6% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $2,700
- Previous 12 months median: $2,500
- Median shift: 8%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-13
- Days since latest sale: 166
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 12 lots
- Bonhams: 5 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 4 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 2 lots
- Black Art Auction: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Quinn's Auction Galleries Central Virginia: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-13 | Alison Saar \(b. 1956\), Equinox, 2012. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,540
2. 2025-11-13 | Alison Saar \(b. 1956\), Spiral Betty, 2006. | Swann Auction Galleries | $635
3. 2025-11-13 | Alison Saar \(b. 1956\), Conked, 1997. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
4. 2025-11-13 | Alison Saar \(b. 1956\), Snake Man, 1994. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,810 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-alison-saar-b-1956-snake-man-1994-124-c-663380f0ab
5. 2025-11-13 | Alison Saar \(b. 1956\), Blue Plate Special \(II\), 1993. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,794 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-alison-saar-b-1956-blue-plate-special-ii-1993-123-c-663355a34a
6. 2025-10-18 | Alison Saar, b. 1956, Black Snake Blues | Black Art Auction | $4,000
7. 2025-07-18 | ALISON SAAR \(B. 1956\). Skillet Study 'Yolanda'. oil on found skillet17 ¾ x | Christie's | $3,276
8. 2025-06-14 | Alison Saar, b. 1956, Sweetmeat | Black Art Auction | $2,700
9. 2025-06-04 | ALISON SAAR 'TATTOO' 1994 COLOR LITHOGRAPH | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $1,100
10. 2025-06-04 | ALISON SAAR 'HEART' 1993 ETCHING | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $500
11. 2024-12-03 | Alison Saar \(b. 1956\) California | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $2,500
12. 2024-10-03 | ALISON SAAR \(1956 \- \) Black Snake Blues. | Swann Auction Galleries | $10,625
13. 2024-04-24 | Alison Saar, Ju Ju Man | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $5,500
14. 2024-02-21 | Alison Saar, Treetop | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
15. 2023-07-11 | Alison Saar \(Born 1956\) Outsider Art. Mixed media assemblage, Savage's Secrets \- 1985. including painted tin, plaster, wood and various found objects, 12 x 12 inches | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $3,100
16. 2023-06-20 | Alison Saar \(b. 1956\) Un Chien Tourné Sauvage, 1981 Wood and mixed media sculptu | Heritage Auctions | N/A
17. 2023-04-06 | ALISON SAAR \(1956 \- \) Pursuit of Happiness. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,250
18. 2022-10-20 | Alison Saar, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $19,000
19. 2022-10-20 | Alison Saar, Palma y Palmera | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $6,000
20. 2022-05-15 | Alison Saar \(Born 1956\) "Untitled," 2002 | Santa Monica Auctions | $1,100
21. 2022-01-11 | Alison Saar \(born 1956\); Person in a Raincoat; | Bonhams | $1,000
22. 2021-09-28 | Alison Saar \(born 1956\); Person in a Raincoat; | Bonhams | $2,800
23. 2021-09-17 | Alison Saar, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,800
24. 2020-11-15 | Alison Saar \(American, b.1956\) 'Mirror Mirror II: Mulatta Seeking Inner Negress II' Woodcut on Chine Colle | Leonard Auction | $1,900

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