# Arnold Lobel - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T17:52:07.446Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 34
- Lots with prices: 27
- First auction date: 2011-06-22
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-08
- Median realised price: $2,500
- Price range: $200 to $10,980

## Market Takeaway
Arnold Lobel has 34 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($2,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($854 to $4,250\) 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: 25.9% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 70.4% (19 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.7% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $650
- Previous 12 months median: $1,750
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-08
- Days since latest sale: 232
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 17 lots
- Bonhams: 11 lots
- Kensington Estate Auctions: 4 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-08 | Arnold Lobel \(American, 1933\-1987\) Original Illustration WHISKERS & RHYMES, 1985 | Kensington Estate Auctions | $650
2. 2025-03-27 | Arnold Lobel \(American, 1933–1987\) Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad Original Illustration | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,300
3. 2024-12-05 | Arnold Lobel \(American, 1933–1987\) Study for 'We look brave' said Frog. 'Yes but are we?' asked Toad | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $4,250
4. 2024-08-22 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) Frog and Toad chase paper in the wind. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,000
5. 2024-06-20 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "Bird Walking." | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,750
6. 2022-12-15 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "Toad opened his present from Frog. It was a beautiful new clock." | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,460
7. 2022-08-18 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "Toad tripped over a rock." | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,000
8. 2022-06-09 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "Mostly Animals." | Swann Auction Galleries | $687
9. 2022-06-09 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "Dogs." | Swann Auction Galleries | $750
10. 2022-06-09 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "What if Frog has fallen into a deep hole and cannot get out?" \* "Toad opened the door once more but Frog was | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,000
11. 2022-02-07 | Arnold Lobel \(California, 1933\-1987\) Original Drawing | Kensington Estate Auctions | $475
12. 2021-12-16 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "Days With Frog and Toad." \[CHILDRENS / GAY ARTIST\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,750
13. 2021-12-16 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "Frog has a gift for Toad." \[CHILDRENS / GAY ARTIST\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,500
14. 2021-06-24 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "We can try to climb this mountain." \[CHILDRENS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,000
15. 2021-06-24 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "'I am coming to help you!" \[CHILDRENS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,000
16. 2021-06-24 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "Frog took a rake out of the garden shed." \[CHILDRENS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,000
17. 2021-01-28 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "The sled began to move down the hill." \[CHILDRENS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
18. 2021-01-28 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "Toad made Frog a cup of hot tea." \[CHILDRENS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,600
19. 2020-11-02 | Arnold Lobel Original Drawing DAYS W/ FROG & TOAD 1979 | Kensington Estate Auctions | $450
20. 2020-08-13 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\). "There was Frog." | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,250
21. 2019-06-20 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) "\`We look brave,' said Frog. 'Yes, but are we?' asked Toad." | Swann Auction Galleries | $9,375
22. 2019-06-20 | ARNOLD LOBEL \(1933\-1987\) Frog and Toad. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,250
23. 2018-08-06 | ARNOLD LOBEL Original Watercolor & Letter FROG & TOAD Series TOAD | Kensington Estate Auctions | $200
24. 2011-06-22 | Arnold Lobel \(American, 1933\-1987\) "The Pig at the Candy Store," | Bonhams | $10,980

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