# Arturo Michelena - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T19:06:02.329Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 27
- Lots with prices: 21
- First auction date: 2004-11-16
- Latest auction date: 2023-10-05
- Median realised price: $11,875
- Price range: $200 to $1,352,000

## Market Takeaway
Arturo Michelena has 27 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $11,875. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($11,875\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($700 to $67,000\) 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: 38.1% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 9.5% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 52.4% (11 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-10-05
- Days since latest sale: 936
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 11 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 4 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots
- Abell Auction: 2 lots
- Ansorena: 2 lots
- Dallas Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Holloway's: 1 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Setdart Auction House: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-10-05 | ARTURO MICHELENA \(1863\-1898\) Portrait of Jean Paul Laurens oil on canvas 18 | Christie's | $13,860
2. 2022-10-19 | ARTURO MICHELENA \(Venezuela, 1863 – 1898\). "Angels with flowers". Oil on canvas. Relined. Presents restorations. Signed in the lower right corner. | Setdart Auction House | €4,600
3. 2021-09-30 | ARTURO MICHELENA \(1863 / 1898\) "Young man praying" | Ansorena | €15,000
4. 2021-04-08 | ARTURO MICHELENA \(1863 / 1898\) "Young man praying" | Ansorena | N/A
5. 2020-10-28 | Arturo Michelena 1863\-1898 RARE Ink Paper Drawing | Hill Auction Gallery | $250
6. 2020-10-28 | Arturo Michelena 1863\-1898 RARE Ink Paper Drawing | Hill Auction Gallery | $300
7. 2020-10-28 | Arturo Michelena 1863\-1898 RARE Ink Paper Drawing | Hill Auction Gallery | $600
8. 2020-10-28 | Arturo Michelena 1863\-1898 RARE Ink Paper Drawing | Hill Auction Gallery | $200
9. 2020-04-16 | ARTURO MICHELENA: "MOTHER & CHILD" | Abell Auction | $700
10. 2020-03-01 | ARTURO MICHELENA: "MOTHER & CHILD" | Abell Auction | $950
11. 2018-12-08 | Arturo Michelena \(Venezuelan, 1863\-1898\), "Virgin and Child with Lilies", oil on tin, 10\-3/4" x 8" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $7,812
12. 2013-05-28 | ARTURO MICHELENA\(1863\-1898\) | Sotheby's | N/A
13. 2012-10-24 | Arturo Michelena, "Virgin and Child with Lilies" | Dallas Auction Gallery | N/A
14. 2012-10-24 | Arturo Michelena, "Still Life of Gladioli" gouache | Dallas Auction Gallery | $650
15. 2011-11-16 | ARTURO MICHELENA\(1863\-1898\) | Sotheby's | $37,500
16. 2011-05-26 | ARTURO MICHELENA \(1863\-1898\) | Sotheby's | N/A
17. 2011-05-25 | ARTURO MICHELENA \(1863\-1898\) | Sotheby's | N/A
18. 2010-03-23 | Arturo Michelena \(Venezuelan, 1863\-1898\) 'The | Holloway's | £800
19. 2007-11-20 | Arturo Michelena \(1863\-1898\) , Still Life with Pink Roses | Sotheby's | $79,000
20. 2007-11-20 | Arturo Michelena \(1863\-1898\) , Still Life with Yellow Roses | Sotheby's | $67,000
21. 2007-11-20 | Arturo Michelena \(1863\-1898\) , A pair of drawings: Calle los Teques and Mono | Sotheby's | $11,875
22. 2006-11-21 | Arturo Michelena \(Venezuelan 1863\-1898\) | Christie's | $688,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-arturo-michelena-venezuelan-1863-1898-68-c-hb4sivfgdu
23. 2005-11-16 | ARTURO MICHELENA \(1863\-1898\) | Sotheby's | $90,000
24. 2005-05-25 | Arturo Michelena \(Venezuelan 1863\-1898\) | Christie's | N/A

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