# Barbara Ess - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T19:34:25.161Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 26
- Lots with prices: 19
- First auction date: 2002-04-18
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-27
- Median realised price: $600
- Price range: $300 to $3,840

## Market Takeaway
Barbara Ess has 26 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($480 to $1,600\) 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: 68.4% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 31.6% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $300
- Previous 12 months median: $500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-27
- Days since latest sale: 34
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 8 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 6 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 4 lots
- Auctionata US: 1 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 1 lots
- Karl & Faber \- Timed: 1 lots
- Litchfield Auctions: 1 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 1 lots
- Phillips: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2007-05-19 | Barbara Ess \(American, b. 1948\) Three works of art: Untitled \(The Kiss\); C\-Print \(framed\); 29 1/2" x 39 3/4" \(sight\); Untitled; C\-Print \(framed\); 42 1/4" x 53 3/4" \(sight\); Untitled from Food for the Moon, 1986; C\-Print \(framed\); From an edition of | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,640
2. 2026-03-27 | Barbara Ess \(American 1948\-2021\), Untitled \(Picket Fence with Roses\), Monochrome color photograph, 1989, 50 x 71\-1/2 in \(127 x 181.6 cm\); Frame: 53 x 74\-1/2 in \(134.6 x 189.2 cm\) | Weschler's | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-barbara-ess-american-1948-2021-untitled-picket-fence-with-roses-monochrome-color-photograph-1989-50-x-71-1-2-in-127-x-181-6-cm-frame-53-x-74-1-2-in-134-6-x-189-2-cm-251-c-dbeb81be43
3. 2025-11-21 | Barbara Ess, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $300
4. 2025-02-14 | Barbara Ess, photograph, 1991 | Millea Bros Ltd | $500
5. 2024-10-25 | Barbara Ess, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
6. 2024-10-16 | Barbara Ess, monochrome color photograph diptych | Millea Bros Ltd | $450
7. 2024-05-15 | Barbara Ess, oversize monochrome photograph, 1989 | Millea Bros Ltd | $1,600
8. 2024-05-15 | Barbara Ess, photograph, 1991 | Millea Bros Ltd | $600
9. 2024-02-01 | Barbara Ess, Untitled | Wright | $1,700
10. 2023-12-01 | Barbara Ess, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
11. 2022-06-15 | Barbara Ess, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $800
12. 2021-09-29 | Barbara Ess – Ohne Titel | Karl & Faber \- Timed | N/A
13. 2020-12-05 | Barbara Ess 1988 Untitled color photograph | Concept Art Gallery | $650
14. 2020-10-21 | Barbara Ess, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
15. 2016-12-01 | Barbara Ess, Am. b.1948, "Food...Moon", Photo | Litchfield Auctions | $300
16. 2016-04-26 | Barbara Ess, Untitled, Color Coupler Print, 1985/1999 | Auctionata US | N/A
17. 2012-05-12 | Barbara Ess \(American, b. 1948\) Untitled, 1996 | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $500
18. 2009-06-30 | BARBARA ESS \(B. 1948\) | Christie's | $1,250
19. 2009-06-30 | Barbara Ess \(B. 1948\) | Christie's | $500
20. 2006-04-24 | BARBARA ESS \(b. 1948\) | Christie's | $3,840
21. 2005-08-09 | Barbara Ess \(b. 1948\) | Christie's | $480
22. 2005-04-26 | BARBARA ESS \(b. 1948\) | Christie's | $600
23. 2005-04-26 | BARBARA ESS \(b. 1948\) | Christie's | $300
24. 2005-01-11 | Barbara Ess | Christie's | N/A

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