# Barbara Kasten - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T12:03:39.703Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 44
- Lots with prices: 40
- First auction date: 2015-11-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-11
- Median realised price: $4,788
- Price range: $200 to $11,250

## Market Takeaway
Barbara Kasten has 44 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,788. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 9 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 \($4,788\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,000 to $7,000\) 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: 5% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 87.5% (35 sales)
- $10,000\+: 7.5% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $3,000
- Previous 12 months median: $1,500
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 140
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 11 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 10 lots
- Christie's: 8 lots
- Sotheby's: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- OstLicht Auctions: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Armstrong Fine Art: 1 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-25 | Barbara Kasten \(b. 1936\), "Architectural Site \#3," 1986 | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
2. 2025-12-11 | Barbara Kasten \(b. 1936\): Birth of the World | STAIR | $450
3. 2025-12-02 | Barbara Kasten, B. 1936, Architectural Site 8 | Abell Auction | $1,600
4. 2025-11-21 | Barbara Kasten, First Light | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $200
5. 2025-06-10 | Barbara Kasten, Construct NYC 8 | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,800
6. 2025-06-10 | Barbara Kasten, Temple II | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,200
7. 2025-06-10 | Barbara Kasten, Construct XVII | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,000
8. 2025-06-10 | Barbara Kasten, Construct PC/2\-A | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,800
9. 2025-06-10 | Barbara Kasten, Construct LB 1 | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,500
10. 2025-05-08 | BARBARA KASTEN \(1936\- \) Untitled \(silver\). 1979. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,000
11. 2025-01-29 | Barbara Kasten b.1936 Construct NYC 10 Cibachrome | Hill Auction Gallery | N/A
12. 2024-10-25 | Barbara Kasten, Studio Construct 8 | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,500
13. 2024-02-28 | BARBARA KASTEN \(B. 1936\) Tanagra Goddess III, 1995 signed, titled, dated, a | Christie's | $4,410
14. 2024-02-28 | BARBARA KASTEN \(B. 1936\) Tanagra Goddess Vll, 1995 signed, titled, dated, a | Christie's | $4,788
15. 2024-02-28 | BARBARA KASTEN \(B. 1936\) Tanagra Goddess II, 1995 signed, titled, dated, an | Christie's | $4,410
16. 2023-10-06 | Barbara Kasten \(born 1936\); Construct IV B; | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2023-08-02 | Barbara Kasten, Construct PC/1A | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $4,000
18. 2023-07-05 | BARBARA KASTEN \(B. 1936\) Architectural Site 10, December 22, 1986 Cibachro | Christie's | £5,040
19. 2023-06-13 | Barbara Kasten, Construct PC\-VII | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $5,500
20. 2023-05-27 | Barbara KASTEN: "Construct 32". | Armstrong Fine Art | $2,000
21. 2023-05-23 | Barbara Kasten, Construct PC\-X | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,500
22. 2023-05-23 | Barbara Kasten, Construct XIX | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,500
23. 2023-05-02 | Barbara Kasten \(born 1936\) Tanagra Goddess IX, 1995 | Hindman | $1,400
24. 2022-10-20 | BARBARA KASTEN \(1936\- \) Construction PC\-X. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,000

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