# Barbara Morgan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T20:20:17.246Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 287
- Lots with prices: 177
- First auction date: 2001-04-25
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-27
- Median realised price: $1,488
- Price range: $150 to $48,000

## Market Takeaway
Barbara Morgan shows deep auction liquidity with 281 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,375. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-27.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,375\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $600 and $2,750.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 39.2% (67 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 58.5% (100 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.3% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 17
- Recent 12 months median: $1,000
- Previous 12 months median: $1,125
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-27
- Days since latest sale: 22
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 67 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 37 lots
- Christie's: 21 lots
- Bonhams: 20 lots
- Capo Auction: 11 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 10 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 8 lots
- STAIR: 8 lots
- Clars Auctions: 7 lots
- Hindman: 7 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-03-30 | British Swivel Breech Flintlock Double Fowler by Barbar | Amoskeag Auction Company, Inc. | $2,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-british-swivel-breech-flintlock-double-fowler-by-barbar-1303-c-2894f5eb18
2. 2025-01-16 | Barbara Morgan \(American, 1900\-1992\) Silver Gelatin Print, 1938 \(Later Imp.\), "City Shell", H 13" W 10.25" | DuMouchelles | $850
3. 2024-05-17 | Revolutionary War Era Silver Mounted Flintlock Pistols by Barbar | Rock Island Auction Company | $8,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-revolutionary-war-era-silver-mounted-flintlock-pistols-by-barbar-252-c-7f84503845
4. 2024-02-18 | Engraved Queen Anne Flintlock Pistol by Barbar | Rock Island Auction Company | $1,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-engraved-queen-anne-flintlock-pistol-by-barbar-4342-c-752401489c
5. 2022-02-25 | A pair of naval flintlock pistols by Barbar | Czerny's International Auction House | €1,900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-pair-of-naval-flintlock-pistols-by-barbar-615-c-d0a47ad8e0
6. 2026-01-27 | Barbara Morgan \(American,1900–1992\) 'Ansel Adams' Photograph | Leonard Auction | $750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-barbara-morgan-american-1900a-1992-ansel-adams-photograph-126-c-482bf97eab
7. 2025-11-27 | Barbara Morgan \(1900\-1992\) Martha Graham, El Penitente \(Erick Hawkins Solo, "El Flagellante"\), 1940 | Chiswick Auctions | £1,000
8. 2025-11-27 | Barbara Morgan \(1900\-1992\) Light Drawing, 1940 | Chiswick Auctions | £1,600
9. 2025-09-15 | Barbara Morgan \(American 1900 \- 1992\). Tossed cats, 1942; Lloyd's head, 1944/c. 1980; Corn Leaf Rythm, 1945; Hearst over the people, 1938\-1939 & Berenice Abbott with Cat, 1942/all printed later. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €325
10. 2025-05-08 | BARBARA MORGAN \(1900\-1992\) Two photographs of jumping dancers. 1940 and 1942; printed early 1980s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,500
11. 2025-04-17 | BARBARA MORGAN \(1900–1992\). Martha Graham – Letter to the World, 1940. sign | Christie's | $10,710
12. 2025-02-13 | BARBARA MORGAN \(1900\-1992\) Martha Graham \- Primitive Mysteries. 1935; printed early 1980s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,250
13. 2025-02-11 | BARBARA MORGAN \(1900\-1992\), Corn Stalk, 1945 \(printed 1973\) | Gibson's | A$160
14. 2024-12-17 | BARBARA MORGAN \(1900\-1992\) City Shell \(Photomontage\). 1938; printed 1977. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,125
15. 2024-12-17 | BARBARA MORGAN \(1900\-1992\) Madison Square. 1938; printed circa 1980. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750
16. 2024-12-17 | BARBARA MORGAN \(1900\-1992\) Anna Sokolow \- The Exile. 1940; printed circa 1980. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
17. 2024-12-04 | Barbara Morgan, gelatin silver print | Millea Bros Ltd | N/A
18. 2024-11-21 | Barbara Morgan \(1900\-1992\): Protest | STAIR | $450
19. 2024-10-25 | Barbara Morgan, Merce Cunningham: Totem Ancestor | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $350
20. 2024-09-26 | BARBARA MORGAN \(1900\-1992\) Spring on Madison Square \(Photomontage\). 1938; printed 1980. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
21. 2024-09-22 | BARBARA MORGAN \- Martha Graham | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$600
22. 2024-09-18 | Barbara Morgan, Wild Bee Honeycomb Skyscraper, 1973 | Santa Fe Art Auction | N/A
23. 2024-05-16 | BARBARA MORGAN \(1900\-1992\) Martha Graham \- Letter to the World \(Kick\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,500
24. 2024-05-15 | Barbara Morgan, American 1900\-1992, Martha Graham, Black and White Photograph | Nye & Company | N/A

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