# Ben Abril - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T17:33:04.232Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 126
- Lots with prices: 91
- First auction date: 2002-06-01
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-16
- Median realised price: $1,920
- Price range: $70 to $13,800

## Market Takeaway
Ben Abril shows solid auction liquidity with 126 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,920. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,920\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $551 and $4,500.
- 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: 35.2% (32 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 58.2% (53 sales)
- $10,000\+: 6.6% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 12
- Recent 12 months median: $4,127
- Previous 12 months median: $750
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- John Moran Auctioneers: 68 lots
- Bonhams: 29 lots
- Abell Auction: 7 lots
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 3 lots
- Hughes Auctions: 3 lots
- Clars Auctions: 2 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 2 lots
- PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers: 2 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 2 lots
- California Historical Design, Inc: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-06 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "Newport – Balboa Pier" | John Moran Auctioneers | $4,127 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-abril-1923-1995-newport-balboa-pier-191-c-abc4608964
2. 2024-10-29 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), Beach scene | John Moran Auctioneers | $363
3. 2025-12-16 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "High Country Church" | John Moran Auctioneers | $350
4. 2025-11-11 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\) Angel's Flight Railway \- Los Angeles, 1929 30 x 40 in. | Bonhams | $12,000
5. 2025-05-20 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "Mission Santa Barbara" | John Moran Auctioneers | $412
6. 2025-05-06 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "House with Yellow Awnings, Rockledge Point, Laguna Beach" | John Moran Auctioneers | $5,715
7. 2025-05-06 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "Arboretum Lagoon at Lucky Baldwin’s" | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,032
8. 2025-05-06 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "Pacific Electric Subway Bore, 1939" | John Moran Auctioneers | $6,350
9. 2025-05-06 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "Los Angeles California, First Fire House and City Hall, Circa 1936" | John Moran Auctioneers | $5,080
10. 2024-11-12 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "Colorado Street Bridge," Oil on canvas, 24" H x 36" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $5,397
11. 2024-11-12 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "Down Angels Flight," 1959 | John Moran Auctioneers | $4,127
12. 2024-09-12 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\): Under the Hill | Abell Auction | $750
13. 2024-09-12 | Ben Abril \(1923 \- 1995\): Boats in a Harbor | Abell Auction | $400
14. 2024-08-08 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\): Down Angel's Flight | Abell Auction | $1,100
15. 2024-08-08 | Ben Abril \(1923 \- 1995\): Fishing Boat | Abell Auction | $500
16. 2024-05-07 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), Beach scene | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
17. 2024-05-07 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), Train on a railway | John Moran Auctioneers | $924
18. 2024-05-07 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "Mendocino County" | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
19. 2024-04-16 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "The Red Car" | John Moran Auctioneers | $254
20. 2024-02-25 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\) Oil on Canvas Colorado Street Bridge, Pasadena | Hughes Auctions | $3,000
21. 2024-01-23 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "The Red Car," Watercolor on paper, Sight: 18.5" H x 10.625" W | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
22. 2024-01-23 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "The Family Car," Oil on canvas, 12" H x 16" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $254
23. 2024-01-23 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "San Francisco," Oil on canvas, 16" H x 20" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,857
24. 2024-01-23 | Ben Abril \(1923\-1995\), "Silvertip Ridge," Oil on canvas, 18" H x 36" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $508

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