# Ben Earl Looney - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T17:55:31.605Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 26
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2007-12-01
- Latest auction date: 2024-03-09
- Median realised price: $488
- Price range: $25 to $2,500

## Market Takeaway
Ben Earl Looney has 26 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $488. 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 \($488\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($250 to $673\) 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: 87.5% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 12.5% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 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: 2024-03-09
- Days since latest sale: 780
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Neal Auction Company: 18 lots
- Crescent City Auction Gallery: 5 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Winter Associates, Inc.: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-03-09 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\), "Swamp Scene with Figures Exiting a Pirogue," H.\- 19 1/4 in., W.\- 23 3/4 in., Framed\- H.\- 22 in., W.\- 26 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $500
2. 2018-03-25 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | $750
3. 2017-09-10 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | $488
4. 2017-05-01 | Ben Earl Looney \(American, 1904\-1981\), two woodcuts: "Death of an Old One," signed in pencil, man and woman mourn for central figure... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $25
5. 2017-04-23 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | $2,500
6. 2017-02-12 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | $250
7. 2017-02-12 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
8. 2017-02-12 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | $244
9. 2017-02-12 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
10. 2017-02-12 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
11. 2017-02-12 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
12. 2017-02-12 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
13. 2017-02-12 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,220
14. 2016-12-04 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | $312
15. 2016-12-04 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
16. 2016-09-24 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
17. 2014-05-18 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $553
18. 2013-09-15 | Ben Earl Looney \(American, 1904\-1981\) | Neal Auction Company | $673
19. 2013-07-28 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1904\-1981\) | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $922
20. 2012-07-15 | Ben Earl Looney \(1904\-1981\), "Picking Cotton in the Fields," 20th c., watercolor, signed l.r., framed, H.\- 17 1/4 in., W.\- 25 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $450
21. 2012-03-24 | Ben Earl Looney \(1904\-1981\), "Louisiana Swamp Scene," 20th c., oil on masonite, signed l.r., framed, H.\- 19 1/2 in., W.\- 23 1/2 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $500
22. 2011-05-21 | Ben Earl Looney \(1904\-1981, Louisiana\), "Cajun | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A
23. 2011-05-21 | Ben Earl Looney \(1904\-1981, Louisiana\), "Louisiana | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A
24. 2009-02-08 | Ben Earl Looney \(American/Louisiana, 1905\-1981\), | Neal Auction Company | $117

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