# Ben Messick - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T20:18:16.687Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 79
- Lots with prices: 61
- First auction date: 2002-05-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-16
- Median realised price: $180
- Price range: $10 to $3,408

## Market Takeaway
Ben Messick shows solid auction liquidity with 79 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $180. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($180\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $70 and $366.
- 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: 90.2% (55 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 9.8% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $225
- Previous 12 months median: $130
- Median shift: 73.1%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 28 lots
- Bonhams: 17 lots
- Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC: 9 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 7 lots
- James Cox Gallery: 2 lots
- Monarch Auction and Estate Services: 2 lots
- RoGallery: 2 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 1 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 1 lots
- Bonhams 2: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2021-12-04 | 5 Prints | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $375
2. 2025-12-16 | Ben Messick \(1901\-1981\), Two clown portraits | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
3. 2025-11-24 | Ben Messick \(American, 1881\-1981\) | Material Culture | $225
4. 2024-05-05 | BEN MESSICK "SPRING IN THE MOUNTAINS" CASEIN ON BOARD | Bradford's | $130 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-messick-spring-in-the-mountains-casein-on-board-1110-c-b954419b51
5. 2024-04-23 | Ben Messick \(1901\-1981\) Weenie Bake 26 x 22 in. framed 35 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. | Bonhams | N/A
6. 2024-03-24 | C. 1940 Ben Messick “Heavy Load" Lithograph | Monarch Auction and Estate Services | $10
7. 2024-03-24 | Ben Messick “Plantation Party" Lithograph | Monarch Auction and Estate Services | $140
8. 2022-10-22 | BENJAMIN NEWTON MESSICK \(American, 1901\-1981\) | South Bay Auctions Inc | $2,200
9. 2022-08-13 | 9 Ben Messick lithographs | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $160
10. 2022-08-13 | 4 Ben Messick lithographs | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $70
11. 2022-08-13 | 3 Ben Messick lithographs | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $160
12. 2022-08-02 | Ben Messick \(1901\-1981\) Telephones 20 x 22 in. framed 24 x 26 in. \(Painted circa 1940.\) | Bonhams | $3,000
13. 2021-12-06 | Ben Messick \(California, 1901\-1981\) Card Hustler | Kensington Estate Auctions | $425
14. 2021-06-12 | 6 Ben Messick lithographs | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $100
15. 2021-06-12 | 2 Ben Messick lithographs | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $110
16. 2021-06-12 | 2 Ben Messick lithographs | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $120
17. 2021-02-06 | 5 Ben Messick lithographs | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $20
18. 2020-12-13 | BEN MESSICK \(1901 \- 1981\) | James Cox Gallery | $225
19. 2020-12-13 | BEN MESSICK \(1901 \- 1981\) | James Cox Gallery | $60
20. 2020-12-10 | Ben Messick Lithographs \(13\) Plate Signed | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $70
21. 2020-06-27 | 8 American Prints | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $200
22. 2020-02-08 | Ben Messick 18 lithographs | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $300
23. 2020-02-08 | 3 Ben Messick lithographs | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $350
24. 2020-01-09 | Ben Messick Lithograph \[Polo Player\] | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $20

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