# Ben - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T21:09:05.701Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 566
- Lots with prices: 408
- First auction date: 2002-12-03
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-12
- Median realised price: $2,200
- Price range: $10 to $91,500

## Market Takeaway
Ben shows very deep auction liquidity with 562 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,318. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 19 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-04.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,318\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $600 and $6,000.
- 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: 35.6% (144 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 53.8% (218 sales)
- $10,000\+: 10.6% (43 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 19
- Previous 12 months sales: 25
- Recent 12 months median: $1,500
- Previous 12 months median: $800
- Median shift: 87.5%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-04
- Days since latest sale: 76
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Artcurial: 105 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 95 lots
- Bonhams: 47 lots
- Piasa: 31 lots
- Christie's: 30 lots
- Tajan: 27 lots
- Leclere \- Maison de ventes: 18 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles: 17 lots
- Carvajal SVV: 15 lots
- Koller Auctions: 13 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-12 | Ben \(Franklin\) Johnson, American 1902\-1968, Resting Figure in Rose, Oil on canvas, 32 x 49 inches; frame: 33 x 50 inches | Sloans & Kenyon | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-franklin-johnson-american-1902-1968-resting-figure-in-rose-oil-on-canvas-32-x-49-inches-frame-33-x-50-inches-342-c-66bc7f8db4
2. 2026-02-12 | Ben \(Franklin\) Johnson, American 1902\-1967, Reclining Nude on Red, 1959, 42 x 49 inches; frame: 48 x 55 inches | Sloans & Kenyon | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-franklin-johnson-american-1902-1967-reclining-nude-on-red-1959-42-x-49-inches-frame-48-x-55-inches-338-c-bda6a88362
3. 2024-11-29 | BEN \(BENJAMIN VAUTIER DIT\) \(1935\-2024\) Ecrit pour la gloire à force de tourner en rond et d'être jaloux Sérigraphie personnalisée et livre sur panneauSigné et numeroté en bas à droite 1/2060 x 50 cmPersonalised s... | Bonhams | €1,100
4. 2024-09-28 | BEN \(NE EN 1935\) \(BENJAMIN VAUTIER DIT\) « Es War Einmal » \(Il était une fois\). 2019. Bas relief en plexiglass noir et blanc. | Louiza Auktion & Associés | €1,100
5. 2024-04-08 | An assortment of five vintage mid 20th century ceramic studio / art pottery vases. The lot comprising of a West German Keramik flared neck 539 / 30 vase in an Orange and Green colourway by BAY, a narrow neck vase by Ben | Bargain Hunt Auctions | A$150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-an-assortment-of-five-vintage-mid-20th-century-ceramic-studio-art-pottery-vases-the-lot-comprising-of-a-west-german-keramik-flared-neck-539-30-vase-in-an-orange-and-green-colourway-by-bay-a-narrow-neck-vase-by-ben-4505-c-ba545a481f
6. 2023-11-25 | BEN \(NE EN 1935\) \(BENJAMIN VAUTIER DIT\) « Es War Einmal » \(Il était une fois\). | Louiza Auktion & Associés | €1,300
7. 2022-11-04 | BEN \(Benjamin Vautier, dit\) et ARMAN POéSIES. S.L., GéNéRATION, \[1973\] | Christie's | €2,772
8. 2025-12-04 | BEN \(BENJAMIN VAUTIER DIT\) \(1935\-2024\) Rire 2015 | Bonhams | €19,000
9. 2025-12-04 | Ben \(Rosenberg\) Benn, \(Russian/American, 1884\-1983, Watercolor | A.B.Levy’s Palm Beach | N/A
10. 2025-11-27 | BEN \(BENJAMIN VAUTIER\) | Koller Auctions | CHF 12,000
11. 2025-10-16 | Ben \(Benjamin Vautier dit\) \(1935\-2024\) Le Mondrian du pauvre, 2010 | Piasa | €6,000
12. 2025-10-09 | BEN \(BENJAMIN\) FOSTER \(Connecticut/New York/Maine, 1852\-1926\), Autumn landscape., Oil on canvas, 18" x 22". Framed 22" x 26". | Eldred's | $1,400
13. 2025-09-25 | Ben \(Rosenberg\) Benn, \(Russian/American, 1884\-1983\) Watercolor | A.B.Levy’s Palm Beach | N/A
14. 2025-08-06 | Ben \(Robert Benjamin\) Norris \(1910\-2006\) View of the Koʻolau Mountains, Windward, Oʻahu sight 14 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. \(37.4 x 56.5 cm\) \(Painted in 1937.\) | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2025-08-06 | Ben \(Robert Benjamin\) Norris \(1910\-2006\) From the Pali Road 14 x 20 1/2 in. \(35.6 x 52.1 cm\) unframed \(Painted circa 1937.\) | Bonhams | N/A
16. 2025-08-06 | Ben \(Robert Benjamin\) Norris \(1910\-2006\) The Pali \- Study image 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. \(44.4 x 26.0 cm\) \(Painted circa 1950.\) | Bonhams | $2,500
17. 2025-07-25 | BEN \(BENJAMIN\) FOSTER \(Connecticut/New York/Maine, 1852\-1926\), "Autumn Effect"., Oil on canvas, 25" x 30". Framed 32.5" x 37.5". | Eldred's | $1,500
18. 2025-07-24 | BEN \(BENJAMIN VAUTIER\) \(1935\-2024\) Art is only a question of signature / date | Hermitage Fine Art | €800
19. 2025-07-24 | BEN \(BENJAMIN VAUTIER\) \(1935\-2024\) Tout est chaos | Hermitage Fine Art | €500
20. 2025-07-09 | Ben \(Benjamin Vautier\) \(1935 Neapel – Nizza 2024\) – Le sac de ma mère | Karl & Faber \- Timed | N/A
21. 2025-07-09 | Ben \(Benjamin Vautier\) \(1935 Neapel – Nizza 2024\) – Interlude | Karl & Faber \- Timed | €3,300
22. 2025-07-01 | Ben \(Benjamin Newton\) Messick \(American 1891 \- 1981\), Two Male Studies \(Five Minutes\) and Study of Male Figures, the first, graphite on paper, the second, charcoal and sanguine on paper, Each signed with artist's estate | Weschler's | $50
23. 2025-05-17 | BEN \(BENJAMIN\) SHAHN \(1898 \- 1969\). CHANNEL 13 OWL. | Casco Bay Auctions | $500
24. 2025-04-22 | Ben \(Benjamin Newton\) Messick \(American 1891 \- 1981\), Two Male Studies \(Five Minutes\) and Study of Male Figures, The first, graphite on paper, the second, charcoal and sanguine on paper, Each signed with artist's estate | Weschler's | N/A

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