# Bernice Sims - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T23:28:20.958Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 60
- Lots with prices: 55
- First auction date: 2013-11-03
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-11
- Median realised price: $427
- Price range: $100 to $2,100

## Market Takeaway
Bernice Sims has 60 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $427. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. 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 \($427\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($300 to $950\) 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: 78.2% (43 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 21.8% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $750
- Previous 12 months median: $156
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-11
- Days since latest sale: 48
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Neal Auction Company: 20 lots
- Material Culture: 15 lots
- Ledbetter Auctions: 5 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 4 lots
- Copake Auction Inc.: 3 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 2 lots
- Atlanta Auction Gallery, ltd: 2 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals: 1 lots
- Elite Auctioneers, LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-11 | Bernice Sims Signed Memory Painting Titled Police & Dogs Attacking Civil Rights Crowd Folk Art 17x21 In | Hess Fine Art | $1,700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bernice-sims-signed-memory-painting-titled-police-dogs-attacking-civil-rights-crowd-folk-art-17x21-in-2250-c-83f05484a0
2. 2025-10-22 | BERNICE SIMS, BAPTISMAL CEREMONY, FOLK ART O/C | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bernice-sims-baptismal-ceremony-folk-art-o-c-311-c-55e7956d15
3. 2024-11-19 | Bernice Sims \(Alabama, Louisiana \(1926\-2014\) folk art, oil on canvas, people in the water, signed lower left, 16" x 20" canvas, 18" x 22" overall | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $150
4. 2024-11-19 | Bernice Sims \(Alabama, Louisiana \(1926\-2014\) folk art, family jump roping outside, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 16" x 20" canvas, 19" x 22 1/2" overall | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $200
5. 2024-11-19 | Bernice Sims \(Alabama, Louisiana \(1926\-2014\) folk art, oil on canvas, signed lower left, family jump roping on front porch, 16" x 20" canvas, 18 1/2" x 22 1/2" overall | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $200
6. 2024-11-19 | Bernice Sims \(Alabama, Louisiana \(1926\-2014\) folk art, oil on canvas, signed lower right, outside of church, 11" x 14" canvas, 13" x 16" overall | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $125
7. 2024-08-07 | Bernice Sims \(American/Alabama, 1926\-2014\) | Neal Auction Company | $156
8. 2023-09-23 | BERNICE SIMS \(1926 \- 2014\) PAINTING | Ledbetter Auctions | $650
9. 2023-09-02 | Bernice Sims 'Old Folks' Oil on Canvas Painting | Atlanta Auction Gallery, ltd | $950
10. 2023-09-02 | Bernice Sims 'Fishing...Watering Hole' O/C Painting | Atlanta Auction Gallery, ltd | $350
11. 2023-06-10 | BERNICE SIMS PAINTING | Ledbetter Auctions | $300
12. 2023-06-10 | BERNICE SIMS PAINTING | Ledbetter Auctions | $400
13. 2023-02-28 | Bernice Sims \(American/Alabama, 1926\-2014\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,408
14. 2022-12-16 | BERNICE SIMS \(ALABAMA/LOUISIANA, 1926\-2014\) | Ledbetter Auctions | $2,100
15. 2022-10-11 | Bernice Sims, Welcome to Selma | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $950
16. 2022-10-11 | Bernice Sims, Kids | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $950
17. 2022-08-11 | Bernice Sims \(American/Alabama, 1926\-2014\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,536
18. 2022-06-18 | BERNICE SIMS \(1926 \- 2014\) | Ledbetter Auctions | $600
19. 2022-03-15 | BERNICE SIMS \(TENT REVIVAL\) OIL ON CANVAS | Elite Auctioneers, LLC | $350
20. 2021-04-29 | Bernice Sims \(1926\-2014\) | Material Culture | $1,800
21. 2021-04-29 | Bernice Sims \(1926\-2014\) | Material Culture | $1,600
22. 2021-04-18 | Bernice Sims \(American/Alabama, 1926\-2014\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,037
23. 2021-02-07 | Bernice Sims \(American/Alabama, 1926\-2014\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,220
24. 2021-02-07 | Bernice Sims \(American/Alabama, 1926\-2014\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,088

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