# Betye Saar - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T23:28:27.809Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 151
- Lots with prices: 129
- First auction date: 2007-10-04
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-08
- Median realised price: $2,300
- Price range: $100 to $315,000

## Market Takeaway
Betye Saar shows deep auction liquidity with 150 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 21 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-13.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,300\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,250 and $5,160.
- 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: 14.8% (19 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 68.8% (88 sales)
- $10,000\+: 16.4% (21 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 21
- Previous 12 months sales: 17
- Recent 12 months median: $1,500
- Previous 12 months median: $1,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-13
- Days since latest sale: 67
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 62 lots
- Black Art Auction: 17 lots
- Bonhams: 16 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 12 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 6 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc.: 4 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots
- Hindman: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-13 | Betye Saar, b. 1926, Takin' a Chance on Luv | Black Art Auction | $900
2. 2025-12-13 | Betye Saar, b. 1926, The Long Memory | Black Art Auction | $1,100
3. 2025-11-20 | BETYE SAAR \(B. 1926\). Secrets of Spring. mixed media assemblage23 x 17 ¾ x | Christie's | $120,650
4. 2025-11-11 | Betye Saar, B. 1926, The Intimate Collage | Abell Auction | $4,250
5. 2025-10-18 | Betye Saar, b. 1926, We Was Mostly 'Bout Survival | Black Art Auction | $2,500
6. 2025-10-18 | Betye Saar, b. 1926, Celestial Scene | Black Art Auction | $2,200
7. 2025-10-15 | Betye Saar, Fragments | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $400
8. 2025-10-07 | Betye Saar \(1926\-\), The Long Memory, 1998. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,270 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-betye-saar-1926-the-long-memory-1998-180-c-f6046a0850
9. 2025-09-03 | Betye Saar, The Long Memory | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $550
10. 2025-09-03 | Betye Saar, Fragments | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,200
11. 2025-07-17 | Betye Saar \(American, b. 1926\) The Long Memory, 1998 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $400
12. 2025-06-14 | Betye Saar, b. 1926, Lovers with Twilight Birds | Black Art Auction | $5,000
13. 2025-06-05 | Betye Saar, The Long Memory | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
14. 2025-05-13 | Betye Saar, The Long Memory | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $850
15. 2025-04-03 | BETYE SAAR \(1926 \- \) Girl with Bird. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,000
16. 2025-04-03 | BETYE SAAR \(1926 \- \) Magnolia Flower. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,375
17. 2025-04-03 | BETYE SAAR \(1926 \- \) Mother Catherine. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,430
18. 2025-04-03 | BETYE SAAR \(1926 \- \) The Long Memory. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,500
19. 2025-03-22 | Betye Saar \(American, 1926\- \) portfolio of silkscreens | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $5,000
20. 2025-03-15 | Betye Saar, b. 1926, Mystic Sky with Self\-Portrait | Black Art Auction | N/A
21. 2025-02-26 | BETYE SAAR \(B. 1926\). Blow Top Blues: The Fire Next Time. Sheet: 27 1/8 x 2 | Christie's | $6,048
22. 2025-02-12 | Betye Saar, The Long Memory | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,800
23. 2025-01-08 | Betye Saar, The Long Memory | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $800
24. 2024-12-18 | Betye Saar, The Long Memory | Wright | $800

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