# Bil Keane - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T10:24:06.492Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 13
- Lots with prices: 9
- First auction date: 2010-01-13
- Latest auction date: 2023-05-27
- Median realised price: $65
- Price range: $40 to $1,875

## Market Takeaway
Bil Keane has 13 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $65. 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 \($65\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($50 to $531\) 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: 88.9% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 11.1% (1 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: 2023-05-27
- Days since latest sale: 1,069
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- East Coast Books: 3 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 3 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 2 lots
- RR Auction: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-05-27 | Bil Keane \(1922\-2011\) Ink Sketch On Paper | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $65
2. 2021-12-16 | BIL KEANE \(1922\-2011\) "Daddy just yawned and we're all passin' it around" \* "Wow! Look! Ants!" \[COMICS / FAMILY CIRCUS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $531
3. 2021-06-24 | BIL KEANE \(1922\-2011\) "How do you like our snow person?" \* "Mrs. Tippit must be a good mommy." \[COMICS / FAMILY CIRCUS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $562 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bil-keane-1922-2011-how-do-you-like-our-snow-person-mrs-tippit-must-be-a-good-mommy-comics-family-circus-226-c-2ad40ec991
4. 2021-06-24 | BIL KEANE \(1922\-2011\) Addressing the Family Christmas Cards. \[COMICS / FAMILY CIRCUS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,875
5. 2020-02-01 | Bil Keane \(1922\-2011\) Signed Ltd. Ed. Art Print | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $50
6. 2018-03-15 | Bil Keane \(1922\-2011\) American cartoonist | East Coast Books | $40
7. 2018-02-20 | Bil Keane \(1922\-2011\) American cartoonist | East Coast Books | N/A
8. 2018-01-23 | Bil Keane \(1922\-2011\) American cartoonist | East Coast Books | N/A
9. 2016-12-22 | Bil Keane \(1922\-2001\) "Family Circus" | J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC | $55
10. 2016-10-28 | Bil Keane \(1922\-2001\) "Family Circus" | J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC | N/A
11. 2014-11-28 | Bil Keane \(1922\-2011\) Family Circus Daily Original | J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC | $50
12. 2010-01-13 | Bil Keane: Seven original ink and felt tip | RR Auction | $120
13. 2010-07-14 | Autograph: Bil Keane | RR Auction | N/A

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