# Bill Traylor - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T19:35:00.780Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 118
- Lots with prices: 105
- First auction date: 2003-01-27
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-06
- Median realised price: $42,500
- Price range: $250 to $507,000

## Market Takeaway
Bill Traylor shows solid auction liquidity with 117 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $42,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($42,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $27,500 and $65,000.
- 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: 1% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 11.5% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 87.5% (91 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $2,200
- Previous 12 months median: $35,280
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-06
- Days since latest sale: 74
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 79 lots
- Sotheby's: 11 lots
- Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery: 5 lots
- Helmuth Stone: 5 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 3 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 3 lots
- Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers: 2 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 2 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-06 | Bill Traylor drawing Construction with Red Bird circa 1940 | Concept Art Gallery | $35,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bill-traylor-drawing-construction-with-red-bird-circa-1940-199-c-c63b8ba5f5
2. 2025-06-21 | BILL TRAYLOR 'THREE FIGURES' PENCIL & GOUACHE | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $1,100
3. 2025-04-12 | BILL TRAYLOR 'MAN ON HORSEBACK' GOUACHE PAINTING | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bill-traylor-man-on-horseback-gouache-painting-20-c-60345e4ada
4. 2025-02-01 | BILL TRAYLOR 'MAN WALKING' MIXED MEDIA / CARDBOARD | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $1,000
5. 2025-01-22 | BILL TRAYLOR \(CIRCA 1853\-1949\). UNTITLED \(YOUNG MULE\). graphite on repurpos | Christie's | $44,100
6. 2025-01-22 | BILL TRAYLOR \(CIRCA 1853\-1949\). UNTITLED \(BROWN CONSTRUCTION WITH FIGURES A | Christie's | $37,800
7. 2025-01-22 | BILL TRAYLOR \(CIRCA 1853\-1949\). UNTITLED \(POINTING MAN IN HAT AND SPOTTED S | Christie's | $27,720
8. 2025-01-22 | BILL TRAYLOR \(CIRCA 1853\-1949\). BASKET, BLACK AND GREEN. crayon, graphite a | Christie's | N/A
9. 2025-01-22 | BILL TRAYLOR \(CIRCA 1853\-1949\). UNTITLED \(GREEN MAN ATOP CONSTRUCTION\). tem | Christie's | $35,280
10. 2025-01-22 | BILL TRAYLOR \(CIRCA 1853\-1949\). UNTITLED \(PITCHER AND BOWL\). tempera and gr | Christie's | $37,800
11. 2024-02-17 | BLUE HORSE METAL TEMPERA FIGURE BY BILL TRAYLOR | Antique Arena Inc | $375
12. 2024-02-17 | AFRO AMERICAN OIL PASTEL PAINTINGS BY BILL TRAYLOR | Antique Arena Inc | $1,400
13. 2024-01-13 | BILL TRAYLOR 'MEN BOXING' GOUACHE ON CARDBOARD | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $4,500
14. 2023-10-26 | Bill Traylor \(American, 1854\-1947\) Fierce Dog, c. 1939\-42 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
15. 2023-09-29 | BILL TRAYLOR \(1854\-1949\) Untitled \(Blue Man with B on His Back\) graphite an | Christie's | N/A
16. 2023-08-12 | AMERICAN FOLK ART OIL PAINTING BY BILL TRAYLOR | Antique Arena Inc | $5,750
17. 2023-07-08 | BILL TRAYLOR \(AL, 1854\-1947\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $42,500
18. 2023-05-18 | BILL TRAYLOR \(circa 1853\-1949\) Purple Horse tempera and graphite on repurpo | Christie's | $63,000
19. 2023-05-18 | BILL TRAYLOR \(circa 1853\-1949\) Untitled \(Lynching\) tempera and graphite on | Christie's | $69,300
20. 2023-01-18 | BILL TRAYLOR \(circa 1853\-1949\) Self Portrait Striding green pencil on repur | Christie's | $27,720
21. 2023-01-18 | BILL TRAYLOR \(CIRCA 1853\-1949\) Young Bull graphite and tempera on repurpose | Christie's | $27,720
22. 2023-01-18 | BILL TRAYLOR \(CIRCA 1853\-1949\) Black Pig graphite and tempera on repurposed | Christie's | $42,840
23. 2023-01-18 | BILL TRAYLOR \(CIRCA 1853\-1949\) Brown Pig graphite and tempera on repurposed | Christie's | $69,300
24. 2023-01-18 | BILL TRAYLOR \(1853\-1949\) Man with Pipe graphite and tempera on card 13 1/4 | Christie's | $52,920

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