# Bill Wittliff - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T17:52:52.531Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 40
- Lots with prices: 36
- First auction date: 2015-12-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-17
- Median realised price: $350
- Price range: $100 to $3,750

## Market Takeaway
Bill Wittliff shows developing auction liquidity with 40 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $350. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 15 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-05-17.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($350\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $275 and $900.
- 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: 80.6% (29 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 19.4% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 15
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $800
- Previous 12 months median: $325
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-17
- Days since latest sale: 277
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Vogt Galleries Texas: 22 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 16 lots
- Piguet Hôtel des Ventes \| Genève: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) TONED GELATIN SILVER PRINT 'LA VIDA BRINCA' | Austin Auction Gallery | $1,300
2. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) TONED GELATIN SILVER PRINT 'LA VIDA BRINCA' | Austin Auction Gallery | $1,200
3. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) TONED GELATIN SILVER PRINT 'LA VIDA BRINCA' 36" X 36" | Austin Auction Gallery | $1,300
4. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) GELATIN SILVER PRINT 'LA ZONA' | Austin Auction Gallery | $300
5. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) GELATIN SILVER PRINT 'LA ZONA' | Austin Auction Gallery | N/A
6. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) GELATIN SILVER PRINT 'LA ZONA' | Austin Auction Gallery | $300
7. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) GELATIN SILVER PRINT 'OUT WEBBERVILLE ROAD' | Austin Auction Gallery | $800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bill-wittliff-1940-2019-gelatin-silver-print-out-webberville-road-3206-c-bb74732aeb
8. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) TONED GELATIN SILVER PRINT LONESOME DOVE | Austin Auction Gallery | $900
9. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) TONED GELATIN SILVER PRINT LONESOME DOVE | Austin Auction Gallery | $2,000
10. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) TONED GELATIN SILVER PRINT LONESOME DOVE | Austin Auction Gallery | $950
11. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) TONED GELATIN SILVER PRINT LONESOME DOVE | Austin Auction Gallery | $950
12. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) TONED GELATIN SILVER PRINT LONESOME DOVE | Austin Auction Gallery | $650
13. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF \(1940\-2019\) GELATIN SILVER PRINT LONESOME DOVE | Austin Auction Gallery | $300
14. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK 'THE MAKING OF LONESOME DOVE' | Austin Auction Gallery | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bill-wittliff-signed-photography-book-the-making-of-lonesome-dove-3198-c-6b04eb6b4d
15. 2025-05-17 | BILL WITTLIFF SIGNED 'BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM LONESOME DOVE' | Austin Auction Gallery | $175
16. 2024-03-23 | BILL WITTLIFF \(TEXAS, 1940\-2019\) SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF KEE BAHE ELSISIE | Austin Auction Gallery | $325
17. 2023-11-11 | Bill Wittliff 1972 Photography Exhibit Poster | Vogt Galleries Texas | N/A
18. 2023-11-11 | Bill Wittliff 1972 Photography Exhibit Poster | Vogt Galleries Texas | $1,200
19. 2023-11-11 | Bill Wittliff 1972 Photography Exhibit Poster | Vogt Galleries Texas | $350
20. 2023-11-11 | 1972 Bill Wittliff Photography Exhibit Poster | Vogt Galleries Texas | $850
21. 2023-11-11 | Bill Wittliff 1972 Photography Exhibit Poster | Vogt Galleries Texas | $300
22. 2023-11-11 | 1972 Bill Wittliff Photography Exhibit Poster | Vogt Galleries Texas | $125
23. 2023-11-11 | Bill Wittliff 1972 Photography Exhibit Poster | Vogt Galleries Texas | $275
24. 2023-11-11 | Bill Wittliff 1972 Photography Exhibit Poster | Vogt Galleries Texas | $275

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