# Billy Al Bengston - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T23:04:48.100Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 292
- Lots with prices: 192
- First auction date: 2002-09-20
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-10
- Median realised price: $3,000
- Price range: $100 to $440,000

## Market Takeaway
Billy Al Bengston shows deep auction liquidity with 291 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,125. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 40 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,125\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,098 and $10,000.
- 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: 24.1% (46 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50.8% (97 sales)
- $10,000\+: 25.1% (48 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 40
- Previous 12 months sales: 21
- Recent 12 months median: $1,500
- Previous 12 months median: $1,188
- Median shift: 26.3%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-10
- Days since latest sale: 70
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 66 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 55 lots
- WA Art Auctions: 43 lots
- Christie's: 40 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 10 lots
- Abell Auction: 9 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 8 lots
- Lawsons: 5 lots
- Artimore Auctions: 4 lots
- Santa Monica Auctions: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-25 | Billy Al Bengston \(1934\-2022\), "Puerto Escondido," 1977 | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
2. 2024-12-11 | Billy Al Bengston \(American, 1933\-2022\), Untitled, 1979, screenprint in colors on wove paper, 30 x 32in \(76 x 81cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $350
3. 2025-12-10 | Billy Al Bengston \(1934\-2022\), Untitled, 1990 | John Moran Auctioneers | $528
4. 2025-11-19 | Billy Al Bengston, Honolulu Watercolor, Fall | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
5. 2025-11-19 | Billy Al Bengston, Honolulu Watercolor, Fall | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,500
6. 2025-11-19 | Billy Al Bengston, Honolulu Watercolor, Fall | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
7. 2025-11-19 | Billy Al Bengston, Honolulu Watercolor, Fall | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,500
8. 2025-11-19 | Billy Al Bengston, Canal Club Fish Table 2 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
9. 2025-11-19 | Billy Al Bengston, Canal Club Fish | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
10. 2025-11-19 | Billy Al Bengston, Canal Club Fish Table | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
11. 2025-11-19 | Billy Al Bengston, Bermuda | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,200
12. 2025-11-19 | Billy Al Bengston, CR\#3 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,800
13. 2025-11-19 | Billy Al Bengston, Venice Watercolor | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,200
14. 2025-10-21 | Billy Al Bengston, Honolulu Watercolor, Fall | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,500
15. 2025-10-21 | Billy Al Bengston, Honolulu Watercolor, Fall | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,600
16. 2025-10-21 | Billy Al Bengston, Honolulu Watercolor, Fall | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $2,200
17. 2025-09-30 | BILLY AL BENGSTON \(1934\-2022\). Ava. oil on canvas15 x 13 in. \(38.1 x 33 cm. | Christie's | $21,590
18. 2025-09-30 | Billy Al Bengston \(1934\-2022\), "Honolulu Watercolor" | John Moran Auctioneers | $528
19. 2025-09-30 | Billy Al Bengston \(1934\-2022\), "Puerto Escondido," 1977 | John Moran Auctioneers | $889
20. 2025-09-30 | Billy Al Bengston \(1934\-2022\), Hawaiian scene, 1980 | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,143
21. 2025-09-25 | Billy Al Bengston \(American, 1934–2022\) El Duke I, 1971 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $7,500
22. 2025-09-03 | Billy Al Bengston, Tom | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $2,000
23. 2025-08-21 | Billy Al Bengston, Victoria | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $700
24. 2025-08-21 | Billy Al Bengston, Venus Drawing, No. 33 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $2,000

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