# Bruce Bellas - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T00:27:39.879Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 60
- Lots with prices: 50
- First auction date: 2003-02-01
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-26
- Median realised price: $800
- Price range: $70 to $5,980

## Market Takeaway
Bruce Bellas shows solid auction liquidity with 53 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $950. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($950\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $450 and $1,464.
- 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: 53.3% (24 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 46.7% (21 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 12
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $700
- Previous 12 months median: $340
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-06
- Days since latest sale: 104
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 23 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 8 lots
- Vallot Auctioneers: 7 lots
- Zwiggelaar Auctions: 5 lots
- Joshua Kodner: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers: 2 lots
- St Charles Gallery: 2 lots
- The Photo Review: 2 lots
- Wright: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-06 | Bruce of Los Angeles \(Bruce Bellas\) \(American, 1909 \- 1974\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $600
2. 2025-11-06 | Bruce of Los Angeles \(Bruce Bellas\) \(American, 1909\-1974\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $450
3. 2025-08-28 | Bruce of Los Angeles \(Bruce Bellas\) \(American, 1909 \- 1974\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $700
4. 2025-08-21 | Bruce Bellas \(Bruce of Los Angeles\), 1909\-1974, Set of the first 6 photo catalogues from Kensington Road, "The Studio Quality Built." Circa 1970s\-1981. | Swann Auction Galleries | $406
5. 2025-08-01 | Bruce of Los Angeles \(Bruce Bellas\), Carl Schiedow and Jim Pappa portfolio | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $750
6. 2025-08-01 | Bruce of Los Angeles \(Bruce Bellas\), Kent Freeman | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,100
7. 2025-08-01 | Bruce of Los Angeles \(Bruce Bellas\), Kent Freeman | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $950
8. 2025-08-01 | Bruce of Los Angeles \(Bruce Bellas\), Kent Freeman | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,100
9. 2025-08-01 | Bruce of Los Angeles \(Bruce Bellas\), John Manning & Oz Word | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $950
10. 2025-06-19 | BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES \(BRUCE BELLAS, 1909\-1974\). \(1\) FIVE PHOTOS OF STEVE REEVES | Zwiggelaar Auctions | €320
11. 2025-03-02 | BRUCE BELLAS of Los Angeles Male Nude MARK NIXON Photo Engraving 11X14 | Novartia | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bruce-bellas-of-los-angeles-male-nude-mark-nixon-photo-engraving-11x14-107-c-cbb48409c0
12. 2025-02-27 | Bruce of Los Angeles \(Bruce Bellas\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $175
13. 2024-12-19 | Bruce of Los Angeles \(Bruce Bellas, American, 1909 \- 1974\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $70
14. 2024-12-05 | BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES \(BRUCE BELLAS, 1909\-1974\). SIX PHOTOGRAPHS OF NUDE MALE PHYSIQUE | Zwiggelaar Auctions | €340
15. 2024-12-05 | BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES \(BRUCE BELLAS, 1909\-1974\). SEVEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF NUDE MALE PHYSIQUE | Zwiggelaar Auctions | €340
16. 2024-12-05 | BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES \(BRUCE BELLAS, 1909\-1974\). SEVEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF NUDE MALE PHYSIQUE | Zwiggelaar Auctions | €320
17. 2024-12-05 | BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES \(BRUCE BELLAS, 1909\-1974\). EIGHTEEN PHOTOGRAPHS | Zwiggelaar Auctions | €340
18. 2024-08-22 | BRUCE BELLAS \(BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES\) \(1909\-1974\) Photocopied master list of his models, with 39 color slides of his work. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,000
19. 2024-07-10 | Bruce of Los Angeles \(Bruce Bellas\), Untitled \(Nude Male with Bicycle\) | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $800
20. 2024-07-10 | Bruce of Los Angeles \(Bruce Bellas\), Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $200
21. 2024-06-15 | Bruce Bellas of Los Angeles, Nude Male Sailors, 1950 \- 7.5"x9.5" | Joshua Kodner | $350
22. 2024-06-15 | Bruce Bellas of Los Angeles, Nude Male Sailor, 1950s \- 7.5"x9.5" | Joshua Kodner | N/A
23. 2024-06-15 | Bruce Bellas of Los Angeles, Male Nude Study, 1960s \- 7.5"x6" | Joshua Kodner | N/A
24. 2023-10-05 | BRUCE BELLAS \(BRUCE OF LA\) \(1909\-1974\) A selection of approximately 80 male physique photographs. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,750

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