# Carl Sandburg - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T00:46:04.083Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 9
- Lots with prices: 7
- First auction date: 2012-05-09
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-12
- Median realised price: $190
- Price range: $30 to $1,187

## Market Takeaway
Carl Sandburg has 9 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $190. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. 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 \($190\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($90 to $500\) 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: 85.7% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 14.3% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $150
- Previous 12 months median: $1,187
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-12
- Days since latest sale: 75
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Alexander Historical Auctions LLC: 3 lots
- Bradford's: 1 lots
- James Cox Gallery: 1 lots
- Matthew Bullock Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Potomack Company: 1 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- The Written Word Autographs: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-12 | CARL SANDBURG, DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN, AND PAGE SMITH., PRESIDENTIAL BIOGRAPHY LIBRARY. 10 VOLS. | Potomack Company | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-carl-sandburg-douglas-southall-freeman-and-page-smith-presidential-biography-library-10-vols-87-c-a90d436a00
2. 2024-12-17 | CARL SANDBURG & EDWARD STEICHEN. Steichen The Photographer. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,187
3. 2022-07-24 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN THE PRAIRIE YEARS BY CARL SANDBURG SIGNED | Bradford's | $220
4. 2022-05-22 | CARL SANDBURG \(1878\-1967\) | James Cox Gallery | $500
5. 2022-02-19 | Carl Sandburg Framed Photo and Letters | Matthew Bullock Auctioneers | $190
6. 2018-08-01 | \(CARL SANDBURG\) | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $30
7. 2017-04-20 | CARL SANDBURG \- His Book Remembrance Rock Signed | The Written Word Autographs | N/A
8. 2015-02-11 | CARL SANDBURG | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $90
9. 2012-05-09 | \(CARL SANDBURG\) | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | N/A

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