# Charles Henry Alston - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T19:06:57.178Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 43
- Lots with prices: 22
- First auction date: 2008-02-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-07
- Median realised price: $2,794
- Price range: $100 to $125,000

## Market Takeaway
Charles Henry Alston shows developing auction liquidity with 43 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,794. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-07.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,794\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $700 and $10,625.
- 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: 27.3% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 45.5% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 27.3% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $2,794
- Previous 12 months median: $5,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-07
- Days since latest sale: 134
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Art\-Torg: 8 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 7 lots
- Black Art Auction: 4 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Andrew Jones Auctions: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Cutler Bay Auctions: 2 lots
- Marion Antique Auctions: 2 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-07 | Charles Henry Alston \(1907\-1977\), Untitled \(Landscape with Hills\), circa 1935\-40. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,794
2. 2025-10-07 | Charles Henry Alston \(1907\-1977\), Blue Haze, 1958. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
3. 2025-08-22 | Charles Henry ALSTON \(1907\-1977\) African \- American | Art\-Torg | N/A
4. 2025-02-06 | CHARLES HENRY ALSTON \(1907 \- 1977\) Untitled \(Abstraction\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
5. 2025-02-06 | CHARLES HENRY ALSTON \(1907 \- 1977\) Untitled \(Still Life\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $10,625
6. 2025-02-01 | CHARLES HENRY ALSTON WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $200
7. 2024-12-19 | Charles Henry Alston, American/New York 1907\-1977, "Pool Player", watercolor, charcoal and graphite on paper, 9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. \(24.4 x 21 cm.\), Frame: 14 1/8 x 12 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. \(35.9 x 31.1 x 4.4 cm.\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,062
8. 2024-12-15 | Charles Henry ALSTON \(1907\-1977\) African \- American | Art\-Torg | N/A
9. 2024-10-03 | CHARLES HENRY ALSTON \(1907 \- 1977\) Head. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,000
10. 2024-10-03 | CHARLES HENRY ALSTON \(1907 \- 1977\) Earth Mother \(Woman and Two Sons\).. | Swann Auction Galleries | $125,000
11. 2024-06-28 | Charles Henry Alston \(American/New York\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
12. 2024-04-19 | Charles Henry ALSTON \(1907\-1977\) African \- American | Art\-Torg | N/A
13. 2024-01-11 | Charles Henry Alston \(1907 \- 1977\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | $650
14. 2023-12-14 | Charles Henry Alston \(American, 1907\-1977\) Gnarled Tree, c. 1930's | Hindman | $600
15. 2023-12-02 | Charles Henry Alston, 1907\-1977, Nude | Black Art Auction | N/A
16. 2023-12-02 | Charles Henry Alston, 1907\-1977, Profile | Black Art Auction | N/A
17. 2023-12-02 | Charles Henry Alston, 1907\-1977, Landscape with Barn | Black Art Auction | N/A
18. 2023-10-19 | CHARLES HENRY ALSTON \(1907 \- 1977\) Collage \#3. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,000
19. 2023-08-04 | Charles Henry ALSTON \(1907\-1977\) African \- American | Art\-Torg | N/A
20. 2023-06-15 | Charles Henry Alston \(American/New York\) | Neal Auction Company | $2,816
21. 2023-05-06 | CHARLES HENRY ALSTON \(American, 1907\-1977\), Untitled, Signed Alston lower right, Oil on Canvas, 24" x 24", Wood Frame. Note: Alston was a prominent African\-American artist and educator at the Arts Student League of Ne... | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | $1,500
22. 2023-02-03 | Charles Henry Alston \(American/New York\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
23. 2022-12-16 | Charles Henry ALSTON \(1907\-1977\) African \- American | Art\-Torg | N/A
24. 2022-11-19 | Charles Henry Alston, 1907\-1977, untitled, Abstract composition | Black Art Auction | $8,000

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