# Charles Merrick Capps - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T21:56:59.793Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 12
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2010-09-25
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-10
- Median realised price: $550
- Price range: $375 to $1,220

## Market Takeaway
Charles Merrick Capps has 12 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $550. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($550\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($475 to $800\) 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: 91.7% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 8.3% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $500
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-10
- Days since latest sale: 49
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 6 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Pacific Galleries: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-10 | Charles Merrick Capps, Mexican Barber Shop, 1938 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $565 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-charles-merrick-capps-mexican-barber-shop-1938-49-c-a1fd7764e6
2. 2026-03-10 | Charles Merrick Capps, Trees at Questa, 1953 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $512 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-charles-merrick-capps-trees-at-questa-1953-48-c-4f5a83a2a7
3. 2025-06-20 | CHARLES MERRICK CAPPS \(1898\-1981\) AQUATINT ETCHING, 'TAOS' | Austin Auction Gallery | $500
4. 2025-06-20 | CHARLES MERRICK CAPPS \(1898\-1981\) AQUATINT ETCHING, 'SANTA CATARINA' | Austin Auction Gallery | $450
5. 2023-07-21 | Charles Merrick Capps, Village in the Sun | Santa Fe Art Auction | $850
6. 2023-07-21 | Charles Merrick Capps, Idyll of New Mexico | Santa Fe Art Auction | $950
7. 2023-07-21 | Charles Merrick Capps, Santa Catarina, 1937 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $800
8. 2023-03-16 | Charles Merrick Capps, Santa Catarina, 1937 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $1,220
9. 2015-06-30 | Charles Merrick Capps \(American, 1898\-1981\) Mexican Barber Shop, Etching and aquatint, | Gray's Auctioneers | $660
10. 2015-05-02 | CHARLES MERRICK CAPPS \(1898\-1981, KS\) ETCHING ON PAPER \- Pencil signed and titled on lower margin, titled "Mexican Barber Shop" depi... | Pacific Galleries | $550
11. 2013-11-10 | Charles Merrick Capps \(American, 1898\-1965\) Mexican Barber Shop | Bonhams | $375
12. 2010-09-25 | Charles Merrick Capps \(American 1898\-1965\), Mexican Barber Shop, aquatint, plate size: 216 x 292 mm | Weschler's | $475

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