# Claes Oldenburg - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T18:51:29.685Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,706
- Lots with prices: 1,142
- First auction date: 1994-11-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-05-07
- Median realised price: $1,260
- Price range: $20 to $8,405,000

## Market Takeaway
Claes Oldenburg shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,614 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 80 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,300\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $600 and $5,250.
- 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: 41.5% (449 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40.5% (439 sales)
- $10,000\+: 18% (195 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 80
- Previous 12 months sales: 156
- Recent 12 months median: $650
- Previous 12 months median: $800
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 447 lots
- Bonhams: 112 lots
- Sotheby's: 85 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 83 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 74 lots
- RoGallery: 57 lots
- Phillips: 50 lots
- Wright: 48 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 45 lots
- Hindman: 38 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-16 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Home. watercolor and crayon on paper24 x 18 in | Christie's | $20,320
2. 2025-12-15 | Claes Oldenburg \(American, 1920 \- 2022\), two framed posters: one features his "Symbolic Self\-Portrait with Equals", printed in 1971 by Colorcraft Lithographers, New York, edition of 2,512, published by the Los Angeles... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-claes-oldenburg-american-1920-2022-two-framed-posters-one-features-his-symbolic-self-portrait-with-equals-printed-in-1971-by-colorcraft-lithographers-new-york-edition-of-2-512-published-by-the-los-angeles-188-c-beb7255d0a
3. 2025-12-15 | Claes Oldenburg \(American, 1920 \- 2022\), "Mitt Print with Bob", 1973, screenprint in colors on wove Arches, \(Axsom and Platzker 110\), signed, dated and with personal inscription in pencil in lower margin, numbered 75/... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $200
4. 2025-12-15 | Claes Oldenburg \(American, 1920 \- 2022\), "Proposal for a Colossal Monument in the Form of a Typewriter Eraser for Alcatraz Island", 1975, \(Axsom & Platzker 136\), color lithograph on paper, published/printed by Multipl... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $650
5. 2025-12-12 | Claes Oldenburg \(American, 1929\-2022\) Tilting Neon Cocktail, 1983 | Freeman’s | $4,000
6. 2025-12-12 | Claes Oldenburg \(American, 1929\-2022\) Proposal for a Colossal Structure in the Form of a Clothespin\-Compared to Brancusi's Kiss, 1972 | Freeman’s | $1,200
7. 2025-12-10 | Claes Oldenburg \(1929\-2022\) N.Y.C. Pretzel | Forum Auctions \- UK | £320
8. 2025-12-06 | CLAES OLDENBURG 'DOUBLE PUNCHING BAG' LITHOGRAPH | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $200
9. 2025-12-05 | Claes Oldenburg, The Soap at Baton Rouge | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $650
10. 2025-11-20 | Claes Oldenburg \(1929\-2022\): Twirling Fork with Meatball and Spaghetti | STAIR | $5,500
11. 2025-11-20 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). 1st Eraser Prototype. acrylic on sewn, stuffed | Christie's | $57,150
12. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Knife Ship Superimposed on the Solomon R. Gugg | Christie's | $1,143
13. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Colossal Flashlight in Place of the Hoover Dam | Christie's | $635
14. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Screwarch Bridge \(State II\). Image: 23 5/8 x 5 | Christie's | $10,795
15. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Colossal Screw in Landscape — Type 1. Sheet: 6 | Christie's | $635
16. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Tongue Cloud over London, with Thames Ball. Im | Christie's | $762
17. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Study for Steel and Lead Ashtray. Image: 22 x | Christie's | $508
18. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Three prints by the artist. Largest sheet: 26 | Christie's | $508
19. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Pile of Erasers. Sheet: 23 ½ x 28 7/8 in. \(597 | Christie's | $635
20. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Strawberry Skull Bike Seat. Image: 8 x 8 in. \( | Christie's | $508
21. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Typewriter Eraser. Sheet: 28 5/8 x 19 7/8 in. | Christie's | $762
22. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Three prints by the artist. Largest sheet: 33 | Christie's | $762
23. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Notes. Overall: 23 3/8 x 16 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. \(5 | Christie's | $2,413
24. 2025-11-19 | CLAES OLDENBURG \(1929\-2022\). Stockinged Thighs Framed by Skirt. oil and pla | Christie's | $596,900

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