# Clarence John Laughlin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T21:07:25.076Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 143
- Lots with prices: 96
- First auction date: 2003-02-12
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-01
- Median realised price: $1,220
- Price range: $125 to $15,000

## Market Takeaway
Clarence John Laughlin shows solid auction liquidity with 142 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,220. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-27.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,220\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $920 and $2,000.
- 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: 35.4% (34 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 63.5% (61 sales)
- $10,000\+: 1% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 12
- Recent 12 months median: $600
- Previous 12 months median: $1,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-27
- Days since latest sale: 83
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Neal Auction Company: 69 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 14 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 12 lots
- Leonard Joel: 11 lots
- Christie's: 8 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 3 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots
- Phillips: 3 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-27 | Clarence John Laughlin \(1905\-1985\) The Grappler, 1953 | Chiswick Auctions | £600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-clarence-john-laughlin-1905-1985-the-grappler-1953-90-c-100a2ce7c6
2. 2025-02-13 | CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN \(1905\-1985\) The Head in the Wall. 1945; printed 1979. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,000
3. 2024-12-17 | CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN \(1905\-1985\) From the World of Buy and Sell. 1953. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,125 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-clarence-john-laughlin-1905-1985-from-the-world-of-buy-and-sell-1953-45-c-6ab9bc5752
4. 2022-03-09 | Clarence John Laughlin \(American/Louisiana, 1905\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,700
5. 2026-04-01 | Clarence John Laughlin \(1905 \- 1985\) \- We played the music of destruction, 1941 | Finarte | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-clarence-john-laughlin-1905-1985-we-played-the-music-of-destruction-1941-172-c-1d487c8686
6. 2025-08-07 | Clarence John Laughlin \(American/Louisiana, 1905\-1985\), Ghosts Along the Mississippi, American Legacy Press, New York, 1961. | Neal Auction Company | $125
7. 2025-07-31 | Clarence John Laughlin, American 1905\-1985, The Romanticists, Gelatin Silver Print | Nye & Company | $300
8. 2025-05-22 | Clarence John Laughlin \(1905\-1985\) | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
9. 2025-05-01 | Clarence John Laughlin, American 1905\-1985, The Romanticists, Gelatin Silver Print | Nye & Company | N/A
10. 2025-04-24 | Clarence John Laughlin \(American, 1905\-1985\), "Screen \(Portrait of Dody Weston Thompson\)", ca. 1937\-1940 | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $975
11. 2025-04-24 | Clarence John Laughlin \(American, 1905\-1985\), "Brick Wall: Beauty and Strength \(Portrait of Dody Weston Thompson\)", ca. 1937\-1940 | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $1,235
12. 2025-02-13 | CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN \(1905\-1985\) The Closed Door, from the Images of the Lost. 1939; printed 1954. | Swann Auction Galleries | $937
13. 2024-12-17 | CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN \(1905\-1985\) The White Negro. 1950; printed 1962. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
14. 2024-12-17 | CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN \(1905\-1985\) Through a Door in the Slums \(No. 1\). 1940; printed 1961. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,000
15. 2024-12-04 | Clarence John Laughlin, photograph | Millea Bros Ltd | $600
16. 2024-10-31 | CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN \(1905\-1985\) Lost Paradise for Dead Birds \- No. 1. 1951; printed before 1969. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,875
17. 2024-10-31 | CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN \(1905\-1985\) The House of the Past. 1948. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,000
18. 2024-06-12 | CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN PHOTOGRAPH. IRELAND 1972. NELSON GOLD TONER 1981. | Uniques & Antiques | $900
19. 2024-06-06 | Clarence John Laughlin \(1905\-1985\) | Chiswick Auctions | £1,100
20. 2024-05-18 | Clarence John Laughlin \(American, 1905\-1985\), "House of the Past" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | N/A
21. 2024-03-09 | Clarence John Laughlin \(American/Louisiana, 1905\-1915\), "The Mysterious Head, Orange Grove Plantation \[LA\]," 1947, H.\- 9 3/4 in., W.\- 7 5/8 in., Framed\- H.\- 14 3/4 in., W.\- 11 3/4 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $850
22. 2023-12-06 | CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN \(American, 1905\-1985\) | South Bay Auctions Inc | $1,100
23. 2023-11-17 | Clarence John Laughlin \(American/Louisiana\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,536
24. 2023-11-17 | Clarence John Laughlin \(American/Louisiana\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,216

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