# David Alvarez - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T20:19:32.148Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 20
- Lots with prices: 15
- First auction date: 2018-12-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-07-23
- Median realised price: $240
- Price range: $100 to $375

## Market Takeaway
David Alvarez has 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $240. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($240\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($175 to $320\) 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: 100% (15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $300
- Previous 12 months median: $256
- Median shift: 17.2%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-23
- Days since latest sale: 279
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Crescent City Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Litchfield Auctions: 2 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 2 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 2 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 1 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Dallas Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-03-01 | VINTAGE CERAMIC RACCOON SCULPTURE BY DAVID ALVAREZ | Antique Arena Inc | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-vintage-ceramic-raccoon-sculpture-by-david-alvarez-256-c-2e649738c1
2. 2025-01-14 | David Alvarez, Porcupine, Mixed Media Sculpture | Dallas Auction Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-alvarez-porcupine-mixed-media-sculpture-158-c-5774b15bd8
3. 2025-07-23 | David Alvarez, Folk Art Rooster, 1981 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $369
4. 2025-05-17 | DAVID ALVAREZ \(ATTRIB\) NEW MEXICO FOLK ART CARVED & PAINTED WOOD PIG | Austin Auction Gallery | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-alvarez-attrib-new-mexico-folk-art-carved-painted-wood-pig-3043-c-98e40de808
5. 2024-11-08 | David Alvarez \(American/New Mexico, b. 1953\), "Chicken," H.\- 24 in., W.\- 26 in., D.\- 12 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $320
6. 2024-11-08 | David Alvarez \(American/New Mexico, b. 1953\), "Coyote," H.\- 16 3/4 in., W.\- 15 in., D.\- 5 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $256
7. 2024-09-07 | DAVID ALVAREZ \(SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, 1953\-2010\) OUTSIDER / FOLK ART CARVED AND PAINTED ROOSTER | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $100
8. 2024-03-14 | David Alvarez \(American/New Mexico, 1953\-2010\) | Neal Auction Company | $375
9. 2024-03-14 | David Alvarez \(American/New Mexico, 1953\-2010\) | Neal Auction Company | $320
10. 2024-02-21 | DAVID ALVAREZ \- ZEBRA \- PAINTED COTTONWOOD | Litchfield Auctions | $125
11. 2024-02-01 | David Alvarez 1953\-2010 Wooden Folk Art Pig Statue | Hill Auction Gallery | $175 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-alvarez-1953-2010-wooden-folk-art-pig-statue-699-c-27f4d53af3
12. 2023-11-15 | DAVID ALVAREZ \- ZEBRA \- PAINTED COTTONWOOD | Litchfield Auctions | N/A
13. 2023-10-04 | David Alvarez \(American, 1953\-2010\) | Hindman | $225
14. 2022-11-30 | David Alvarez \(American, b. 1953\) Burro Wood with polychrome, mixed media 21 inc | Heritage Auctions | $240
15. 2022-11-30 | David Alvarez \(American, b. 1953\) Armadillo Wood with polychrome 12\-1/2 inches \( | Heritage Auctions | $240
16. 2022-11-17 | David Alvarez carved and painted rooster | Pook & Pook Inc. | N/A
17. 2022-10-11 | David Alvarez, Camel | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $100
18. 2022-07-23 | David Alvarez, Skunk | Santa Fe Art Auction | $375
19. 2022-04-27 | DAVID ALVAREZ \(AMERICAN, 1953\-2010\), CARVED WOODEN AND PAINTED RACCOON 9 1/4 x 21 in. \(23.50 x 53.34 cm.\) | Potomack Company | $225
20. 2018-12-13 | David Alvarez, Giraffe, Carved Wood, Bristles and Paint Folk Sculpture | RoGallery | N/A

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