# David Douglas Duncan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T21:57:46.788Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 56
- Lots with prices: 32
- First auction date: 2006-10-11
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-27
- Median realised price: $2,125
- Price range: $80 to $144,000

## Market Takeaway
David Douglas Duncan has 56 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,125. 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 \($2,125\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,200 to $5,280\) 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: 15.6% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 68.8% (22 sales)
- $10,000\+: 15.6% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $1,800
- Previous 12 months median: $1,300
- Median shift: 38.5%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-27
- Days since latest sale: 152
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- WestLicht: 6 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Dallas Auction Gallery: 4 lots
- Sala Retiro Subastas: 4 lots
- Alexander Historical Auctions LLC: 3 lots
- Cannes Enchères: 3 lots
- OstLicht Auctions: 3 lots
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 2 lots
- STAIR: 2 lots
- Sala de Ventas: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-27 | David Douglas Duncan \(1916\-2018\) Labourer, Trinidad, 1941 | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
2. 2025-06-19 | DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN \(Kansas City, 1916\-Grasse, 2018\). "Picasso's Picasso's Picasso." Photograph signed by Picasso. | Setdart Auction House | €1,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-douglas-duncan-kansas-city-1916-grasse-2018-picasso-s-picasso-s-picasso-photograph-signed-by-picasso-75-c-5c74599b9e
3. 2025-02-23 | DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN \(FRANCE/NY, 1916\-2018\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-douglas-duncan-france-ny-1916-2018-3137-c-13e4d28b52
4. 2025-01-05 | WAR WITHOUT HEROES BOOK BY DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN | Antique Arena Inc | N/A
5. 2024-12-12 | David Douglas Duncan, La Californie | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,300
6. 2024-11-20 | David Douglas Duncan \(1916\-2018\): Portfolio | STAIR | N/A
7. 2024-11-20 | David Douglas Duncan \(1916\-2018\): Turkish Cavalry on Russian Frontier | STAIR | $250
8. 2024-10-09 | DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN \(1916\-2018\). Pablo Picasso's Eyes, La Californie, Cann | Christie's | £17,640
9. 2024-03-13 | David Douglas Duncan \(1916\-2018\) Picasso avec un masque de clown, Villa la Californie, 1957 | Piasa | N/A
10. 2022-06-14 | David Douglas DUNCAN \(1916\-2018\) Picasso à la bougie à minuit au Château de Vauvenargues en 1962 Photographie | Cannes Enchères | €1,000
11. 2022-06-14 | David Douglas DUNCAN \(1916\-2018\) Picasso en peignoir à la Californie le 8 février 1956 Photographie | Cannes Enchères | €1,100
12. 2022-06-14 | David Douglas DUNCAN \(1916\-2018\) Picasso dans son bain Photographie | Cannes Enchères | €1,200
13. 2021-11-19 | DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN \(1916–2018\) | OstLicht Auctions | €9,500
14. 2021-04-16 | DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN \(\* 1916\) | OstLicht Auctions | €8,000
15. 2020-08-25 | David Douglas Duncan \(American, 1916\-2018\) Image 4 from David Douglas Portfolio, 1972 | Hindman | $320
16. 2020-01-04 | David Douglas Duncan \(1915 –2018\). Supplying marines by air, Okinawa | Be\-Hold | N/A
17. 2019-02-21 | DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN \(1916\-2018\) Picasso in a yellow bathrobe. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
18. 2018-03-14 | David Douglas Duncan, Portfolio of prints | Millea Bros Ltd | N/A
19. 2017-12-03 | DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN \(B. 1916\) IMAGE OF PICASSO 1962 | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $525
20. 2017-08-22 | DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN \(B. 1916\) Picasso in bathtub, Villa La Californie, Cannes, 8 February 1956 | Christie's | $2,750
21. 2016-12-02 | David Douglas Duncan \(b. 1916\) | Guernsey's | N/A
22. 2016-10-05 | David Douglas Duncan "Picasso Painting Ceramic | Dallas Auction Gallery | $1,875
23. 2016-10-05 | David Douglas Duncan "Picasso Working on Plate of | Dallas Auction Gallery | $1,750
24. 2016-10-05 | David Douglas Duncan "Picasso Dipping Paint | Dallas Auction Gallery | $1,625

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