# David True - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T20:31:11.114Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 33
- Lots with prices: 24
- First auction date: 2003-03-07
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-05
- Median realised price: $418
- Price range: $40 to $1,375

## Market Takeaway
David True has 33 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $418. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($418\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $600\) 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: 87.5% (21 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 12.5% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-05
- Days since latest sale: 343
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Litchfield Auctions: 4 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 3 lots
- Armstrong Fine Art: 2 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 2 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- STAIR: 2 lots
- Skinner: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-05 | DAVID TRUE \(1942 \- \) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
2. 2024-07-16 | David True, aquatint etching, 1983 | Millea Bros Ltd | $400
3. 2024-04-29 | David True \(b. 1942\) "Fragile Wings, 1993" | Material Culture | N/A
4. 2023-12-09 | Daniel TRUE: "Back Around" | Armstrong Fine Art | $150
5. 2023-12-09 | David TRUE: "Open Channel" | Armstrong Fine Art | $150
6. 2023-06-24 | David True, Abstract, Watercolor Mixed Media | Kaminski Auctions | $475
7. 2023-06-08 | David True \(b. 1942\): Untitled | STAIR | $600
8. 2022-08-26 | DAVID TRUE, FIGURE & STAG IN PROFILE, AQUATINT | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $250
9. 2022-06-09 | DAVID TRUE, FIGURE & STAG IN PROFILE, AQUATINT | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | N/A
10. 2022-04-09 | DAVID TRUE "OPEN CHANNEL" 1987 FIGURAL AQUATINT | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $125
11. 2021-12-01 | David True \(b. 1942\): Woodland; Day Without Words; and Cold Romance | STAIR | $300
12. 2021-05-23 | DAVID TRUE \(AMERICAN, b. 1942\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $550
13. 2021-05-23 | DAVID TRUE \(AMERICAN, b. 1942\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $750
14. 2021-01-28 | David True \- Satyr V | Capsule Gallery Auction | $100
15. 2020-11-18 | DAVID TRUE \- STYR V | Capsule Gallery Auction | N/A
16. 2019-11-30 | David True, Cut Flowers, Unexpected Lithograph | Litchfield Auctions | $150
17. 2019-09-14 | David True, Ship II, 1979/80, O/B. | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $750
18. 2019-02-17 | DAVID TRUE \(NY, B.1942\) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS PAINTING | Austin Auction Gallery | $600
19. 2018-11-25 | David True, Am., b. 1942, Untitled III, Crayon | Litchfield Auctions | $100
20. 2018-09-15 | David True, Am., b. 1942, Untitled V, Crayon | Litchfield Auctions | N/A
21. 2018-09-15 | David True, Am., b. 1942, Untitled III, Crayon | Litchfield Auctions | N/A
22. 2018-06-10 | DAVID TRUE \(B. 1942\) CHANNEL, 1987 ETCHING WITH SPIT BITE 20\-5/8 X 40\-1/4 INCHES | Heritage Auctions | $40
23. 2018-05-19 | DAVID TRUE \(NY, B.1942\) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS PAINTING | Austin Auction Gallery | N/A
24. 2010-03-09 | DAVID TRUE | Sotheby's | $1,375

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