# Derrick Adams - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T20:20:23.849Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 63
- Lots with prices: 46
- First auction date: 2018-09-26
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-28
- Median realised price: $5,500
- Price range: $200 to $1,437,500

## Market Takeaway
Derrick Adams has 63 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 8 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 \($5,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,000 to $25,200\) 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: 23.9% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 37% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 39.1% (18 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 24
- Recent 12 months median: $952
- Previous 12 months median: $1,625
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-28
- Days since latest sale: 31
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 15 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 12 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 6 lots
- Black Art Auction: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 5 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- Artcurial: 3 lots
- Phillips: 3 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 2 lots
- Roseberys: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-28 | Derrick Adams \[SIGNED \- 2025 MONACELLI MONOGRAPH \- FINE\] | Bucklin | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-derrick-adams-signed-2025-monacelli-monograph-fine-141-c-d2a13aee1a
2. 2025-10-17 | DERRICK ADAMS \(B. 1970\) Lady with Red Rose \(Painted in 2023\) | Bonhams | N/A
3. 2025-10-07 | Derrick Adams \(1970\-\), Where My Girls At?, 2024. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
4. 2025-10-07 | Derrick Adams \(1970\-\), Under the Soft Light, 2015. | Swann Auction Galleries | $952
5. 2025-10-07 | Derrick Adams \(1970\-\), Countess N and Lizaveta Ivanovna \(The Queen of Spades\) \(Edition A\), 2015. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
6. 2025-07-18 | DERRICK ADAMS \(B. 1970\). Mixed Patriotism. acrylic, fabric, and found paper | Christie's | $25,200
7. 2025-06-14 | Derrick Adams, b. 1970, Under the Soft Light | Black Art Auction | $450
8. 2025-05-22 | Derrick Adams \(born 1970\); Mirroring Idealism; | Bonhams | N/A
9. 2025-04-03 | DERRICK ADAMS \(1970 \- \) Under the Soft Light. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,625
10. 2025-04-03 | DERRICK ADAMS \(1970 \- \) Holding Court \(The Queen of Spades\) \(Edition A\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,750
11. 2025-03-19 | Derrick Adams \(American 1970\-\), 'Interior Life \(Woman\)', 2019 | Tate Ward Auctions | N/A
12. 2025-03-18 | Derrick Adams, Under the Soft Light | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,000
13. 2025-03-15 | Derrick Adams, b. 1970, Under the Soft Light | Black Art Auction | $950
14. 2025-02-28 | DERRICK ADAMS \(B. 1970\) Sunday's Best DERRICK ADAMS \(B. 1970\) Sunday's Bes | Christie's | N/A
15. 2025-02-27 | DERRICK ADAMS \(B. 1970\). Figure in the Urban Landscape 26. acrylic, graphit | Christie's | $60,480
16. 2025-02-19 | Derrick Adams, Come As You Are | Roseberys | £260
17. 2024-12-14 | Derrick Adams, b. 1970, Under the Soft Light | Black Art Auction | $800
18. 2024-11-27 | Derrick Adams \(b.1970\) Interior Life \(Man\) & \(Woman\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | £4,800
19. 2024-11-27 | Derrick Adams \(b.1970\) Under the Soft Light | Forum Auctions \- UK | £900
20. 2024-11-26 | DERRICK ADAMS \(1970 \- \) Holding Court \(The Queen of Spades\) \(Edition A\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
21. 2024-11-22 | DERRICK ADAMS \(B. 1970\) \- Floater 43 \(Flamingo\) | Christie's | $40,320
22. 2024-11-21 | Derrick Adams, Come As You Are | Roseberys | £480
23. 2024-10-24 | Derrick Adams \(b.1970\) Interior Life \(Man\) & \(Woman\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
24. 2024-10-03 | DERRICK ADAMS \(1970 \- \) We Make the City's Grid. | Swann Auction Galleries | $9,375

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