# Don Ruffin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T23:59:25.212Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 37
- Lots with prices: 31
- First auction date: 2008-03-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-07-19
- Median realised price: $40
- Price range: $10 to $650

## Market Takeaway
Don Ruffin has 37 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $40. 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 \($40\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($20 to $100\) 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% (31 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $75
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-19
- Days since latest sale: 283
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 13 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 11 lots
- Bradford's: 7 lots
- Fidelity Estate Services: 2 lots
- Neale and Sons: 2 lots
- Allard Auctions: 1 lots
- R & R Auction INC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-19 | Don Ruffin "Mrs. Wesley Layne" Oil On Canvas | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $75
2. 2024-01-27 | Don Ruffin \(1928\-1977\) Oil On Board | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $450
3. 2024-01-20 | Don Ruffin \(1928\-1977\) Oil On Board | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $425
4. 2023-12-15 | Don Ruffin \(1928\-1977\) Oil On Canvas | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $85
5. 2023-07-29 | Don Ruffin Signed Limited Edition Native American Print | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $10
6. 2023-07-29 | Don Ruffin Signed Limited Edition Native American Print | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $25
7. 2023-07-29 | Don Ruffin \(1928\-1977\) Oil On Board | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $25
8. 2022-12-10 | Don Ruffin \(1928\-1977\) Oil On Board | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $80
9. 2022-10-11 | Portrait Painting Barry Goldwater by Don Ruffin | R & R Auction INC | $30
10. 2022-07-24 | DON RUFFIN "MAESTRO" OIL ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $420
11. 2022-07-16 | Don Ruffin 'The Red Carnation' Oil On Canvas | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $65
12. 2022-03-13 | DON RUFFIN "THE CLOWN ALSO CRIES" LITHOGRAPH | Bradford's | $20
13. 2022-03-13 | DON RUFFIN "THE CLOWN ALSO CRIES" SIGNED LITHOGRAPH | Bradford's | $50
14. 2021-11-20 | Don Ruffin \(1928\-1977\) Oil On Canvas | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $375
15. 2021-04-25 | DON RUFFIN "NAVAJO GRANDFATHER" LTD. ED. PRINT ON BOARD | Bradford's | $40
16. 2021-04-11 | DON RUFFIN "THE SHOWER" OIL ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $50
17. 2020-03-21 | Don Ruffin Signed Ltd. Ed. Lithograph | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $25
18. 2019-12-01 | Don Ruffin "The Clown Also Cries" Lithograph | Bradford's | $35
19. 2019-12-01 | Don Ruffin "The Clown Also Cries" Lithograph | Bradford's | $35
20. 2019-06-08 | Don Ruffin Signed Limited Edition Art Print | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | N/A
21. 2018-11-24 | Artist Transfer Painting on Canvas by Don Ruffin | Fidelity Estate Services | $10
22. 2018-11-24 | Original Estate Signed Lithograph by Don Ruffin | Fidelity Estate Services | $10
23. 2018-11-03 | Don Ruffin \(1928\-1977\) Oil On Canvas Painting | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $100
24. 2018-08-12 | Don Ruffin "The Clown Also Cries" Lithograph | J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC | $10

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