# Dorothy Hood - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T01:17:17.859Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 120
- Lots with prices: 106
- First auction date: 2005-09-11
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-21
- Median realised price: $5,500
- Price range: $520 to $85,000

## Market Takeaway
Dorothy Hood shows solid auction liquidity with 119 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($5,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,750 and $18,000.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 2.9% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 61% (64 sales)
- $10,000\+: 36.2% (38 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 20
- Recent 12 months median: $20,000
- Previous 12 months median: $3,750
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-06
- Days since latest sale: 74
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 80 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 12 lots
- Art\-Torg: 5 lots
- Dallas Auction Gallery: 3 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Lewis & Maese Antiques & Auctions: 2 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 2 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 2 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-21 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1919\-2000\) A COLLAGE, "Something Gray," CIRCA 1980 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $1,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothy-hood-american-texas-1919-2000-a-collage-something-gray-circa-1980-157-c-b3140e5954
2. 2024-09-21 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1918\-2000\) A DRAWING, "Untitled," 20TH CENTURY | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $6,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothy-hood-american-texas-1918-2000-a-drawing-untitled-20th-century-143-c-c464819bb0
3. 2024-09-21 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1918\-2000\) A PAINTING, "Flower VI," 20TH CENTURY | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $32,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothy-hood-american-texas-1918-2000-a-painting-flower-vi-20th-century-134-c-c3b439eb63
4. 2024-09-21 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1918\-2000\) A PAINTING, "Riding the Spaces," 20TH CENTURY | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $42,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothy-hood-american-texas-1918-2000-a-painting-riding-the-spaces-20th-century-132-c-18040aa86e
5. 2024-09-21 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1918\-2000\) A DRAWING, "Untitled," 20TH CENTURY | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $3,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothy-hood-american-texas-1918-2000-a-drawing-untitled-20th-century-112-c-ffb49c1aa9
6. 2024-09-21 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1919\-2000\) A COLLAGE, "Untitled with Giacometti Sculpture," CIRCA 1980 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothy-hood-american-texas-1919-2000-a-collage-untitled-with-giacometti-sculpture-circa-1980-103-c-4604eab8c5
7. 2024-09-21 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1919\-2000\) A COLLAGE, "Elephanta," CIRCA 1980 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $2,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothy-hood-american-texas-1919-2000-a-collage-elephanta-circa-1980-87-c-e8144d7b34
8. 2026-03-21 | DOROTHY HOOD \(AMERICAN, 1918\-2000\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $520 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothy-hood-american-1918-2000-144-c-c1cb006435
9. 2025-12-06 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1918\-2000\) "The Offering," CIRCA 1960s, 26 x 20 in. \(66 x 50.8 cm.\), Frame: 33 3/4 x 26 in. \(85.7 x 66 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $8,500
10. 2025-12-06 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1918\-2000\) "Day of the Happy Sea," CIRCA 1980s, 36 x 36 in. \(91.4 x 91.4 cm.\), Frame: 37 1/4 x 37 1/4 in. \(94.6 x 94.6 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $27,500
11. 2025-12-06 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1918\-2000\) "Untitled," CIRCA 1980, 103 x 180 in. \(261.6 x 457.2 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $55,000
12. 2025-12-06 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1918\-2000\) "Gauguin's World \(Untitled\)," 1940s, 38 x 23 in. \(96.5 x 58.4 cm.\), Frame: 44 3/4 x 29 3/8 in. \(113.7 x 74.6 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $40,000
13. 2025-09-13 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1918\-2000\) "Untitled," 20TH CENTURY, 24 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. \(61.6 x 38.7 cm.\), Frame: 37 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. \(95.9 x 65.4 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $3,750
14. 2025-05-17 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1918\-2000\) “Lion and the Dove,” 1980s, 31 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. \(80 x 49.5 cm.\), Frame: 41 3/4 x 29 1/4 in. \(106 x 74.3 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $2,250
15. 2025-05-17 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1919\-2000\) "Blue \(Untitled\)," CIRCA 1960s, 102 x 90 in. \(259.1 x 228.6 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $85,000
16. 2025-05-17 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1919\-2000\) A COLLAGE, "Untitled," 1971, 29 3/4 x 20 in. \(75.6 x 50.8 cm.\), Frame: 40 x 27 in. \(101.6 x 68.6 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $2,250
17. 2025-03-29 | Dorothy Hood \(American, 1918\-2000\), "The Inverted Chalice" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $20,000
18. 2025-02-08 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1919\-2000\) "Comet Tangled in the Sun," CIRCA 1970s | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $30,000
19. 2025-02-08 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1918\-2000\) "Untitled \- Green and Aubergine," CIRCA 1990s | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $47,500
20. 2025-01-14 | Dorothy Hood, Untitled Collage on Cardboard | Dallas Auction Gallery | $2,000
21. 2024-12-15 | Dorothy HOOD \(1919\-2000\) American | Art\-Torg | €19,000
22. 2024-06-08 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1919\-2000\) A COLLAGE, "Untitled with Mummified Head," 1971 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | N/A
23. 2024-06-08 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1919\-2000\) A COLLAGE, "The Submissive Veil," CIRCA 1980 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $2,750
24. 2024-03-23 | DOROTHY HOOD \(American/Texas 1919\-2000\) A COLLAGE, "The Swing of Opulence," 1980s | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $1,800

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