# Duane Michals - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T04:28:15.254Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 209
- Lots with prices: 158
- First auction date: 2001-01-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-05
- Median realised price: $2,900
- Price range: $62 to $35,000

## Market Takeaway
Duane Michals shows deep auction liquidity with 208 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,962. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 18 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-05.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,962\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,500 and $5,400.
- 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: 15.3% (24 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 75.8% (119 sales)
- $10,000\+: 8.9% (14 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 18
- Previous 12 months sales: 18
- Recent 12 months median: $1,500
- Previous 12 months median: $3,600
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-05
- Days since latest sale: 13
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 63 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 25 lots
- Bonhams: 15 lots
- Sotheby's: 10 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 9 lots
- Grisebach: 7 lots
- Phillips: 7 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 7 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 5 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 4 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-06-23 | Duane MICHALS \(1932\-\) There was something between them ... \(Homage to Cavafy\), 1978 | Barbarossa Maison de ventes | €1,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-duane-michals-1932-there-was-something-between-them-homage-to-cavafy-1978-21-c-0d54d1cb00
2. 2022-10-14 | Duane Michals | Brunk Auctions | $8,000
3. 2026-02-05 | Duane Michals, Narcissus, a suite of 5 photographs. 1985. | Swann Auction Galleries | $13,970 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-duane-michals-narcissus-a-suite-of-5-photographs-1985-152-c-7e2da9f0bb
4. 2025-11-27 | Duane Michals \(b.1932\) Exhibition Archive Collection, 1999\-2000 | Chiswick Auctions | £1,300
5. 2025-11-20 | Duane Michals \(b. 1932\): This Is One of the First Photographs I Had Ever Taken, Stillman's Gym | STAIR | $2,200
6. 2025-10-09 | DUANE MICHALS \(b. 1932\). The Most Beautiful Part of a Man's Body, 1986. sig | Christie's | $10,160
7. 2025-09-04 | Duane Michals \(b.1932\), Empty New York and Texas 1964 | Forum Auctions \- UK | £500
8. 2025-06-20 | Duane Michals \(American, b. 1932\) John at Nineteen, 2002 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,500
9. 2025-06-20 | Duane Michals \(American, b. 1932\) He was unaware | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,250
10. 2025-06-20 | Duane Michals \(American, b. 1932\) The Father Prepares His Dead Son's Body for Burial, 1991 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,250
11. 2025-06-20 | Duane Michals \(American, b. 1932\) The Wizard of the Woods, 2008 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,500
12. 2025-06-10 | Duane Michals, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $400
13. 2025-06-10 | Duane Michals, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $350
14. 2025-06-10 | Duane Michals, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $400
15. 2025-06-10 | Duane Michals, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $700
16. 2025-05-22 | Duane Michals \(b.1932\) | Chiswick Auctions | £800
17. 2025-05-08 | DUANE MICHALS \(1932\- \) Necessary Things for Writing Fairy Tunes. 1989. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
18. 2025-05-08 | DUANE MICHALS \(1932\- \) There is No China. 1970s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750
19. 2025-05-01 | Duane Michals, Magritte | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,600
20. 2025-03-04 | Duane Michals, Illuminated Man | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,500
21. 2025-02-13 | DUANE MICHALS \(1932\- \) Self\-portrait by Stefan Mihal. 1970s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,000
22. 2024-12-05 | Duane Michals ''A Man Dreaming in the City'' Silver | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $700
23. 2024-11-21 | Two volumes by Duane Michals | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $160 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-two-volumes-by-duane-michals-394-c-af04f95953
24. 2024-11-19 | Duane Michals b.1932 | Chiswick Auctions | £3,600

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