# Ed Mell - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-19T17:15:27.053Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 350
- Lots with prices: 334
- First auction date: 2005-07-20
- Latest auction date: 2026-05-03
- Median realised price: $8,500
- Price range: $5 to $90,000

## Market Takeaway
Ed Mell shows deep auction liquidity with 332 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 74 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-17.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($10,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,050 and $24,400.
- 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: 18% (57 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 31.3% (99 sales)
- $10,000\+: 50.6% (160 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 74
- Previous 12 months sales: 50
- Recent 12 months median: $15,000
- Previous 12 months median: $13,000
- Median shift: 15.4%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-17
- Days since latest sale: 32
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Bradford's: 88 lots
- Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery & Auction: 76 lots
- Hindman: 37 lots
- Bonhams: 23 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 17 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 13 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 12 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 11 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 9 lots
- Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC: 9 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-27 | ED MELL "PAINTED DESERT SPECTRUM" ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT ON PAPER | Bradford's | $5,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-painted-desert-spectrum-archival-pigment-print-on-paper-1157-c-12b460e97d
2. 2022-05-10 | Ed Mell \(American, b. 1942\) Red Rock Ribbon, 2004 Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches \( | Heritage Auctions | $24,000
3. 2026-05-03 | ED MELL "COURAGE UNDER FIRE" SIGNED GICLEE PRINT ON PAPER | Bradford's | $380 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-courage-under-fire-signed-giclee-print-on-paper-1302-c-eb78d852ad
4. 2026-05-03 | ED MELL "CANTED CLOUD" SIGNED GICLEE PRINT ON PAPER | Bradford's | $2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-canted-cloud-signed-giclee-print-on-paper-1283-c-e6c7610c52
5. 2026-05-03 | ED MELL "IN THE CLOUDS" SIGNED ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT | Bradford's | $3,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-in-the-clouds-signed-archival-pigment-print-1278-c-a310c77624
6. 2026-05-03 | ED MELL "RED BUTTE" SERIGRAPH | Bradford's | $1,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-red-butte-serigraph-1238-c-a46fd62a19
7. 2026-05-03 | ED MELL "MORNING IRIS" LITHOGRAPH | Bradford's | $2,050 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-morning-iris-lithograph-1207-c-173d7d6b20
8. 2026-05-03 | ED MELL "CLOUDS OVER THIRD MESA" LITHOGRAPH | Bradford's | $2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-clouds-over-third-mesa-lithograph-1158-c-61f2dc2978
9. 2026-05-03 | ED MELL "DIAMOND BLOOM" LITHOGRAPH | Bradford's | $2,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-diamond-bloom-lithograph-1132-c-03f7db5926
10. 2026-05-03 | ED MELL "DUSK ROSE" LITHOGRAPH | Bradford's | $2,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-dusk-rose-lithograph-1100-c-aee3d179ed
11. 2026-05-03 | ED MELL "UPWARD" BRONZE SCULPTURE | Bradford's | $22,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-upward-bronze-sculpture-1085-c-df30b80ed8
12. 2026-05-03 | LARGE!! ED MELL "ERODED FLOOR / DEATH VALLEY" OIL ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $70,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-large-ed-mell-eroded-floor-death-valley-oil-on-canvas-1075-c-237bee7d14
13. 2026-05-03 | ED MELL "SHADOWS OF THE SOUTH RIM" LITHOGRAPH | Bradford's | $3,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-shadows-of-the-south-rim-lithograph-1052-c-dd0098abc6
14. 2026-05-03 | ED MELL "CLOUDS ADRIFT / GRAND CANYON" OIL ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $52,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-clouds-adrift-grand-canyon-oil-on-canvas-1025-c-ac13ce796f
15. 2026-05-03 | ED MELL "JACK KNIFE" BRONZE SCULPTURE | Bradford's | $20,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-jack-knife-bronze-sculpture-1019-c-966ac3748d
16. 2026-03-28 | ED MELL \(AMERICAN 1942\-2024\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $43,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-american-1942-2024-30-c-8df8c0d0ac
17. 2026-01-17 | Ed Mell ' Shadowed Walls' Signed Print | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $300
18. 2025-12-07 | ED MELL "GRAND CANYON MUSIC FESTIVAL" SIGNED POSTER | Bradford's | $160
19. 2025-12-07 | ED MELL "GRAND CANYON MUSIC FESTIVAL" SIGNED POSTER | Bradford's | $420
20. 2025-12-07 | ED MELL "SWEEPING CLOUDS" OFFSET LITHOGRAPH | Bradford's | $3,150
21. 2025-11-11 | Ed Mell \(1942\-2024\) New Clouds I 24 x 18 in. \(Painted in 2014.\) | Bonhams | $35,000
22. 2025-11-11 | Ed Mell \(1942\-2024\) High Desert Road 18 x 24 in. \(Painted in 2001.\) | Bonhams | $48,000
23. 2025-11-09 | ED MELL "CANYON NOCTURE" OIL ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $51,000
24. 2025-11-09 | ED MELL "CAMELBACK EVENING" LITHOGRAPH | Bradford's | $2,050 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ed-mell-camelback-evening-lithograph-7185-c-81546bcbb4

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