# Eldzier Cortor - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T03:54:53.713Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 97
- Lots with prices: 66
- First auction date: 2005-09-11
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-18
- Median realised price: $3,750
- Price range: $800 to $245,000

## Market Takeaway
Eldzier Cortor shows solid auction liquidity with 97 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 24 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,250 and $7,000.
- 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: 3% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 74.2% (49 sales)
- $10,000\+: 22.7% (15 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 24
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $2,200
- Previous 12 months median: $6,750
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-18
- Days since latest sale: 123
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 57 lots
- Black Art Auction: 33 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 1 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 1 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 1 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-03 | ELDZIER CORTOR \(1916 \- 2015\) Island Momento No. 1. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
2. 2023-10-19 | ELDZIER CORTOR \(1916 \- 2015\) Two Women with Earrings. | Swann Auction Galleries | $25,000
3. 2025-10-18 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, untitled, Figures | Black Art Auction | $800
4. 2025-10-18 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, Sepia Odalesque I | Black Art Auction | $1,100
5. 2025-10-18 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, Dance Composition No. 31 | Black Art Auction | $2,100
6. 2025-10-18 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, Compositional Study No III | Black Art Auction | $1,800
7. 2025-10-18 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, untitled, Figure in Bedroom | Black Art Auction | $4,250
8. 2025-10-18 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, untitled, Figure Composition | Black Art Auction | $7,000
9. 2025-10-07 | Eldzier Cortor \(1916\-2015\), Souvenir No. III, 2014. | Swann Auction Galleries | $30,480 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-eldzier-cortor-1916-2015-souvenir-no-iii-2014-217-c-e544b80a10
10. 2025-10-07 | Eldzier Cortor \(1916\-2015\), Dance Composition No. 34, circa 1989. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,032
11. 2025-10-07 | Eldzier Cortor \(1916\-2015\), Dance Figure I, 1989. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,048
12. 2025-06-26 | ELDZIER CORTOR \(1916 \- 2015\) Dance \(Dance Composition No. 31\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,375
13. 2025-06-26 | ELDZIER CORTOR \(1916 \- 2015\) Jewels/Theme No. V. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
14. 2025-06-14 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, Sepia Odalisque IV | Black Art Auction | N/A
15. 2025-06-14 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, Trilogy No II | Black Art Auction | N/A
16. 2025-06-14 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, Sepia Odalisque II | Black Art Auction | N/A
17. 2025-06-14 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, Dance Figure No. II | Black Art Auction | N/A
18. 2025-06-14 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, Composition/Jewels | Black Art Auction | N/A
19. 2025-05-17 | ELDZIER CORTOR \(American 1916\-2015\) "Dance Composition \(Untitled\)," CIRCA 1950, 36 x 24 in. \(91.4 x 61 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $27,000
20. 2025-04-03 | ELDZIER CORTOR \(1916 \- 2015\) Jewels/Theme No. III. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,000
21. 2025-04-03 | ELDZIER CORTOR \(1916 \- 2015\) Jewels/Theme No. II. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
22. 2025-04-03 | ELDZIER CORTOR \(1916 \- 2015\) Untitled \(Young Couple\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $22,500
23. 2025-03-15 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, Trilogy No II | Black Art Auction | N/A
24. 2025-03-15 | Eldzier Cortor, 1916\-2015, Sepia Odalisque I | Black Art Auction | $2,000

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