# Emerson Bell - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:50:17.647Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 19
- First auction date: 2009-06-28
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-17
- Median realised price: $458
- Price range: $250 to $1,476

## Market Takeaway
Emerson Bell has 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $458. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($458\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($366 to $768\) 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: 89.5% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 10.5% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $458
- Previous 12 months median: $500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-17
- Days since latest sale: 346
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Crescent City Auction Gallery: 13 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 10 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-01-30 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\), "Portrait of Woman" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $500
2. 2024-09-14 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana/Baton Rouge, 1931\-2006\), "The Crucifixion," 20th c., Plaque\- H.\- 7 3/8 in., W.\- 4 3/4 in., Base\- H.\- 10 1/8 in., W.\- 9 1/4 in., D.\- 4 1/8 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $960 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-emerson-bell-american-louisiana-baton-rouge-1931-2006-the-crucifixion-20th-c-plaque-h-7-3-8-in-w-4-3-4-in-base-h-10-1-8-in-w-9-1-4-in-d-4-1-8-in-588-c-26c4a99b09
3. 2025-05-17 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\), "Portrait of a Woman," Sight\- H.\- 9 1/4 in., W.\- 6 3/4 in., Framed\- H.\- 17 1/4 in., W.\- 18 1/4 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $768
4. 2025-05-17 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\), "Mother and Child," Sight\- H.\- 9 1/4 in., W.\- 6 1/4 in., Framed\- H.\- 18 1/2 in., W.\- 16 1/4 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $458
5. 2024-03-09 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\), "Portrait of a Woman with a Headdress and Wrap," H.\-10 1/2 in., W.\- 7 1/2 in., Framed\- H.\- 17 1/4 in., W.\- 14 1/2 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $275
6. 2024-03-09 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\), "Woman Seated in Profile," H.\- 8 1/2 in., W.\- 4 3/4 in., Framed\- H.\- 18 in., W.\- 15 1/4 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $275
7. 2024-03-09 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\), "Woman in Hat," H.\- 12 in., W.\- 17 1/4 in., Framed\- H.\- 29 in., W.\- 25 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $600
8. 2024-03-09 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\), "Four Interior Vignettes with People," H.\- 8 1/2 in., W.\- 5 in. to 7 in., Framed\- H.\- 23 1/4 in., W.\- 19 1/2 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $500
9. 2021-04-18 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\) | Neal Auction Company | $976
10. 2021-04-18 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\) | Neal Auction Company | $384
11. 2020-09-12 | Emerson Bell \(1932\-2006, Louisiana\), "Untitled," 1994, patinated copper sculpture signed and dated verso, mounted in a mahogany fram... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $448
12. 2020-09-12 | Emerson Bell \(1931\-2006, Baton Rouge\), "The Crucifixion," 20th c., patinated bronze relief plaque, mounted on a wooden back, Plaque\-... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $1,152
13. 2020-09-12 | Emerson Bell \(1931\-2006, Baton Rouge\), "Bust of a Woman," 20th c., patinated bronze, on a wooden base and a plinth, H.\- 12 in., W.\-... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A
14. 2017-09-17 | Emerson Bell \(1931\-2006, Baton Rouge\), "Portrait of Lady with a Blue Flower in Hair," 1974, oil on board, signed lower left, present... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A
15. 2017-09-17 | Emerson Bell \(1931\-2006, Baton Rouge\), "Three Small Portraits and an Abstract," 20th c., presented in a single gilt relief frame, Ea... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A
16. 2017-09-17 | Emerson Bell \(1931\-2006, Baton Rouge\), "Four Small Portraits," 20th c., watercolor, presented in a single gilt relief frame, Each\- H... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A
17. 2017-09-10 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\) | Neal Auction Company | $250
18. 2016-12-04 | Emerson Bell \(American/Baton Rouge, 1932\-2006\) | Neal Auction Company | $366
19. 2016-12-04 | Emerson Bell \(American/Baton Rouge, 1932\-2006\) | Neal Auction Company | $671
20. 2016-07-17 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\) | Neal Auction Company | $384
21. 2015-09-12 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\) | Neal Auction Company | $375
22. 2011-11-20 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\) | Neal Auction Company | $1,476
23. 2009-09-13 | Emerson Bell \(American/Louisiana, 1932\-2006\), | Neal Auction Company | N/A
24. 2009-06-28 | Emerson Bell \(American/Baton Rouge, 1932\-2006\), | Neal Auction Company | $352

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