# Emma Amos - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T21:56:47.255Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 101
- Lots with prices: 76
- First auction date: 2008-01-31
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-18
- Median realised price: $3,000
- Price range: $175 to $125,000

## Market Takeaway
Emma Amos shows solid auction liquidity with 100 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,120. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,120\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,250 and $7,500.
- 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: 18.7% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 61.3% (46 sales)
- $10,000\+: 20% (15 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 14
- Recent 12 months median: $2,800
- Previous 12 months median: $5,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-18
- Days since latest sale: 123
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 54 lots
- Black Art Auction: 14 lots
- Material Culture: 12 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 2 lots
- RoGallery: 2 lots
- Shannon's: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Capo Auction: 1 lots
- Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-18 | Emma Amos, 1937\-2020, Miss Otis | Black Art Auction | $2,000
2. 2025-10-18 | Emma Amos, 1937\-2020, American Girl | Black Art Auction | $2,800
3. 2025-10-07 | Emma Amos \(1937\-2020\), Secrets \(4 parts\), 1981. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
4. 2025-09-06 | Emma Amos | Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers | $1,100
5. 2025-06-26 | EMMA AMOS, American 1937\-2020, "On Top of the World", 1996, hand printed silk aquatint with African fabric borders and stenciled and brushed metal, 29 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. \(75.6 x 56.5 cm.\) | Shannon's | $1,079 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-emma-amos-american-1937-2020-on-top-of-the-world-1996-hand-printed-silk-aquatint-with-african-fabric-borders-and-stenciled-and-brushed-metal-29-3-4-x-22-1-4-in-75-6-x-56-5-cm-40-c-fe44bf6bd2
6. 2025-06-05 | EMMA AMOS \(1937 \- 2020\) Time Out. | Swann Auction Galleries | $35,000
7. 2025-04-03 | EMMA AMOS \(1938 \- 2020\) Josephine and the Ostrich. | Swann Auction Galleries | $20,000
8. 2025-03-15 | Emma Amos, 1937\-2020, Presence | Black Art Auction | $11,000
9. 2025-02-06 | EMMA AMOS \(1938 \- 2020\) Sepia. | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,500
10. 2025-01-23 | EMMA AMOS, American 1937\-2020, "On Top of the World", 1996, hand printed silk aquatint with African fabric borders and stenciled and brushed metal, 29 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. \(75.6 x 56.5 cm.\) | Shannon's | N/A
11. 2024-12-14 | Emma Amos, 1937\-2020, Presence | Black Art Auction | N/A
12. 2024-11-26 | Emma Amos \(1937\-2020\); On Top of the World; | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-emma-amos-1937-2020-on-top-of-the-world-118-c-9954ecea49
13. 2024-11-26 | EMMA AMOS \(1938 \- 2020\) Crown. | Swann Auction Galleries | $21,250
14. 2024-10-03 | EMMA AMOS \(1938 \- 2020\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $18,750
15. 2024-10-03 | EMMA AMOS \(1938 \- 2020\) On Top of the World | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-emma-amos-1938-2020-on-top-of-the-world-195-c-f3f4d57a33
16. 2024-09-14 | Emma Amos, 1938\-2020, On Top of the World | Black Art Auction | N/A
17. 2024-06-06 | Emma Amos \(1937\-2020\): Untitled | STAIR | $4,750
18. 2024-05-18 | Emma Amos, 1937\-2020, Paper Mask | Black Art Auction | $1,200
19. 2024-04-04 | EMMA AMOS \(1937 \- 2020\) Cheetah. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,000
20. 2024-04-04 | EMMA AMOS \(1937 \- 2020\) Jaguar \(Cat\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,000
21. 2024-04-04 | EMMA AMOS \(1937 \- 2020\) The Gorilla \(Mountain Gorilla\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,250
22. 2024-04-04 | EMMA AMOS \(1937 \- 2020\) Untitled \(Topsy or Curly\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
23. 2023-12-02 | Emma Amos, 1937\-2020, Art Heaven | Black Art Auction | $2,000
24. 2023-10-19 | EMMA AMOS \(1937 \- 2020\) Giza, Emma, and Larry. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,250

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