# Ernest Lee - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T01:20:20.628Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2022-06-18
- Latest auction date: 2023-08-13
- Median realised price: $65
- Price range: $10 to $600

## Market Takeaway
Ernest Lee has 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $65. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($65\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($50 to $90\) 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: 100% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-08-13
- Days since latest sale: 990
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Ledbetter Auctions: 13 lots
- Ivy Auctions: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-08-13 | ERNEST LEE PAINTING CHICKEN | Ledbetter Auctions | $50
2. 2023-08-13 | ERNEST LEE PAINTING AMERICAN FLAG | Ledbetter Auctions | $55
3. 2023-08-12 | Ernest Lee, S. Carolina Folk Art Painting | Ivy Auctions | $190
4. 2023-03-11 | Ernest Lee, S. Carolina Folk Art Paintings | Ivy Auctions | $70
5. 2023-03-11 | Ernest Lee, S. Carolina Folk Art Paintings | Ivy Auctions | $90
6. 2023-03-04 | ERNEST LEE PAINTING | Ledbetter Auctions | $65
7. 2023-03-04 | ERNEST LEE PAINTING | Ledbetter Auctions | $70
8. 2023-03-04 | ERNEST LEE PAINTING | Ledbetter Auctions | $40
9. 2023-03-04 | ERNEST LEE PAINTING | Ledbetter Auctions | $50
10. 2022-06-18 | ERNEST LEE \(1962 \- 2021\) | Ledbetter Auctions | $600
11. 2022-06-18 | ERNEST LEE \(1962 \- 2021\) | Ledbetter Auctions | $550
12. 2022-06-18 | ERNEST LEE \(1962 \- 2021\) | Ledbetter Auctions | N/A
13. 2022-06-18 | ERNEST LEE \(1962 \- 2021\) | Ledbetter Auctions | $70
14. 2022-06-18 | ERNEST LEE \(1962 \- 2021\) | Ledbetter Auctions | N/A
15. 2022-06-18 | ERNEST LEE \(1962 \- 2021\) | Ledbetter Auctions | $60
16. 2022-06-18 | ERNEST LEE \(1962 \- 2021\) | Ledbetter Auctions | $10

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