# Ethel Magafan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:12:26.075Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 65
- Lots with prices: 57
- First auction date: 2004-06-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-08
- Median realised price: $900
- Price range: $60 to $8,125

## Market Takeaway
Ethel Magafan has 65 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $900. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 5 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 \($900\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($275 to $1,792\) 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: 54.4% (31 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 45.6% (26 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $1,800
- Previous 12 months median: $150
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-08
- Days since latest sale: 325
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- James Cox Gallery: 23 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 7 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 6 lots
- STAIR: 4 lots
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 3 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 3 lots
- Nye & Company: 3 lots
- Hindman: 2 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Bakker Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-08 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(AMERICAN, 1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $70
2. 2025-06-08 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(AMERICAN, 1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $3,250
3. 2025-06-08 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(AMERICAN, 1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $1,800
4. 2025-06-08 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(AMERICAN, 1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $2,300
5. 2025-06-08 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(AMERICAN, 1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $400
6. 2025-03-06 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916 \- 1993\) Controversy. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,000
7. 2025-03-05 | Ethel Magafan, American 1916\-1993, Looking for Prometheus, Engraving | Nye & Company | $150
8. 2024-09-19 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916\-1993\) Secluded Valley. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
9. 2023-12-10 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(AMERICAN, 1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $800
10. 2023-10-10 | Ethel Magafan, "Bouquet" | Old Kinderhook Auction Company | $475
11. 2023-05-21 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | N/A
12. 2023-05-21 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $2,000
13. 2023-03-05 | ETHEL MAGAFAN "BIRD" OIL ON BOARD | Bradford's | $840
14. 2022-12-11 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $80
15. 2022-05-26 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916 \- 1993, AMERICAN\) Trout Stream. | Swann Auction Galleries | $8,125
16. 2022-05-26 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916 \- 1993, AMERICAN\) Near Monarch. | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,500
17. 2022-05-22 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $1,800
18. 2022-04-23 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916\-1993\) PENCIL SIGNED PRINTS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $275
19. 2021-12-12 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $200
20. 2021-10-28 | Ethel Magafan, 'Looking for Prometheus', Engraving | Nye & Company | N/A
21. 2021-06-02 | Ethel Magafan, Artist Proof, "Clothesline" | Nye & Company | $125
22. 2021-05-23 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $2,500
23. 2021-05-23 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $1,000
24. 2021-05-23 | ETHEL MAGAFAN \(1916 \- 1993\) | James Cox Gallery | $1,300

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