# Frank Auerbach - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T23:21:34.482Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 460
- Lots with prices: 384
- First auction date: 1999-06-24
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-05
- Median realised price: $16,250
- Price range: $16 to $3,721,250

## Market Takeaway
Frank Auerbach shows deep auction liquidity with 456 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $16,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 19 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-29.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($16,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,000 and $278,500.
- 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: 6.3% (24 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 38.7% (147 sales)
- $10,000\+: 55% (209 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 19
- Previous 12 months sales: 26
- Recent 12 months median: $12,700
- Previous 12 months median: $2,400
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-29
- Days since latest sale: 112
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 170 lots
- Sotheby's: 137 lots
- Bonhams: 59 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 21 lots
- Phillips: 18 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 8 lots
- Roseberys: 8 lots
- Cottone Auctions: 5 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 4 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-05 | FRANK AUERBACH \(1931\-2024\) Head of Catherine Lampert​ \(Painted in 1996\) | Bonhams | £200,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frank-auerbach-1931-2024-head-of-catherine-lampert-painted-in-1996-4-c-b8ba262364
2. 2025-05-07 | FRANK AUERBACH, NUDE SEATED ON A FOLDING CHAIR, 1954 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$10,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frank-auerbach-nude-seated-on-a-folding-chair-1954-46-c-8e34ad795e
3. 2025-04-02 | FRANK AUERBACH \(1931\-2024\) Nude Seated on a Folding Chair \(Executed in 1953\) | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frank-auerbach-1931-2024-nude-seated-on-a-folding-chair-executed-in-1953-14-c-3704eb9bae
4. 2025-01-30 | Frank Auerbach \(German/British, 1931\-2024\) Playing Card: Two Heads of J. Y. M. | Cottone Auctions | $2,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frank-auerbach-german-british-1931-2024-playing-card-two-heads-of-j-y-m-5-c-65d43e4833
5. 2025-01-30 | Frank Auerbach \(German/British, 1931\-2024\) Reclining Figure II | Cottone Auctions | $1,400
6. 2025-01-30 | Frank Auerbach \(German/British, 1931\-2024\) Head of G. B. | Cottone Auctions | $1,500
7. 2025-01-30 | Frank Auerbach \(German/British, 1931\-2024\) Reclining Figure I | Cottone Auctions | $1,300
8. 2025-01-30 | Frank Auerbach \(German/British, 1931\-2024\) Seated Figure | Cottone Auctions | $2,800
9. 2024-12-12 | Frank Auerbach \(1931\-2024\) Julia \(Hartley 22\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | £1,800
10. 2024-10-10 | FRANK AUERBACH \(B. 1931\). The House. oil pastel and graphite on paper, in t | Christie's | N/A
11. 2024-06-12 | FRANK AUERBACH \(GERMAN\-BRITISH B.1931\) | Olympia Auctions | £1,200
12. 2022-06-30 | FRANK AUERBACH \(B. 1931\) Head of Catherine Lampert 1983\-84 | Bonhams | £520,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frank-auerbach-b-1931-head-of-catherine-lampert-1983-84-6-c-8ac48edb67
13. 2025-10-29 | Frank Auerbach \(1931\-2024\) Ruth \(Hartley 30\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | £2,200
14. 2025-10-23 | FRANK AUERBACH \(1931\-2024\). Head of David Landau. charcoal, pencil and chal | Christie's | £69,850
15. 2025-10-23 | FRANK AUERBACH \(1931\-2024\). Two Studies for Mornington Crescent looking Sou | Christie's | £12,700
16. 2025-10-17 | Swings | Sotheby's | N/A
17. 2025-10-15 | FRANK AUERBACH \(1931\-2024\). Reclining Figure. oil on paper23 1/8 x 31 7/8in | Christie's | £476,250
18. 2025-09-25 | FRANK AUERBACH \(B. 1931\). Lucian Freud, from: Six Etchings of Heads. Plate | Christie's | £8,890
19. 2025-06-18 | Frank Auerbach \(British, 1931\-2024\) E.O.W. Lying on her Bed I 21.3 x 50.7 cm. \(8 3/8 x 19 7/8 in.\) | Bonhams | £320,000
20. 2025-05-07 | FRANK AUERBACH, JULIA, 1989 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$3,000
21. 2025-05-07 | FRANK AUERBACH, JAKE, 1990 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$11,000
22. 2025-04-03 | FRANK AUERBACH \(1931\-2024\) Head of David Landau \(Painted in 2012\-2013\) | Bonhams | £180,000
23. 2025-03-20 | FRANK AUERBACH \(1931\-2024\). Primrose Hill. oil on board7 1/8 x 8 in. \(18.1 | Christie's | N/A
24. 2025-03-19 | FRANK AUERBACH \(1931\-2024\). Portrait of J.Y.M. Seated. oil on board16 x 13 | Christie's | £453,600

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