# Frank Bowling - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T15:46:00.758Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 57
- Lots with prices: 42
- First auction date: 2005-08-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-21
- Median realised price: $48,000
- Price range: $228 to $819,000

## Market Takeaway
Frank Bowling shows solid auction liquidity with 57 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $48,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-05-21.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($48,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $7,800 and $95,000.
- 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: 7.1% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 23.8% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 69% (29 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $63,000
- Previous 12 months median: $60,000
- Median shift: 5%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-21
- Days since latest sale: 273
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 14 lots
- Christie's: 9 lots
- Sotheby's: 8 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 6 lots
- Black Art Auction: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- TGP Auction: 3 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots
- Tate Ward Auctions: 2 lots
- AAG Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-05-22 | Frank Bowling, Old Altarpiece | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $48,000
2. 2023-11-08 | Frank Bowling, Billow | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $55,000
3. 2022-01-26 | Frank Bowling \(b. 1934\) Towards Crab Island | Forum Auctions \- UK | £2,200
4. 2021-09-29 | Frank Bowling \(b.1936\) Towards Crab Island, 1983 | Forum Auctions \- UK | £1,600
5. 2020-10-28 | Frank Bowling \(b.1936\) Untitled | Forum Auctions \- UK | £550
6. 2019-04-04 | FRANK BOWLING \(1936 \- \) In M. of M.W. III. | Swann Auction Galleries | $118,750
7. 2018-11-14 | Frank Bowling \(British, born 1936\) \- Bird, 1965 | Bonhams | $100,000
8. 2018-05-18 | Frank Bowling, painting | Millea Bros Ltd | $1,500
9. 2018-04-05 | FRANK BOWLING \(1936 \- \) Man Overboard. | Swann Auction Galleries | $50,000
10. 2017-04-06 | FRANK BOWLING \(1936 \- \) Morning Light. | Swann Auction Galleries | $161,000
11. 2016-10-06 | FRANK BOWLING \(1936 \- \) Shut Up. | Swann Auction Galleries | $70,000
12. 2016-04-07 | FRANK BOWLING \(1936 \- \) Irv Sandler's Visit. | Swann Auction Galleries | $81,250
13. 2012-10-18 | FRANK BOWLING \(1936 \- \) Blue Trane. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,800
14. 2025-05-21 | Frank Bowling \(b.1934\) Benjamin Run | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
15. 2025-05-15 | FRANK BOWLING \(B. 1934\). Worpswede Visit \(Green Mansions\). acrylic on canva | Christie's | $252,000
16. 2025-02-27 | FRANK BOWLING \(B. 1934\). Billow. acrylic and canvas collage on canvas31 x 2 | Christie's | $63,000
17. 2024-12-14 | Frank Bowling, b. 1934, Cupid's Arrow | Black Art Auction | $60,000
18. 2024-09-27 | Sinon | Sotheby's | $156,000
19. 2024-05-17 | FRANK BOWLING \(B. 1934\) Odysseus's Footfalls acrylic on canvas 93 ¼ x 70 in | Christie's | $819,000
20. 2024-02-20 | FRANK BOWLING \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
21. 2024-02-20 | FRANK BOWLING \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
22. 2024-02-20 | FRANK BOWLING \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
23. 2023-10-13 | Lenoraseas | Sotheby's | £317,500
24. 2023-09-28 | FRANK BOWLING \(B. 1934\) Pouring Over 2 Morrison Boys & 2 Maps I Image & She | Christie's | N/A

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