# Frank Modell - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T10:59:54.903Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 29
- Lots with prices: 20
- First auction date: 2013-03-21
- Latest auction date: 2023-06-22
- Median realised price: $357
- Price range: $25 to $4,750

## Market Takeaway
Frank Modell has 29 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $357. 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 \($357\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($218 to $593\) 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: 80% (16 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 20% (4 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: 2023-06-22
- Days since latest sale: 1,043
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 16 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Gallery 95 Auctions: 3 lots
- Greenwich Auction: 3 lots
- Litchfield Auctions: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-06-22 | Frank Modell Framed Cartoon | Greenwich Auction | $30
2. 2023-06-08 | Frank Modell Framed Cartoon | Greenwich Auction | N/A
3. 2023-05-25 | Frank Modell Framed Cartoon | Greenwich Auction | N/A
4. 2021-12-16 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) Vegetable Stand. \[NEW YORKER / CARTOONS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $218
5. 2021-12-16 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "All I want to know is how far away from here I can get for under two thou." \[NEW YORKER / CARTOONS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $187
6. 2021-12-16 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "We have no special place in mind. We're just pooped and want to sack out." \[NEW YORKER / CARTOONS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $227
7. 2021-12-16 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "If possible, we'd like a seat in between us." \[NEW YORKER / CARTOONS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $227
8. 2021-06-24 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "Bless you, Carol, and just promise you'll call me right away if it doesn't work out." \[NEW YORKER / CARTOON | Swann Auction Galleries | $357
9. 2021-06-24 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "Look, it doesn't necessarily mean I'm for him one hundred percent." \[NEW YORKER / CARTOONS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $218
10. 2021-06-24 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "And how much is this bit of nonsense?" \[NEW YORKER / CARTOONS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $292
11. 2021-06-24 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) Wedding Cake Splitting Apart. \[NEW YORKER / CARTOONS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $218
12. 2021-06-24 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "He just isn't happy unless he's in the eye of the hurricane." \[NEW YORKER / CARTOONS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
13. 2021-06-24 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "Not everybody could pull it off, but you can." \[NEW YORKER / CARTOONS\] | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
14. 2021-01-28 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "She always goes home viva \[sic\] the Brooklyn Bridge." \[CARTOONS / NEW YORKER CARTOONIST\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $357
15. 2021-01-28 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "Now will you stop stating things without fear of contradiction?" \[CARTOONS / NEW YORKER\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $593
16. 2021-01-28 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "She's high fashion, and he's low comedy." \[CARTOONS / NEW YORKER\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $531
17. 2021-01-28 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "Are you sure it's the Op\-Ed page that has you boiling, or is it something I said?" \[CARTOONS / NEW YORKER\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $593
18. 2021-01-28 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) "Unknown Citizen." \[CARTOONS / NEW YORKER\] | Swann Auction Galleries | $437
19. 2021-01-28 | FRANK MODELL \(1917\-2016\) Bicycle Menagerie. \[CARTOONS / NEW YORKER\] | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
20. 2020-07-22 | FRANK MODELL, CARTOON, MARKER,INK ON PAPER | Litchfield Auctions | $425
21. 2016-06-29 | Frank Modell, b.1917, Am. illustration | Litchfield Auctions | N/A
22. 2016-04-20 | Frank Modell, b.1917, Am. illustration | Litchfield Auctions | N/A
23. 2015-04-19 | Frank Modell sketch | Gallery 95 Auctions | $25
24. 2015-02-08 | Frank Modell sketch | Gallery 95 Auctions | N/A

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