# Fred Darge - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T02:22:50.815Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 63
- Lots with prices: 51
- First auction date: 2003-05-24
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-27
- Median realised price: $2,468
- Price range: $418 to $26,000

## Market Takeaway
Fred Darge has 63 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,468. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($2,468\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,500 to $4,182\) 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: 13.7% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 78.4% (40 sales)
- $10,000\+: 7.8% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $1,500
- Previous 12 months median: $1,900
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-27
- Days since latest sale: 306
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 27 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 7 lots
- Dallas Fine Art Auction: 7 lots
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 4 lots
- Grogan & Company: 4 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 3 lots
- Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers: 3 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Cutler Bay Auctions: 1 lots
- Henry's Auktionshaus: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-05-04 | Fred Darge, American, Texas 1900\-1978 | J. Garrett Auctioneers | $1,900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-fred-darge-american-texas-1900-1978-201-c-e5a47508e4
2. 2025-06-27 | FRED DARGE \(1900\-1978\) OIL ON PANEL | Soulis Auctions | $1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-fred-darge-1900-1978-oil-on-panel-126-c-492493283d
3. 2024-10-12 | Fred Darge \(1900\-1978\) West Texas Cowboy | Lone Star Art Auction | $3,000
4. 2024-09-21 | FRED DARGE \(American/Texas 1900\-1978\) A PAINTING, "Horse in the Yard," 20TH CENTURY | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $600
5. 2023-10-14 | FRED DARGE \(1900\-1978\) OIL ON BOARD IN PERIOD FRAME | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $2,800
6. 2023-04-29 | Fred Darge \(1900 \- 1978\) AMERICAN | Cutler Bay Auctions | $2,300
7. 2022-12-10 | FRED DARGE \(1900\-1978\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $1,800
8. 2022-10-15 | FRED DARGE \(ATTRIB\) WESTERN OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS | Austin Auction Gallery | $550
9. 2022-09-23 | FRED DARGE \(1900\-1978\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $1,000
10. 2022-09-23 | FRED DARGE \(1900\-1978\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $700
11. 2022-04-30 | Fred Darge, 1900 Hamburg\-1978 Dallas/Texas, wild horses | Henry's Auktionshaus | €850
12. 2021-11-11 | Fred Darge \(American, 1900\-1978\) Myself and Outfit \(Palo Duro Canyon\) Oil on can | Heritage Auctions | $9,500
13. 2021-10-29 | Fred Darge \(AM 1900\-1978\) Afternoon Shadows | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,900
14. 2021-08-12 | FRED DARGE \(1900\-1979\): "THE PROSPECTOR" | Abell Auction | $8,000
15. 2020-10-23 | FRED DARGE \(1900\-1978\) 'APPROACHING STORM' TAOS | Austin Auction Gallery | N/A
16. 2020-10-23 | FRED DARGE \(1900\-1978\) 'HOUSE IN TAOS' PAINTING | Austin Auction Gallery | N/A
17. 2017-06-24 | Fred Darge \(AM 1900\-78\) Sierra Blanco | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,500
18. 2017-06-24 | Fred Darge \(AM 1900\-78\) Headquarters | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,600
19. 2016-08-13 | Fred Darge \| The Chuck Wagon | Altermann Galleries | $2,500
20. 2016-04-01 | Fred Darge \| The Chuck Wagon | Altermann Galleries | N/A
21. 2016-04-01 | Fred Darge \| The Round Up | Altermann Galleries | $9,600
22. 2015-11-15 | Fred Darge \| Tackhouse | Altermann Galleries | N/A
23. 2015-11-15 | Fred Darge \| Rustlers | Altermann Galleries | N/A
24. 2015-11-15 | Fred Darge \| The Stampede | Altermann Galleries | $26,000

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