# Fred Ludekens - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T03:12:07.294Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 21
- Lots with prices: 18
- First auction date: 2002-07-10
- Latest auction date: 2024-10-12
- Median realised price: $937
- Price range: $50 to $2,750

## Market Takeaway
Fred Ludekens has 21 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $937. 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 \($937\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($500 to $1,625\) 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: 50% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50% (9 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $50
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-10-12
- Days since latest sale: 563
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 12 lots
- Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 1 lots
- The Ross Art Group, Inc: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-12 | Fred Ludekens \(1900\-1982\). | Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals | $125
2. 2024-10-12 | Fred Ludekens \(1900\-1982\). | Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals | $50
3. 2024-10-12 | Fred Ludekens \(1900\-1982\). | Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals | $50
4. 2023-11-09 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\). THE SALAD BOWL / SOUTHERN PACIFIC. 1930. 23x16 inches, 58½x40¾ cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-fred-ludekens-1900-1982-the-salad-bowl-southern-pacific-1930-23x16-inches-581-2x403-4-cm-191-c-d7a44aab41
5. 2023-08-03 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\). SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S STREAMLINED DAYLIGHT LOS ANGELES \- SAN FRANCISCO. 1937. 20¼x41½ inches, 51½x105½ cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $937
6. 2023-01-19 | Fred Ludekens \(1900\-1982\); Edward McKnight Kauffer \(1890\-1954\) Arizona/American Airlines; American Airlines \(Cowgirl\); \(2\) | Bonhams | $500
7. 2022-11-10 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\) & STUDIO. SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S STREAMLINED DAYLIGHT. 1937. 20x41 inches, 51x104¼ cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750
8. 2022-11-10 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\). SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S STREAMLINED DAYLIGHT LOS ANGELES \- SAN FRANCISCO. 1937. 20¼x41½ inches, 51½x105½ cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
9. 2022-02-24 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\). ARIZONA / AMERICAN AIRLINES. Circa 1950s. 39½x29½ inches, 100¼x75 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,062
10. 2022-02-24 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\). LOS ANGELES / AMERICAN AIRLINES. Circa 1950s. 40x30¼ inches, 101½x76¾ cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $562
11. 2021-08-05 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\). ARIZONA / AMERICAN AIRLINES. Circa 1950s. 39x29 inches, 99x73½ cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $750
12. 2021-08-05 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\). LOS ANGELES / AMERICAN AIRLINES. Circa 1950s. 40x30 inches, 101½x76¼ cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
13. 2020-08-27 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\). LOS ANGELES / AMERICAN AIRLINES. Circa 1950s. 39x30 inches, 100x76 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,250
14. 2019-09-10 | Original American Airlines Los Angeles Hollywood Poster c1950 by Fred Ludekens | The Ross Art Group, Inc | $1,800
15. 2018-05-19 | Fred Ludekens, painting | Millea Bros Ltd | $300
16. 2016-10-27 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\). THE SALAD BOWL / SOUTHERN PACIFIC. 1930. 23x16 inches, 58x40 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,875
17. 2016-05-10 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\). SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S STREAMLINED DAYLIGHT. Circa 1937. 19x41 inches, 50x105 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,625
18. 2014-08-06 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\). SHASTA DAYLIGHT / SOUTHERN PACIFIC. 1952. 23x16 inches, 58x40 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $750
19. 2004-10-29 | FRED LUDEKENS \(1900\-1982\) | Heritage Auctions | N/A
20. 2003-04-03 | Fred Ludekens \(1900\-1982\) | Christie's | $1,912
21. 2002-07-10 | Fred Ludekens \(1900\-1982\) | Christie's | $1,076

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