# Fred Otnes - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T19:54:08.819Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 11
- Lots with prices: 7
- First auction date: 2009-03-13
- Latest auction date: 2024-05-08
- Median realised price: $225
- Price range: $150 to $1,750

## Market Takeaway
Fred Otnes has 11 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $225. 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 \($225\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $359\) 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: 85.7% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 14.3% (1 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: 2024-05-08
- Days since latest sale: 735
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Litchfield Auctions: 4 lots
- Capo Auction: 3 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 1 lots
- Weiss Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-05-08 | FRED OTNES \- 1994 ANNUAL REPORT | Litchfield Auctions | $200
2. 2022-07-27 | Fred Otnes, Mixed Media, "Colliers Yearbook" | Weiss Auctions | N/A
3. 2019-02-23 | Fred Otnes \(American, b. 1930\) | Capo Auction | N/A
4. 2019-01-26 | Fred Otnes \(American, b. 1930\) | Capo Auction | N/A
5. 2016-10-01 | FRED OTNES \(American, 1925\-2015\) | South Bay Auctions Inc | $325
6. 2015-12-02 | Fred Otnes, "1994 Annual Report", mixed media | Litchfield Auctions | $150
7. 2015-12-02 | Fred Otnes, "1994 Annual Report", mixed media | Litchfield Auctions | $150
8. 2015-12-02 | Fred Otnes, "1994 Annual Report with Skeleton" | Litchfield Auctions | $225
9. 2014-12-13 | Fred Otnes \(American, b. 1930\) | Capo Auction | N/A
10. 2012-12-06 | Fred Otnes \(B. 1930\) | Christie's | $1,750
11. 2009-03-13 | FRED OTNES \(American b. 1926\) Photomontage | Heritage Auctions | $359

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