# Gary Ernest Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T12:34:42.076Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 99
- Lots with prices: 85
- First auction date: 2006-04-07
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-03
- Median realised price: $3,500
- Price range: $400 to $18,000

## Market Takeaway
Gary Ernest Smith shows solid auction liquidity with 99 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 32 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,000 and $6,765.
- 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: 2.4% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 92.9% (79 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4.7% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 32
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $4,000
- Previous 12 months median: $1,400
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-03
- Days since latest sale: 15
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Altermann Galleries: 23 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 17 lots
- Freeman’s: 8 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 8 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 6 lots
- Hindman: 5 lots
- Skinner: 4 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Revere Auctions: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2019-05-31 | Gary Ernest Smith \| Cowboy at Sunset | Altermann Galleries | N/A
2. 2026-02-03 | Gary Ernest Smith "Potato Stacker" Triptych | Revere Auctions | $1,900
3. 2025-11-08 | Gary Ernest Smith, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, 1982 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $6,765
4. 2025-11-08 | Gary Ernest Smith, Water Mill, 1982 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $6,765
5. 2025-11-07 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Storm Clouds Over Mesas | Freeman’s | $3,000
6. 2025-11-07 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Billy the Kid, 1991 | Freeman’s | $4,000
7. 2025-11-07 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Blue Cowboy | Freeman’s | $2,000
8. 2025-11-07 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Wild Horse Skull with Dead Snag, 1989 | Freeman’s | $3,500
9. 2025-11-06 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Canyon Dwelling, 2010 | Freeman’s | $5,000
10. 2025-11-06 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Pasture Land, 1997 | Freeman’s | $4,000
11. 2025-11-06 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Horse Pasture in Red Rock Country, 2011 | Freeman’s | $2,000
12. 2025-11-06 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Road to Mogollon, 2009 | Freeman’s | $8,500
13. 2025-09-13 | Gary Ernest Smith \(1942\- \), Autumn Tree, 2018 | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $3,500
14. 2025-09-13 | Gary Ernest Smith \(1942\- \), Potato Digger | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $7,500
15. 2025-06-03 | Gary Ernest Smith \(b. 1942\), "Potato Bucket" | John Moran Auctioneers | $5,080
16. 2025-05-16 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Berry Patch | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $3,000
17. 2025-05-16 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Modern Cowboy, 2012 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,500
18. 2025-05-16 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Facing the Day \(Study\) | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,200
19. 2025-05-16 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Darkman, 1995 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,700
20. 2025-05-16 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Sky Shovel II | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,800
21. 2025-05-16 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Umbrella Barn | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,750
22. 2025-05-16 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Santa Fe Hollyhocks | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $3,000
23. 2025-05-16 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Thistle with Barbed Wire, 1989 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,700
24. 2025-05-15 | Gary Ernest Smith \(American, b. 1942\) Gateway Symbol, 1989 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $7,000

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