# Gary Thomas Erbe - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T01:00:47.235Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 29
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2008-09-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-14
- Median realised price: $5,000
- Price range: $50 to $24,000

## Market Takeaway
Gary Thomas Erbe has 29 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($5,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($2,800 to $8,000\) 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: 4% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 80% (20 sales)
- $10,000\+: 16% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $1,800
- Previous 12 months median: $2,300
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-14
- Days since latest sale: 198
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 12 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 7 lots
- Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches: 4 lots
- Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots
- Curated Gallery Auctions: 1 lots
- Westport Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-14 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \(B. 1944\) LITHOGRAPH | Westport Auction | $50
2. 2025-07-27 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \(New Jersey, b. 1944\) | Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC | $1,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gary-thomas-erbe-new-jersey-b-1944-20-c-3e44b3dbc5
3. 2025-07-27 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \(New Jersey, b. 1944\) | Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC | $1,800
4. 2024-12-31 | Gary Thomas Erbe \(Born 1944\) Important Super Realist Trompe L'Oeil Still Life Signed Oil Painting | Curated Gallery Auctions | $2,300
5. 2023-07-08 | Gary Thomas Erbe \(American, b.1944\), Far East Landscape, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 45" x 55", Framed\-57' x 47" | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | $2,000
6. 2023-07-08 | Gary Thomas Erbe \(American, b.1944\), The Vase, Oil on Canvas, Signed and dated 1966 upper left, 40" x 30", in a late 19th century gesso cast and gilded exhibition frame, Overall measures 50 1/2" x 40". Note: This is t... | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | $1,300
7. 2021-01-30 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \(American. Born 1944\) | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | N/A
8. 2020-11-12 | Gary Thomas Erbe \(American, b. 1944\) The Vase, 1966 Oil on canvas 40\-1/4 x 30 in | Heritage Auctions | N/A
9. 2020-09-10 | Gary Thomas Erbe \(American, b. 1944\) The Vase, 1966 Oil on canvas 40\-1/4 x 30 in | Heritage Auctions | N/A
10. 2020-05-14 | Gary Thomas Erbe \(American, b. 1944\) Spaghetti Western, 1974 Oil on canvas 39 x | Heritage Auctions | $5,000
11. 2018-11-08 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \(AMERICAN, B. 1944\) ICE AGE, 1969 OIL ON CANVAS 38 X 28 INCHES | Heritage Auctions | $3,800
12. 2018-11-08 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \(AMERICAN, B. 1944\) RED HORIZON, 2004 OIL ON CANVAS 52 X 38 INC | Heritage Auctions | $10,000
13. 2018-11-08 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \(AMERICAN, B. 1944\) SPAGHETTI WESTERN, 1974 OIL ON CANVAS 39 X | Heritage Auctions | N/A
14. 2018-10-05 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \| Lifeline  | Sotheby's | $8,500
15. 2018-09-22 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \(AMERICAN, B. 1944\) TRIBUTE TO EVERETT, 1969 OIL ON CANVAS 34 X | Heritage Auctions | $5,500
16. 2017-10-06 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \| A Dream | Sotheby's | $8,750
17. 2017-07-06 | GARY THOMAS ERBE, B.1944 \| Today's Special  | Sotheby's | $3,000
18. 2017-05-24 | GARY THOMAS ERBE, B. 1944 \| China Doll | Sotheby's | $2,800
19. 2017-05-24 | GARY THOMAS ERBE, B. 1944 \| You Can't Take it With You | Sotheby's | $7,500
20. 2017-04-07 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \| Specimen Case | Sotheby's | $5,000
21. 2017-04-07 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \| Chapter One: Humanity | Sotheby's | $6,875
22. 2016-11-21 | GARY THOMAS ERBE B.1944 \| Cheap Music | Sotheby's | $18,750
23. 2016-11-21 | GARY THOMAS ERBE B.1944 \| The Final Twist | Sotheby's | $3,125
24. 2016-10-20 | GARY THOMAS ERBE \| Political Joyride | Sotheby's | $7,000

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