# General Idea - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T16:16:22.427Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 62
- Lots with prices: 50
- First auction date: 2011-12-15
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-14
- Median realised price: $450
- Price range: $80 to $492,500

## Market Takeaway
General Idea has 62 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $450. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 14 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 \($450\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($280 to $1,020\) 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: 72% (36 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 24% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 13
- Recent 12 months median: $625
- Previous 12 months median: $280
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-14
- Days since latest sale: 104
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 19 lots
- Vallot Auctioneers: 10 lots
- Capitolium Art: 5 lots
- Quittenbaum Kunstauktionen GmbH: 4 lots
- AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald: 3 lots
- Nosbüsch & Stucke GmbH: 2 lots
- Revere Auctions: 2 lots
- Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting: 2 lots
- Zwiggelaar Auctions: 2 lots
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-14 | General Idea \(d.i. Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal und AA Bronson\). Middelburg Tile. Handbemalte Ke | Nosbüsch & Stucke GmbH | €350
2. 2025-10-30 | General Idea \(act. 1968\-1994\), UNTITLED \(MONEY BAGS\), 1985 | Waddington's | N/A
3. 2025-10-30 | General Idea \(act. 1968\-1994\), MANIPULATING THE SELF, 1973 | Waddington's | CA$1,250
4. 2025-10-30 | General Idea \(act. 1968\-1994\), MAGIC PALETTE, 1980 \[F.8011\] | Waddington's | CA$1,062
5. 2025-10-30 | General Idea \(act. 1968\-1994\), URSA MAJOR & TAURUS: PAVILLION FRAGMENTS FROM THE STARRY VAULT, 1983 \[F.8306\] | Waddington's | CA$2,750
6. 2025-10-30 | General Idea \(act. 1968\-1994\), TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE, STUDY FOR URSA MAJOR AND TAURUS: PAVILION FRAGMENTS FROM THE STARRY VAULT 1983 | Waddington's | CA$1,000
7. 2025-05-27 | GENERAL IDEA \(1969\-1994\) T.V. Dinner Plate, 1988 \(2\) Deux plats en porcelaine présenté dans une boite carton avec stickerL'un signé au revers au feutre Editions à 238 exemplaires Produit à Nagoya \(Japon\) pour accompagner l... | Bonhams | €500
8. 2025-05-20 | General Idea | John Moran Auctioneers | $254
9. 2025-05-16 | General Idea \(Kanada 1967 \- 1994\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €550
10. 2025-05-01 | General Idea \(act. 1968\-1994\), URSA MAJOR AND TAURUS: PAVILLION FRAGMENTS FROM THE STARRY VAULT, 1983 \[F.8306\] | Waddington's | CA$1,250
11. 2025-05-01 | General Idea \(act. 1968\-1994\), SHOE JOURNAL; THE GETTING INTO THE SPIRIT COCKTAIL BOOK; XXX VOTO \(GROUP LOT\) | Waddington's | CA$537 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-general-idea-act-1968-1994-shoe-journal-the-getting-into-the-spirit-cocktail-book-xxx-voto-group-lot-74-c-9044793919
12. 2025-05-01 | General Idea \(act. 1968\-1994\), MAGIC BULLET, 1992 \[F.9207\] | Waddington's | CA$625
13. 2025-05-01 | General Idea \(act. 1968\-1994\), PLACEBO \(HELIUM\), 1992/2001 \[F.9209\] | Waddington's | CA$1,088
14. 2025-02-20 | General Idea \(Canadian Collective, fl. 1969 \- 1994\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $600
15. 2024-12-18 | GENERAL IDEA \(1969 \- 1994\) \- GLAMOUR | Capitolium Art | €320
16. 2024-12-12 | General Idea \(Canadian Collective, 1967\-1994\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $100
17. 2024-12-12 | General Idea \(Canadian Collective, 1967\-1994 | Vallot Auctioneers | $150
18. 2024-09-26 | General Idea \(1968\-1994\), STUDY FOR URSA MAJOR AND TAURUS: PAVILION FRAGMENTS FROM THE STARRY VAULT, 1983 | Waddington's | CA$204
19. 2024-09-26 | General Idea \(1968\-1994\), STUDY FOR URSA MAJOR AND TAURUS: PAVILION FRAGMENTS FROM THE STARRY VAULT, 1983 | Waddington's | CA$325
20. 2024-09-26 | General Idea \(1968\-1994\), THE SEARCH FOR THE SPIRIT: GENERAL IDEA 1968\-1975 | Waddington's | N/A
21. 2024-07-11 | General Idea \(1968\-1994\), STUDY FOR URSA MAJOR AND TAURUS: PAVILION FRAGMENTS FROM THE STARRY VAULT, 1983 | Waddington's | CA$687
22. 2024-07-05 | GENERAL IDEA \(1969 \- 1994\) \- UNTITLED \(AIDS STAMPS\), 1988 | Capitolium Art | €280
23. 2024-07-05 | GENERAL IDEA \(1969 \- 1994\) \- AIDS, 1987 | Capitolium Art | €380
24. 2024-06-19 | GENERAL IDEA, FIVE WORKS | Zwiggelaar Auctions | €110

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## JSON Source
https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/general-idea/seo-profile