# Gilbert Franklin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T11:59:19.876Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 12
- Lots with prices: 6
- First auction date: 2009-02-15
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-18
- Median realised price: $225
- Price range: $50 to $1,800

## Market Takeaway
Gilbert Franklin has 12 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $225. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($225\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($200 to $1,500\) 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: 66.7% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 33.3% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $50
- Previous 12 months median: $200
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-18
- Days since latest sale: 219
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Vallot Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Bakker Auctions: 2 lots
- Estates Unlimited: 2 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 2 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 1 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 1 lots
- Sandwich Auction House: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-18 | Gilbert Franklin \(British/American, 1919 \- 2004\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gilbert-franklin-british-american-1919-2004-63-c-128795ad88
2. 2025-06-18 | GILBERT FRANKLIN \(Rhode Island, 1919\-2004\), "Birth of Venus"., Print, 29" x 31" sight. Framed 36" x 29". | Sandwich Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gilbert-franklin-rhode-island-1919-2004-birth-of-venus-print-29-x-31-sight-framed-36-x-29-666-c-2004728a96
3. 2025-02-20 | Gilbert Franklin \(American/English, 1919\-2004\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gilbert-franklin-american-english-1919-2004-126-c-8664442957
4. 2022-12-10 | USA ABSTRACT BRONZE SCULPTURE BY GILBERT FRANKLIN | Antique Arena Inc | $225 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-usa-abstract-bronze-sculpture-by-gilbert-franklin-192-c-62b479ea29
5. 2025-10-23 | Gilbert Franklin \(British/American, 1919 \- 2004\) | Vallot Auctioneers | N/A
6. 2020-10-17 | Gilbert Franklin, Am. 1919\-2004, Group Lot: 1\] Nude Figure 1992 2\] Seated Silhouette 1992, 1\] Mixed Media 2\] Pencil, 1\] 6 1/4" x 4" act | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
7. 2016-04-17 | GILBERT FRANKLIN \(1919\-2004\), The Bather, 1967, Bronze | Bakker Auctions | $1,500
8. 2015-11-28 | GILBERT FRANKLIN \(1919\-2004\), The Bather, 1967, Bronze | Bakker Auctions | N/A
9. 2014-09-14 | Gilbert Franklin \(American, 1919\-2004\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
10. 2014-04-27 | Gilbert Franklin \(American, 1919\-2004\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
11. 2009-02-15 | Sculpture: Gilbert Franklin | Estates Unlimited | $1,800
12. 2009-02-15 | Sculpture: Gilbert Franklin | Estates Unlimited | $800

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