# Gutzon Borglum - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T22:06:28.304Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 35
- Lots with prices: 31
- First auction date: 1999-10-16
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-07
- Median realised price: $1,800
- Price range: $100 to $144,000

## Market Takeaway
Gutzon Borglum shows developing auction liquidity with 32 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-07.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $592 and $7,500.
- 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: 41.4% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 34.5% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 24.1% (7 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $200
- Previous 12 months median: $260
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-07
- Days since latest sale: 73
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Alexander Historical Auctions LLC: 5 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- RR Auction: 4 lots
- University Archives: 4 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 1 lots
- Early American History Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-07 | GUTZON BORGLUM \(USA, 1867\-1941\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $28,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gutzon-borglum-usa-1867-1941-142-c-9f44ccf8f7
2. 2025-06-04 | Gutzon Borglum Signed and Inscribed Exhibit Catalog to Lincoln Colcord | University Archives | $350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gutzon-borglum-signed-and-inscribed-exhibit-catalog-to-lincoln-colcord-118-c-dd048d8b8b
3. 2024-09-18 | Gutzon Borglum, Mt. Rushmore Sculptor, PSA Mint 9 2x Signed Postcard | University Archives | $260
4. 2023-04-27 | GUTZON BORGLUM \(1867\-1941\) A photograph of a model of Mount Rushmore. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
5. 2025-06-08 | GUTZON BORGLUM \(AMERICAN, 1867 \- 1941\) | James Cox Gallery | $200
6. 2022-09-17 | Gutzon Borglum \(1867 \- 1941\), Apaches Pursued | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $20,000
7. 2021-09-15 | Gutzon Borglum bronze head of a gentleman | Pook & Pook Inc. | $190
8. 2021-04-17 | GUTZON BORGLUM \(1871\-1941\) PLAQUETTE OF R. L. STEVENSON | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $450
9. 2020-02-26 | Gutzon Borglum on Mount Rushmore! | University Archives | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gutzon-borglum-on-mount-rushmore-21-c-0c14d9684f
10. 2019-01-23 | Gutzon Borglum, Mt. Rushmore Sculptor, Rare and Large Signed Photo of the Monument | University Archives | $700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gutzon-borglum-mt-rushmore-sculptor-rare-and-large-signed-photo-of-the-monument-26-c-17f4bfb910
11. 2018-11-19 | Gutzon Borglum \(1867\-1941\) John Ruskin 15in high | Bonhams | $2,500
12. 2018-04-18 | GUTZON BORGLUM \- THE MERCHANDISING OF MOUNT RUSHMORE | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $850
13. 2017-11-15 | GUTZON BORGLUM \| The Wonderment of Motherhood | Sotheby's | $13,750
14. 2016-08-05 | GUTZON BORGLUM, American, 1867\-1941, Nocturnal seascape., Oil on canvas, 14" x 22". Framed 23" x 31". | Eldred's | $3,000
15. 2016-07-14 | GUTZON BORGLUM, American, 1867\-1941, Woodland interior., Oil on canvas, 16" x 12". Framed 18.5" x 14.5". | Eldred's | $500
16. 2016-06-09 | GUTZON BORGLUM \| John Ruskin | Sotheby's | $4,250
17. 2016-06-09 | GUTZON BORGLUM \| Maquette for Seated Lincoln | Sotheby's | $100,000
18. 2015-10-20 | Gutzon Borglum \(1867\-1941 Santa Barbara, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $6,000
19. 2015-10-02 | GUTZON BORGLUM \| Head of Lincoln | Sotheby's | $30,000
20. 2015-03-25 | Gutzon Borglum \(1867\-1941\) California Cowboy oil on canvas 22 ¼ x 32 in. \(5 | Christie's | $6,875
21. 2014-11-29 | GUTZON BORGLUM, OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS, PORTRAIT | Marion Antique Auctions | $2,600
22. 2014-11-12 | Gutzon Borglum | RR Auction | $1,037
23. 2014-07-16 | Gutzon Borglum | RR Auction | $3,768
24. 2013-08-20 | GUTZON BORGLUM \(American, 1867\-1941\) IN THE WOODS | James D. Julia | $592

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