# Hank Murta Adams - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T00:52:43.888Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 40
- Lots with prices: 37
- First auction date: 2009-09-29
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-28
- Median realised price: $1,800
- Price range: $25 to $6,500

## Market Takeaway
Hank Murta Adams has 40 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,800. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 6 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 \($1,800\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($600 to $3,200\) 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: 37.8% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 62.2% (23 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $2,000
- Previous 12 months median: $1,800
- Median shift: 11.1%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-28
- Days since latest sale: 59
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 15 lots
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- District Auction: 3 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots
- Clars Auctions: 2 lots
- Fine Estate Inc.: 2 lots
- Palm Beach Modern Auctions: 2 lots
- Barton's Auction: 1 lots
- Clark's Auction Company: 1 lots
- Elite Auctioneers, LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-28 | Hank Murta Adams \(American, b. 1956\), "Bush Of Division" Art Glass And Enameled Steel Sculpture | Clark's Auction Company | $270 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hank-murta-adams-american-b-1956-bush-of-division-art-glass-and-enameled-steel-sculpture-80-c-507e4ea83c
2. 2025-02-02 | Hank Murta Adams \- Sculpture | Barton's Auction | $1,000
3. 2023-02-25 | HANK MURTA ADAMS \(American b. 1956\) AN ART GLASS SCULPTURE, "Cache of Quarrel," 1981 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hank-murta-adams-american-b-1956-an-art-glass-sculpture-cache-of-quarrel-1981-18-c-9784da292b
4. 2018-04-16 | HANK MURTA ADAMS \(AMERICAN, B. 1956\) GRIDDED BUST, 1988 CAST AND ENAMELED GLASS | Heritage Auctions | $4,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hank-murta-adams-american-b-1956-gridded-bust-1988-cast-and-enameled-glass-67094-c-6ad44c5bcf
5. 2018-04-16 | HANK MURTA ADAMS \(AMERICAN, B. 1956\) KNOCKERS, 1988 CAST AND ENAMELED GLASS WITH | Heritage Auctions | $4,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hank-murta-adams-american-b-1956-knockers-1988-cast-and-enameled-glass-with-67093-c-ca94a8a9f2
6. 2026-01-15 | Hank Murta Adams, Stacked | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,800
7. 2025-11-19 | Hank Murta Adams, Floor Cast Event | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $100
8. 2025-09-19 | Hank Murta Adams, Still Life | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,800
9. 2025-09-19 | Hank Murta Adams, Scatter | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,000
10. 2025-09-19 | Hank Murta Adams, Cleanser | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,400
11. 2025-04-27 | Hank Murta Adams \(American b. 1956\) | Fine Estate Inc. | $425
12. 2025-04-27 | Hank Murta Adams \(American b.1956\) Sculpture | Fine Estate Inc. | $250
13. 2025-02-06 | HANK MURTA ADAMS, UNTITLED | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,200
14. 2024-09-20 | Hank Murta Adams, Head on Cart | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,800
15. 2024-09-20 | Hank Murta Adams, Envelop | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,600
16. 2024-09-20 | Hank Murta Adams, Lorne | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,800
17. 2024-09-20 | Hank Murta Adams, Dumbbell | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,200
18. 2024-04-17 | HANK MURTA ADAMS \(B. 1956\) Head, 1987 | Bonhams | $4,000
19. 2024-02-21 | Hank Murta Adams, Collection of five Cast Cakes | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,900
20. 2024-02-21 | Hank Murta Adams, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,200
21. 2024-02-21 | Hank Murta Adams, Bust with Jumper | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,500
22. 2023-10-05 | Hank Murta Adams, TJ's Lump Crab \+ Peas \+ Carrots \+ Tuna \+ Coffee \+ Soup \+ Beans | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,000
23. 2023-10-05 | Hank Murta Adams, Head with Struts | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,800
24. 2023-06-06 | Hank Murta Adams \(American, b. 1956\) Head, 1997 Cast glass, metal 14\-1/2 inches | Heritage Auctions | $2,800

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