# Hank Willis Thomas - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T23:08:23.183Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 73
- Lots with prices: 60
- First auction date: 2015-04-02
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-23
- Median realised price: $3,500
- Price range: $325 to $63,000

## Market Takeaway
Hank Willis Thomas has 73 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 16 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 \($3,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,260 to $9,600\) 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: 11.7% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 63.3% (38 sales)
- $10,000\+: 25% (15 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 16
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $2,520
- Previous 12 months median: $2,048
- Median shift: 23%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-23
- Days since latest sale: 112
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 26 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 14 lots
- Tate Ward Auctions: 9 lots
- Black Art Auction: 4 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Wright: 3 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 2 lots
- Material Culture: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-18 | Hank Willis Thomas, Who Taught You To Love?, 2021 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $2,048 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hank-willis-thomas-who-taught-you-to-love-2021-109-c-70e4d1691d
2. 2026-01-23 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(B. 1976\). American Gothic, 2014. credited, titled, date | Christie's | $59,690
3. 2025-12-16 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(B. 1976\). Pinwheel. found basketball and football jerse | Christie's | $25,400
4. 2025-12-13 | Hank Willis Thomas, b. 1976, Half of the City of God | Black Art Auction | N/A
5. 2025-12-13 | Hank Willis Thomas, b. 1976, After Identity, What? | Black Art Auction | N/A
6. 2025-10-24 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(B. 1976\). All Lies Matter. Sheet: 24 1/8 x 18 in. \(613 | Christie's | $1,397
7. 2025-10-17 | Futbol and Chain | Sotheby's | N/A
8. 2025-10-07 | Hank Willis Thomas \(1976\-\), The Traveler, 2016. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,128
9. 2025-10-03 | Hank Willis Thomas, All Li es Matter | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,200
10. 2025-09-30 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(B. 1976\). Black Imitates White. Image & Sheet 995 x 760 | Christie's | N/A
11. 2025-09-18 | Hank Willis Thomas \(American 1976\-\), 'The Only Bond Worth Anything Between Human Beings Is Their Humanness', 2024 | Tate Ward Auctions | £800
12. 2025-09-03 | Hank Willis Thomas, Black Power | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,500
13. 2025-08-06 | Hank Willis Thomas, All Li es Matter | Wright | $1,300
14. 2025-07-18 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(B. 1976\). Seeker. digital chromogenic print and Plexigl | Christie's | $17,640
15. 2025-07-18 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(B. 1976\). Peace and Freedom. fiberglass and aluminum34 | Christie's | N/A
16. 2025-07-17 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(B. 1976\). All Lies Matter. Sheet: 24 1/8 x 18 in. \(613 | Christie's | $2,520
17. 2025-06-25 | Hank Willis Thomas \(American 1976\-\), 'All Lies Matter', 2019 | Tate Ward Auctions | £850
18. 2025-04-03 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(1976 \- \) The Traveler. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
19. 2025-02-26 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(B. 1976\). All Lies Matter. Sheet: 24 x 18 in. \(610 x 45 | Christie's | $2,772
20. 2024-11-15 | Hank Willis Thomas \(American, B. 1976\) Screenprint in Black And White on Black Wove Paper, 2019, "All Li Es Matter", H 24" W 19.9" | DuMouchelles | $750
21. 2024-10-25 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(B.1976\). All Lies Matter. Sheet: 24 x 17 7⁄8 in. \(610 x | Christie's | $1,260
22. 2024-10-03 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(1976 \- \) All Li es Matter. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,000
23. 2024-10-01 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(B. 1976\). Black Imitates White. Image & Sheet 995 x 760 | Christie's | N/A
24. 2024-07-23 | HANK WILLIS THOMAS \(B. 1976\). All Lies Matter. Sheet: 23 7⁄8 x 17 7⁄8 in. \( | Christie's | $1,260

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