# Herman Kofi Bailey - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T04:53:48.587Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 12
- Lots with prices: 8
- First auction date: 2021-03-02
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-13
- Median realised price: $550
- Price range: $300 to $4,750

## Market Takeaway
Herman Kofi Bailey has 12 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $550. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($550\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($425 to $900\) 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: 75% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 25% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $425
- Previous 12 months median: $425
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-13
- Days since latest sale: 137
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Black Art Auction: 8 lots
- Cutler Bay Auctions: 2 lots
- Link Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-13 | Herman Kofi Bailey, 1931\-1981, Untitled, portrait | Black Art Auction | $550
2. 2025-09-13 | Herman Kofi Bailey, American 1931\-1981, Portrait, mixed media | Link Auction Galleries | $300
3. 2025-06-14 | Herman Kofi Bailey, 1931\-1981, untitled, portrait of a man | Black Art Auction | $425
4. 2025-03-15 | Herman Kofi Bailey, 1931\-1981, untitled, portrait of a man | Black Art Auction | N/A
5. 2025-03-15 | Herman Kofi Bailey, 1931\-1981, Homework | Black Art Auction | $425
6. 2023-05-20 | Herman Kofi Bailey, 1931\-1981, African Princess | Black Art Auction | $900
7. 2022-11-19 | Herman Kofi Bailey, 1931\-1981, Youth and Remake the World | Black Art Auction | $600
8. 2022-10-06 | HERMAN KOFI BAILEY \(1931 \- 1981\) Untitled \(Portrait in Green\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
9. 2022-03-12 | Herman Kofi Bailey, 1931\-1981, African Princess | Black Art Auction | $4,750
10. 2022-03-12 | Herman Kofi Bailey, 1931\-1981, Honeybunch | Black Art Auction | $1,200
11. 2021-06-08 | Herman Kofi Bailey \(1931\-1981\) United States of America | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A
12. 2021-03-02 | Herman Kofi Bailey \(1931\-1981\) United States of America | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A

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