# Herman Leonard - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T07:45:06.404Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 120
- Lots with prices: 100
- First auction date: 2010-11-16
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-11
- Median realised price: $1,088
- Price range: $60 to $30,000

## Market Takeaway
Herman Leonard shows solid auction liquidity with 118 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,100. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-23.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,100\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $700 and $1,750.
- 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: 39.8% (39 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 58.2% (57 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 12
- Previous 12 months sales: 30
- Recent 12 months median: $650
- Previous 12 months median: $1,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-23
- Days since latest sale: 118
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Hill Auction Gallery: 37 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 16 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 9 lots
- Hindman: 7 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 7 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 6 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 4 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 3 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-11 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Louis Armstrong SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herman-leonard-1923-2010-louis-armstrong-signed-19-c-e2f7956a56
2. 2026-03-11 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Ella Fitzgerald SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herman-leonard-1923-2010-ella-fitzgerald-signed-18-c-4c5d2f62e2
3. 2025-10-23 | Herman Leonard, American 1923\-2010, active New Orleans, 1992\-2005, “Louis & Duke with Friends, Paris, 1960”, archival pigment print | Neal Auction Company | $1,500
4. 2025-08-13 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Dinah Washington SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herman-leonard-1923-2010-dinah-washington-signed-171-c-42047df813
5. 2025-08-13 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Art Tatum 1955 LE SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herman-leonard-1923-2010-art-tatum-1955-le-signed-170-c-2f34f419a5
6. 2025-08-13 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Max Roach 1950 LE SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $325 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herman-leonard-1923-2010-max-roach-1950-le-signed-169-c-8af436ebbc
7. 2025-08-13 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Thelonious Monk 49 SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herman-leonard-1923-2010-thelonious-monk-49-signed-168-c-048429ab02
8. 2025-08-13 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Billy Eckstine '48 SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herman-leonard-1923-2010-billy-eckstine-48-signed-167-c-30a4581be3
9. 2025-08-13 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Miles Davis '91 LE SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herman-leonard-1923-2010-miles-davis-91-le-signed-166-c-bd9433a8e4
10. 2025-08-13 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Nat King Cole 1949 SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $1,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herman-leonard-1923-2010-nat-king-cole-1949-signed-165-c-c3b49f49cc
11. 2025-08-13 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Clifford Brown '48 SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $650 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herman-leonard-1923-2010-clifford-brown-48-signed-164-c-4f14872886
12. 2024-11-20 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Thelonious Monk 49 SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $475
13. 2024-09-18 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Billy Eckstine '48 SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $650 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herman-leonard-1923-2010-billy-eckstine-48-signed-59-c-a4b4740aa9
14. 2024-09-18 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Art Tatum 1955 LE SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $550
15. 2024-09-18 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Nat King Cole 1949 SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $1,400
16. 2024-09-18 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Thelonious Monk 49 SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $1,100
17. 2023-03-31 | Herman Leonard \(1923\-2010\) | Chiswick Auctions | £650
18. 2025-10-23 | Herman Leonard, American 1923\-2010, active New Orleans, 1992\-2005, “Billie Holiday, NYC, 1949”, gelatin silver print | Neal Auction Company | $1,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herman-leonard-american-1923-2010-active-new-orleans-1992-2005-billie-holiday-nyc-1949-gelatin-silver-print-297-c-1a2b56f52b
19. 2025-10-16 | Herman Leonard, American 1923\-2010, Frank Sinatra, Monte Carlo, 1958 | Abell Auction | $650
20. 2025-03-04 | Herman Leonard, Chet Baker, Newport Jazz Festival | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,500
21. 2025-02-08 | Herman Leonard \(American, 1923\-2010\) photograph | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $700
22. 2025-01-29 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Billie Holiday 49 SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $1,300
23. 2024-11-20 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Sonny Stitt 1953 SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $900
24. 2024-11-20 | Herman Leonard 1923\-2010 Mulligan & Sims 55 SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $325

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