# Jean Cocteau - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T18:21:50.355Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 3,791
- Lots with prices: 2,490
- First auction date: 1998-10-21
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-19
- Median realised price: $1,275
- Price range: $5 to $3,700,000

## Market Takeaway
Jean Cocteau shows very deep auction liquidity with 3,604 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 193 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-20.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,300\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $350 and $3,250.
- 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: 43% (1,015 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 53% (1,253 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4% (94 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 193
- Previous 12 months sales: 467
- Recent 12 months median: $500
- Previous 12 months median: $1,350
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-20
- Days since latest sale: 29
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 372 lots
- Christie's: 278 lots
- TGP Auction: 266 lots
- Artcurial: 159 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 144 lots
- Tajan: 138 lots
- Bouvet Auction: 108 lots
- Louiza Auktion & Associés: 101 lots
- HVMC \- Hôtel des Ventes de Monte\-Carlo: 70 lots
- Sotheby's: 70 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-08 | Jean Cocteau \(1889 \- 1963\): "Le Coq" Vintage Modernist Print | Curated Gallery Auctions | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-jean-cocteau-1889-1963-le-coq-vintage-modernist-print-270-c-13c6d11b4b
2. 2026-01-20 | JEAN COCTEAU \(France, 1889 \- 1963\) "Le Testament d'Orphée". Silkscreen. In good condition. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
3. 2026-01-20 | JEAN COCTEAU \(France, 1889 \- 1963\) "Le Testament d'Orphée". Silkscreen. In good condition. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
4. 2026-01-20 | JEAN COCTEAU \(Maisons\-Laffitte, 1889 \- Milly\-la\-Forêt, 1963\). "Les Ballets Russes de Diaghilev", 1939. Silkscreen. In good condition. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
5. 2026-01-17 | Jean Cocteau \(1889\-1963\) | Lux Auction | N/A
6. 2026-01-04 | JEAN COCTEAU | Schuler Auktionen | CHF 1,000
7. 2025-12-15 | Jean Cocteau \(1889 \- 1963\) Tea Time | Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes | N/A
8. 2025-12-12 | Jean Cocteau, Nude Youth Astride a Unicorn | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,500
9. 2025-12-12 | Jean Cocteau, Les baigneurs | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,500
10. 2025-12-12 | Jean Cocteau, Male Nudes | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,000
11. 2025-12-12 | Jean Cocteau, lithograph on paper, 1958 | Millea Bros Ltd | $425
12. 2025-12-12 | Jean Cocteau \(French, 1889\-1963\) Untitled \(Deux Profils\), c. 1940 | Freeman’s | $6,000
13. 2025-12-11 | Deux profils face à face. | Arenberg Auctions | €400
14. 2025-12-06 | JEAN COCTEAU \- SAMMLERKONVOLUT VON 42 LITHOGRAFIEN UND AUSSTELLUNGSPLAKATEN | Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf | €900
15. 2025-12-06 | JEAN COCTEAU \- DOPPELPORTRAIT IM PROFIL | Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf | €1,200
16. 2025-12-06 | Jean Cocteau | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | N/A
17. 2025-12-05 | Jean Cocteau | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | N/A
18. 2025-12-05 | Jean Cocteau \(1889 Maisons\-Laffitte \- Milly\-la\-Forêt 1963\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €950
19. 2025-12-04 | withdrawn | Hampel Fine Art Auctions | N/A
20. 2025-12-04 | withdrawn | Hampel Fine Art Auctions | N/A
21. 2025-12-04 | withdrawn | Hampel Fine Art Auctions | N/A
22. 2025-12-04 | withdrawn | Hampel Fine Art Auctions | N/A
23. 2025-12-04 | withdrawn | Hampel Fine Art Auctions | N/A
24. 2025-12-04 | withdrawn | Hampel Fine Art Auctions | N/A

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