# Jimmy DeSana - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T10:29:46.185Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 34
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2005-04-26
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-28
- Median realised price: $3,500
- Price range: $250 to $21,250

## Market Takeaway
Jimmy DeSana has 34 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($2,000 to $6,750\) 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: 12% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 68% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 20% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $3,500
- Previous 12 months median: $4,200
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-28
- Days since latest sale: 90
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 16 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 7 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Material Culture: 1 lots
- Piasa: 1 lots
- RoGallery: 1 lots
- Santa Monica Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-28 | Jimmy DeSana, Roses & Bagties | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,500
2. 2025-08-21 | Jimmy DeSana, Mustard & Ketchup. 1985; printed 1999. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,500
3. 2025-02-19 | Jimmy De Sana \(1949\-1990\) Gooseberies, 1987 | Piasa | €1,600
4. 2024-12-12 | Jimmy DeSana, 101 Nudes portfolio | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $4,200
5. 2024-08-22 | JIMMY DESANA \(1949\-1990\) Television, from the series Submission. | Swann Auction Galleries | $20,000
6. 2024-07-10 | Jimmy DeSana, Four Legs with Shoes | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $4,200
7. 2024-05-16 | JIMMY DESANA \(1949\-1990\) Masking Tape, from the series Submission. | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,750
8. 2024-03-08 | Jimmy DeSana, Figure with Light Trails in Bed | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $950
9. 2024-03-08 | Jimmy DeSana, Four Legs with Shoes | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,800
10. 2024-02-15 | JIMMY DESANA \(1949\-1990\) A selection of 3 photographs from DeSana's Suburban series. | Swann Auction Galleries | $10,625
11. 2023-12-01 | Jimmy DeSana, Four Legs with Shoes | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,000
12. 2023-12-01 | Jimmy DeSana, Figure with Light Trails in Bed | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,500
13. 2023-10-05 | JIMMY DESANA \(1949\-1990\) Portrait of Salvador Dalí at the St. Regis Hotel, New York. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
14. 2023-10-05 | JIMMY DESANA \(1949\-1990\) Portrait of the musician James Chance \(1953\- \). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
15. 2023-08-17 | JIMMY DESANA \(1949\-1990\) Portrait of the artist May Wilson \(1905\-1986\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
16. 2023-08-17 | JIMMY DESANA \(1949\-1990\) A suite of 5 photographs from DeSana's Suburban series | Swann Auction Galleries | $21,250
17. 2023-08-17 | JIMMY DESANA \(1949\-1990\) Enema, from the series Submission. | Swann Auction Galleries | $10,625
18. 2023-08-02 | Jimmy DeSana, Figure with Light Trails in Bed | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,600
19. 2023-04-27 | JIMMY DESANA \(1949\-1990\) Portrait of Ethel Scull. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
20. 2023-04-27 | JIMMY DESANA \(1949\-1990\) Portrait of Andy Warhol. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,000
21. 2022-12-14 | Jimmy DeSana \(American, 1950\-1990\) "Marker Cones \(No Head\)," Photograph | Material Culture | $2,300
22. 2022-11-06 | Jimmy DeSana \(1949\-1990\) Pool, \(ND\) | Santa Monica Auctions | $2,500
23. 2022-08-18 | JIMMY DESANA \(1949\-1990\) & DIEGO CORTEZ \(1946\-2021\) El Cansearch Presidente, a diptych. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
24. 2022-08-18 | JIMMY DESANA \(1949\-1990\) A portfolio titled 101 Nudes. | Swann Auction Galleries | $11,875

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