# Joe Brainard - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T14:00:17.695Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 68
- Lots with prices: 60
- First auction date: 2007-06-09
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-23
- Median realised price: $3,500
- Price range: $225 to $36,000

## Market Takeaway
Joe Brainard has 68 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 13 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 \($2,375 to $4,572\) 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: 6.7% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 85% (51 sales)
- $10,000\+: 8.3% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 13
- Previous 12 months sales: 17
- Recent 12 months median: $3,250
- Previous 12 months median: $3,000
- Median shift: 8.3%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-23
- Days since latest sale: 7
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 18 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 9 lots
- Christie's: 6 lots
- STAIR: 5 lots
- Vallot Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 3 lots
- Material Culture: 3 lots
- Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 3 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Wright: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-18 | Joe Brainard, Tattoo. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,572
2. 2025-12-18 | Joe Brainard, Mouse and Cheese, 1975. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,572
3. 2025-12-18 | Joe Brainard, Untitled, Bang! | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,905
4. 2025-12-06 | Joe BRAINARD: "The Alternative Press..." | Armstrong Fine Art | N/A
5. 2025-11-06 | Joe Brainard \(American, 1942\-1994\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $4,000
6. 2025-10-30 | Joe Brainard, Ice Cream | Wright | $4,500
7. 2025-06-25 | Joe Brainard \(American, 1942\-1994\) Set of Fourteen Erotic Drawings \(14\) | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $10,000
8. 2025-05-22 | JOE BRAINARD \(1942 \- 1994, AMERICAN\) Untitled \(Fish Bowl\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,375
9. 2025-05-22 | JOE BRAINARD \(1942 \- 1994, AMERICAN\) Untitled \(\#3\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,250
10. 2025-05-22 | JOE BRAINARD \(1942 \- 1994, AMERICAN\) Untitled \(Still Life\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,375
11. 2025-05-22 | JOE BRAINARD \(1942 \- 1994, AMERICAN\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,750
12. 2025-05-22 | Joe Brainard \(American, 1942 \- 1992\) Collection | Vallot Auctioneers | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joe-brainard-american-1942-1992-collection-107-c-dbb4feaaae
13. 2025-02-20 | Joe Brainard \(American, 1942 \- 1994\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $3,000
14. 2024-11-20 | Joe Brainard, Nude | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
15. 2024-11-18 | Joe Brainard \(1942\-1994\) Mixed media collage | Material Culture | $3,000
16. 2024-11-18 | Joe Brainard \(1942\-1994\) Mixed Media Collage, 1975 | Material Culture | $1,900
17. 2024-11-18 | Joe Brainard \(1942\-1994\) "Butterfly Madonna", 1966 | Material Culture | $5,500
18. 2024-11-12 | JOE BRAINARD \(1942 \- 1994, AMERICAN\) Onion. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
19. 2024-11-12 | JOE BRAINARD \(1942 \- 1994, AMERICAN\) Girl Envelope. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,000
20. 2024-11-12 | JOE BRAINARD \(1942 \- 1994, AMERICAN\) Icecream Sundae, \(\#302\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,500
21. 2024-09-27 | Joe Brainard, White Flower / Blue Background | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,900
22. 2024-08-22 | JOE BRAINARD \(1942\-1994\) Untitled \(Black Pansies\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,500
23. 2024-08-22 | JOE BRAINARD \(1942\-1994\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,250
24. 2024-06-11 | Joe Brainard, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A

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