# Joel\-Peter Witkin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T10:44:41.655Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 372
- Lots with prices: 234
- First auction date: 2001-01-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-28
- Median realised price: $3,525
- Price range: $45 to $50,000

## Market Takeaway
Joel-Peter Witkin shows deep auction liquidity with 363 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 17 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,160 and $5,640.
- 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: 7.4% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 85.2% (195 sales)
- $10,000\+: 7.4% (17 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 17
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $1,100
- Previous 12 months median: $1,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-11
- Days since latest sale: 7
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 109 lots
- Bonhams: 60 lots
- Sotheby's: 32 lots
- Phillips: 29 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 12 lots
- Artcurial: 11 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 9 lots
- Piasa: 7 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 6 lots
- Hindman: 6 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-28 | Joel\-Peter Witkin, Gods of Earth and Heaven \[SIGNED 1989 1ST EDITION\] | Bucklin | $130 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joel-peter-witkin-gods-of-earth-and-heaven-signed-1989-1st-edition-570-c-7372c61e51
2. 2024-12-12 | Joel\-Peter Witkin, Venus and Cupid: The Caucasian View of History, Los Angeles | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,200
3. 2024-11-29 | Joel\-Peter Witkin, Picasso en los Disparates de Goya, New Mexico, 1987 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | N/A
4. 2023-12-01 | Joel\-Peter Witkin, Sanitarium poster | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $450
5. 2023-10-05 | JOEL\-PETER WITKIN \(1939\- \) A Christ. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,900
6. 2023-06-26 | JOEL\-PETER WITKIN \(born 1939\) Woman once a bird, 1991 | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
7. 2026-03-28 | Joel\-Peter Witkin, Lust and Madness Harms Way Murder and Mayhem \[SIGNED 1994 1ST EDITION\] | Bucklin | $140 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joel-peter-witkin-lust-and-madness-harms-way-murder-and-mayhem-signed-1994-1st-edition-569-c-6a387e4e82
8. 2026-02-11 | Joel\-Peter Witkin \- The Bone House 2000 | Hessink's | €80
9. 2025-12-11 | Joel\-Peter Witkin, Studio, Berlin | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,200
10. 2025-12-11 | Joel\-Peter Witkin, Still\-Life S.F. | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,200
11. 2025-12-02 | JOEL\-PETER WITKIN \(°1939\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €1,900
12. 2025-11-27 | Joel\-Peter Witkin \(b.1939\) The Arrival of Eve, 1996 | Chiswick Auctions | £1,100
13. 2025-11-27 | Joel\-Peter Witkin \(b.1939\) The Sins of Joan Miró, 1981 | Chiswick Auctions | £1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joel-peter-witkin-b-1939-the-sins-of-joan-miro-1981-240-c-3037d745af
14. 2025-11-27 | Joel\-Peter Witkin \(b.1939\) Choice of Outfits for the Agonies of Mary, San Francisco, 1984 | Chiswick Auctions | £1,300
15. 2025-11-20 | Inscribed and signed by Joel\-Peter Witkin | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-inscribed-and-signed-by-joel-peter-witkin-179-c-f9e43f7f56
16. 2025-11-04 | Joel\-Peter Witkin, Twelve Photographs | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $750
17. 2025-11-04 | Joel\-Peter Witkin, Canova's Venus Shaun Ariane Montiel | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,000
18. 2025-09-15 | Joel\-Peter Witkin \(American 1939\). Angel of the carrots, 1981/1982. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €750
19. 2025-09-15 | Joel\-Peter Witkin \(American 1939\). The Beautiful Man \(Shaun Arianne Monteil\), New York, 1982. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €600
20. 2025-09-15 | Joel\-Peter Witkin \(American 1939\). The Bird of Queveda, N.M., 1982. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A
21. 2025-09-11 | Signed by Joel\-Peter Witkin | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-by-joel-peter-witkin-442-c-461425d8f9
22. 2025-09-11 | Signed by Joel\-Peter Witkin | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $110 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-by-joel-peter-witkin-441-c-3c84d21bbe
23. 2025-09-11 | Inscribed and signed by Joel\-Peter Witkin | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-inscribed-and-signed-by-joel-peter-witkin-437-c-5ea438e907
24. 2025-09-11 | Monograph signed by Joel\-Peter Witkin | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-monograph-signed-by-joel-peter-witkin-436-c-6634283be8

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