# John Ahearn - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T03:28:21.217Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 20
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2006-10-03
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-04
- Median realised price: $2,400
- Price range: $350 to $21,250

## Market Takeaway
John Ahearn has 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,400. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($2,400\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,625 to $3,500\) 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: 5.9% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 76.5% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 17.6% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $12,000
- Previous 12 months median: $350
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-04
- Days since latest sale: 145
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 5 lots
- STAIR: 5 lots
- Hindman: 3 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots
- DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers: 1 lots
- Nye & Company: 1 lots
- Phillips: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots
- Van Ham Kunstauktionen: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-04 | John Ahearn: Thomas und Barbara | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €12,000
2. 2024-07-31 | John Ahearn, American 1951, Luis Ribot, Graphite & Charcoal Pencil on Paper | Nye & Company | $350
3. 2024-03-27 | John Ahearn, Kate | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,600
4. 2024-03-06 | John Ahearn | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $7,000
5. 2022-11-18 | JOHN AHEARN \(B. 1951\) Chico oil on plaster | Christie's | $11,340
6. 2022-06-10 | John Ahearn \(American, b. 1951\) Butch | Hindman | $2,500
7. 2022-03-23 | John Ahearn \(American, b. 1951\) Bust of a Boy | Hindman | $1,000
8. 2022-03-23 | John Ahearn \(American, b. 1951\) Bust of a Man | Hindman | $1,500
9. 2018-06-02 | JOHN AHEARN \(b. 1951\): F. VALDEZ | STAIR | $2,300
10. 2018-06-02 | JOHN AHEARN \(b. 1951\): BENJAMINE | STAIR | $2,500
11. 2018-06-02 | JOHN AHEARN \(b. 1951\): H\-TAY | STAIR | $2,400
12. 2018-06-02 | JOHN AHEARN \(b. 1951\): DANNY | STAIR | $2,400
13. 2018-06-02 | JOHN AHEARN \(b. 1951\): BOBBY BALOGUN | STAIR | $3,500
14. 2017-09-19 | JOHN AHEARN \- Victor and Ernest | Phillips | $21,250
15. 2012-02-03 | John Ahearn \(American, b. 1951\), Chico/A Portrait Bust, Unsigned., Condition: Minor surface grime and abrasions. Provenance: Estate of | Skinner | $1,422
16. 2011-07-18 | John Ahearn \(AMERICAN, b. 1951\) | Christie's | N/A
17. 2010-12-17 | John Ahearn \(American, b. 1951\) | Christie's | $1,625
18. 2010-12-16 | John Ahearn \(American, b. 1951\) | Christie's | $1,625
19. 2008-04-13 | John Ahearn \(American, b. 1951\) LA II portrait, | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
20. 2006-10-03 | John Ahearn \(b. 1951\) | Christie's | N/A

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