# John Currin - Auction Profile

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## Summary
- Lots tracked: 188
- Lots with prices: 129
- First auction date: 2001-05-16
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-19
- Median realised price: $35,000
- Price range: $60 to $14,500,000

## Market Takeaway
John Currin shows deep auction liquidity with 188 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $35,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-19.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($35,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $6,500 and $236,880.
- 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: 7.8% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 23.3% (30 sales)
- $10,000\+: 69% (89 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $6,300
- Previous 12 months median: $1,100
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-19
- Days since latest sale: 91
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 69 lots
- Sotheby's: 61 lots
- Phillips: 20 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 9 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 4 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Hindman: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-19 | JOHN CURRIN \(B. 1962\). Lake Place. oil on canvas70 x 60 in. \(177.8 x 152.4 | Christie's | $1,270,000
2. 2025-09-03 | JOHN CURRIN \(AMERICAN B.1962\), RACHEL AS 'THE HAG' | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £2,200
3. 2025-07-16 | JOHN CURRIN \(B. 1962\). Rachel as the Hag. Sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 ¾ in. \(428 x 298 mm.\).75 | Christie's | $1,260
4. 2025-05-21 | John Currin \(b.1962\) The Jackass. Clambake | Forum Auctions \- UK | £400
5. 2025-05-16 | Tolbrook | Sotheby's | $889,000
6. 2025-05-15 | JOHN CURRIN \(B. 1962\). The Danes. oil and shellac over etching on paperimag | Christie's | $50,400
7. 2025-04-01 | JOHN CURRIN \(B. 1962\). Milestones. Plate 328 x 202 mm. \(and similar\)Sheet 4 | Christie's | £6,300
8. 2025-02-27 | JOHN CURRIN \(B. 1962\). Pregant Woman. ink on paper9 7/8 x 6 ¼ in. \(25.1 x 1 | Christie's | $7,560
9. 2024-12-11 | John Currin \(American, b. 1962\) The Penitent, 2005 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,100
10. 2024-11-27 | John Currin \(b.1962\) The Jackass. Clambake | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
11. 2024-09-03 | John Currin \(b.1962\) The Jackass. Clambake | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
12. 2024-08-13 | JOHN CURRIN \(AMERICAN 1962\-\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £6,500
13. 2024-07-23 | JOHN CURRIN \(B. 1962\). Rachel as The Hag. Largest Sheet: 23 ½ x 18 ½ in. \(5 | Christie's | $378
14. 2024-05-17 | JOHN CURRIN \(B. 1962\) Untitled oil on canvas 34 x 30 in. \(86.4 x 76.2 cm.\) | Christie's | $236,880
15. 2024-05-17 | JOHN CURRIN \(B. 1962\) Shelley oil on canvas 23 x 18 1⁄8 in. \(58.4 x 45.7 cm | Christie's | $441,000
16. 2024-04-24 | John Currin \(b. 1962\) The Jackass. Clambake | Forum Auctions \- UK | £800
17. 2024-03-12 | John Currin \(b. 1962\) The Jackass. Clambake | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
18. 2024-03-07 | Maid of Honour | Sotheby's | N/A
19. 2024-02-13 | John Currin \- Honeymoon Nude \- 2009 Offset Lithograph 35.25" x 22.25" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
20. 2023-11-29 | JOHN CURRIN SIGNED ETCHING THE PENITENT | Jackson's International | N/A
21. 2023-11-16 | Malmö | Sotheby's | $431,800
22. 2023-11-07 | JOHN CURRIN \(B. 1962\) Nice 'n Easy oil on canvas 44 x 34 in. \(111.8 x 86.4 | Christie's | N/A
23. 2023-09-29 | JOHN CURRIN \(B. 1962\) Girl on a Hill ink and watercolor on paper 10 ½ x 8 i | Christie's | $12,600
24. 2023-09-28 | JOHN CURRIN \(B. 1962\) Milestones Plate 328 x 202 mm. \(and similar\) Sheet 4 | Christie's | N/A

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