# John Gruen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T01:38:05.196Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 18
- Lots with prices: 6
- First auction date: 2011-02-25
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-13
- Median realised price: $200
- Price range: $125 to $1,000

## Market Takeaway
John Gruen has 18 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $200. 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 \($200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($125 to $549\) 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: 83.3% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 16.7% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $200
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-13
- Days since latest sale: 106
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- DUMBO Auctions: 5 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 2 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 2 lots
- Waddington's: 2 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Lawyer Auction LLC: 1 lots
- STAIR: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-13 | John Gruen "Still Life" Gelatin Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-gruen-still-life-gelatin-silver-print-24-c-4bb32a91af
2. 2025-07-31 | John Gruen "Still Life" Gelatin Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-gruen-still-life-gelatin-silver-print-453-c-2e846b9ac0
3. 2024-10-22 | John Gruen \- Objects cover of the book \- Offset Lithograph 19" x 24" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
4. 2024-09-10 | John Gruen \- Objects cover of the book \- Offset Lithograph 19" x 24" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
5. 2024-06-18 | John Gruen \- Objects cover of the book \- Offset Lithograph 19" x 24" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
6. 2023-12-05 | John Gruen \- Objects \- Offset Lithograph 19" x 24" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
7. 2023-07-25 | John Gruen \- Objects \- Offset Lithograph 19" x 24" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
8. 2021-01-10 | JOHN GRUEN \(AMERICAN, 1926\-2016\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $1,000
9. 2019-06-30 | John Gruen pencil signed Still Life Photograph | Lawyer Auction LLC | $125
10. 2019-06-04 | JOHN GRUEN \(B.1926\) David Hockney, Larry Rivers, Jasper Johns & William Bailey, 1959 –... each signed, titled, dated, negative and image numbers annotated in pencil, three stamped with photographers credit \(verso\) each approximately 13 ½ x 9 ¼ | Christie's | N/A
11. 2016-10-28 | John Gruen | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
12. 2016-07-17 | John Gruen \(American, b. 1926\) | Neal Auction Company | $549
13. 2015-08-12 | John Gruen, Untitled Still Life, gelatin silver print and Eve Sonneman, The Sky in Florence, chromogenic diptych print | Weschler's | N/A
14. 2015-03-10 | John Gruen \(1926\- \), PITCHER, PUMP, 1977, Silver print \(toned\); titled and dated to gallery label verso, 14.6" x 13.4" \- 37 x 34 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
15. 2014-03-11 | John Gruen \(1926\- \), PITCHER, PUMP, 1977, Silver print \(toned\); titled and dated to gallery label verso, 14.6" x 13.4" \- 37 x 34 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
16. 2013-02-01 | John Gruen \(American, b. 1926\) Untitled, 1980, edition of 75. Signed "John Gruen" in ink in the margin l.l., numbered "28/75" in ink in | Skinner | N/A
17. 2012-11-17 | John Gruen \(American, b. 1926\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
18. 2011-02-25 | John Gruen \(American, b. 1926\): Untitled \(Still Life\) | STAIR | $125

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