# John Gutmann - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T15:32:47.422Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 49
- Lots with prices: 40
- First auction date: 2001-01-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-08
- Median realised price: $1,750
- Price range: $100 to $14,400

## Market Takeaway
John Gutmann has 49 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,750. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 6 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 \($1,750\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,000 to $3,355\) 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: 20% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 75% (30 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $100
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-08
- Days since latest sale: 111
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 18 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers: 5 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 5 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 4 lots
- Phillips: 3 lots
- Sotheby's: 3 lots
- Clars Auctions: 2 lots
- Be\-Hold: 1 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-08 | Signed by John Gutmann | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-by-john-gutmann-339-c-a3cb40fa0c
2. 2025-11-20 | Signed by John Gutmann | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-by-john-gutmann-70-c-b4685da524
3. 2025-09-11 | 5 photography titles by John Gutmann | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-5-photography-titles-by-john-gutmann-184-c-14d486b946
4. 2025-08-14 | Signed by John Gutmann | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-by-john-gutmann-21-c-1954fe6846
5. 2025-06-12 | Signed by John Gutmann | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-by-john-gutmann-29-c-1b348f8932
6. 2025-05-08 | JOHN GUTMANN \(1905\-1998\) Spotlighted primitive \(Figure of a god, Nukuoro Atoll, Caroline Islands\). 1970. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,000
7. 2023-04-27 | JOHN GUTMANN \(1905\-1998\) Eat in Car \* Auto Ferries. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,500
8. 2023-02-23 | JOHN GUTMANN \(1905\-1998\) Silk Hat Harry, The Only Coloured Juggler in San Francisco \* The Chicken Pharmacy, Petaluma, California. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,500
9. 2022-10-20 | JOHN GUTMANN \(1905\-1998\) The Fleet is In, San Francisco. | Swann Auction Galleries | $975
10. 2022-04-24 | John Gutmann "Auto Ferries" Gelatin Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $400
11. 2022-04-24 | John Gutmann "Eat in Car" Gelatin Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $500
12. 2022-04-07 | John Gutmann \(1905\-1998\); High School Student Makes $2264 Annually by Raising Eating Chickens, Petaluma, CA; | Bonhams | $750
13. 2021-06-20 | John Gutmann "The Chicken Pharmacy" Gelatin Silver | Auctions at Showplace | $375
14. 2021-06-20 | John Gutmann "Silk Hat Harry" Gelatin Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $450 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-gutmann-silk-hat-harry-gelatin-silver-print-175-c-e3e4c42a6d
15. 2021-05-27 | JOHN GUTMANN \(1905\-1998\) Alfalfa Bill. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,750
16. 2020-01-04 | John Gutmann \(1905 – 1998\) “Tattooing. Sailor’s Delight.” | Be\-Hold | N/A
17. 2019-10-02 | John Gutmann \(1905\-1998\) | Bonhams | $2,550
18. 2018-04-11 | John Gutman, painting | Millea Bros Ltd | $150
19. 2017-10-10 | JOHN GUTMANN \(1905–1998\) Ten Photographs, 1982 | Christie's | $7,500
20. 2017-04-06 | JOHN GUTMANN \(1905–1998\) \- Oakies on Their Way West, Wyoming, 1936 | Christie's | $3,500
21. 2015-04-28 | John Gutmann \(1905\-1998\) The Swimmer, San Francisco | Bonhams | $1,250
22. 2015-04-28 | John Gutmann \(1905\-1998\) Autumn in Charlottenburg, Berlin | Bonhams | $1,375
23. 2013-06-16 | \(lot of 2\) Fashion Photographs by John Gutman | Clars Auctions | N/A
24. 2013-03-17 | John Gutmann, Photograph, "Russian Hill" | Clars Auctions | $1,000

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