# John Held - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T22:36:25.057Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 15
- Lots with prices: 11
- First auction date: 2002-12-04
- Latest auction date: 2024-08-27
- Median realised price: $1,000
- Price range: $170 to $4,183

## Market Takeaway
John Held has 15 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,000. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($1,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($500 to $1,700\) 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: 45.5% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 54.5% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $725
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-08-27
- Days since latest sale: 610
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 4 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- Doyle New York: 3 lots
- DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers: 2 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 1 lots
- Old Kinderhook Auction Company: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-08-27 | John Held, Jr., Drinking Buddies | Old Kinderhook Auction Company | $725
2. 2024-01-07 | John Held, Jr. "The Haircut" Mixed Media on Board | Auctions at Showplace | $500
3. 2023-12-14 | JOHN HELD, JR "Button Up Your Nose." | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
4. 2020-03-21 | John Held jr. bronze | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $1,700
5. 2020-03-21 | John Held jr. bronze | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $1,800
6. 2020-03-21 | John Held jr. bronze | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $1,100
7. 2018-12-06 | JOHN HELD, JR. Five Flappers in Swimwear. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
8. 2018-12-06 | JOHN HELD, JR. "Button Up Your Nose!" | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
9. 2018-11-20 | John Held, Jr. American, 1889\-1958 The Highbrow, 1919 | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,000
10. 2018-11-20 | John Held, Jr American, 1889\-1958 Nocturne, circa 1920 | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $625
11. 2015-03-21 | John Held terra cotta pitcher | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $170
12. 2015-01-22 | JOHN HELD, JR. "Old Books to be had ..." | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,500
13. 2004-05-26 | John Held, Jr. | Doyle New York | $4,183
14. 2003-12-03 | John Held, Jr. | Doyle New York | N/A
15. 2002-12-04 | John Held, Jr. American, 1889\-1958 BABY BALKIS; POMPS AND CIRCUMSTANCES and EAST OF SUEZ: THREE | Doyle New York | $450

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