# John McCracken - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T15:47:09.486Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 146
- Lots with prices: 125
- First auction date: 2001-12-05
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-27
- Median realised price: $72,000
- Price range: $30 to $965,000

## Market Takeaway
John McCracken shows solid auction liquidity with 146 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $72,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-27.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($72,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $31,250 and $143,750.
- 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: 2.4% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 16% (20 sales)
- $10,000\+: 81.6% (102 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 12
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $63,500
- Previous 12 months median: $48,260
- Median shift: 31.6%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-27
- Days since latest sale: 83
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 58 lots
- Sotheby's: 47 lots
- Bonhams: 16 lots
- Phillips: 5 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 4 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots
- Art\-Rite: 1 lots
- Coronari Auctions: 1 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 1 lots
- Koller Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-27 | JOHN MCCRACKEN | Koller Auctions | CHF 80,000
2. 2025-11-20 | JOHN MCCRACKEN \(1934\-2011\). Silver. polyester resin, fiberglass and plywood | Christie's | $177,800
3. 2025-09-30 | JOHN MCCRACKEN \(1934\-2011\). Yellow Wood Plank. epoxy on pine. | Christie's | $88,900
4. 2025-09-30 | JOHN MCCRACKEN \(1934\-2011\). Star. resin, fiberglass and plywood. | Christie's | $63,500
5. 2025-09-30 | JOHN MCCRACKEN \(B. 1934\). On the Go. polyester resin, fiberglass and plywoo | Christie's | $82,550
6. 2025-07-18 | JOHN MCCRACKEN \(1934\-2011\). Untitled. ink on paper18 x 24 in. \(45.7 x 61 cm | Christie's | $2,016
7. 2025-07-18 | JOHN MCCRACKEN \(1934\-2011\). Untitled. ink on paper18 x 24 in. \(45.7 x 61 cm | Christie's | $2,142
8. 2025-07-18 | JOHN MCCRACKEN \(1934\-2011\). Rigel. lacquer, resin, fiberglass and plywood17 | Christie's | $100,800
9. 2025-05-15 | JOHN MCCRACKEN \(1934\-2011\). Glacier. resin, fiberglass and plywood. | Christie's | $163,800
10. 2025-04-10 | John McCracken, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $2,600
11. 2025-04-10 | John McCracken, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $2,600
12. 2025-02-28 | Untitled | Sotheby's | $19,050
13. 2024-10-10 | JOHN MCCRACKEN \(1934\-2011\). Glacier. resin, fiberglass and plywood. | Christie's | N/A
14. 2024-10-02 | Flash | Sotheby's | $132,000
15. 2024-09-27 | Nightbird | Sotheby's | $168,000
16. 2024-09-26 | John McCracken, Blue\-Purple Block | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $60,000
17. 2024-07-17 | JOHN MCCRACKEN \(1934\-2011\). Seenga. polyester resin, fiberglass and plywood | Christie's | $138,600
18. 2024-04-17 | JOHN MCCRACKEN \(1934\-2011\) Untitled, 1979\-80 | Bonhams | $10,000
19. 2024-03-07 | Twirl | Sotheby's | £48,260
20. 2024-02-28 | John McCracken \(American, 1934\-2011\) \- Untitled | Freeman's \| Hindman | $4,250
21. 2024-02-27 | JOHN MCCRACKEN, JOHN MCCCRACKEN | Art\-Rite | €30
22. 2023-11-30 | John McCracken: "Universe: Flight" | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | N/A
23. 2023-11-16 | Flash | Sotheby's | N/A
24. 2023-10-19 | John McCracken \(1934\-2011\) Dream résine, fibre de verre et contreplaqué 231 | Christie's | €226,800

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