# John Modesitt - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T14:00:17.130Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 69
- Lots with prices: 42
- First auction date: 2003-11-18
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-08
- Median realised price: $1,800
- Price range: $375 to $6,500

## Market Takeaway
John Modesitt shows solid auction liquidity with 69 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-05-08.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,800\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $750 and $3,250.
- 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: 31% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 69% (29 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $1,353
- Previous 12 months median: $650
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-08
- Days since latest sale: 286
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Altermann Galleries: 15 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 9 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 9 lots
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 6 lots
- Bonhams: 5 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Artemis Gallery: 3 lots
- Cowan's Auctions: 3 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 3 lots
- Abell Auction: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-15 | John Modesitt \(CA,NY,NM,b 1955\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-modesitt-ca-ny-nm-b-1955-oil-painting-206-c-f7843a2927
2. 2024-02-04 | John Modesitt \(CA,NY,NM,b 1955\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $525 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-modesitt-ca-ny-nm-b-1955-oil-painting-152-c-293488485b
3. 2023-12-17 | John Modesitt \(CA,NY,NM,b 1955\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-modesitt-ca-ny-nm-b-1955-oil-painting-541-c-595437cb83
4. 2023-09-23 | JOHN MODESITT \(American b. 1955\) A PAINTING, "The Mesa," LATE 20TH CENTURY | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $500
5. 2023-07-02 | John Modesitt \(CA,NY,NM,French,b 1955\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-modesitt-ca-ny-nm-french-b-1955-oil-painting-1060-c-9fe4138906
6. 2022-07-03 | John Modesitt \(CA,NY,NM,b 1955\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-modesitt-ca-ny-nm-b-1955-oil-painting-393-c-d8c42c4983
7. 2025-05-08 | John Modesitt, Meeting Among the Aspens | Santa Fe Art Auction | $1,353
8. 2024-09-21 | JOHN MODESITT \(American b. 1955\) A PAINTING, "Spring Path," 20TH CENTURY | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $650
9. 2024-07-20 | John MODESITT: "Glacier National Park" | Armstrong Fine Art | N/A
10. 2023-11-15 | John Modesitt \(1955 Solano Beach, CA\), Two figures on horseback, Oil on canvas | John Moran Auctioneers | $650
11. 2023-03-03 | John Modesitt \(American, b. 1955\) The Great West Oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches \(6 | Heritage Auctions | $2,200
12. 2023-01-29 | John Modesitt Painting \- Path Along Burgundy Canal | Artemis Gallery | N/A
13. 2023-01-29 | John Modesitt Painting \- Boat on the Loire in Amboise | Artemis Gallery | N/A
14. 2022-11-01 | John Modesitt \(American, b. 1955\) Just Made It | Hindman | $1,700
15. 2022-07-14 | John Modesitt Painting "Path Along the Burgundy Canal in Summer" | Artemis Gallery | N/A
16. 2022-04-17 | John Modesitt \(CA,NY,NM,b 1955\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $1,800
17. 2022-03-24 | JOHN MODESITT \(B. 1955\): CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE | Abell Auction | $3,250
18. 2021-11-11 | John Modesitt \(American, b. 1955\) Farmhouse in Winter Oil on canvas 25\-3/4 x 32 | Heritage Auctions | $750
19. 2021-11-06 | John Modesitt, Almost Home | Santa Fe Art Auction | $2,280
20. 2021-09-09 | John Modesitt \(American, b. 1955\) From the Top of the Hill, Giverny, France Oil | Heritage Auctions | $1,700
21. 2020-06-11 | John Modesitt \(American, b. 1955\) Garden in Notre Dame d'Isle Oil on canvas 20 x | Heritage Auctions | $700
22. 2020-03-01 | JOHN MODESITT: "AWAKENING OF SPRING" | Abell Auction | $6,500
23. 2019-08-30 | John Modesitt \(b.1955\) Oil Painting On Board | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $700
24. 2019-06-07 | John Modesitt \(American, b. 1955\) The Great West Oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches \(6 | Heritage Auctions | N/A

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