# John Pfahl - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T14:19:53.188Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 32
- Lots with prices: 26
- First auction date: 2001-01-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-10
- Median realised price: $360
- Price range: $50 to $20,000

## Market Takeaway
John Pfahl has 32 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $360. 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 \($360\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $823\) 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: 84.6% (22 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 11.5% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.8% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $541
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-10
- Days since latest sale: 142
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 8 lots
- STAIR: 7 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 5 lots
- Cottone Auctions: 2 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-10 | John Pfahl, color photograph | Millea Bros Ltd | $350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-pfahl-color-photograph-1278-c-f750f9e56b
2. 2025-09-18 | John Pfahl, Australian Pines, Fort DeSoto, FL, 1977 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $1,168
3. 2025-09-18 | John Pfahl, Moonrise over Pie Pan, Capital Reef National Park, Utah, 1977 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $492
4. 2025-09-18 | John Pfahl, Great Salt Lake Angles, 1977 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $541
5. 2025-09-18 | John Pfahl, 2 Balanced Rock Drive, Springdale, Utah, 1980 | Santa Fe Art Auction | N/A
6. 2025-09-18 | John Pfahl, Six Oranges, Delaware Park, Buffalo NY, 1977 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $960 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-pfahl-six-oranges-delaware-park-buffalo-ny-1977-329-c-cf84539846
7. 2024-04-02 | John Pfahl \(American 1939\-2000\), The Segal's Picture Window at High Gate Street, Color Photograph Frame: 18 x 22 in. \(45.7 x 55.9 cm.\) | Weschler's | $50
8. 2023-10-06 | John Pfahl \(1939\-2020\); 'Australian Pines, Fort DeSoto, Florida' \(from 'Altered Landscapes'\); | Bonhams | $1,500
9. 2023-05-19 | John Pfahl | Brunk Auctions | $650
10. 2022-06-08 | John Pfahl \(American, 1939\-2020\) Airey Force, Lake District, England | Cottone Auctions | $250
11. 2022-04-05 | JOHN PFAHL \(B. 1939\) Altered Landscapes: The Photographs of John Pfahl | Christie's | N/A
12. 2020-11-13 | John Pfahl \(American, 1939\-2020\) Niagara Falls, Niagara River, NY. | Cottone Auctions | $350
13. 2020-09-30 | JOHN PFAHL \(B. 1939\) i\> Altered Landscapes: The Photographs of John | Christie's | N/A
14. 2018-04-06 | JOHN PFAHL \(B. 1939\) Altered Landscapes: The Photographs of Joh Pfahl New York: RFG P | Christie's | $20,000
15. 2017-12-06 | JOHN PFAHL \(b. 1939\): HORSESHOE FALLS AT SUNRISE | STAIR | $100
16. 2013-02-02 | John Pfahl \(b. 1939\): American Falls with Snow and Ice Mounds, Niagara River | STAIR | $75
17. 2012-09-12 | JOHN PFAHL \(American, 20th Century\) City of Niagara Fal | Heritage Auctions | N/A
18. 2011-04-30 | JOHN PFAHL \(b. 1939\): "MOSS GLEN FALLS" \(GREEN MOUNTAINS, VT\) 1989 | STAIR | $75
19. 2011-04-30 | JOHN PFAHL \(b. 1939\): "HORSESHOE FALLS AT SUNRISE" | STAIR | $200
20. 2011-04-30 | JOHN PFAHL \(b. 1939\): "SUNSET AT FORT NIAGARA," AUGUST 1985 | STAIR | $100
21. 2011-04-30 | JOHN PFAHL \(b. 1939\): BLACK RIVER FALLS, WATERTOWN NY, 1988 | STAIR | $50
22. 2010-02-08 | John Pfahl \(American, born 1939\); Evening Light on Railroad Viaduct, Harrisburg, PA, from Susquehanna series; | Bonhams | $915
23. 2010-02-08 | John Pfahl \(American, born 1939\); 18 Gregory Street, Marblehead, Mass.; | Bonhams | $336
24. 2010-02-08 | John Pfahl \(American, born 1939\); Morning Light on Railroad Viaduct, Harrisburg, PA, from Susquehanna series; | Bonhams | $1,037

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