# John Russell Clift - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T07:02:33.633Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 42
- Lots with prices: 7
- First auction date: 2014-01-29
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-29
- Median realised price: $150
- Price range: $50 to $425

## Market Takeaway
John Russell Clift has 42 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $150. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($150\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($50 to $225\) 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: 100% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $50
- Previous 12 months median: $225
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-29
- Days since latest sale: 0
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Litografias.net: 22 lots
- RoGallery: 13 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Litchfield Auctions: 1 lots
- Locati LLC: 1 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 1 lots
- Vallot Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-09 | John Russell Clift \(American 1925\-1999\), Head and Upper Torso for a Flyer Whirligig \(No One B\), Screenprint, Signed in plate, and signed and numbered 9/260 l.r., Unframed: 41 x 29 1/2 in. \(104.1 x 74.9 cm.\) | Weschler's | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-russell-clift-american-1925-1999-head-and-upper-torso-for-a-flyer-whirligig-no-one-b-screenprint-signed-in-plate-and-signed-and-numbered-9-260-l-r-unframed-41-x-29-1-2-in-104-1-x-74-9-cm-422-c-279d9596df
2. 2025-02-16 | John Russell Clift \(1925 \- 1999\) Serigraph | Locati LLC | $225
3. 2018-10-30 | John Russell Clift, Partial Portrait of Two Flyer Whirligigs, Serigraph | RoGallery | N/A
4. 2026-04-29 | JOHN RUSSELL CLIFT \(Massachusetts/Mexico, 1925\-1999\), "Lewis Bay \- Hyannis"., Color lithograph, 12.5" x 14.5" sight. Matted 16" x 20.5". | Eldred's | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-russell-clift-massachusetts-mexico-1925-1999-lewis-bay-hyannis-color-lithograph-12-5-x-14-5-sight-matted-16-x-20-5-4167-c-09e223440d
5. 2025-06-19 | JOHN RUSSELL CLIFT, PARTIAL PORTRAIT OF TWO FLYERS, SCREENPRINT | RoGallery | N/A
6. 2023-11-17 | JOHN RUSSELL CLIFT, PORTRAIT OF AN OLD FLYER WHIRLIGIG, SCREENPRINT | RoGallery | N/A
7. 2023-10-31 | JOHN RUSSELL CLIFT, PARTIAL PORTRAIT OF TWO FLYERS, SCREENPRINT | RoGallery | N/A
8. 2023-03-23 | John Russell Clift \(American, 1925 \- 1999\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $50
9. 2022-06-24 | John Russell Clift “Portrait of an old flyer whirl”. | Litografias.net | N/A
10. 2022-04-29 | John Russell Clift “Portrait of an old flyer whirl”. | Litografias.net | N/A
11. 2022-03-04 | John Russell Clift “Portrait of an old flyer whirl”. | Litografias.net | N/A
12. 2021-04-11 | John Russell Clift \(1925\-1999\)American, Lithograph | Sarasota Estate Auction | $225
13. 2021-04-09 | John Russell Clift “Portrait of an old flyer whirl”. | Litografias.net | N/A
14. 2021-02-12 | John Russell Clift “Portrait of an old flyer whirl”. | Litografias.net | N/A
15. 2021-02-11 | JOHN RUSSELL CLIFT \(Massachusetts, 1925\-1999\), "Long Wharf"., Serigraph on paper, 12" x 15.5" sight. Framed 19.5" x 23". | Eldred's | $425
16. 2020-12-29 | John Russell Clift “Portrait of an old flyer whirl”. | Litografias.net | N/A
17. 2020-11-20 | John Russell Clift “Portrait of an old flyer whirl”. | Litografias.net | N/A
18. 2020-10-30 | John Russell Clift “Portrait of an old flyer whirl”. | Litografias.net | N/A
19. 2020-09-30 | John Russell Clift, Head, Heart, and Hand of a Flyer, Screenprint | RoGallery | N/A
20. 2020-09-25 | John Russell Clift “Portrait of an old flyer whirl”. | Litografias.net | N/A
21. 2020-09-11 | John Russell Clift “Portrait of an old flyer whirl”. | Litografias.net | N/A
22. 2020-07-10 | John Russell Clift “Portrait of an old flyer whirl”. | Litografias.net | N/A
23. 2020-06-27 | John Russell Clift, Head, Heart, and Hand of a Flyer Whirligig, Serigraph | RoGallery | N/A
24. 2020-06-27 | John Russell Clift, Portrait of an Old Flyer Whirligig, Serigraph | RoGallery | N/A

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