# John Sonsini - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T14:34:23.916Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 27
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2009-11-12
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-19
- Median realised price: $5,500
- Price range: $125 to $52,500

## Market Takeaway
John Sonsini has 27 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($5,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,000 to $16,000\) 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: 14.3% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 57.1% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 28.6% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $2,500
- Previous 12 months median: $937
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-19
- Days since latest sale: 163
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 9 lots
- Sotheby's: 6 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots
- Skinner: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 1 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 1 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-19 | John Sonsini, Jose Gomez | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,000
2. 2025-05-17 | JOHN SONSINI \(American b. 1950\) "Francisco," 2010, 20 x 16 in. \(50.8 x 40.6 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $2,500
3. 2025-01-29 | John Sonsini, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,000
4. 2024-11-20 | John Sonsini, Jose Gomez | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
5. 2024-08-22 | JOHN SONSINI \(1950\- \) Group of 3 portraits of Latino Men \(Gabriel, Miguel, Guillermo\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $937
6. 2023-11-30 | John Sonsini, Louie | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,500
7. 2023-09-13 | JOHN SONSINI \(B. 1950\) Edgar and Enrique, 2008 | Bonhams | $8,500
8. 2023-03-10 | JOHN SONSINI \(B. 1950\) Enrique and Fernando oil on canvas 72 x 60 in. \(182. | Christie's | N/A
9. 2022-11-17 | John Sonsini \(b. 1950\) Jorge, Ramiro, Miguel, and Pedro, 2005 Oil on canvas 80 x | Heritage Auctions | N/A
10. 2022-07-12 | John Sonsini, Newspace | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $125
11. 2022-07-12 | John Sonsini, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
12. 2022-07-12 | John Sonsini, Landscape with Single Figure and Wood Relief | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
13. 2022-06-23 | John Sonsini, Triple Figure with Sun | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
14. 2022-06-23 | John Sonsini, Miguel Perez | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $7,500
15. 2022-06-23 | John Sonsini, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $6,000
16. 2022-04-20 | JOHN SONSINI \(B. 1950\) Jose, 2008 | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2022-02-18 | JOHN SONSINI \(B. 1950\) Jesus S., 2005 | Bonhams | $16,000
18. 2020-03-05 | John Sonsini \(b. 1950\) \- Fernando Guerrero, Mexico; Francisco Tambriz, Guatemala; Rocky Pivarral,... | Christie's | N/A
19. 2018-07-20 | JOHN SONSINI \(B. 1950\) \| Jesus S., 2005 | Sotheby's | $5,500
20. 2018-03-06 | JOHN SONSINI \(B. 1950\) \| Edgar and Enrique, 2008 | Sotheby's | N/A
21. 2015-09-30 | Jose and Enrique | Christie's | $16,250
22. 2013-09-20 | John Sonsini \(American, b. 1950\), Fernando, 2006\-2007, Signed and dated "John Sonsini/June 13, 2006" and also signed by the sitter "Fer | Skinner | N/A
23. 2013-02-01 | John Sonsini \(American, b. 1950\), Fernando, 2006\-2007, Signed and dated "John Sonsini/June 13, 2006" and also signed by the sitter "Fer | Skinner | N/A
24. 2012-03-09 | JOHN SONSINI | Sotheby's | N/A

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