# John Stephan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T01:12:38.959Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 18
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2017-09-29
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-08
- Median realised price: $2,300
- Price range: $275 to $16,000

## Market Takeaway
John Stephan has 18 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,300. 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 \($2,300\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,500 to $6,000\) 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: 21.4% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 71.4% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 7.1% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $750
- Previous 12 months median: $700
- Median shift: 7.1%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-08
- Days since latest sale: 357
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Barridoff Auctions: 4 lots
- STAIR: 3 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers: 1 lots
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 1 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 1 lots
- Shapiro Auctions LLC: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-08 | JOHN STEPHAN \(Illinois, 1906\-1994\), Abstract in muted tones and cerulean blue., Watercolor and gouache, 19" x 25" sight. Framed 25" x 32". | Eldred's | N/A
2. 2025-05-08 | JOHN STEPHAN \(Illinois, 1906\-1994\), Abstract in muted tones., Watercolor and gouache on paper, 19.75" x 27" sight. Framed 26" x 33". | Eldred's | $750
3. 2025-03-29 | JOHN STEPHAN \(1906\-1995\) WPA ARTIST OIL ON CANVAS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $275
4. 2024-11-20 | John Stephan | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $3,500
5. 2024-11-09 | JOHN STEPHAN \(AMERICAN 1906\-1995\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $6,000
6. 2024-08-17 | John Stephan \(Am. 1906\-1995\), Abstract, Gouache on paper, framed under glass | Barridoff Auctions | $700
7. 2023-09-27 | John Stephan, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,500
8. 2023-07-12 | John Stephan, Untitled | Wright | $1,500
9. 2022-07-10 | JOHN STEPHAN \(AMERICAN, 1906\-1995\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $3,200
10. 2022-03-12 | JOHN STEPHAN 'DISC \#5' ACRYLIC PAINTING ON CANVAS | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $6,000
11. 2021-08-14 | John Stephan, Am. 1906\-1995, Abstract View, 1953, Watercolor on paper, framed, 20 5/8" x 28 1/2" sight, 22 5/8" x 30 5/16" framed | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
12. 2020-12-03 | JOHN STEPHAN \(1906 \- 1995, AMERICAN\) Disc 5, In Memory of My Father. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,000
13. 2020-02-22 | John Stephan, Am. 1906\-1995, Untitled, Gouache on paper, 26.75" x 39" sight, 39.25" x 51" framed | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
14. 2019-12-07 | John Stephan \(1906\-1995\): Untitled | STAIR | $1,800
15. 2019-12-07 | John Stephan \(1906\-1995\): Untitled | STAIR | $2,300
16. 2019-12-07 | John Stephan \(1906\-1995\): Disc 5 | STAIR | $3,500
17. 2019-06-22 | John Stephan, Am. 1906\-1995, Abstract, 1952, Acrylic on Paper, 20.5"x 28" Framed, 19" x 26" Sight | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
18. 2017-09-29 | JOHN STEPHAN \(1906 \- 1995\) \| Disc \#9, 1970 | Sotheby's | $16,000

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