# José Frau - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T08:34:50.080Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 14
- Lots with prices: 7
- First auction date: 2012-06-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-03-19
- Median realised price: $1,500
- Price range: $200 to $15,000

## Market Takeaway
José Frau has 14 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,500. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($1,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($600 to $14,000\) 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: 28.6% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 42.9% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 28.6% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $200
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-03-19
- Days since latest sale: 494
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Setdart Auction House: 5 lots
- Subastas Segre: 3 lots
- Morton Subastas: 2 lots
- Sala de Ventas: 2 lots
- Capo Auction: 1 lots
- Historia Auctionata: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-12 | JOSÉ FRAU \(Vigo, 1898 \- Madrid, 1976\). "Venus of the mirror". Oil on panel. Signed and dated in the lower left corner. | Setdart Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-jose-frau-vigo-1898-madrid-1976-venus-of-the-mirror-oil-on-panel-signed-and-dated-in-the-lower-left-corner-59-c-09e452f9b9
2. 2025-03-19 | JOSÉ FRAU \(Vigo, 1898 \- Madrid, 1976\). "Night at the port". Gouache on paper. Signed in the lower margin. | Setdart Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-jose-frau-vigo-1898-madrid-1976-night-at-the-port-gouache-on-paper-signed-in-the-lower-margin-70-c-49a4d59a8d
3. 2025-03-19 | JOSÉ FRAU \(Vigo, 1898 \- Madrid, 1976\). "Water in the meadow", 1974. Oil on canvas. In the catalog "Blue thoughts", 1978. Signed in the lower right corner. Dated, titled and with inscription on the back. | Setdart Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-jose-frau-vigo-1898-madrid-1976-water-in-the-meadow-1974-oil-on-canvas-in-the-catalog-blue-thoughts-1978-signed-in-the-lower-right-corner-dated-titled-and-with-inscription-on-the-back-28-c-95c430ba63
4. 2024-09-17 | JOSÉ FRAU \- Nude in front of the mirror | Subastas Segre | €200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-jose-frau-nude-in-front-of-the-mirror-515-c-3ae4b3b872
5. 2024-09-12 | JOSÉ FRAU \(Vigo, 1898 \- Madrid, 1976\). "Water in the meadow", 1974. Oil on canvas. In the catalog "Blue thoughts", 1978. Signed in the lower right corner. Dated, titled and with inscription on the back. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
6. 2024-09-12 | JOSÉ FRAU \(Vigo, 1898 \- Madrid, 1976\). "Night at the port". Gouache on paper. Signed in the lower margin. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
7. 2024-02-06 | JOSÉ FRAU \- Landscape | Subastas Segre | €2,600
8. 2023-06-12 | JOSÉ FRAU \(1898\-1976\), SPANISH PAIN | Historia Auctionata | N/A
9. 2023-02-07 | JOSÉ FRAU \- Sunflowers | Subastas Segre | €600
10. 2018-01-17 | JOSÉ FRAU,Untitled, Signed, Oil on masonite, 28.2 x 32 cm / 11.1 x 12.5 inches. | Morton Subastas | MX$14,000
11. 2018-01-17 | JOSÉ FRAU, Untitled, Signed, Oil on masonite, 28.2 x 32 cm / 11.1 x 12.5 inches. | Morton Subastas | MX$15,000
12. 2014-12-17 | JOSÉ FRAU | Sala de Ventas | €1,500
13. 2014-12-17 | JOSÉ FRAU | Sala de Ventas | €1,200
14. 2012-06-23 | José Frau \(Spanish, 1898\-1976\) | Capo Auction | N/A

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