# Joseph Raffael - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T14:06:20.602Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 91
- Lots with prices: 70
- First auction date: 2000-12-12
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-12
- Median realised price: $960
- Price range: $50 to $45,000

## Market Takeaway
Joseph Raffael shows solid auction liquidity with 91 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $960. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($960\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $375 and $3,500.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 51.4% (36 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (28 sales)
- $10,000\+: 8.6% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $2,800
- Previous 12 months median: $150
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-12
- Days since latest sale: 68
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 13 lots
- Bonhams: 9 lots
- Hindman: 7 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 6 lots
- STAIR: 6 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 5 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 5 lots
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 3 lots
- Freeman’s: 3 lots
- Weschler's: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-12 | Joseph Raffael \(American, 1933\-2021\) Fish in Spring Water, 1979 | Freeman’s | $5,500
2. 2025-12-12 | Joseph Raffael \(American, 1933\-2021\) The Hidden Path, 1997 | Freeman’s | $45,000
3. 2025-12-12 | Joseph Raffael \(American, 1933\-2021\) Self Portrait, 1984 | Freeman’s | $8,000
4. 2025-11-20 | Joseph Raffael, Cherry Blossoms | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $24,000
5. 2025-11-20 | Joseph Raffael, Eagle | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,800
6. 2025-09-10 | Joseph Raffael 1978 orig litho Eleven Fish | Concept Art Gallery | $500
7. 2025-09-10 | Joseph Raffael 1982 orig litho Carol's Magic Garden | Concept Art Gallery | $250
8. 2025-06-11 | Joseph Raffael, paper collage, c. 1965 | Millea Bros Ltd | $450
9. 2025-05-31 | Joseph Raffael \(American, 1933\-2021\) mixed media on paper | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | N/A
10. 2025-05-24 | Joseph Raffael Painting, 64.5"H | Palm Beach Modern Auctions | $2,000
11. 2024-10-23 | Joseph Raffael \(American 1933\-2021\), Flower, oil on canvas | South Bay Auctions Inc | $3,500
12. 2024-06-25 | Joseph Raffael \(American b. 1933\), Haiku Fish I, Lithograph in Colors, Signed l.c. Frame: 22 3/4 x 31 1/4 in. \(57.8 x 79.4 cm.\) | Weschler's | $150
13. 2024-06-20 | Joseph Raffael, Birds in Flight | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,000
14. 2024-05-30 | Joseph Raffael, Untitled | Wright | $50
15. 2024-05-30 | Joseph Raffael, Plate and Baggie with Flowers | Wright | $150
16. 2024-01-27 | Joseph Raffael \(1933\-2021\) Silkscreen On Paper | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $60
17. 2024-01-06 | Joseph Raffael \(1933\-2021\) Watercolor On Paper | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $150
18. 2023-10-27 | Joseph Raffael, End of Summer | Wright | $5,500
19. 2023-07-27 | Joseph Raffael \(American, 1933\-2021\) Untitled \(Nine Fish\), 1978 | Hindman | $4,500
20. 2023-07-27 | Joseph Raffael \(American, 1933\-2021\) Watercolor \#25 | Hindman | $1,600
21. 2023-07-27 | Joseph Raffael \(American, 1933\-2021\) Watercolor \#5, 1973 | Hindman | N/A
22. 2023-05-18 | Joseph Raffael, September Painting | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $850
23. 2023-02-22 | Joseph Raffael, Watercolor H | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $2,800
24. 2022-12-13 | JOSEPH RAFFAEL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH | Jackson's International | $600

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