# Joseph Rudyard Kipling - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T04:29:01.506Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 81
- Lots with prices: 47
- First auction date: 2004-05-13
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-23
- Median realised price: $180
- Price range: $5 to $23,750

## Market Takeaway
Joseph Rudyard Kipling shows solid auction liquidity with 76 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $180. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($180\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $96 and $756.
- 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: 79.1% (34 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 14% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 7% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $900
- Previous 12 months median: $20
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-12
- Days since latest sale: 68
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- The Rug Life Auctions: 17 lots
- PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers: 10 lots
- Alexander Historical Auctions LLC: 7 lots
- Christie's: 7 lots
- Lettieri Auction & Appraisal: 4 lots
- Sydney Rare Book Auctions: 4 lots
- RR Auction: 3 lots
- Sloane Street Auctions: 3 lots
- Intervendue: 2 lots
- Signature House: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-01-17 | Rudyard Kipling, W M Thackeray Works | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $20
2. 2024-08-31 | RUSSIAN SOVIET CHILDRENS BOOK BY RUDYARD KIPLING | Antique Arena Inc | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-russian-soviet-childrens-book-by-rudyard-kipling-350-c-0534184847
3. 2026-04-23 | Rudyard Kipling\(1865\-1936\) Kim. Rare First American Edition in Parts. New York: McClure’s Magazine, December 1900\-October 1901. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rudyard-kipling-1865-1936-kim-rare-first-american-edition-in-parts-new-york-mcclure-s-magazine-december-1900-october-1901-281-c-1d67e3a854
4. 2025-12-12 | Le livre de la jungle \[\- Le second livre de la jungle\]. Traduction de Louis Fabulet et Robert d'Humières. Compositions de Deluermoz gravées sur bois par Louis\-Joseph Soulas. | Arenberg Auctions | €900
5. 2025-08-14 | Poems 1886\-1929 signed by Rudyard Kipling | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $250
6. 2025-01-12 | RUDYARD KIPLING | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$130
7. 2024-11-10 | RUDYARD KIPLING | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | N/A
8. 2024-09-27 | Rudyard Kipling Print Etching w Original Signature | Searchlight / Saucon Valley Auctions | $50
9. 2024-07-09 | Rudyard Kipling \- The Second Jungle Book | Intervendue | N/A
10. 2024-05-08 | Rudyard Kipling – The Jungle Book | Intervendue | $20
11. 2023-12-24 | "Plain Tales From The Hills" By Rudyard Kipling | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
12. 2023-12-15 | Rudyard Kipling \(1865\-1936\) Autograph letter signed \(‘RK’\) to H. Rider Hag | Christie's | £756
13. 2023-12-15 | Rudyard Kipling \(1865\-1936\) Eight letters, signed \(‘Rudyard Kipling’\) to L | Christie's | £4,788
14. 2023-12-15 | Rudyard Kipling \(1865\-1936\) Autograph letter signed \(‘Rudyard Kipling’\) to | Christie's | £1,008
15. 2023-12-15 | Rudyard Kipling \(1865\-1936\) Autograph letter signed \(‘Rudyard Kipling’\) to | Christie's | £4,788
16. 2023-12-15 | Rudyard Kipling \(1865\-1936\) 23 autograph letters and cards signed and 5 ty | Christie's | N/A
17. 2023-12-15 | Rudyard Kipling \(1865\-1936\) Autograph manuscript poem signed \('Rudyard Kip | Christie's | £6,048
18. 2023-12-06 | Rudyard Kipling \(1865\-1936\) illustrated by Kees Van Dongen \(1929\-1968\) Les Plus beaux contes de Kipling, 1920 | Piasa | N/A
19. 2023-09-28 | Rudyard Kipling \(1865 \- 1936\), First Edition, Just So Stories | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
20. 2023-08-20 | "PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS" BY RUDYARD KIPLING | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
21. 2023-06-29 | Rudyard Kipling \(1865 \- 1936\), First Edition, Just So Stories | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
22. 2023-04-02 | "Plain Tales From The Hills" By Rudyard Kipling | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
23. 2023-03-01 | Rudyard Kipling \(1865 \- 1936\), First Edition, Kim | Sloane Street Auctions | £130
24. 2022-12-13 | RUDYARD KIPLING – 8 VOLUMES – 1924 | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A

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