# Joseph Stella - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T12:19:25.657Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 521
- Lots with prices: 359
- First auction date: 1992-09-23
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-23
- Median realised price: $1,800
- Price range: $29 to $5,937,500

## Market Takeaway
Joseph Stella shows very deep auction liquidity with 512 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 23 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,800\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $650 and $6,250.
- 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: 34.1% (120 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 48.3% (170 sales)
- $10,000\+: 17.6% (62 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 23
- Previous 12 months sales: 38
- Recent 12 months median: $1,375
- Previous 12 months median: $1,300
- Median shift: 5.8%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 69
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 86 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 53 lots
- Sotheby's: 50 lots
- Potomack Company: 36 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 25 lots
- Shapiro Auctions LLC: 25 lots
- Bonhams: 24 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 15 lots
- Wright: 14 lots
- Pook & Pook Inc.: 13 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-03-26 | Joseph Stella 1877\-1946 Young Man Portrait Drawing | Hill Auction Gallery | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-stella-1877-1946-young-man-portrait-drawing-387-c-aea4d629b3
2. 2025-03-06 | JOSEPH STELLA \(1877 \- 1946\) Three drawings. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
3. 2024-06-29 | Joseph Stella \(1877\-1946\) Italian/ American | Cutler Bay Auctions | $2,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-stella-1877-1946-italian-american-70-c-1114eaf843
4. 2024-02-29 | Joseph Stella \(1877 \- 1946\) American/Italy/France | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-stella-1877-1946-american-italy-france-70-c-51a4a289c1
5. 2013-04-11 | JOSEPH  STELLA | Sotheby's | $7,500
6. 2026-04-23 | JOSEPH STELLA \(1877\-1946\) The Spring Bonnet 18 x 14 in. \(45.7 x 35.6 cm.\) \(Painted in 1898.\) | Bonhams | $4,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-stella-1877-1946-the-spring-bonnet-18-x-14-in-45-7-x-35-6-cm-painted-in-1898-17-c-5e7fe39d95
7. 2026-04-16 | Joseph Stella 5 Etchings | Regency Auction House | $70 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-stella-5-etchings-215-c-9571e3f91f
8. 2026-03-28 | Joseph STELLA "Chopsticks" Pastel Painting | Roland Auctions NY | $2,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-stella-chopsticks-pastel-painting-77-c-6b3eea6c5a
9. 2026-03-25 | Joseph Stella \(1877\-1946\) Portrait of the artist's mother, etching, 13.5 x 12.5cm; and two further by the same hand. \(3\) | Mallams | £40 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-stella-1877-1946-portrait-of-the-artist-s-mother-etching-13-5-x-12-5cm-and-two-further-by-the-same-hand-3-17-c-17e35ea0f0
10. 2026-02-28 | Joseph Stella | Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-stella-228-c-6c433b640a
11. 2026-02-27 | Joseph Stella, Flowers with Vase | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-stella-flowers-with-vase-197-c-f102a7b004
12. 2026-02-27 | Joseph Stella, Vase Blanc | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $4,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-stella-vase-blanc-196-c-a64df1e68d
13. 2025-12-11 | Joseph Stella, pencil drawing on tan paper, 1908 | Millea Bros Ltd | $650
14. 2025-12-07 | Joseph Stella \(American, 1877–1946\) Untitled \(Portrait Profile and Still Life\) | Freeman’s | $6,500
15. 2025-12-05 | Joseph Stella \(1877 Muro Lucano \- New York City 1946\) – City Smoke \(City Smoke\) | Karl & Faber | N/A
16. 2025-11-20 | Joseph Stella, White Gladiolus | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,500
17. 2025-11-18 | JOSEPH STELLA \(1877\-1946\). Cactus Flower. gouache, colored crayons and penc | Christie's | $2,794
18. 2025-11-18 | JOSEPH STELLA \(1877\-1946\) Hollyhocks 6 1/2 x 5 in. \(16.5 x 12.7 cm.\) \(Executed circa 1919.\) | Bonhams | N/A
19. 2025-11-18 | JOSEPH STELLA \(1877\-1946\) Flower in a Vase 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. \(26.8 x 21.6 cm.\) | Bonhams | N/A
20. 2025-11-18 | JOSEPH STELLA \(1877\-1946\) Floral Still Life 22 x 14 in. \(55.9 x 35.6 cm.\) \(Executed in 1943.\) | Bonhams | $2,800
21. 2025-09-21 | Joseph Stella Signed "The Dreamer" Pastel and Watercolor Painting on Paper | Collective Hudson, LLC | $2,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-stella-signed-the-dreamer-pastel-and-watercolor-painting-on-paper-406-c-74643ff89b
22. 2025-09-16 | Joseph Stella "Abstraction" Pastel Drawing 1914 | Revere Auctions | $2,300
23. 2025-09-13 | Joseph Stella \(American, 1877\-1946\) Portrait | Joshua Kodner | $29
24. 2025-07-17 | Joseph Stella, drawing, Will Rogers | Millea Bros Ltd | $150

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