# Karen Kilimnik - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T04:27:26.172Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 156
- Lots with prices: 98
- First auction date: 2001-02-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-16
- Median realised price: $8,750
- Price range: $75 to $337,250

## Market Takeaway
Karen Kilimnik shows deep auction liquidity with 156 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $8,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($8,750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,400 and $23,750.
- 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: 11.2% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 42.9% (42 sales)
- $10,000\+: 45.9% (45 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 13
- Recent 12 months median: $18,000
- Previous 12 months median: $8,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 49 lots
- Phillips: 24 lots
- Sotheby's: 24 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 10 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 9 lots
- Koller Auctions: 4 lots
- STAIR: 4 lots
- Wright: 4 lots
- Artcurial: 3 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-18 | KAREN KILIMNIK \(B. 1955\). Candlestick. pastel on paper 25 ½ x 19 ¾ in. \(64. | Christie's | $4,800
2. 2024-11-14 | KAREN KILIMNIK \- FIREBIRD AND BLUEBIRD | Capsule Gallery Auction | $2,300
3. 2025-12-16 | KAREN KILIMNIK \(B. 1955\). my palomino pony, seabiscuit, at Chincoteague Isl | Christie's | N/A
4. 2025-11-27 | KAREN KILIMNIK | Koller Auctions | CHF 8,500
5. 2025-11-27 | KAREN KILIMNIK | Koller Auctions | CHF 24,000
6. 2025-09-15 | Karen Kilimnik \(American 1955\). The Royal Little Red Hiding Hood, 2007. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €200
7. 2025-06-26 | KAREN KILIMNIK | Koller Auctions | CHF 18,000
8. 2025-06-26 | KAREN KILIMNIK | Koller Auctions | CHF 22,000
9. 2025-06-04 | KAREN KILIMNIK, 2 'JANE/CREEP' DRAWING SERIES 1990 | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | N/A
10. 2025-02-20 | KAREN KILIMNIK, 2 'JANE/CREEP' DRAWING SERIES 1990 | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | N/A
11. 2024-12-18 | Karen Kilimnik | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | N/A
12. 2024-12-10 | Karen Kilimnik \- The Sparkly Splendid Lippazanner at the Battle of Austerlitz \- 2008 Mixed Media \- SIGNED 14.25" x 12" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
13. 2024-11-22 | KAREN KILIMNIK \(B. 1955\) \- Master Hare, 6:45 p.m. | Christie's | $113,400
14. 2024-10-29 | Karen Kilimnik \- The Sparkly Splendid Lippazanner at the Battle of Austerlitz \- 2008 Mixed Media \- SIGNED 14.25" x 12" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
15. 2024-10-16 | Karen Kilimnik \(1955\) | Venduehuis der Notarissen | N/A
16. 2024-10-16 | KAREN KILIMNIK \(1955 PHILADELPHIA, PA \- LIVES AND WORKS IBID\), UNTITLED, 1991 | Quittenbaum Kunstauktionen GmbH | N/A
17. 2024-09-25 | KAREN KILIMNIK \(AMERICAN B. 1955\), THE ROYAL LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, 2007 | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £300
18. 2024-06-06 | Karen Kilimnik \(b. 1955\): Her Greatest Pleasure Was To Do Good Wherever She Could | STAIR | $8,000
19. 2024-06-06 | Karen Kilimnik \(b. 1955\): Bullseye | STAIR | $22,000
20. 2024-06-06 | Karen Kilimnik \(b. 1955\): The Shrimp | STAIR | $9,000
21. 2024-03-07 | Winter in Kiev | Sotheby's | £27,940
22. 2023-12-19 | Untitled  | Sotheby's | $13,970
23. 2023-11-30 | Karen Kilimnik \(b. 1955\): Winter Spider Nest | STAIR | $1,000
24. 2023-08-08 | Karen Kilimnik, The Floral Kingdom of the Renaissance | Wright | $1,400

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