# Karl Wirsum - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T14:06:57.119Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 43
- Lots with prices: 35
- First auction date: 2022-07-24
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-27
- Median realised price: $1,600
- Price range: $175 to $30,000

## Market Takeaway
Karl Wirsum shows developing auction liquidity with 40 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-27.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,000 and $4,826.
- 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: 21.9% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 59.4% (19 sales)
- $10,000\+: 18.8% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 16
- Recent 12 months median: $1,200
- Previous 12 months median: $4,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-27
- Days since latest sale: 22
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Wright: 10 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 9 lots
- Hindman: 7 lots
- Leonard Auction: 5 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Freeman’s: 2 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Palm Beach Modern Auctions: 1 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-07-24 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Ephemera Assortment | Leonard Auction | $500
2. 2026-01-27 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) 'What's the Coinfusion? ...' Serigraph | Leonard Auction | $450
3. 2025-12-12 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Pool Puddle, 1985 | Freeman’s | N/A
4. 2025-07-17 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Untitled, 1967 | Freeman’s | $1,200
5. 2025-07-17 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Untitled, 1966 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,000
6. 2025-07-17 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Untitled, 1967 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $750
7. 2025-07-17 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Untitled, 1966 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $750
8. 2025-07-17 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Chris Mist Cowboy, 1980 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-karl-wirsum-american-1939-2021-chris-mist-cowboy-1980-68-c-18242f1bd1
9. 2025-06-24 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Drawing Assortment | Leonard Auction | $850
10. 2025-06-18 | Karl Wirsum, Dancing Hare Toddy | Wright | $350
11. 2025-06-18 | Karl Wirsum, Broken Balloons | Wright | $1,000
12. 2025-06-18 | Karl Wirsum, Girl and Kite | Wright | $2,400
13. 2025-03-01 | Karl Wirsum Drawing, 35"H | Palm Beach Modern Auctions | $3,500
14. 2025-02-20 | Karl Wirsum, Mouse Meow | Wright | $2,000
15. 2025-02-20 | Karl Wirsum, Wade 'N' C Policy | Wright | $1,200
16. 2024-12-18 | Karl Wirsum, Wade 'N' C Policy | Wright | $1,600
17. 2024-12-11 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Pool Puddle, 1985 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
18. 2024-10-02 | Untitled | Sotheby's | $1,200
19. 2024-10-02 | Untitled \[Four Works\] | Sotheby's | N/A
20. 2024-10-01 | KARL WIRSUM \(1939\-2021\). Untitled. acrylic on shaped wood 17 x 14 in. \(43.1 | Christie's | $22,680
21. 2024-09-25 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Please Don't Get Up, 1980 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
22. 2024-09-25 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Untitled \(Alien Mugshots\), c. 1976 \(a group of three works\) | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $11,000
23. 2024-09-25 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Before Every Body Split \(Study for Hello Gypsie Toe Good Bye Sly\), c. 1977 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
24. 2024-09-25 | Karl Wirsum \(American, 1939\-2021\) Surfire, c. 1970s | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $5,500

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