# Kathleen Adkison - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T05:07:46.338Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 31
- Lots with prices: 28
- First auction date: 2010-07-18
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-11
- Median realised price: $2,000
- Price range: $45 to $16,000

## Market Takeaway
Kathleen Adkison has 31 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($2,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($950 to $3,750\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 25% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 71.4% (20 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.6% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $6,500
- Previous 12 months median: $3,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 139
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- MBA Seattle Auction LLC: 20 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 4 lots
- Pacific Galleries: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- District Auction: 1 lots
- White's Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-11 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison "Sand Tide" 1957 Oil on Canvas | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $6,500
2. 2025-12-11 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison "Dragonflies" 1960 Oil on Canvas | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $6,000
3. 2025-12-11 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison "Time Script" 1982 Oil on Canvas | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $8,500
4. 2025-12-11 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison "Geosyncline" Large Oil on Canvas | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $5,500
5. 2025-09-04 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison "Spring Swell" Large Oil on Canvas | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $16,000
6. 2025-08-17 | KATHLEEN GEMBERLING ADKISON "GOLDEN REEF PAINTING | White's Auctions | $7,500
7. 2024-07-18 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison ''April Crest'' Oil | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $3,000
8. 2024-07-18 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison ''Methow Mood'' Oil | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $5,000
9. 2022-09-29 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison ''Fall Distillation'' Oil | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $2,000
10. 2021-07-22 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison ''Ebb Tide'' 1959 Oil | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $3,000
11. 2021-03-18 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison ''Columbian Cleft'' Oil | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $2,500
12. 2020-12-17 | Kathleen Adkison ''Basalt Brightening'' Oil on Canvas | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $1,800
13. 2020-12-17 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison ''Season's Change'' Oil | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $3,000
14. 2019-09-19 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison \(1917\-2010 Washington\) ''Remembered Place'' 1963 Oil on Canvas 12''x14'' Image. An oil drop abstraction with blues and greens. Signed and dated l.l. Original framing 17.5''x21.5''. Overall excellent condition. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | N/A
15. 2019-09-19 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison \(1917\-2010 Washington\) ''Nature is a Changing Thing'' 1963 Oil on Canvas 16''x10'' Image. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $750
16. 2019-09-19 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison \(1917\-2010 Washington\) ''Hunter's Pond'' 1965 Oil on Canvas 40''x36'' Image. An early oil drop abstraction. Signed and dated l.r. Framed 41.5''x37.5''. Some scattered light craquelure. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $1,200
17. 2019-09-19 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison \(1917\-2010 Washington\) ''Spring Burst'' 2000 Oil on Canvas 50''x45'' Image. Impressive late career abstraction. Signed l.r. with Woodside Gallery, Seattle label on verso. Framed 52''x47''. Excellent condition. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $2,500
18. 2019-07-14 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison \(1917\-2010\) Oil Canvas | District Auction | $1,600
19. 2019-06-20 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison \(1917\-2010 Washington\) ''Earth Glow'' Oil on Canvas 46''x40'' Image. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $3,000
20. 2018-12-13 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison \(1917\-2010 Washington\) ''October Ledge'' Oil on Canvas 20''x10'' Image. An organic drip painted northwest abstraction. Signed l.r. and titled on verso. Framed 21''x11''. Excellent condition. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $950
21. 2018-12-13 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison \(1917\-2010 Washington\) ''Winter Hyberate'' Oil on Canvas 20''x10'' Image. An organic drip painted northwest abstraction. Signed l.r. and titled on verso. Framed 21''x11''. Excellent condition. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $700
22. 2018-12-13 | Kathleen Gemberling Adkison \(1917\-2010 Washington\) ''Earth Burst'' 1970 Oil on Canvas 50''x45'' Image. An exceptional northwest drip painted abstract. Signed and dated l.l. with title on verso. Framed 52''x47''. Excellent condition. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $3,750
23. 2018-04-07 | KATHLEEN GEMBERLING ADKISON \(1917\-2010, NE/WA\) \- Oil on canvas abstract composition with greens and browns and covered over by light... | Pacific Galleries | $1,400
24. 2016-12-03 | Kathleen Adkison \| Fall Crest | Altermann Galleries | $400

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