# Laverne Nelson Black - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T23:41:56.396Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 34
- Lots with prices: 24
- First auction date: 2002-05-22
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-08
- Median realised price: $16,000
- Price range: $1,500 to $531,200

## Market Takeaway
Laverne Nelson Black has 34 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $16,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($16,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($7,500 to $22,000\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 37.5% (9 sales)
- $10,000\+: 62.5% (15 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $19,000
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-08
- Days since latest sale: 326
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 9 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 6 lots
- Sotheby's: 6 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 4 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 1 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 1 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 1 lots
- Jackson's International: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-08 | LaVerne Nelson Black \(American, 1887\-1939\) Taos | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $19,000
2. 2024-03-08 | Laverne Nelson Black | Brunk Auctions | $9,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-laverne-nelson-black-558-c-c9448fe85d
3. 2023-11-07 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938\) Pack Donkeys and Figures sight 9 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. framed 16 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. | Bonhams | $1,500
4. 2023-06-06 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938\), Western Native Americans on horseback, Oil on board, 10" H x 12" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $18,750
5. 2022-11-01 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938\) Apache at Watering Hole 31 1/2 x 41 1/2 in. framed 38 x 48 in. | Bonhams | $80,000
6. 2022-08-12 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938\) Oil on Board | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $6,000
7. 2021-09-17 | LAVERNE NELSON BLACK \(American, 1887\-1938\). INDIAN RIDER WITH DOGS IN SNOWY LANDSCAPE, Unsigned. Oil on paper. Reverse of paper bears n | Sloans & Kenyon | $2,500
8. 2021-08-04 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938\) On the Way to Cimarron Canyon 8 x 10in framed 12 1/4 x 14 3/4in | Bonhams | $10,000
9. 2020-12-03 | Laverne Nelson Black \(American, 1887\-1938\) Fiesta in Taos Oil on canvas 32 x 42\- | Heritage Auctions | $20,000
10. 2020-12-03 | Laverne Nelson Black \(American, 1887\-1938\) Indian Rider Oil on board 12 x 10 in | Heritage Auctions | $9,500
11. 2020-10-13 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938\) The New Foal 16 x 17in framed 21 x 22in | Bonhams | $22,000
12. 2020-07-01 | Laverne Nelson Black \(American, 1887\-1938\) Pack Train at Night Oil on canvas 22 | Heritage Auctions | $16,000
13. 2020-05-01 | LAVERNE NELSON BLACK \| INDIAN HEAD | Sotheby's | N/A
14. 2019-11-25 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938\) Indian Rider 10 x 8in | Bonhams | $5,000
15. 2019-02-08 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938\) Indian on Horseback 13 1/2 x 12 1/2in | Bonhams | $7,500
16. 2019-02-08 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938\) Taos Scout 11 x 9in | Bonhams | $8,125
17. 2017-04-11 | Laverne Nelson Black \( 1887\-1938\) Three Indians on Horseback 21 1/4 x 28 1/2in overall: 31 1/4 x 39in | Bonhams | N/A
18. 2017-03-21 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938 Chicago, IL\) | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
19. 2017-03-21 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938 Taos, NM\) | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
20. 2016-10-25 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938 Taos, NM\) | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
21. 2015-05-02 | LAVERNE NELSON BLACK \(American, 1887\-1938\) Indian Rider | Heritage Auctions | $17,500
22. 2014-11-19 | Laverne Nelson Black \(American 1887\-1938\) Oil on artist board | Jackson's International | $112,240
23. 2012-10-16 | Laverne Nelson Black \(1887\-1938 Chicago, IL\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $6,000
24. 2011-04-01 | Laverne Nelson Black \- Two Pack Mules | Altermann Galleries | N/A

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