# Leon Kelly - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T06:10:49.035Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 143
- Lots with prices: 84
- First auction date: 2000-10-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-18
- Median realised price: $625
- Price range: $20 to $38,188

## Market Takeaway
Leon Kelly shows solid auction liquidity with 143 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $625. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($625\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $300 and $2,200.
- 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: 53.6% (45 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40.5% (34 sales)
- $10,000\+: 6% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $550
- Previous 12 months median: $110
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-18
- Days since latest sale: 153
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Gratz Gallery: 21 lots
- Freeman's: 14 lots
- Tajan: 10 lots
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 8 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 7 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 7 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 7 lots
- Shapiro Auctions LLC: 6 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Skinner: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-10-08 | Leon Kelly \(PA,NJ,French,1901\-1982\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-leon-kelly-pa-nj-french-1901-1982-oil-painting-antique-42-c-9ee4df799f
2. 2023-07-02 | Leon Kelly \(PA,NJ,French,1901\-1982\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-leon-kelly-pa-nj-french-1901-1982-oil-painting-antique-40-c-fa7437db00
3. 2025-09-18 | Leon Kelly \(1901\-1982\), Figure, 1930. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,048
4. 2025-08-19 | Leon Kelly \(American, 1901\-1982\) Solitary Girl, 1968 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $550
5. 2025-08-19 | Leon Kelly \(American, 1901\-1982\) Nocturne with Moorish Figures, 1953 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $500
6. 2025-08-19 | Leon Kelly \(American, 1901\-1982\) Seated Lumar Figure, 1956 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $600
7. 2025-06-25 | Leon Kelly \(American, 1901\-1982\) Priest and Virgin of the Sun \- Macchu Pichu, 1947 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,000
8. 2025-06-25 | Leon Kelly \(American, 1901\-1982\) The Disenchantment of Love \(El Amor Desencanto\), 1959 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,750
9. 2025-06-24 | LEON KELLY \(1901\-1982\) The Gigantic Insect | Bonhams | N/A
10. 2025-06-24 | Leon Kelly \(American, 1901\-1982\) Landscape with Solitary Tree, 1928 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $400
11. 2025-06-16 | Leon Kelly \(American, 1901\-1982\) Still Life with Yellow Jug | Freeman’s | $500
12. 2025-06-08 | Leon Kelly \(American, 1901\-1982\) Venus Retrieved from the Hand of Death, 1959 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
13. 2024-11-14 | Leon Kelly, Birds of the United States | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $800
14. 2024-11-14 | Leon Kelly, The Messenger or Man with Kites | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
15. 2024-10-31 | Leon Kelly ink on paper | Pook & Pook Inc. | $30
16. 2024-09-19 | LEON KELLY \(1901\-1982\) The Fantasy of Raphael's Model. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,430
17. 2024-05-02 | LEON KELLY \(1901 \- 1982, AMERICAN\) The Three Pears. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
18. 2024-03-11 | LEON KELLY \(Pennsylvania/New Jersey/France, 1901\-1982\) pen and India ink wash, "Men Listening to Orators." | O'Gallerie | $110
19. 2024-02-08 | Leon Kelly \(American, 1901\-1982\), Untitled | Freeman's \| Hindman | N/A
20. 2023-12-14 | Leon Kelly, Cubist Drawing | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,000
21. 2023-12-14 | Leon Kelly \(American, 1901\-1982\) Bird of Wisdom, 1945 | Hindman | $1,200
22. 2023-11-30 | LEON KELLY \(1901 \- 1982, AMERICAN\) Rape of the Sun Virgin. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
23. 2023-11-30 | LEON KELLY \(1901 \- 1982, AMERICAN\) Moorish Woman, Tetuan. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
24. 2023-11-10 | Leon Kelly, Mallorcan Bread and Snail | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A

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