# Leon Polk Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T10:05:38.093Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 199
- Lots with prices: 173
- First auction date: 2002-11-19
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-07
- Median realised price: $3,000
- Price range: $180 to $336,500

## Market Takeaway
Leon Polk Smith shows deep auction liquidity with 198 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-07.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,400 and $8,190.
- 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: 16.9% (29 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 59.9% (103 sales)
- $10,000\+: 23.3% (40 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 18
- Recent 12 months median: $6,350
- Previous 12 months median: $2,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-07
- Days since latest sale: 73
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Myers Fine Art: 51 lots
- Christie's: 36 lots
- Wright: 21 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 13 lots
- Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery: 5 lots
- Elite Auctioneers, LLC: 5 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 5 lots
- Roseberys: 5 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-07 | LEON POLK SMITH 'UNTITLED' LITHOGRAPH | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | N/A
2. 2025-12-07 | LEON POLK SMITH 'UNTITLED' LITHOGRAPH | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | N/A
3. 2025-12-06 | Leon Polk Smith \(1906 Oklahoma \- New York 1996\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | N/A
4. 2025-10-24 | LEON POLK SMITH \(1906\-1996\). Untitled. Sheet: 26 1/8 x 26 1/8 in. \(663 x 66 | Christie's | $6,350
5. 2025-10-24 | LEON POLK SMITH \(1906\-1996\). Untitled. Sheet: 26 x 26 in. \(660 x 660 mm.\). | Christie's | $2,794
6. 2025-10-16 | LEON POLK SMITH \(1906\-1996\). Constellation R. acrylic on canvas, in two par | Christie's | £66,040
7. 2025-10-07 | Leon Polk Smith, Unique chair | Wright | $7,500
8. 2025-09-20 | Leon Polk Smith \(1906 Oklahoma \- New York 1996\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | N/A
9. 2025-09-15 | Leon Polk Smith \(American 1906 \- 1996\). Quadrat im Kreis \[Square in a Circle\], 1949\-1976/1987. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €900
10. 2025-09-15 | Leon Polk Smith \(American 1906 \- 1996\). Werkübersicht I \[Work overview I\], 1946\-1986/1987. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €2,000
11. 2025-05-27 | Leon Polk Smith \(1906\-1996\) Approaching Spheres Leon Polk Smith \(1906\-1996 | Christie's | €18,900
12. 2025-04-12 | LEON POLK SMITH 'UNTITLED' LITHOGRAPH | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | N/A
13. 2025-04-12 | LEON POLK SMITH 'UNTITLED' LITHOGRAPH | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | N/A
14. 2025-02-27 | LEON POLK SMITH \(1906\-1996\). Pahuska. oil on canvas42 x 42 in. \(106.7 x 106 | Christie's | $88,200
15. 2025-02-04 | Leon POLK SMITH \(19096\-1996\) | Maurice Auction | N/A
16. 2025-01-22 | Leon Polk Smith, Cherokee 1906\-1996, Untitled, Paper Collage | Nye & Company | $4,250
17. 2025-01-22 | Leon Polk Smith, Cherokee 1906\-1996, Untitled, Paper Collage | Nye & Company | $1,400
18. 2024-12-12 | Leon Polk Smith, Torn Drawings | Wright | N/A
19. 2024-11-18 | Leon Polk Smith \(1906\-1996\) Collage, 1959 | Material Culture | $1,100
20. 2024-10-06 | Leon Polk Smith \(1906 \- 1996\) Antique American Modernist Abstract Print Framed Limited Edition | Curated Gallery Auctions | $180 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-leon-polk-smith-1906-1996-antique-american-modernist-abstract-print-framed-limited-edition-267-c-b3f49e2968
21. 2024-09-24 | Leon Polk Smith | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $450
22. 2024-09-24 | Leon Polk Smith | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $2,000
23. 2024-09-18 | Leon Polk Smith, Untitled, 1965 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $4,800
24. 2024-09-18 | Leon Polk Smith, Untitled, 1963 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $2,337

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