# Leopoldo Méndez - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T01:47:53.008Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 15
- Lots with prices: 7
- First auction date: 2004-05-02
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-30
- Median realised price: $1,270
- Price range: $127 to $15,000

## Market Takeaway
Leopoldo Méndez shows developing auction liquidity with 15 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,270. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-30.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,270\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $500 and $4,000.
- 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: 42.9% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 42.9% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 14.3% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $792
- Previous 12 months median: $127
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-30
- Days since latest sale: 141
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Morton Subastas: 7 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-15 | Leopoldo Méndez \(1902\-1969, Mexican\), Torture of a young child | John Moran Auctioneers | $792 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-leopoldo-mendez-1902-1969-mexican-torture-of-a-young-child-70-c-9a34bc189a
2. 2025-09-30 | Rio escondido | Sotheby's | N/A
3. 2025-07-15 | Leopoldo Méndez \(1902\-1969, Mexican\), "El Globo," 1929 | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,270 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-leopoldo-mendez-1902-1969-mexican-el-globo-1929-9-c-23d47ba8ec
4. 2024-11-20 | Leopoldo Méndez \(1902\-1969, Mexican\), "Verdadera Historia de la Virgen de Guadalupe," 1931 | John Moran Auctioneers | $127
5. 2022-12-09 | Leopoldo Méndez \(Mexican 1903\-1969\), Ten Works from 'La Emboscada', Each a linoleum cut, 1949, Each: 17\-1/2 x 23 in | Weschler's | $4,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-leopoldo-mendez-mexican-1903-1969-ten-works-from-la-emboscada-each-a-linoleum-cut-1949-each-17-1-2-x-23-in-88-c-f7446bab66
6. 2022-11-16 | Leopoldo Méndez \(1902\-1969\) La entrada de Francisco I. Madero en la ciudad de Mé | Heritage Auctions | $500
7. 2018-10-20 | Leopoldo Méndez \(Ciudad de México, 1902 \- 1969\) Maria Dolores. El Indio Fernández. Litografía. Firmado a punta lápiz. Enmarcado. | Morton Subastas | N/A
8. 2018-10-20 | Leopoldo Méndez \(Ciudad de México, 1902 \- 1969\) El Indio Fernández. Litografía. Firmado a punta lápiz. Enmarcado. | Morton Subastas | N/A
9. 2018-10-20 | Leopoldo Méndez \(Cd. México,1902 \- 1969\) Hombre y niño, Castigo en la montaña. Grabado al linóleo. Firmado a punta lápiz. Enmarcado. | Morton Subastas | N/A
10. 2018-10-20 | Leopoldo Méndez \(Ciudad de México, 1902 \- 1969\) Denunciado. Grabado al linóleo. Firmado a punta lápiz. Enmarcado. | Morton Subastas | N/A
11. 2018-10-20 | Leopoldo Méndez \(Ciudad México, 1902 \- 1969\) Tumba, homenaje póstumo. Grabado al linóleo. Firmado a punta lápiz. Enmarcado. | Morton Subastas | MX$4,000
12. 2018-10-20 | Leopoldo Méndez \(Ciudad de México, 1902 \- 1969\) Antorcha. Grabado al linóleo. Firmado a punta lápiz. Enmarcado. | Morton Subastas | N/A
13. 2016-03-08 | LEOPOLDO MÉNDEZ 25 Prints of Leopoldo Mendez. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
14. 2015-08-22 | Lote de obras gráficas. Consta de: a\) Atribuido a Leopoldo Méndez. Homenaje a José Guadalupe Posada. Grabado al linoléo. Otros. 4 pzs | Morton Subastas | MX$15,000
15. 2004-05-02 | LITHOGRAPH | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A

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