# Lester Hughes - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T09:42:29.084Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 41
- Lots with prices: 40
- First auction date: 2003-01-11
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-17
- Median realised price: $400
- Price range: $30 to $1,600

## Market Takeaway
Lester Hughes has 41 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $400. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($400\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($200 to $700\) 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: 92.5% (37 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 7.5% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $200
- Previous 12 months median: $275
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-17
- Days since latest sale: 348
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Austin Auction Gallery: 7 lots
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 4 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 4 lots
- New Braunfels Auction Co., LLC: 3 lots
- Vogt Galleries Texas: 3 lots
- Allard Auctions: 2 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Ledbetter Auctions: 2 lots
- North American Auction Company: 2 lots
- Peachtree & Bennett: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-17 | LESTER HUGHES \(American/Texas 1938\-2021\) "Cowboys with a Mountain Vista," 21ST CENTURY, 36 x 24 in. \(91.4 x 61 cm.\), Frame: 43 x 31 in. \(109.2 x 78.7 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $700
2. 2025-05-17 | LESTER HUGHES \(American/Texas 1938\-2021\) "Stage Coach Passing a Church," 21ST CENTURY, 17 1/2 x 35 3/4 in. \(44.5 x 90.8 cm.\), Frame: 19 x 37 in. \(48.3 x 94 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $200
3. 2025-03-28 | LESTER HUGHES \(TX, 1938\-2021\), WESTERN WINDMILL LANDSCAPE, 24" X 36" | Austin Auction Gallery | $275
4. 2025-01-25 | LESTER HUGHES \(TX, 1938\-2021\), AUTUMN LANDSCAPE WITH CHURCH, 36" X 24" | Austin Auction Gallery | $225
5. 2025-01-25 | LESTER HUGHES \(TX, 1938\-2021\), COWBOY IN WESTERN LANDSCAPE, 24" X 36" | Austin Auction Gallery | $425
6. 2025-01-25 | LESTER HUGHES \(TX, 1938\-2021\), WESTERN WINDMILL LANDSCAPE, 24" X 36" | Austin Auction Gallery | N/A
7. 2025-01-25 | LESTER HUGHES \(TX, 1938\-2021\) PAINTING, WESTERN LANDSCAPE, 24" X 36" | Austin Auction Gallery | $325
8. 2024-07-16 | Lester Hughes \(b. 1940\), Villagers with cattle | John Moran Auctioneers | $198
9. 2024-07-16 | Lester Hughes \(b. 1940\), Lonely house in an autumnal landscape | John Moran Auctioneers | $330
10. 2024-02-24 | LESTER HUGHES \(1938\-2021\) OIL ON CANVAS \(TWO WORKS\) | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $200
11. 2024-02-24 | LESTER HUGHES \(1938\-2021\) OIL ON CANVAS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $500
12. 2024-02-24 | LESTER HUGHES \(1938\-2021\) OIL ON CANVAS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $600
13. 2024-02-24 | LESTER HUGHES \(1938\-2021\) OIL ON CANVAS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $1,600
14. 2024-02-24 | LESTER HUGHES \(1938\-2021\) OIL ON CANVAS | Soulis Auctions | $550
15. 2023-11-12 | Lester Hughes oil on canvas desert landscape | California Auctioneers | $475
16. 2023-09-09 | Lester Hughes, American, Texas, Born 1940 | J. Garrett Auctioneers | $750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lester-hughes-american-texas-born-1940-12-c-89c4a19990
17. 2023-01-22 | LESTER HUGHES \(TX, 1938\-1021\) CATTLE DRIVE O/C | Austin Auction Gallery | $1,500
18. 2023-01-21 | Lester Hughes \(b.1940\) Oil On Canvas Painting | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $110
19. 2023-01-21 | Lester Hughes \(b.1940\) Oil On Canvas Painting | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $130
20. 2023-01-21 | Lester Hughes \(b.1940\) Oil On Canvas Painting | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $130
21. 2023-01-21 | Lester Hughes \(b.1940\) Oil On Canvas Painting | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $800
22. 2022-09-16 | LESTER HUGHES 3 AMERICAN PAINTING | Ledbetter Auctions | $350
23. 2022-09-16 | LESTER HUGHES 2 AMERICAN PAINTING | Ledbetter Auctions | $250
24. 2022-05-28 | Lester Hughes, The Meeting, 1968 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $915

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