# Letterio Calapai - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T03:15:31.424Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 130
- Lots with prices: 108
- First auction date: 2003-03-07
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-08
- Median realised price: $375
- Price range: $20 to $3,840

## Market Takeaway
Letterio Calapai shows solid auction liquidity with 129 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $375. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-25.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($375\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $180 and $711.
- 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: 83.2% (89 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 16.8% (18 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $500
- Previous 12 months median: $375
- Median shift: 33.3%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-25
- Days since latest sale: 116
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 66 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 10 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 8 lots
- Eldred's: 5 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 3 lots
- Helmuth Stone: 3 lots
- Hindman: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Embassy Auctions International: 2 lots
- Gonnelli Casa d'Aste: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-08 | Letterio Calapai \(1902\-1993\) "The City" | Helmuth Stone | $350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-letterio-calapai-1902-1993-the-city-119-c-bdb606d195
2. 2025-10-25 | Letterio Calapai \(American, 1902\-1993\) woodcut | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $550
3. 2025-10-25 | Letterio Calapai \(American, 1902\-1993\) etching | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $500
4. 2025-09-28 | Letterio Calapai \(American, 1902 \- 1993\) "Summer" | Helmuth Stone | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-letterio-calapai-american-1902-1993-summer-113-c-72b4f2fb40
5. 2025-09-20 | Letterio Calapai \(American, 1901\-1993\) etching | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $160
6. 2025-05-24 | Letterio CALAPAI: "8:30 Express". | Armstrong Fine Art | $175
7. 2025-03-22 | Letterio Calapai \(American, 1902\-1993\) woodcut | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $600
8. 2025-03-22 | Letterio Calapai \(American, 1902\-1993\) etching | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $1,000
9. 2025-01-30 | LETTERIO CALAPAI \(1901 \- 1993\) Eight\-thirty Express. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,125
10. 2024-11-29 | Letterio Calapai, End of Summer, Etching and Aquatint | RoGallery | N/A
11. 2024-11-19 | LETTERIO CALAPAI \(1902\-1993\) \- 11:45 P.M. | Christie's | $2,394
12. 2024-10-19 | Letterio Calapai \(American, 1902\-1993\) woodcut | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $375
13. 2024-10-19 | Letterio Calapai \(American, 1902\-1993\) wood engraving | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $550
14. 2024-10-19 | Letterio Calapai \(American, 1901\-1993\) linocut | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $250
15. 2024-08-24 | Letterio Calapai \(American 1902\-1993\) "Below the Bridge", 1983 Woodcut, edition 51/75 Signed and dated lower right L.Calapai '83, embossed stamp lower right 7" x 9" | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $200
16. 2024-01-25 | LETTERIO CALAPAI \(1901\-1993\) 11:45 P.M. | Swann Auction Galleries | $875
17. 2024-01-25 | LETTERIO CALAPAI \(1901\-1993\) Eight\-thirty Express. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,000
18. 2023-12-14 | Letterio Calapai \(American, 1902\-1993\) Aerialists, 1989 | Hindman | $400
19. 2023-11-14 | Letterio Calapai \(American 1902–1993\), Poem I, Etching and Aquatint, Signed l.r., titled and numbered 2/75 l.l., Frame: 16 3/4 x 18 in. \(42.5 x 45.7 cm.\) | Weschler's | $100
20. 2023-10-19 | LETTERIO CALAPAI \(New York/Illinois/Massachusetts, 1902\-1993\), "11:45 P.M.", 1947., Relief print from an intaglio plate, 19.75" x 12". Unframed. | Eldred's | N/A
21. 2023-07-26 | Letterio Calapai 1902\-1993 Erotic Engraving SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $450
22. 2023-06-15 | LETTERIO CALAPAI \- 8:30 EXPRESS | Capsule Gallery Auction | $300
23. 2023-06-14 | LETTERIO CALAPAI \(New York/Illinois/Massachusetts, 1902\-1993\), "11:45 P.M.", 1947., Relief print from an intaglio plate, 19.75" x 12". Unframed. | Eldred's | N/A
24. 2023-05-31 | Letterio Calapai 1902\-1993 Erotic Engraving SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | N/A

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