# Lionel Lofton - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T00:23:40.504Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 23
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2021-02-06
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-13
- Median realised price: $2,300
- Price range: $650 to $6,000

## Market Takeaway
Lionel Lofton has 23 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,300. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 5 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 \($2,300\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,500 to $3,000\) 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: 11.8% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 88.2% (15 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $2,500
- Previous 12 months median: $2,700
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-13
- Days since latest sale: 137
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Black Art Auction: 22 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-13 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, The Circle Yellow II | Black Art Auction | $2,500
2. 2025-12-13 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, The Blue Slide | Black Art Auction | N/A
3. 2025-10-07 | Lionel Lofton \(1954\-\), Brighter Days Ahead, 2024. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
4. 2025-06-14 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Good Spirits Series | Black Art Auction | N/A
5. 2025-06-14 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Above and Below | Black Art Auction | $3,000
6. 2025-03-15 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Jumping for Joy | Black Art Auction | $6,000
7. 2025-03-15 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Shining Light \#1 | Black Art Auction | $4,000
8. 2024-12-14 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Utopia Study Series A | Black Art Auction | $1,800
9. 2024-12-14 | Lionel Lofton, b.1954, Orange Butterfly Series | Black Art Auction | $1,500
10. 2024-12-14 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Sorenson Dr | Black Art Auction | $3,500
11. 2024-09-14 | Lionel Lofton, vertical b. 1954, Good Spirits 2 | Black Art Auction | $2,300
12. 2024-09-14 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Ups and Downs | Black Art Auction | $2,700
13. 2024-05-18 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Jumping for Joy | Black Art Auction | N/A
14. 2024-05-18 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Good Spirits | Black Art Auction | $3,750
15. 2023-05-20 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Jamming in New York | Black Art Auction | $650
16. 2023-05-20 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Joy is Here II | Black Art Auction | $2,800
17. 2022-11-19 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Burnt Toast | Black Art Auction | N/A
18. 2022-06-04 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Traffic Jam B | Black Art Auction | $750
19. 2022-06-04 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Around the Block | Black Art Auction | $2,100
20. 2021-12-04 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, untitled | Black Art Auction | $1,600
21. 2021-12-04 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Ups and Downs | Black Art Auction | $1,000
22. 2021-05-22 | Lionel Lofton, b. 1954, Flight Scope | Black Art Auction | $1,200
23. 2021-02-06 | Lionel Lofton, Contemporary, Heart to Heart | Black Art Auction | N/A

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