# Lorna Selim - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T13:46:22.603Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 32
- Lots with prices: 22
- First auction date: 2011-06-01
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-21
- Median realised price: $6,500
- Price range: $2,000 to $42,000

## Market Takeaway
Lorna Selim has 32 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($6,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($4,200 to $13,750\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 72.7% (16 sales)
- $10,000\+: 27.3% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $5,500
- Previous 12 months median: $8,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-21
- Days since latest sale: 345
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 24 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2019-03-23 | Lorna Selim \(Iraqi, b. 1939\) \- Sinak Area Baghdad in 1969 | Christie's | $8,125
2. 2025-05-21 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Baghdadi Houses | Bonhams | £5,500
3. 2024-10-22 | Untitled | Sotheby's | N/A
4. 2024-10-22 | Untitled | Sotheby's | N/A
5. 2024-10-22 | Untitled | Sotheby's | N/A
6. 2024-06-05 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Architectural Composition | Bonhams | £8,000
7. 2024-06-05 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Architectural Composition II | Bonhams | N/A
8. 2023-05-24 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Old Jewish Quarter, Baghdad | Bonhams | £6,500
9. 2023-05-24 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Two Portraits | Bonhams | £4,200
10. 2023-05-24 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Baghdadiyat | Bonhams | £8,500
11. 2023-05-24 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Architectural Composition | Bonhams | £22,000
12. 2022-11-23 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Architectural Composition II | Bonhams | £3,000
13. 2022-11-23 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Architectural Composition I | Bonhams | £3,000
14. 2022-11-23 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Baghdadiyat | Bonhams | £6,500
15. 2021-11-17 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Window | Bonhams | N/A
16. 2021-11-17 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Mosque | Bonhams | £5,000
17. 2021-11-17 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) House | Bonhams | £2,800
18. 2021-11-17 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Shanasheel | Bonhams | N/A
19. 2021-11-03 | Lorna Selim \(Iraqi, 1928\-2021\) Shorja Square oil on board 6 ¼ x 40 ¼ in. \(1 | Christie's | N/A
20. 2021-11-03 | Lorna Selim \(Iraqi, 1928\-2021\) Old Houses in Karkh oil on board 11 ½ x 43 ¾ | Christie's | N/A
21. 2021-06-02 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) The Lemon Sellers | Bonhams | £8,000
22. 2021-06-02 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Baghdadiyat | Bonhams | £25,000
23. 2021-06-02 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Architectural Composition II | Bonhams | £17,000
24. 2021-06-02 | Lorna Selim \(Iraq, 1928\-2021\) Architectural Composition I | Bonhams | £7,500

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