# Lorna Simpson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T16:25:09.278Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 132
- Lots with prices: 85
- First auction date: 2002-02-19
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-18
- Median realised price: $3,200
- Price range: $100 to $300,000

## Market Takeaway
Lorna Simpson shows solid auction liquidity with 131 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,000 and $12,500.
- 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: 22.6% (19 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 47.6% (40 sales)
- $10,000\+: 29.8% (25 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 12
- Previous 12 months sales: 19
- Recent 12 months median: $850
- Previous 12 months median: $4,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-18
- Days since latest sale: 62
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 20 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 16 lots
- Sotheby's: 16 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 12 lots
- Phillips: 11 lots
- Black Art Auction: 7 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 7 lots
- Wright: 5 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 4 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-16 | Lorna Simpson \(American, b.1960\) 'Counting' Photogravure with Screenprint | Leonard Auction | $2,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lorna-simpson-american-b-1960-counting-photogravure-with-screenprint-159-c-b6deb0b4b1
2. 2025-12-12 | Lorna Simpson \(American, b. 1960\) III \(Norton Family Christmas Project\), 1994 | Freeman’s | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lorna-simpson-american-b-1960-iii-norton-family-christmas-project-1994-103-c-0f6dcb8687
3. 2024-12-18 | Lorna Simpson, III | Wright | $550
4. 2024-12-05 | Lorna Simpson ''III'' \(Three Wishes\) 1994 Sculpture | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $325
5. 2024-07-11 | Lorna Simpson, III | Wright | $500
6. 2022-11-19 | Lorna Simpson, b. 1960, What Should Fit Here is an Oblique Story... | Black Art Auction | $4,250
7. 2025-12-18 | Lorna Simpson, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $650
8. 2025-11-27 | Lorna Simpson \(b.1960\) 'Cliff', 2016 | Chiswick Auctions | £1,600
9. 2025-10-17 | Ice 2 | Sotheby's | N/A
10. 2025-10-07 | Lorna Simpson \(1960\-\), Is, 1991. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,048
11. 2025-09-30 | Lorna Simpson, Two Pairs | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,600
12. 2025-09-20 | Lorna Simpson \(1960 Brooklyn – lebt in New York\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €450
13. 2025-09-17 | Lorna Simpson,  Cliff, 2016  | Roseberys | £400
14. 2025-07-01 | LORNA SIMPSON \(B. 1960\). Summer '57/Summer '09. gelatin silver prints, in n | Christie's | N/A
15. 2025-03-15 | Lorna Simpson, b. 1960, untitled | Black Art Auction | $850
16. 2025-02-26 | LORNA SIMPSON \(B. 1960\). 15 Mouths. Each Image: 1 ¾ x 3 ¼ in. \(45 x 83 mm.\) | Christie's | N/A
17. 2024-12-18 | LORNA SIMPSON \(B. 1960\). Goldheaded 43. ink and gold embossing powder on pa | Christie's | N/A
18. 2024-12-18 | LORNA SIMPSON \(B. 1960\). Goldheaded 41. ink and embossing powder on paper 1 | Christie's | N/A
19. 2024-11-23 | Lorna Simpson, 1960, C\-Ration | Germann Auction House Ltd | CHF 6,500
20. 2024-10-03 | LORNA SIMPSON \(1960 \- \) Untitled \[What Should Fit Here Is An Oblique Story...\]. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
21. 2024-09-25 | Lorna Simpson \(American, b. 1960\) C\-Ration, 1991 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
22. 2024-09-14 | Lorna Simpson, b. 1960, Notations | Black Art Auction | $1,500
23. 2024-08-27 | Lorna Simpson \- Recall \- 1998 Serigraph \- SIGNED 30" x 22" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
24. 2024-07-23 | LORNA SIMPSON \(B. 1960\). 15 Mouths. Each Image: 1 ¾ x 3 ¼ in. \(45 x 83 mm.\) | Christie's | N/A

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