# Lou Stoumen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T11:47:17.204Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 40
- Lots with prices: 22
- First auction date: 2011-11-01
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-09
- Median realised price: $1,100
- Price range: $50 to $8,750

## Market Takeaway
Lou Stoumen shows developing auction liquidity with 39 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-19.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,250\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $350 and $1,600.
- 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: 38.1% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 61.9% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $50
- Previous 12 months median: $100
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-19
- Days since latest sale: 91
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 12 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 3 lots
- Roland Auctions NY: 3 lots
- Grisebach: 2 lots
- Hughes Auctions: 2 lots
- Phillips: 2 lots
- STAIR: 2 lots
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 1 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-31 | LOU STOUMEN \(1917\-1991\) A portfolio entitled Forty Years. 1940\-79; printed 1980\-81. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
2. 2026-03-09 | Lou Stoumen \(American 1917 \- 1991\). Sailor and Girl, Times Square, New York, 1939/printed later. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €425 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lou-stoumen-american-1917-1991-sailor-and-girl-times-square-new-york-1939-printed-later-281-c-5b703b9e6e
3. 2025-11-19 | Lou Stoumen \(1917\-1991\): Forty Years Portfolio | STAIR | $1,300
4. 2025-03-08 | Lou STOUMEN: Black & White Photograph | Roland Auctions NY | $50
5. 2024-12-12 | Lou Stoumen, Couple Enters Subway, Times Square | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $100
6. 2024-09-26 | LOU STOUMEN \(1917\-1991\) Times Square, Sunrise, The New York Times Building. 1940; printed 1980s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,250
7. 2024-09-21 | Lou STOUMEN: Black & White Photograph | Roland Auctions NY | N/A
8. 2024-06-29 | Lou STOUMEN: Black & White Photograph | Roland Auctions NY | N/A
9. 2024-02-04 | Lou Stoumen "Times Square" Gelatin Contact Print | Auctions at Showplace | $350
10. 2023-12-06 | Louis Clyde Stoumen \(1917\-1991\), "Door," 1982, Silver gelatin print on paper, Image: 9" H x 6" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $158
11. 2023-07-26 | Lou Stoumen, Sailor and Girl on Subway | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | N/A
12. 2023-04-27 | LOU STOUMEN \(1917\-1991\) A portfolio entitled Forty Years. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
13. 2023-04-06 | Lou Stoumen \(1917\-1991\); Selected Images of Rocks and Shells \(3\); | Bonhams | N/A
14. 2023-04-06 | Lou Stoumen \(1917\-1991\); Selected Images of Children \(2\); | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2023-03-23 | Lou Stoumen, Sailor and Girl on Subway | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
16. 2023-03-23 | Lou Stoumen, Black Cat | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,500
17. 2023-02-23 | LOU STOUMEN \(1917\-1991\) A pair of photographs both titled Times Square. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
18. 2023-01-01 | Lou Stoumen \(1917\-1991\) Times Square | Hughes Auctions | $350
19. 2023-01-01 | Lou Stoumen \(1917\-1991\) Sailor And Girl On Subway | Hughes Auctions | $300
20. 2022-10-20 | LOU STOUMEN \(1917\-1991\) Times Square. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,000
21. 2022-04-14 | LOU STOUMEN \(1917\-1991\) Sailor and Girl on Subway. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
22. 2021-08-31 | Lou Stoumen \(1917\-1991\); 'Times Square 1940; A Paper Movie'; | Bonhams | $2,800
23. 2021-06-16 | Lou Stoumen \(American, 1917\-1991\) Dog chasing rabbit into hole: Tattoo Aboard US Mission bay, South Atlantic \(Executed in 1943\) | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2021-05-27 | LOU STOUMEN \(1917\-1991\) Times Square and Horn and Hardart. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A

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