# Louis Mendez - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T05:16:02.701Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 31
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2016-02-07
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-26
- Median realised price: $250
- Price range: $20 to $3,000

## Market Takeaway
Louis Mendez shows developing auction liquidity with 28 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $275. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-08-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($275\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $125 and $325.
- 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: 90.9% (20 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 9.1% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $125
- Previous 12 months median: $125
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-28
- Days since latest sale: 174
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Auctions at Showplace: 24 lots
- Austin York LLC: 2 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Charleston Estate Auctions: 1 lots
- MiddleManBrokers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-07 | Louis Mendez \(1929–2012\) American, Bronze "Nude" Figural Relief Sculpture | Sarasota Estate Auction | $175 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louis-mendez-1929a-2012-american-bronze-nude-figural-relief-sculpture-251-c-1dd4e9c95d
2. 2026-02-26 | Louis Mendez "Sea World / Dance of Life" Acrylic | Auctions at Showplace | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louis-mendez-sea-world-dance-of-life-acrylic-245-c-6a4fc99bb6
3. 2025-08-28 | Louis Mendez "Sea World / Dance of Life" Acrylic | Auctions at Showplace | $125
4. 2025-06-07 | Louis Mendez \(1929–2012\) American, Bronze Abstract Figural Relief "Ejercieios" | Sarasota Estate Auction | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louis-mendez-1929a-2012-american-bronze-abstract-figural-relief-ejercieios-252-c-8af4f7f898
5. 2024-08-20 | Louis Mendez "Donna" Brutalist Bust Wall Sculpture | Auctions at Showplace | N/A
6. 2024-08-11 | Louis Mendez "WARI" Art Pottery Sculpture | Auctions at Showplace | $125
7. 2024-07-25 | LOUIS MENDEZ \(1929\-2012\) Happy Riders Teapot1998ceramic, incised 'MENDEZ © 95', together with Mary Lou Higgins, Tea Time for Tales To Be Told Teapot, 1990, glazed ceramic, signed in the glaze 'MARY LOU HIGGINS © 1990' and titledHappy Rid... | Bonhams | $250
8. 2024-05-14 | Louis Mendez "Laura B" Brutalist Wall Sculpture | Auctions at Showplace | $100
9. 2024-05-14 | Louis Mendez "Donna" Brutalist Bust Wall Sculpture | Auctions at Showplace | N/A
10. 2024-04-16 | Louis Mendez "Goddess Mountain Top" Acrylic | Auctions at Showplace | $125
11. 2024-02-18 | Louis Mendez "Eyes Wide Open" Acrylic on Canvas | Auctions at Showplace | $300
12. 2023-12-17 | Louis Mendez "Cosmic Odyssey" Ceramic Mask | Auctions at Showplace | $300
13. 2023-12-17 | Louis Mendez "Metamorphosis" Oil on Canvas | Auctions at Showplace | $400
14. 2023-09-11 | LOUIS MENDEZ 1929\-2012 SIGNED STUDIO ART POTTERY | Austin York LLC | $20
15. 2023-08-06 | Louis Mendez "Democracy" Unglazed Ceramic | Auctions at Showplace | $325
16. 2023-06-18 | Louis Mendez "Maria" Brutalist Bust Wall Sculpture | Auctions at Showplace | $100
17. 2023-06-18 | Louis Mendez "Donna" Brutalist Bust Wall Sculpture | Auctions at Showplace | N/A
18. 2023-06-14 | Louis Mendez 1929\-2012 Ceramic Mask Wall Sculpture | MiddleManBrokers | $35
19. 2023-06-04 | Louis Mendez "Laura B" Brutalist Wall Sculpture | Auctions at Showplace | N/A
20. 2023-02-19 | Louis Mendez 'Tree of Life' Gilt Bronze Sculpture | Auctions at Showplace | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louis-mendez-tree-of-life-gilt-bronze-sculpture-67-c-b4a49e6b85
21. 2022-12-04 | Louis Mendez "WARI" Ceramic Sculpture | Auctions at Showplace | $275
22. 2022-12-04 | Louis Mendez "Mascaras De Carnaval" Acrylic | Auctions at Showplace | $300
23. 2022-12-04 | Louis Mendez "Lovers" Acrylic on Canvas | Auctions at Showplace | $300
24. 2022-11-29 | LOUIS MENDEZ 1929\-2012 SIGNED STUDIO ART POTTERY | Austin York LLC | N/A

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