# Louis Sullivan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T16:49:28.476Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 21
- Lots with prices: 19
- First auction date: 2004-06-25
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-10
- Median realised price: $3,000
- Price range: $225 to $37,500

## Market Takeaway
Louis Sullivan has 21 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($3,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,000 to $18,750\) 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: 21.1% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 52.6% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 26.3% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $1,300
- Previous 12 months median: $350
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-10
- Days since latest sale: 142
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 11 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Alex Cooper: 1 lots
- Auctionata US: 1 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 1 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-01-29 | Louis Sullivan 1856\-1924 Architectural Salvage | Hill Auction Gallery | $350
2. 2025-12-10 | Louis Sullivan, Fretwork panel from the Charnley\-Persky House, Chicago | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,300
3. 2025-10-09 | Louis Sullivan, Skylight window from the Auditorium Theater, Chicago | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $3,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louis-sullivan-skylight-window-from-the-auditorium-theater-chicago-242-c-04e4aab98f
4. 2025-09-26 | A Stained Glass Window After Louis Sullivan | Alex Cooper | $225 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-stained-glass-window-after-louis-sullivan-1512-c-0984651874
5. 2021-11-17 | Louis Sullivan \(American, 1856\-1924\) Baluster from the Carson Pirie Scott Building in Chicago, c. 1898 | Hindman | $4,000
6. 2020-12-03 | Louis Sullivan \(1856\-1924\) The Christmas Spirit of Joy, drawn for Common Clay, 1923 8 3/4" x 6 1/4" | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $37,500
7. 2018-12-02 | Louis Sullivan \(1856\-1924\) for the Peoples' Savings and Loan Association Bank Building drawing design for a plaster band in wood fri. | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $26,250
8. 2018-04-08 | Louis Sullivan \(1856\-1924\), designer panel 29 1/2"w x 1"d x 29 1/2"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $3,000
9. 2017-03-04 | Louis Sullivan \(1856\-1924\) for the Chicago Stock Exchange stair riser 7.5"w x 1"d x 43"l | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,125
10. 2017-03-04 | Louis Sullivan \(1856\-1924\) for the Schlesinger & Mayer Store baluster 10"w x 1.5"d x 35.5"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $4,687
11. 2015-12-10 | Louis Sullivan, Group of 5 Wood Carving Panels, c. 1900 | Auctionata US | N/A
12. 2015-12-05 | Louis Sullivan \(1856\-1924\) for the Chicago Stock Exchange door knob and back plate, \#401 1/2 3.25"w x 2.5"d x 9.75"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,000
13. 2015-09-12 | Louis Sullivan \(1856\-1924\) panel, for the Schlesinger & Mayer building 26"w x 4"d x 6"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,625
14. 2014-12-06 | Louis Sullivan \(1856\-1924\) for the Chicago Stock Exchangeelevator grille Chicago, IL, circa 1893 cast and wrought iron unsigned r.. | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $26,840
15. 2014-12-06 | Louis Sullivan \(1856\-1924\), attributionarchitectural fragments, two Chicago, IL green and white glazed faience impressed numbers .. | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,206
16. 2012-02-25 | LOUIS SULLIVAN \(Attr.\); Bank deposit slip holder, | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $687
17. 2010-06-17 | LOUIS SULLIVAN \(1856\-1924\) | Christie's | $37,500
18. 2009-06-02 | LOUIS SULLIVAN \(1856\-1924\) | Christie's | $8,125
19. 2009-06-02 | LOUIS SULLIVAN \(1856\-1924\) | Christie's | $18,750
20. 2006-12-19 | LOUIS SULLIVAN \(1856\-1924\) | Christie's | N/A
21. 2004-06-25 | BOOK | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $275

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