# Lu Kimmel - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T07:59:06.037Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 20
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2007-08-28
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-26
- Median realised price: $540
- Price range: $100 to $4,025

## Market Takeaway
Lu Kimmel has 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $540. 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 \($540\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($360 to $1,500\) 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: 64.7% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 35.3% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $360
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-26
- Days since latest sale: 186
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Weiss Auctions: 6 lots
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 3 lots
- Market Auctions: 3 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 3 lots
- The Cobbs: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- James D. Julia: 1 lots
- Lawyer Auction LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-06-05 | Lu Kimmel \(American, 1905\-1973\) Oil Painting on Canvas | Market Auctions | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lu-kimmel-american-1905-1973-oil-painting-on-canvas-72a-c-a774108974
2. 2024-04-03 | Lu Kimmel \(American, 1905\-1973\) Oil Painting on Canvas | Market Auctions | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lu-kimmel-american-1905-1973-oil-painting-on-canvas-14-c-03a46019d8
3. 2024-04-03 | Lu Kimmel \(American, 1905\-1973\) Oil Painting on Canvas | Market Auctions | $1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lu-kimmel-american-1905-1973-oil-painting-on-canvas-6-c-81742c1a37
4. 2025-10-26 | Lu Kimmel \(NY,1905\-1973\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
5. 2025-04-13 | Lu Kimmel \(NY,1905\-1973\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
6. 2025-01-05 | Lu Kimmel \(NY,1905\-1973\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $360
7. 2020-09-16 | Lu Kimmel \(1905 \- 1973\) Oil on Board Illustration | Weiss Auctions | $260
8. 2020-09-16 | Lu Kimmel \(1905 \- 1973\) Oil on Canvas Illustration | Weiss Auctions | $340
9. 2020-09-16 | Lu Kimmel \(1905\-1973\) Paperback Cover Illustration | Weiss Auctions | $1,950
10. 2020-09-16 | Lu Kimmel \(1905 \- 1973\) Cover Illustration | Weiss Auctions | $1,200
11. 2020-09-16 | Lu Kimmel \(1905 \- 1973\) Cover Illustration. | Weiss Auctions | $290
12. 2020-09-16 | Lu Kimmel \(1905 \- 1973\) Cover Illustration. | Weiss Auctions | $440
13. 2019-04-14 | Lu Kimmel Watercolor | Lawyer Auction LLC | $100
14. 2015-11-07 | Lu Kimmel, painting | Millea Bros Ltd | N/A
15. 2015-11-07 | Lu Kimmel, painting | Millea Bros Ltd | $700
16. 2015-11-07 | Lu Kimmel, painting | Millea Bros Ltd | $2,000
17. 2014-03-29 | Lu Kimmel painting of two men with a gun on the floor | The Cobbs | $540
18. 2014-03-29 | Lu Kimmel painting of a man seated in a chair | The Cobbs | $720
19. 2008-10-15 | LU KIMMEL \(American 1908 \- 1973\) Hell Strip, | Heritage Auctions | $2,390
20. 2007-08-28 | LU KIMMEL \(American 1908\-1973\) A PRIVATE | James D. Julia | $4,025

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