# Lucas Samaras - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T11:45:04.500Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 214
- Lots with prices: 162
- First auction date: 2001-10-04
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-28
- Median realised price: $8,400
- Price range: $85 to $662,500

## Market Takeaway
Lucas Samaras shows deep auction liquidity with 214 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $8,400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 18 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($8,400\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,900 and $30,000.
- 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: 11.1% (18 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 42.6% (69 sales)
- $10,000\+: 46.3% (75 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 18
- Previous 12 months sales: 19
- Recent 12 months median: $4,000
- Previous 12 months median: $6,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-28
- Days since latest sale: 21
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 58 lots
- Sotheby's: 54 lots
- Bonhams: 18 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 12 lots
- RoGallery: 9 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 5 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 4 lots
- Phillips: 4 lots
- STAIR: 4 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-24 | Lucas Samaras \(Greek/American, 1936\-2024\), "Untitled", 1956 | New Orleans Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lucas-samaras-greek-american-1936-2024-untitled-1956-95-c-8b24ad6afe
2. 2024-11-22 | LUCAS SAMARAS \(1936\-2024\) \- Chair Transformation \#20B | Christie's | $327,600
3. 2026-01-28 | Lucas Samaras, Photo\-Transformation | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $7,500
4. 2025-12-03 | Lucas Samaras, Flower Chair Burn 3, 2003 | Lempertz | N/A
5. 2025-11-12 | Lucas Samaras, Photo\-Transformation | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,000
6. 2025-10-23 | Lucas Samaras, Greek/New York 1936\-2024, "Ribbon", lithograph in colors | Neal Auction Company | $85
7. 2025-10-22 | LUCAS SAMARAS \(1936\-2024\) Untitled \(Vase with Flowers\)1958oil and casein on canvas board, initialed 'LS' and dated 'May 31 58' on the reverse20 x 16in \(50.8 x 40.6cm\) | Bonhams | $3,800
8. 2025-10-22 | LUCAS SAMARAS \(1936\-2024\) Untitled \(Sitting Figure\)circa 1950s oil on canvas, apparently unsigned50 x 31 3/4in \(127 x 80.6cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
9. 2025-09-13 | Lucas Samaras, Greek/American 1936\-2024, Hand, 1975, Die\-cut screenprint mounted to acrylic | La Belle Epoque Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lucas-samaras-greek-american-1936-2024-hand-1975-die-cut-screenprint-mounted-to-acrylic-231-c-ea34b44b4d
10. 2025-07-30 | Lucas Samaras, Photo\-Transformation | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
11. 2025-07-30 | Lucas Samaras, Photo\-Transformation | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,000
12. 2025-07-30 | Lucas Samaras, Photo\-Transformation | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,000
13. 2025-06-25 | Lucas Samaras \(American/Greek, 1936\-2024\) Untitled Drawing \#3, 1961 | Freeman’s | $3,750
14. 2025-06-25 | Lucas Samaras \(American/Greek, 1936\-2024\) Untitled, 1960 | Freeman’s | $4,250
15. 2025-06-25 | Lucas Samaras \(American/Greek, 1936\-2024\) Chair with Figures \#13, 1981 | Freeman’s | $7,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lucas-samaras-american-greek-1936-2024-chair-with-figures-13-1981-304-c-46b403283b
16. 2025-05-31 | Lucas Samaras, Greek/American 1936\-2024, Hand, 1975, Die\-cut screenprint mounted to acrylic | La Belle Epoque Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lucas-samaras-greek-american-1936-2024-hand-1975-die-cut-screenprint-mounted-to-acrylic-7-c-6a24dd4ae5
17. 2025-05-21 | Lucas Samaras, Photo\-Transformation | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $5,000
18. 2025-05-21 | Lucas Samaras, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $7,000
19. 2025-05-15 | LUCAS SAMARAS \(1936\-2024\). Box \#98. wood box construction—nails, acrylic, m | Christie's | N/A
20. 2025-01-29 | Lucas Samaras, Photo\-Transformation | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,000
21. 2024-12-11 | Lucas Samaras \(American/Greek, 1936\-2024\) Woman's Head, 1962 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $4,000
22. 2024-12-05 | Lucas Samaras \(1936\-2024\) | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $750
23. 2024-11-16 | Lucas Samaras "Hook and Ribbon" Screenprint 1972 | Public Sale Auction House | $175
24. 2024-11-13 | Lucas Samaras, Photo\-Transformation 7/6/75 | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $6,500

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