# Margaret Keane - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T08:03:12.152Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 155
- Lots with prices: 116
- First auction date: 2002-10-20
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-12
- Median realised price: $5,500
- Price range: $10 to $38,000

## Market Takeaway
Margaret Keane shows deep auction liquidity with 155 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 13 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($5,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,292 and $8,000.
- 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: 22.4% (26 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 58.6% (68 sales)
- $10,000\+: 19% (22 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 13
- Previous 12 months sales: 13
- Recent 12 months median: $4,500
- Previous 12 months median: $3,500
- Median shift: 28.6%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-12
- Days since latest sale: 37
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 35 lots
- New Ideas Auctions: 31 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 12 lots
- Abell Auction: 8 lots
- Akiba Galleries: 4 lots
- Clark's Auction Company: 4 lots
- Revere Auctions: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 3 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-12 | Margaret Keane \(American, 1927\-1922\) Untitled, 1976 | Freeman’s | $4,500
2. 2025-12-12 | Margaret Keane \(American, 1927–2022\) Untitled, 1957 | Freeman’s | $11,000
3. 2025-10-22 | Margaret Keane, Hidden From Obscurity | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,000
4. 2025-09-30 | Margaret Keane \(1927\-2022\), Nude figure study, 1958 | John Moran Auctioneers | $627
5. 2025-08-24 | Margaret ‘MDH’ Keane lithograph “Country Girl" | Monarch Auction and Estate Services | $10
6. 2025-08-19 | Margaret Keane \(American, 1927\-2022\) Untitled | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $4,250
7. 2025-08-19 | Margaret Keane \(American, 1927\-2022\) Untitled | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $5,500
8. 2025-08-19 | Margaret Keane \(American, 1927\-2022\) Untitled | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $4,250
9. 2025-06-17 | Margaret Keane \(1927\-2022\), Girl playing jacks, circa 1965 | John Moran Auctioneers | $22,440
10. 2025-03-26 | Margaret Keane, Daddy's Girl | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $5,500
11. 2025-03-23 | Margaret Keane "Nude Hawaiian Female" Oil Painting | Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals | $7,000
12. 2025-02-19 | Margaret Keane \(1927\-2022\): Big Eyed cat | Abell Auction | $11,000
13. 2024-11-20 | Margaret Keane | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $7,500
14. 2024-11-07 | Margaret Keane \(American, 1927\) \- Girl With Balloons Print \-1962 | Akiba Galleries | $450
15. 2024-08-16 | MARGARET KEANE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $12,000
16. 2024-07-16 | Margaret Keane \-The Coffee Break \-1963 Gallery Lithograph | Akiba Galleries | $225
17. 2024-07-16 | Margaret Keane \(American, 1927\)\-Portrait of a Girl & Cat \- 1967 | Akiba Galleries | $700
18. 2024-07-16 | Margaret Keane \(American, 1927\) \- Girl With Balloons print \-1962 | Akiba Galleries | $1,400
19. 2024-07-16 | Margaret Keane \(1927\-2022\), Portrait of a young girl, 1956 | John Moran Auctioneers | $429
20. 2024-06-04 | MARGARET KEANE \(1927\-2022\) SIGNED LITHOGRAPH | Westport Auction | $110
21. 2024-05-30 | Margaret Keane, Untitled | Wright | $3,500
22. 2024-05-30 | Margaret Keane, Untitled | Wright | $5,000
23. 2024-03-09 | Margaret Keane \(1927\-2022\): Big Eyed cat | Abell Auction | $8,000
24. 2024-03-09 | Margaret Keane \(1927 \- 2022\): Waiting for Grandmother | Abell Auction | $7,000

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