# Mark Tobey - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T02:50:47.334Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,483
- Lots with prices: 998
- First auction date: 1999-06-24
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-25
- Median realised price: $1,000
- Price range: $35 to $620,000

## Market Takeaway
Mark Tobey shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,436 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,100. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 106 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-04.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,100\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $400 and $6,500.
- 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: 47.8% (460 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 32.6% (314 sales)
- $10,000\+: 19.6% (189 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 106
- Previous 12 months sales: 101
- Recent 12 months median: $850
- Previous 12 months median: $600
- Median shift: 41.7%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-04
- Days since latest sale: 45
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 190 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 160 lots
- RoGallery: 104 lots
- Sotheby's: 81 lots
- MBA Seattle Auction LLC: 72 lots
- Koller Auctions: 64 lots
- Bonhams: 59 lots
- Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer: 41 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 34 lots
- Piguet Hôtel des Ventes \| Genève: 31 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-04 | MARK TOBEY | Schuler Auktionen | N/A
2. 2025-12-18 | Mark Tobey, Florentine Shadows, 1954. | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,350
3. 2025-12-18 | Mark Tobey, Untitled, 1944. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,540
4. 2025-12-17 | Mark Tobey, American 1890\-1976, "Face", lithograph | Neal Auction Company | $357 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mark-tobey-american-1890-1976-face-lithograph-208-c-6f2b24e3d1
5. 2025-12-16 | MARK TOBEY \(1890\-1976\). Composition. tempera and glue on paper4 x 5 ¾ in. \( | Christie's | N/A
6. 2025-12-16 | MARK TOBEY \(1890\-1976\). Untitled. tempera on Masonite8 ½ x 4 in. \(21.6 x 10 | Christie's | $10,160
7. 2025-12-15 | Mark Tobey \(1890\-1976\), 'Erker Treffen' | Vendu Dickhaut bv | N/A
8. 2025-12-11 | Mark Tobey "30 Pen Drawings on Wet Paper" 1934 Photolithograph Suite | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $500
9. 2025-12-11 | Mark Tobey "Dream" 1966 Mixed Media on Paper | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $9,500
10. 2025-12-05 | Mark Tobey, Composition, 1954 | Lempertz | N/A
11. 2025-12-04 | MARK TOBEY \(1890\-1976\) On the montains 1960 | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2025-12-04 | MARK TOBEY \(1890\-1976\) Sans titre 1968 | Bonhams | €4,000
13. 2025-12-04 | Mark Tobey \(1890\-1976\). Among the Pebbles. | Christie's | €7,620
14. 2025-12-03 | Mark Tobey \(Centerville 1890 \- Basilea 1976\) \- Untitled \(pink composition\), 1960 | Finarte | €3,500
15. 2025-12-03 | Mark TOBEY \(1890\-1976\) | Tajan | €262
16. 2025-12-02 | MARK TOBEY | Schuler Auktionen | N/A
17. 2025-12-02 | Mark Tobey \(Centerville 1890 \- Basilea 1976\) \- The Magic Forest, 1972 | Finarte | €110
18. 2025-12-02 | Mark Tobey \(Centerville 1890 \- Basilea 1976\) \- Standing figure, 1965 | Finarte | €280
19. 2025-11-28 | Mark Tobey \(Centerville 1890 \- Basel/Basilea 1976\) | Bozner Kunstauktionen | N/A
20. 2025-11-28 | Mark Tobey \(Centerville 1890 \- Basel/Basilea 1976\) | Bozner Kunstauktionen | N/A
21. 2025-11-27 | MARK TOBEY | Koller Auctions | N/A
22. 2025-11-27 | MARK TOBEY | Koller Auctions | N/A
23. 2025-11-27 | MARK TOBEY | Koller Auctions | CHF 10,000
24. 2025-11-20 | Mark Tobey \(1890\-1976\) Hommage to Tobey, 1974 | Millon & Associes | €500

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