# Mary Ellen Mark - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T18:13:28.797Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 98
- Lots with prices: 69
- First auction date: 2001-01-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-14
- Median realised price: $1,200
- Price range: $30 to $11,250

## Market Takeaway
Mary Ellen Mark shows solid auction liquidity with 97 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-21.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $550 and $2,200.
- 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: 39.7% (27 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 58.8% (40 sales)
- $10,000\+: 1.5% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $325
- Previous 12 months median: $750
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-21
- Days since latest sale: 89
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 16 lots
- OstLicht Auctions: 10 lots
- Hindman: 6 lots
- STAIR: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Aste Bolaffi: 3 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 3 lots
- WestLicht: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-04-14 | Mary Ellen MARK \(1940\-2015\) \- Homeless Damm Family in Their Car, Los Angeles, Ca. \(1987\) | Hessink's | €900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mary-ellen-mark-1940-2015-homeless-damm-family-in-their-car-los-angeles-ca-1987-67-c-327b71d15a
2. 2025-11-21 | MARY ELLEN MARK \(1940–2015\) | OstLicht Auctions | €2,000
3. 2025-11-21 | MARY ELLEN MARK \(1940–2015\) | OstLicht Auctions | N/A
4. 2025-09-15 | Mary Ellen Mark \(American 1940 \- 2015\). India, 1989. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €325
5. 2025-09-11 | Five Volumes by Mary Ellen Mark | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $200
6. 2025-09-11 | 5 photography books by Mary Ellen Mark | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-5-photography-books-by-mary-ellen-mark-274-c-0104433bbf
7. 2025-05-08 | MARY ELLEN MARK \(1940\-2015\) Untitled, from the series Falkland Road. 1978\-79. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
8. 2025-05-01 | Mary Ellen Mark, Ringmaster A. Rehman with His Dog Rosy, Famous Circus, Calcutta | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $550
9. 2025-04-09 | Mary Ellen Mark,  Ram Prakash with His Elephant Shyama at the Golden Circus, Ahmedabad, India, From the Year of Tibet Portfolio, 1990;  | Roseberys | £700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mary-ellen-mark-ram-prakash-with-his-elephant-shyama-at-the-golden-circus-ahmedabad-india-from-the-year-of-tibet-portfolio-1990-207-c-0a04b7f8e3
10. 2025-02-13 | MARY ELLEN MARK \(1940\-2015\) Untitled, from Passport. 1963\-73; printed 1978. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,875
11. 2024-12-17 | MARY ELLEN MARK \(1940\-2015\) Mother Teresa in Calcutta. 1980; printed 1980s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,000
12. 2024-11-03 | MARY ELLEN MARK \(AMERICAN, 1940\-2015\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $700
13. 2024-10-31 | MARY ELLEN MARK \(1940\-2015\) Vashira & Tashira Hargrove, Twins, Suffolk, New York. 1993. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,500
14. 2024-10-23 | Mary Ellen Mark "Monkey Trainer's..." Photograph | Auctions at Showplace | $550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mary-ellen-mark-monkey-trainer-s-photograph-58-c-026464b872
15. 2024-10-23 | Mary Ellen Mark "Captain America.." Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $2,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mary-ellen-mark-captain-america-silver-print-26-c-f2442fdb64
16. 2024-04-29 | Mary Ellen Mark \(1940\-2015\) "Boys With Dollars \- Boerne, Texas," 1991 | Material Culture | $550
17. 2024-04-21 | Mary Ellen Mark "Monkey Trainer's..." Photograph | Auctions at Showplace | $750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mary-ellen-mark-monkey-trainer-s-photograph-192-c-2364cf185c
18. 2024-04-12 | Mary Ellen Mark, 1940\-2015 | Schneider\-Henn | €700
19. 2024-03-08 | Mary Ellen Mark, Young Bull Riders with Dollar Bills, Boerne Rodeo, Texas | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,500
20. 2023-12-12 | Mary Ellen Mark \(1940\-2015\) \- Ran Prakash Singh With His Elephant, India, from the series "The year of Tibet", 1990 | Finarte | €1,900
21. 2023-12-12 | Mary Ellen Mark \(1940\-2015\) \- The Damm Family, 1990s | Finarte | €300
22. 2023-11-28 | Mary Ellen Mark \(1941\-2015\) Selected images from the series "Falkland Road", \(Mumbai\), 1978 | Hindman | N/A
23. 2023-11-18 | MARY ELLEN MARK \(1940–2015\) | OstLicht Auctions | €2,000
24. 2023-11-18 | MARY ELLEN MARK \(1940–2015\) | OstLicht Auctions | N/A

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