# Max Finkelstein - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T05:45:28.052Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 20
- Lots with prices: 10
- First auction date: 2010-11-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-09
- Median realised price: $200
- Price range: $50 to $3,750

## Market Takeaway
Max Finkelstein has 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $200. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $1,220\) 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: 70% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 30% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $200
- Previous 12 months median: $350
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-09
- Days since latest sale: 289
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 6 lots
- James D. Julia: 3 lots
- Abell Auction: 2 lots
- Hughes Auctions: 2 lots
- Kodner Galleries: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 1 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-09 | Max Finkelstein, American 1915\-2016, Square Plus 49 No. 3 | Abell Auction | $200
2. 2025-09-17 | Max Finkelstein, American 1915\-2016, Square Plus 49 No. 3 | Abell Auction | N/A
3. 2024-11-02 | Max Finkelstein \(1915\-2016\) American, Enamel on Aluminum "Hexalum \#16" | Sarasota Estate Auction | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-max-finkelstein-1915-2016-american-enamel-on-aluminum-hexalum-16-100-c-01048849e3
4. 2024-09-29 | Max Finkelstein \(1915\-2016\) Mid Century Modern Aluminum Sculpture, Sensor \#17A | Hughes Auctions | $350
5. 2023-08-29 | Max Finkelstein \(1915\-2016\), Abstract, 1964, Hammered and welded copper, 29" H x 20.5" Dia. | John Moran Auctioneers | $552
6. 2023-01-01 | Max Finkelstein \(1915 \- 2016\) Enamel/Aluminum 1981 Untitled | Hughes Auctions | N/A
7. 2020-05-30 | Max Finkelstein \(1915 \- 2016\), "Clusters", carved and painted wood cylinders, signed, titled and dated on back "Clusters, 2000 Max F... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $150
8. 2019-08-14 | Max Finkelstein \(1915 \- 2016\) Sculpture | Kodner Galleries | $50
9. 2019-02-06 | Max Finkelstein \(1915 \- 2016\) Sculpture | Kodner Galleries | N/A
10. 2016-02-03 | MAX FINKELSTEIN \(American, 1915\-\) TWO WORKS: COMPLEX \#3 AND UNTITLED SQUARES. | James D. Julia | $59
11. 2015-08-25 | MAX FINKELSTEIN \(American, 1915\) TWO WORKS: COMPLEX \#3 AND UNTITLED SQUARES | James D. Julia | N/A
12. 2015-02-04 | MAX FINKELSTEIN \(American, 1915\) TWO WORKS: COMPLEX \#3 AND UNTITLED SQUARES | James D. Julia | $185
13. 2014-06-15 | MAX FINKELSTEIN \(b. 1915\); Patinated bronze sculpture, "Flight," 1961; Unmarked; 25" x 51" x 15"; Provenance: LAMA Modern Art & Design Auction, 10/17/2010, lot 267; Note: From a series of three of the same title | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
14. 2013-05-19 | Sensor \#7A | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,500
15. 2012-10-07 | Max Finkelstein, Medusa | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
16. 2012-10-07 | Max Finkelstein, Untitled \#1 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
17. 2012-05-06 | Hexalum \#4 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,750
18. 2011-12-11 | Castle | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
19. 2011-03-06 | Max Finkelstein "Electra" | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
20. 2010-11-23 | Max Finkelstein \(American, born 1915\) Square x Hex Plus Red, 1967 33 x 33 x 2in | Bonhams | $1,220

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