# Mel Bolen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T06:34:42.363Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 46
- Lots with prices: 46
- First auction date: 2015-04-21
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-07
- Median realised price: $110
- Price range: $20 to $560

## Market Takeaway
Mel Bolen has 46 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $110. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 19 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 \($110\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($80 to $190\) 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: 100% (46 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 19
- Previous 12 months sales: 11
- Recent 12 months median: $130
- Previous 12 months median: $120
- Median shift: 8.3%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-07
- Days since latest sale: 145
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting: 45 lots
- Waddington's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Early Plate | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mel-bolen-early-plate-27-c-bd0494da0f
2. 2025-12-07 | MEL BOLEN \- Large Bowl with Brown Design | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$130
3. 2025-12-07 | MEL BOLEN \- Large Bowl with Disc Design | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$120
4. 2025-11-02 | MEL BOLEN \- Disc Sculpture | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$110
5. 2025-11-02 | MEL BOLEN \- Set of Six Soup Bowls with Lids | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$280
6. 2025-11-02 | MEL BOLEN \- Starry Teapot | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$240
7. 2025-11-02 | MEL BOLEN \- Large Bowl | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$260
8. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Large Bowl with Spotted Rim | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$260
9. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Plate with Gilded Edge | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$240
10. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Large Ikebana Vase | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$120
11. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Mug with Grey Pattern | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$100
12. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Lamp | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$190
13. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Three Cups | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$100
14. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Tea Pot with Creamer and Sugar Bowl | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$300
15. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Three Goblets | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$110
16. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Pair of Goblets | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$85
17. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Vase | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$130
18. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Vase with Cross\-Hatch Design | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$110 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mel-bolen-vase-with-cross-hatch-design-83-c-6bf488aa7f
19. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Oversized Vase | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$240
20. 2025-06-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Oversize Wide Vase | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$560
21. 2024-12-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Set of Three Cups | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$130
22. 2024-12-08 | MEL BOLEN \- Set of Four Mugs | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$160
23. 2024-10-27 | MEL BOLEN \- Set of Three Cups 02 | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$100
24. 2024-10-27 | MEL BOLEN \- Set of Three Cups 01 | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$110

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https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/mel-bolen/seo-profile