# Mel Smothers - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T16:11:07.146Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 25
- Lots with prices: 5
- First auction date: 2010-07-22
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-18
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $244 to $920

## Market Takeaway
Mel Smothers has 25 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($300\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($300 to $633\) 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% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-18
- Days since latest sale: 348
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- RoGallery: 17 lots
- Copley Fine Art Auctions: 3 lots
- Auctionata US: 2 lots
- Copake Auction Inc.: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-18 | MEL SMOTHERS, FIELDWORK NO. 22, ACRYLIC ON MAT BOARD | RoGallery | N/A
2. 2025-05-18 | MEL SMOTHERS, ISLAMORADA STATUE, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
3. 2025-05-02 | MEL SMOTHERS, NOTATION ON THE LANDSCAPE NO. 41, ACRYLIC ON MAT BOARD | RoGallery | N/A
4. 2025-03-30 | MEL SMOTHERS, DEAR ANDY NO. 122, OIL ON CANVAS | RoGallery | N/A
5. 2025-03-08 | MEL SMOTHERS, ANDY DIALOG NO. 307, OIL ON CANVAS | RoGallery | N/A
6. 2025-03-08 | MEL SMOTHERS, FIELDWORK NO. 23, OIL ON CANVAS | RoGallery | N/A
7. 2024-11-29 | Mel Smothers, Islamorada Statue, Watercolor on Paper | RoGallery | N/A
8. 2024-10-10 | MEL SMOTHERS, FIELDWORK NO. 23, OIL ON CANVAS | RoGallery | N/A
9. 2024-09-19 | MEL SMOTHERS, FIELDWORK NO. 22, ACRYLIC ON MAT BOARD | RoGallery | N/A
10. 2023-08-11 | MEL SMOTHERS, ISLAMORADA STATUE, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
11. 2023-04-22 | MEL SMOTHERS, NOTATION ON THE LANDSCAPE NO. 41, ACRYLIC ON MAT BOARD | RoGallery | N/A
12. 2019-09-20 | Mel Smothers, Andy Dialog No. 307, Oil Painting | RoGallery | N/A
13. 2019-08-16 | Mel Smothers, Fieldwork No. 22, Acrylic Painting | RoGallery | N/A
14. 2019-08-16 | Mel Smothers, Fieldwork No. 23, Oil Painting | RoGallery | N/A
15. 2019-07-10 | Mel Smothers, Fieldwork No. 22, Acrylic Painting | RoGallery | N/A
16. 2019-07-10 | Mel Smothers, Fieldwork No. 23, Oil Painting | RoGallery | N/A
17. 2017-07-22 | Mel Smothers \(b. 1947\) | Copake Auction Inc. | $300
18. 2017-07-22 | Mel Smothers \(b. 1947\) | Copake Auction Inc. | $300
19. 2016-01-19 | Mel Smothers, ‘Andy Dialogue \#194’, Mixed Media, 2010 | Auctionata US | N/A
20. 2015-09-24 | Mel Smothers, ‘Andy Dialogue \#194’, Mixed Media, 2010 | Auctionata US | N/A
21. 2011-07-21 | Mel Smothers \(b. 1947\) Old Tahoe Hwy \#2002, Oil on paper, 10 by 14 inches | Copley Fine Art Auctions | N/A
22. 2011-07-21 | Mel Smothers \(b. 1947\) Dear Andy \#206, Oil on canvas, 24 by 24 inches | Copley Fine Art Auctions | $633
23. 2010-11-21 | Mel Smothers \(American, born 1947\) Dear Andy 183, 2010 10 x 10in | Bonhams | $244
24. 2010-10-21 | Mel Smothers, Dear Andy \#137, Oil Painting | RoGallery | N/A

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