# Melvin Sokolsky - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T16:16:39.797Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 46
- Lots with prices: 32
- First auction date: 2005-05-18
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-08
- Median realised price: $4,500
- Price range: $600 to $92,500

## Market Takeaway
Melvin Sokolsky shows developing auction liquidity with 46 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-05-08.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($4,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,250 and $6,000.
- 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: 6.3% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 71.9% (23 sales)
- $10,000\+: 21.9% (7 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $2,500
- Previous 12 months median: $1,875
- Median shift: 33.3%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-08
- Days since latest sale: 286
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Phillips: 9 lots
- Christie's: 8 lots
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Grisebach: 3 lots
- Sotheby's: 3 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Artcurial: 2 lots
- Finarte: 2 lots
- Wright: 2 lots
- Andrew Jones Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-08 | MELVIN SOKOLSKY \(1933\-2022\) Bubble Bouquet, Paris, for Harper's Bazaar. 1963; printed 2011. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,500
2. 2025-02-13 | MELVIN SOKOLSKY \(1933\-2022\) Jump, New York, for Harper's Bazaar. 1960; printed 2009. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,875
3. 2024-12-12 | Melvin Sokolsky, Pont Alexandre III, at Night, Paris | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $600
4. 2024-10-15 | Melvin Sokolsky \(1933\-2022\) \- Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1963 | Finarte | €3,300
5. 2024-10-15 | Melvin Sokolsky \(1933\-2022\) \- Ali Taxi, Paris, 1963 | Finarte | N/A
6. 2024-09-26 | MELVIN SOKOLSKY \(1933\-2022\) Over New York, from the Bubble series. 1963; printed 1996. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,250
7. 2024-03-23 | Melvin Sokolsky \(1933\-2022\) USA, Photogravure | Sarasota Estate Auction | N/A
8. 2023-11-09 | MELVIN SOKOLSKY \(1933\-2022\) Fly Dior, Paris, 1965 signé, titré, daté et nu | Christie's | €2,520
9. 2023-11-09 | MELVIN SOKOLSKY \(1933\-2022\) Simone Bubble, Saint\-Germain, Paris, Harper's | Christie's | €5,670
10. 2023-10-06 | Melvin Sokolsky \(1933\-2022\); On The Roof, Paris; | Bonhams | $4,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-melvin-sokolsky-1933-2022-on-the-roof-paris-98-c-9fd40c694d
11. 2023-04-06 | Melvin Sokolsky \(1933\-2022\); Bubble in Trees, Paris; | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2023-04-06 | Melvin Sokolsky \(1933\-2022\); Du Taxi, Paris; | Bonhams | $14,000
13. 2022-12-06 | Melvin Sokolsky  \(1933\-2022\) Yoga Wheel, New York City, 1961   | Hindman | N/A
14. 2022-05-24 | MELVIN SOKOLSKY \(NÉ EN 1933\) Fly Stairs, Paris, 1965 signé, titré, daté et | Christie's | €9,450
15. 2021-12-01 | Melvin Sokolsky b.1933 | Chiswick Auctions | £1,600
16. 2021-06-09 | Melvin Sokolsky \- ”Dorothea MacGowan, Harper's Bazaar”. 1965 | Grisebach | €4,375
17. 2021-05-26 | Melvin Sokolsky \(né en 1933\) Bois de Boulogne, Simone d’Allencourt, Paris, Harper's Bazaar, 196 | Christie's | €4,750
18. 2021-03-28 | Melvin Sokolsky \(American, born 1933\), Le Dragon \(Simone d’Aillencourt\), Harpers Bazaar, Paris, 1963, gelatin silver print, 12 1/2 x 12 3/4in \(32 x 32.5cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $3,800
19. 2020-10-02 | Melvin Sokolsky \(born 1933\) Over New York, for 'Harper's Bazaar', 1963 | Bonhams | $3,500
20. 2020-10-02 | Melvin Sokolsky \(born 1933\); After Delvaux, Paris Collections, 'Harper's Bazaar'; | Bonhams | $5,000
21. 2020-07-09 | Melvin Sokolsky \- "Saint\-Germain, Paris, Harper's Bazaar“ | Grisebach | N/A
22. 2020-07-09 | Melvin Sokolsky \- "On the Roof, Paris, \[Harper's\] Bazaar“ | Grisebach | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-melvin-sokolsky-on-the-roof-paris-harper-s-bazaar-2020-c-7cc4a2391a
23. 2020-05-28 | Melvin Sokolsky \(born 1933\) Over New York1963for Harper's Bazaar, gelatin silver print, signed 'M Sokolsky', titled and numbered 18/25 verso17 x 14in \(43.2 x 35.6cm\)sheet 20 x 16in \(50.8 x 40.7cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2019-12-17 | Melvin Sokolsky \(born 1933\); Over New York; | Bonhams | $4,500

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