# Michael Barkin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T06:33:40.864Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 19
- Lots with prices: 11
- First auction date: 2007-05-06
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-02
- Median realised price: $200
- Price range: $75 to $2,500

## Market Takeaway
Michael Barkin has 19 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $200. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($100 to $1,900\) 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: 72.7% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 27.3% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $75
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-02
- Days since latest sale: 149
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 9 lots
- Akiba Galleries: 4 lots
- Material Culture: 2 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 2 lots
- Ripley Auctions: 1 lots
- SUSANIN'S: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-02 | Michael Barkin \(American, 20th c.\) Stone Female Face Sculpture | Akiba Galleries | $75 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-michael-barkin-american-20th-c-stone-female-face-sculpture-441-c-0921610240
2. 2023-02-14 | Michael Barkin \(20th C.\) Alabaster Head From "The Prophet" Series | Akiba Galleries | $125
3. 2023-02-14 | Michael Barkin \(20th C.\) Alabaster Head From "The Prophet" Series | Akiba Galleries | $200
4. 2019-02-25 | Michael Barkin \(20th c\) Carved Marble Sculpture | Material Culture | $100
5. 2017-05-24 | Michael Barkin \(American, 20th Century\) A Bust. | SUSANIN'S | $100
6. 2017-02-27 | Michael Barkin \(American, 20th c\) Stone Sculpture | Material Culture | N/A
7. 2017-01-14 | Michael Barkin \(20th C.\) "Mary" Sculpture | Sarasota Estate Auction | N/A
8. 2017-01-14 | Michael Barkin \(20th C.\) "Joseph" Sculpture | Sarasota Estate Auction | $200
9. 2014-11-19 | Michael Barkin "Prophet" Sculpture | Akiba Galleries | N/A
10. 2009-03-22 | Michael Barkin \(American, 20th century\) From the "Prophet" series Carved alabaster | Ripley Auctions | N/A
11. 2007-05-06 | Michael Barkin sculpture, abstract form in | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,900
12. 2007-05-06 | Michael Barkin sculpture, abstract form in | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $700
13. 2007-05-06 | Michael Barkin sculpture, from the "Prophet" | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | N/A
14. 2007-05-06 | Michael Barkin sculpture, from the "Prophet" | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | N/A
15. 2007-05-06 | Michael Barkin sculpture, abstract form in carved | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $950
16. 2007-05-06 | Michael Barkin sculpture, nude form of carved | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $2,000
17. 2007-05-06 | Michael Barkin sculpture, from the 'Prophet' | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | N/A
18. 2007-05-06 | Michael Barkin sculpture, large draped nude of | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $2,500
19. 2007-05-06 | Michael Barkin sculpture, from the 'Prophet' | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | N/A

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