# Michael Costello - Auction Profile

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## Summary
- Lots tracked: 33
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2012-03-31
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-13
- Median realised price: $400
- Price range: $100 to $7,800

## Market Takeaway
Michael Costello has 33 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $400. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 8 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 \($400\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($250 to $676\) 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: 75% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 25% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $250
- Previous 12 months median: $3,600
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-13
- Days since latest sale: 260
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 21 lots
- Eldred's: 7 lots
- Bakker Auctions: 2 lots
- Charlton Hall: 1 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Strauss & Co: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-08-13 | MICHAEL COSTELLO \(Massachusetts, Contemporary\), "Brenda with Bill Burroughs, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Leon Trotsky at a Day of the Dead Concert"., Oil on board, 12" x 9". Framed 12" x 10". | Eldred's | $250
2. 2025-06-07 | Michael Costello \(20/21st c.\) Male Reclining, Charcoal/pencil on paper, 15 1/2 x 12" sight, 20 1//2 x 17" framed | Bakker Auctions | $350
3. 2025-06-01 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, "Swazi Princess II", Signed & Dated '08 Titled Verso, 75 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
4. 2025-06-01 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, Standing Nude, Signed & Dated 2010, 75 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
5. 2025-06-01 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, "Swazi Princess I", Signed & Dated '08 Titled Verso, 75 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
6. 2025-05-18 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, "Swazi Princess II", Signed & Dated '08 Titled Verso, 75 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
7. 2025-05-18 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, Standing Nude, Signed & Dated 2010, 75 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
8. 2025-05-18 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, "Swazi Princess I", Signed & Dated '08 Titled Verso, 75 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
9. 2024-10-27 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, "Swazi Princess II", Signed & Dated '08 Titled Verso, 75 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
10. 2024-10-27 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, Standing Nude, Signed & Dated 2010, 75 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
11. 2024-10-27 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, "Swazi Princess I", Signed & Dated '08 Titled Verso, 75 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
12. 2024-09-15 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, Standing Nude, Signed & Dated 2010, 75 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
13. 2024-09-15 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, "Swazi Princess I", Signed & Dated '08 Titled Verso, 75 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
14. 2024-09-15 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, "Swazi Princess II", Signed & Dated '08 Titled Verso, 75 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
15. 2024-09-15 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, Wild Dog, Signed & Dated '03, 60 x 75 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 3,600
16. 2023-05-20 | MICHAEL COSTELLO \(1957\- \) Untitled, Mixed media on paper, 37 x 21" | Bakker Auctions | $200
17. 2022-11-03 | MICHAEL COSTELLO \(Massachusetts, Contemporary\), Tabletop still life., Oil on canvas, 60" x 80". Framed 61” x 81”. | Eldred's | $250
18. 2022-11-03 | MICHAEL COSTELLO \(Massachusetts, Contemporary\), "Mr. Fan"., Mixed media on paper, 36.75" x 21.5" sight. Framed 41” x 25”. | Eldred's | $100
19. 2022-08-17 | MICHAEL COSTELLO \(Massachusetts, Contemporary\), Tabletop still life., Oil on canvas, 60" x 80". Framed 61” x 81”. | Eldred's | N/A
20. 2022-08-17 | MICHAEL COSTELLO \(Massachusetts, Contemporary\), “In This Dream I Saw Two Men on Commercial Street”., Oil on canvas, 40" x 60". Framed 40.5” x 60.5”. | Eldred's | $450
21. 2022-08-17 | MICHAEL COSTELLO \(Massachusetts, Contemporary\), "Mr. Fan"., Mixed media on paper, 36.75" x 21.5" sight. Framed 41” x 25”. | Eldred's | N/A
22. 2022-04-24 | Michael Costello \(SA, born 1948\) Oil, Lions, Signed & Dated '99, 76 x 91 unframed | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
23. 2020-02-05 | Michael Costello 1948\- Abstract Form | Strauss & Co | ZAR 7,800
24. 2019-10-30 | Michael Costello 20th c. Kinetic Art Sculpture | Hill Auction Gallery | $400

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