# Michael Elmgreen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T10:19:36.714Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 21
- Lots with prices: 15
- First auction date: 2008-03-31
- Latest auction date: 2023-03-09
- Median realised price: $20,000
- Price range: $2,520 to $61,000

## Market Takeaway
Michael Elmgreen has 21 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $20,000. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($20,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($12,500 to $32,500\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 20% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 80% (12 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-03-09
- Days since latest sale: 1,149
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 8 lots
- Phillips: 6 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- Piasa: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-03-09 | MICHAEL ELMGREEN \(B. 1961\) & INGAR DRAGSET \(B. 1969\) Solitaire wooden tabl | Christie's | £2,520
2. 2021-01-28 | Michael Elmgreen \(born 1961\) & Ingar Dragset \(born 1969\) Untitled, 2014 Painted bronze on lacquered bronze plinth From a set o... | Piasa | N/A
3. 2020-07-16 | MICHAEL ELMGREEN \(B. 1961\) & INGMAR DRAGSET \(B. 1969\) \- Self Portrait, No. 27 | Christie's | N/A
4. 2020-02-13 | Michael Elmgreen \(b. 1961\) & Ingar Dragset \(b. 1969\) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum wall colour taken from an exhibition wall at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York on canvas, in artist's frame 69 ¼ x 61 3/8in. \(176 x 156cm.\) | Christie's | £17,500
5. 2020-02-13 | Michael Elmgreen \(b. 1961\) & Ingar Dragset \(b. 1969\) Prada Marfa Sign aluminum signpost 120 1/8 x 72 x 6in. \(305 x 183 x 15.2cm.\) | Christie's | £21,250
6. 2019-10-04 | ELMGREEN & DRAGSET \| Solitaire | Sotheby's | N/A
7. 2019-09-18 | Michael Elmgreen \(né en 1961\) & Ingar Dragset \(né en 1969\) Sans titre, 2014 | Piasa | N/A
8. 2018-11-15 | ELMGREEN & DRAGSET \| Nevermore | Sotheby's | $35,000
9. 2017-09-15 | MICHAEL ELMGREEN \(B. 1961\) & INGAR DRAGSET \(B. 1969\) Powerless Structure | Christie's | £12,500
10. 2017-04-05 | MICHAEL ELMGREEN \(B. 1961\) & INGAR DRAGSET \(B. 1969\) Current Events, Pt.2 C | Christie's | £17,500
11. 2017-03-08 | MICHAEL ELMGREEN \(B. 1961\) & INGAR DRAGSET \(B. 1969\) Andrea Candela, Fi | Christie's | £32,500
12. 2013-12-11 | ELMGREEN & DRAGSET | Phillips | £6,250
13. 2013-06-27 | ELMGREEN & DRAGSET | Sotheby's | N/A
14. 2013-02-13 | ELMGREEN  &  DRAGSET | Sotheby's | £13,750
15. 2012-11-16 | ELMGREEN & DRAGSET | Phillips | $32,500
16. 2012-10-11 | ELMGREEN & DRAGSET | Phillips | £37,250
17. 2011-03-08 | Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset | Phillips | $20,000
18. 2010-10-16 | MICHAEL ELMGREEN & INGAR DRAGSET | Sotheby's | £6,875
19. 2010-02-12 | MICHAEL ELMGREEN & INGAR DRAGSET | Phillips | £31,250
20. 2008-03-31 | Contemporary Art: MICHAEL ELMGREEN & INGAR DRAGSET | Phillips | $61,000
21. 2013-04-17 | Untitled lot | Christie's | N/A

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