# Michael Kessler - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T09:47:53.279Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 45
- Lots with prices: 32
- First auction date: 2004-04-24
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-11
- Median realised price: $225
- Price range: $50 to $2,100

## Market Takeaway
Michael Kessler has 45 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $225. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($225\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($125 to $325\) 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: 87.5% (28 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 12.5% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $175
- Previous 12 months median: $50
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 140
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Helmuth Stone: 12 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 6 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 5 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 3 lots
- Alderfer Auction: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Material Culture: 2 lots
- Neue Auctions: 2 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 2 lots
- RoGallery: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-11 | Michael Kessler \(b. 1954\): Moss Keepers II | STAIR | $175
2. 2025-09-13 | MICHAEL KESSLER \(American b. 1954\) “Grisette,” 21ST CENTURY, 39 x 53 1/4 in. \(99.1 x 135.3 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $1,500
3. 2025-01-18 | Michael Kessler \(Born 1954\) American, Abstract Mixed Media on Board | Sarasota Estate Auction | N/A
4. 2024-12-07 | Michael Kessler \(American, 1954\- \) acrylic and oil | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $50
5. 2024-10-19 | Michael Kessler \(American, 1954\- \) acrylic and oil | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | N/A
6. 2023-09-12 | Michael Kessler \(b. 1954\) Abstract Painting | Material Culture | $275
7. 2023-07-13 | Michael Kessler, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $125
8. 2023-04-02 | Michael Kessler \(B. 1954\) "Belts" 2002 | Helmuth Stone | $225
9. 2023-04-02 | Michael Kessler \(B. 1954\) "Coppered Crimson" | Helmuth Stone | $70
10. 2023-04-02 | Michael Kessler \(B. 1954\) Untitled | Helmuth Stone | $125
11. 2023-04-02 | Michael Kessler \(B. 1954\) Acrylic/Paper | Helmuth Stone | $70
12. 2023-04-02 | Michael Kessler \(B. 1954\) Acrylic/Panel | Helmuth Stone | $300
13. 2023-04-02 | Michael Kessler \(B. 1954\) Acrylic/Panel | Helmuth Stone | $300
14. 2022-08-14 | Michael Kessler \(B. 1954\) Untitled | Helmuth Stone | N/A
15. 2022-08-14 | Michael Kessler \(B. 1954\) "Belts" 2002 | Helmuth Stone | N/A
16. 2022-04-10 | Michael Kessler \(American, B. 1954\) Untitled | Helmuth Stone | $200
17. 2022-04-10 | Michael Kessler \(B. 1954\) "Thyme" | Helmuth Stone | $175
18. 2022-04-10 | Michael Kessler \(B. 1954\) Untitled | Helmuth Stone | N/A
19. 2022-04-10 | Michael Kessler \(B. 1954\) "Belts" 2002 | Helmuth Stone | N/A
20. 2021-10-09 | Michael Kessler 1994 acrylic Rarely But | Concept Art Gallery | $325
21. 2021-06-02 | Michael Kessler \(b. 1954\): Pallium | STAIR | $150
22. 2021-04-24 | Michael Kessler acrylic on board Warison | Concept Art Gallery | $325
23. 2020-10-10 | Michael Kessler acrylic abstract Jaggies | Concept Art Gallery | $550
24. 2020-03-12 | Michael Kessler \(Born 1954\) | Alderfer Auction | $100

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