# Michael Murphy - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T10:03:02.354Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 49
- Lots with prices: 6
- First auction date: 2009-10-11
- Latest auction date: 2024-12-19
- Median realised price: $90
- Price range: $30 to $4,000

## Market Takeaway
Michael Murphy has 49 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $90. 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 \($90\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($40 to $250\) 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: 83.3% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 16.7% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2024-12-19
- Days since latest sale: 498
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- The Rug Life Auctions: 40 lots
- Crescent City Auction Gallery: 4 lots
- Braxton's Auctioneering: 1 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 1 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Pacific Galleries: 1 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-19 | Michael Murphy, American/Louisiana 1941\-1986, "Woman in a Window" and "Waitress by Jukebox and Window", 2 woodblocks on paper, Woman: 14 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. \(37.5 x 42.5 cm.\), Waitress: 12 x 9 in. \(30.5 x 22.9 cm.\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
2. 2024-03-01 | Michael Murphy \(Louisiana, 1941\-1986\), "Sleepwalker," 1973, H.\- 13 3/4 in., W.\- 19 in., Framed\- H.\- 25 1/8 in., W.\- 31 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $150
3. 2023-09-08 | Michael Murphy \(Louisiana, 1941\-1986\), "Sleepwalker," 1973, oil on paperboard H.\- 13 3/4 in., W.\- 19 in., Framed\- H.\- 25 1/8 in., W.\- 31 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A
4. 2022-06-07 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
5. 2022-05-24 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
6. 2022-05-21 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(American/Louisiana 1941\-1986\) A FOUR PANEL MURAL, "Moonlit Mermaid Grotto with | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $4,000
7. 2022-05-10 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
8. 2022-04-26 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
9. 2022-04-12 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
10. 2022-03-29 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
11. 2022-03-15 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
12. 2022-03-01 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
13. 2022-02-15 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
14. 2022-02-01 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
15. 2022-01-18 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
16. 2022-01-04 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
17. 2021-12-21 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
18. 2021-12-07 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
19. 2021-11-23 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
20. 2021-11-09 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
21. 2021-10-26 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
22. 2021-10-12 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
23. 2021-09-28 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
24. 2021-09-14 | MICHAEL MURPHY \(1943\-Now\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MEASURING 22in x 26in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A

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